Researchers from France and Italy discovered that Canadian parents are less strict with their children than mothers and fathers in France and Italy.

“Our most important finding was the difference between Canadians and the others,” said Professor Michel Claes, the lead author of the study. “Canadians focus on independence and negotiation. On the other hand, Italians, for example, exercise more control. We found Canadians seem to focus on negotiation in case of a conflict.”

Claes said Canada, France and Italy were selected for the study because they share important cultural and social factors. “We chose French­Canadians because they share the same language as France, and originally came from France and share certain values. Italy was included because it was considered to have similar, strong and important family values,” he explained.

The researchers examined the emotional ties between parents and their children by questioning 1,256 students aged 11 to 19 years old.

Canadian students reported less control and more free actions, according to the study. Italian parents were stricter and French parents were somewhere in the middle.

Claes explains that the differences lie in education in Canada, France and Italy.

“North America has its own educational values, which promote individualization. Tolerance and comprehension are encouraged. Italy, on the other hand, promotes respect of authority, control, and the need for permission.” he said.

Children from all three countries described their mothers as warm and communicative. Italian and Canadian children had similar feelings about their fathers, and reported high levels of emotional ties. But French fathers were generally thought by their children to be more distant and cold.

“We were surprised by this,” Claes admitted.“It seems as though the relationships between French mothers and their children were becoming closer over time, while fathers maintain a form of distance and coldness, which is more of a source of conflict in France than in the other countries.”

21．Professor Michel Claes believes that Canada, France and Italy ________.

A．have the same family spirit

B．have some similar cultural traditions

C．have experienced some similar social changes

D．have experienced similar cultural developments

22．How did the researchers carry out the study?

A．By collecting answers of parents from Canada, France and Italy.

B．By collecting answers of children from Canada, France and Italy.

C．By questioning parents and their children from Italian Canadian families.

D．By questioning  children  from  French­Canadian families.

23．According to Michel Claes, what mainly leads to the differences in parent­children relationships among Canada, France and Italy?

A．Educational opportunities.

B．Traditional ideas.

C．Educational values.

D．Historical events.

24．Which of the following is NOT a finding of the study?

A．French children have troubled relationships with their parents.

B．Canadian children have close relationships with their parents.

C．Italian children have good relationships with their parents.

D．Kids from Canada, France and Italy have closer ties with their moms.

 __________toothache, the old man felt very bitter, having no good sleep.

A. Not being rid of  B. Not ridding of            C. Not rid of        D. Not having rid of

Get a Thorough Understanding of Oneself

In all one's life time ,it is oneself that one spends the most time being with or dealing with.   36    

When you are going upwards in life you tend to overestimate (高估) yourself. It seems that everything you seek for is within your reach.   37   It’s likely that you think it wise for yourself to stay away from the outer world. Actually, to get a thorough understanding of oneself, you may as well keep the following tips in mind.

Gain a correct view of oneself. You may look forward hopefully to the future but be sure not to expect too much, for dreams can never be fully realized. You may be courageous to meet challenges but it should be clear to you where to direct your efforts.   38

Self-appreciate. Whether you compare yourself to a towering tree or a blade of grass, a high mountain or a small stone, you represent a state of nature.  39   If you earnestly (诚挚地) admire yourself you’ll have a real sense of self-appreciation.

40    In time of anger, do yourself a favor by releasing (释放) it in a quiet place so that you won't be hurt by its flames; in time of sadness, do yourself a favor by sharing it with your friends so as to change a bad mood into a cheerful one; in time of tiredness, do yourself a favor by getting a good sleep.

Get a full control of one’s life. Then one will find one’s life full of color and flavor.

A. It has its own value.

B. Do oneself a favor when it’s needed.

C. Do yourself a favor when you resist the attack of illness.

D. But it is precisely oneself that one has the least understanding of.

E. Especially if it is well within your reach, you are just too blind to see it.

F. When you are going downhill you tend to underestimate yourself for your own incompetence.

G. So long as you have a perfect knowledge of yourself, there won’t be difficulties you can’t overcome.

 The old farmer's eyes still shone bright in the wrinkled brown face and his step as he came across the room was ______, though slow.

  A. shaky   B. heavy  C. casual    D. steady

 ________ I really don’t like art, I find his work impressive.
A. As                     B. since                             C. if                            D. While

In China, chain restaurants, especially the big multinational ones, are cool. Going to Starbucks, for example, is a status symbol. It not only says, “I’m rich enough to buy this overpriced coffee,” but also, “I’m cosmopolitan(见多识广的)enough to be part of globalization.”

Where I come from in the UK, however, chains are neither fashionable nor gourmet(美食的). Chains are where you go on New Year’s Day when nowhere else is open, or when you are 5 years old and your parents can’t stand hearing, “I’m huuuuuungry!” any longer. In my own case (with regards to McDonald’s), a chain is where you are taken on your first “date”. Even at the age of 13, I knew to give the guy the “let’s just be friends” phone call the next day.

In the UK, independent cafes and restaurants are making a comeback on the fashion scene. Nowadays, a Londoner who says “let’s meet for a coffee at Monmouth” (an independent cafe) is much cooler than one who says “let’s go to Starbucks”. Even if Monmouth’s coffee is a little more expensive, there’s a satisfaction in knowing your pounds aren’t going straight to the big corporations.

Of course, there are chain stores all over the UK; you can’t go five minutes without spotting a Costa Coffee. But numbers do not add up to good taste.

I do, however, have a confession (坦白). After moving to China I had moments when all the rice and Kung Pao Chicken became too much. I, too, have retreated to McDonald’s.

4．Many Chinese people like to go to multinational chain restaurants because ______.

A. the restaurants give customers a taste of foreign culture.

B. the restaurants offer different food and drinks from other restaurants.

C. they believe that eating there will show their wealth and social status.

D. these restaurants are perfect places for a romantic date.

5．Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. The author has grown tired of Chinese food.

B. Branches of Monmouth’s cafe can be found all over the UK.

C. Most independent stores are closed on New Year’s Day in the UK.

D. It is cool in the UK to take your first date to a chain restaurant.

6．We can infer from the article that ______.

A. the author doesn’t like food from Pizza Hut.

B. many Britons don’t like big corporations.

C. many Britons think that numbers mean poor quality.

D. the author doesn’t like to follow fashion trends.

7．What does the underlined word (in the last paragraph) mean?

    A. adapted           B. contributed

    C. subscribed         D. switched                              

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

 Today I visited the Smiths--my first time visit to a American family. They live in a small town. It was very kind for them to meet me at the railway station and drove me to their home. The Smiths did his best to make me feel at home. They offered me coffee and another drinks. We have a good time talking and laughing together. They eager to know everything about China and asked me lots of question. In fact, they are planning to visit China in next year.

Nowadays，few people develop the habit of keeping a supply of oil﹣lamps in the house in case of power ____．（　　）

A．lack       B．absence      C．failure    D．drop

In 2004 ,when my daughter Becky was ten , she and my husband ,Joe, were united in their desire for a dog . As for me , I shared none of their canine desire.

“But why?” They pleaded. “Because I don’t have time to take care of a dog.”  “ But we’ll do it.”  “ Really?  You’re going to walk the dog? Feed the dog? Bathe the dog?” “Yes, yes, and yes.” “I don’t believe you.”  “We will. We promise.”

They didn’t. From day two (everyone wanted to walk the cute puppy that first day), neither thought to walk the dog . While I was slow to accept that I would be the one to keep track of her shots , to schedule her vet appointments , to feed and clean her , Misty knew this on day one . As she looked up at the new humans in her life ( small , medium , and large ) , she calculated , “The medium one is the sucker in the pack .”

Quickly , she and I developed something very similar to a Vulcan mind meld ( 心灵融合 ) . She’d look at me with those sad brown eyes of hers , beam her need , and then wait , trusting I would understand — which , strangely , I almost always did . In no time , she became my fifth appendage（附肢）, snoring on my home-office couch as I worked, cradling against my feet as I read , and playing across my stomach as I watched television .

Even so , part of me continued to complain about the walking duty . Joe and Becky had promised . Not fair , I’d balk ( 不心甘情愿地做 ) silently as she and I walked . “Not fair , ” I’ d loudly remind anyone within earshot upon our return home .

Then one day — January 1 , 2007 , to be exact — my husband’s doctor uttered an unthinkable word : leukemia ( 白血病 ) .With that , I spent eight to ten hours a day with Joe in the hospital , doing anything and everything I could to ease his discomfort . During those six months of hospitalizations, Becky, 12 at the time , adjusted to other adults being in the house when she returned from school. My work colleagues adjusted to my taking off at a moment's notice for medical emergencies. Every part of my life changed; no part of my old routine remained.

Save one: Misty still needed walking. At the beginning, when friends offered to take her through her paces, I declined because I knew they had their own households to deal with.

As the months went by，I began to realize that I actually wanted to walk Misty. The walk in the morning before I headed to the hospital was a quiet, peaceful time to gather my thoughts or to just be before the day's medical drama unfolded. The evening walk was a time to shake off the day's upsets and let the worry tracks in my head go to white noise.

When serious illness visits your household, it's, not just your daily routine and your assumptions about the future that are no longer familiar. Pretty much everyone you know acts differently.

Not Misty. Take her for a walk, and she had no interest in Joe's blood counts or bone marrow test results. On the street or in the park, she had only one thing on her mind: squirrels! She was so joyous that even on the worst days, she could make me smile. On a daily basis she reminded me that life goes on.

After Joe died in 2009，Misty slept on his pillow.

I'm grateful一to a point. The truth is, after years of balking, I've come to enjoy my walks with Misty. As I watch her chase after a squirrel, throwing her whole being into the here-and-now of an exercise that has never once ended in victory, she reminds me, too, that no matter how hard the present or unpredictable the future , there's almost always some measure of joy to be extracted from the moment.

8. Why didn't the writer agree to raise a dog at the beginning of the story?

    A. She was afraid the dog would get the family into trouble.

    B. Her husband and daughter were united as one.

    C. It would be her business to take care of the dog

D. She didn't want to spoil her daughter.

9. Which of the following is the closest in meaning to "The medium one is the sucker in the pack.” ( Paragraph 3)?

    A. “The middle-aged person loves me most.”

    B. “The medium-sized woman is the hostess.”

    C. “The man in the middle is the one who has the final say.”

    D. “The woman is the kind and trustworthy one in the family.”

10. The story came to its turning point when________.

   A. Joe died in 2009

   B. Joe fell ill in 2007

   C. The walk provided her with spiritual comfort.

   D. She didn't want Misty to be others companion.

11.  Why did the writer continue to walk Misty while Joe was in hospital?

A. Misty couldn’t live without her

B. Her friends didn’t offer any help.

C. The walk provided her with spiritual comfort.

D. She didn’t want Misty to be others’ companion.

12.  What is the message the writer wants to convey in the passage?

   A. One should learn to enjoy hard times.

   B .A disaster can change everything in life.

   C. Moments of joy suggest that there is still hope ahead.

   D. People will change their attitude toward you when you are in difficulty.

A Disaster Makes a Strong Person

I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a box car in a freight（货物）yard in Atlantic City and landing on my head. Now I am thirty-two. I can still   41   the brightness of sunshine. It would be   42   to see again, but a   43   can do strange things to people. I don’t mean that I would prefer to go without my eyes. I simply mean that the   44   of them made me   45   more what I had.

Life, I believe, asks a continuous series of adjustments to reality. The more quickly a person is able to make these adjustments, the more   46   his own private world becomes. The adjustment is never   47  . I was totally confused and afraid. But I was lucky. My parents and my teachers saw something in me—the   48   to live—which I didn’t see, and they made me want to   49   against blindness.

The hardest   50   I had to learn was to believe in myself. I am not talking about simply the kind of   51   that helps me down an unfamiliar staircase alone. That is part of it. But I mean something bigger than that: the confidence that I am, despite being imperfect, a real,   52   person; that there is a special place where I can make myself fit.

It took me years to discover and   53   this confidence. It had to start with the simplest things. Once a man gave me an indoor baseball. I thought he was making fun of me and I was hurt. “I can’t use this.” I said. “Take it with you,” he   54   me, “and roll it around.” The words  55   in my head. “Roll it around!” By rolling the ball I could hear where it went. This gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought   56  : playing baseball. At Philadelphia’s Overbrook School for the Blind I   57   a successful variation of baseball and I called it ground ball.

All my life I have set ahead of me a series of goals and then tried to reach them, one at a time. I had to be clear about my   58  . It was no good trying for something that I knew at the start was wildly out of reach   59   that only invited the bitterness of failure. I would   60  sometimes anyway but on the average I made progress.

We know the famous ones—the Thomas Edisons and the Alexander Graham Bells—but what about the less famous inventors? What about the people who invented the traffic light and the windshield wiper(雨刮器)? Shouldn’t we know who they are?

Joan Mclean thinks so．In fact，Mclean，a professor of physics at Mountain University in Range，feels so strongly about this matter that she’s developed a course on the topic．In addition to learning “who” invented “what”，however，Mclean also likes her students to learn the answers to the “why’’ and ‘‘how” questions．According to Mclean，“When students learn the answers to these questions，they are better prepared to recognize opportunities for inventing and more motivated to give inventing a try．’’

Her students agree. One young man with a patent for an unbreakable umbrella is walking proof of McLean’s statement．“If I had not heard the story of the windshield wiper’s invention，”said Tommy Lee, a senior physics major，“I never would have dreamed of turning my bad experience during a rainstorm into something so constructive．”Lee is currently negotiating to sell his patent to an umbrella producer．

So，just what is the story behind the windshield wiper？ Well，Mary Anderson came up with the idea in 1902 after a visit to New York City. The day was cold and stormy, but Anderson still wanted to see the sights，so she jumped aboard a streetcar．Noticing that the driver was struggling to see through the snow covering the windshield，she found herself wondering why there couldn’t be a built—in device for cleaning the window．Still wondering about this when she returned home to Birmingham，Alabama, Anderson started drafting out solutions．One of her ideas，a lever(操作杆)on the inside of a vehicle that would control an arm on the outside，became the first windshield wiper．

Today we benefit from countless inventions and innovations．It’s hard to imagine driving without Garrett A. Morgan’s traffic light．It’s equally impossible to picture a world without Katherine J. Blodgett’s innovation that makes glass invisible. Can you picture life without clear windows and eyeglasses?

32. By mentioning “traffic light” and“ windshield wiper”, the author indicates that countless inventions are _____.

   A．beneficial，because their inventors are famous

   B．beneficial，though their inventors are less famous

   C．not useful，because their inventors are less famous

   D．not useful，though their inventors are famous

33．Professor Joan McLean’s course aims to _____.

   A．add color and variety to students’ campus life

   B．inform students of the windshield wiper’s invention

   C．carry out the requirements by Mountain University

   D．prepare students to try their own inventions

34．Tommy Lee’s invention of the unbreakable umbrella was_____.

   A．not eventually accepted by the umbrella producer

   B．inspired by the story behind the windshield wiper

   C．due to his dream of being caught in a rainstorm

   D．not related to Professor Joan McLean’s lectures

35．Which of the following can best serve as the title of this passage?

   A．How to Help Students to Sell Their Inventions to Producers

   B．How to Design a Built-in Device for Cleaning the Window

   C．Shouldn’t We Know Who Invented the Windshield Wiper

   D．Shouldn’t We Develop Invention Courses in Universities

Feeling blue about the world ? “Cheer up．” Says science writer Matt Ridley．”The world has never been a better place to live in, and it will keep on getting better both for humans and for nature．”

Ridley calls himself a rational optimist—rational（理性的）, because he’s carefully weighed the evidence; optimistic, because that evidence shows human progress to be both unavoidable and good．And this is what he’s set out to prove from a unique point of view in his most recent book．The Rational Optimist．He views mankind as grand enterprise that on the whole, has done little but progress for 100,000 years．He backs his finding with hard facts gathered through years of research．

Here’s how he explains his views．

1) Shopping fuels invention

It is reported that there are more than ten billion different products for sale in London alone．Even allowing for the many people who still live in poverty, our own generation has access to more nutritious food, more convenient transport, bigger houses, better ears, and of course, more pounds and dollars than any who lived before us．This will continue as long as we use these things to make other things. The more we specialize and exchange, the better off we’ll be．

2）Brilliant advances

One reason we are richer, healthier, taller, cleverer, longer-lived and freer than ever before is that the four most basic human needs -food, clothing, fuel and shelter- have grown a lot cheaper．Take one example．In 1800 a candle providing one hour’s light cost six hours’ work．In the 1880s the same light from an oil lamp took 15 minutes’ work to pay for．In 1950 it was eight seconds．Today it’s half second．

3）Let’s not kill ourselves for climate change

Mitigating（减轻） climate change could prove just as damaging to human welfare as climate change itself．A child that dies from indoor smoke in a village, where the use of fossil-fuel（化石燃料） electricity is forbidden by well - meaning members of green political movements trying to save the world, is just as great a tragedy as a child that dies in a flood caused by climate change．If climate change proves to be mild, but cutting carbon causes real pain, we may well find that we have stopped a nose - bleed by putting a tourniquet（止血带）around our necks．

72. What is the theme of Ridley’s most recent book?

     A．Weakness of human nature．

     B．Concern about climate change．

     C．Importance of practical thinking．

     D．Optimism about human progress．

73. How does Ridley look at shopping?

   A．It encourages the creation of things．

   B．It results in shortage of goods．

   C．It demands more fossil fuels．

   D．It causes a poverty problem．

74. The candle and lamp example is used to show that     ．

   A．oil lamps give off more light than candles

   B．shortening working time brings about a happier life．

   C．advanced technology helps to produce better candles．

   D．increased production rate leads to lower cost of goods．

75. What does the last sentence of the passage imply?

   A．Cutting carbon is necessary in spite of the huge cost．

   B．Overreaction to climate change may be dangerous．

   C．People’s health is closely related to climate change．

   D．Careless medical treatment may cause great pain．

Since 1936, many female space explorers have followed Russian astronaut Valentina Tereshkova. Let’s look at the missions（任务）of four important female astronauts to find out what astronauts do in space.

In 1983, Sally Ride became the first American women in space. Her team carried out scientific experiments in space and put two communications satellites in space. Satellites make it possible for us to communicate instantly with each other across the world through TV, radio, and telephones.

In 1984, Kathryn Sullivan became the first American women to walk in space. During her mission, she discovered important information about the sun’s energy and how it affects the climate in very hot and very cold places on Earth. She also took photographs of Earth and measured air pollution.

In 1992, Mae Jemison became the first African-American in space. During her mission, she did scientific experiments using the weightless atmosphere. In space, there is no gravity, so everything floats! Dr. Jemison’s experiments gave important information about the human body to produce better medicines and healthcare.

In 2012, Liu Yang became the first Chinese women in space. She did experiments in space medicine, which look at how astronauts can survive and stay healthy in space. The conditions in space are very hard on the body and space medicine helps astronauts work safely.

55.  Who collected important information about air pollution?

A. Valentina Tereshkova.                                      B. Sally Ride.

C. Kathryn Sullivan.                                              D. Mae Jemison

56.  What did Dr. Jemison’s experiments focus on?

A. Human body.                                                    B. Space satellites.

C. Climate on earth.                                              D. Energy from the sun.

57.  Liu Yang’s mission aimed at ________.

A. providing information about environment   B. protecting astronauts’ health in space

C. improving communication on Earth        D. testing the weightless atmosphere

58.  Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

A. Great Walking in Space                 B. Conditions in Space

C. Healthcare in Space                    D. Women in Space

   It was the men's skating finals of the Winter Olympics when l was 16.  Someday I'd be in

the Olympics. In fact, it was my dream.

    That night I lay on our living room floor excitedly watching the battle between the

Brians: American Brian Boitano facing Brian Orser in Canada. Both of them had been world

champions. Both of them deserved to win. Naturally l was for Brian Boitano,a northern

Californian like me. We had skated on the same ice.  I held my breath in amazement. Boitano

performed successfully. The gold medal! I jumped in the air when his score went up.

    But what happened next is what I'll never forget. Brian Boitano sat in front of the camera

with his coach, surrounded by a group of journalists.  He was talking about his career and his

medal, talking to the whole world. A terrible sinking feeling went through me.  I could never

be in the Olympics, I thought.  I could not talk in public like that. Just the idea of a press

conference terrified me.

    I loved skating partly because I didn't have to talk. I could express myself with my jumps

and dances better.  I didn't have to stand up and give a speech like some teachers expected.  I

could feel the blood rush to my face if I thought a teacher was going to call me. I stared at my

shoes.  1 was sure I'd make a fool of myself.

    The next day l was at the rink（溜冰场）as usual.1 was practising a combination of jumps

that had once seemed impossible.  1 worked very hard the next few years - on the ice and

especially off.  After journalists talked to me and although my heart pounded every time I

spoke to them, I got to know them. They became familiar faces. And they got to know me.

So when my big moment came four years after Brian's, I was ready.

    Sometimes I think my biggest accomplishment was not winning the gold but talking to the

press afterwards. When you do the thing you fear most, you put an end to fear.

    Fear can stop you dead in your tracks. Fear can kill a dream. What are you afraid of?

What scares you more than anything else? This year, walk right up to it and conquer it, step

by step.

21. What information can we get from the second paragraph?

    A. The author lived a hard life.

    B. The author comes from Canada.

    C. The author once skated with Orser.

    D. The author wished Boitano to win the match.

22. What is one of the reasons why the author liked skating according to the passage?

    A. She could build up her body to be healthier.

    B. It could help her to get closer to her idol.

    C. She could better express herself with body language.

    D. The possibility of her being a world champion was great.

23. What the author felt the most satisfied with is that     ．

    A. she lived up to her coach's expectations

    B. she became a world champion as planned

    C. she managed to overcome her inner fear eventually

    D. she handled the balance between her career and life

24. What does the author mainly want to tell us?

    A. Face a fear bravely.    B.Practice makes perfect.

    C. Bad times make a good man.    D.Failure is the mother of success.

●Does failure really exist?

If you believe you have failed, then you have.  If you believe you don’t have the ability to succeed, then you don’t.     36     The moment you decide to give up or stop working toward your goals, failure is born.

●    37   

Most people give themselves an out without even realizing it. They are willing to work hard on reaching their goals, but only until the going gets too rough or their energy dies down.  Don’t do that!     38      Never quit, never admit failure, and never lose heart.

●Don’t believe in a clear finish line for goals.

It’s a good idea to set a general timeline, but remember that something will be beyond your control.      39     If you lock yourself into a given timeline, you might make yourself feel like a failure!  Instead, get a general idea of when you’d like your goal to be completed. Then take it one day at a time and focus on making progress instead of reaching the finish line in as little time as possible.

●Be sure that you don’t see difficulties as failures.

Difficulties mean only one thing: it’s not time for your goal to be completed yet.  That’s it!  It doesn’t mean you failed; it doesn’t mean you’re weak; it doesn’t mean you’ll never achieve your goals.     40     You’ve got to keep moving forward and find a way over, around, or through the difficulties.

A. Never give up on yourself.

B. Failure only exists in your own mind!

C. That’s exactly how failure makes us feel.

D. It simply means you have not done enough yet.

E. You can never say exactly when your goal will be reached.

F. Instead, make up your mind to make your goal happen, no matter what!

G. Work hard towards your goal, and you will be likely to get good results.

春节期间，很多同学收到了父母和亲戚给的压岁钱，近日，你在你班做了一个关于“中学生如何使用压岁钱(lucky money)”的调查,请根据以下内容和要求写一篇短文。
【写作内容】
 1. 使用方式：
   1)  一些同学存入银行，养成节约的习惯；

2)  一些同学购买书籍，获取更多的知识；

3)  其他方式(至少写两种方式)；
 2. 请发表你对压岁钱使用的看法。
【写作要求】字数：100—120字; 文章第一句已经给出，不计入总数。
    Recently, I have carried out a survey on how middle school students use our lucky money in my class.______________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________________

How to Stay Positive

There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle (奇迹). The other is as though everything is a miracle. If you choose to be positive, these ideas can be helpful.

♦ ___36___

Who in your life seems filled with positivity? Who inspires and challenges you to up your game? Consciously build a network of people who motivate you to be your best, then spend your time with them. Be that source of light for others, too.

♦ Feed yourself with positivity.

___37___ Similarly, how you fuel yourself will determine your experience as well. Read inspiring books. Watch encouraging movies. Follow positive people on social media. You can also create a physical environment of positivity.

♦ Focus on what you can control.

So much is out of our hands, isn’t it? ___38___ Determine what you can control and put your energy there. For example, you can control your responses, actions, words, and thoughts; you can be the change you wish to see in the world. You have more power than you realize. ___39___

♦ Watch your vocabulary.

Mother Teresa declined participation in an anti-war meet. When asked why, she replied that she did not want to give any attention to war, but she’d gladly participate in a pro-peace meet. ___40___ They can help you mend broken hearts and reach amazing goals.111]

Continue to feed that positive world—like Einstein said, living as though everything is a miracle—and watch life change accordingly.

A. Pay attention to your words.

B. Seek advice from positive and active people.

C. Surround yourself with positive people.

D. Focusing on that, however, can leave you feeling helpless.

E. And when you keep your focus there, that power expands.

F. Putting poor quality gas in your car will not help it run at best performance.

G. If you focus on that change, then everything will change for the better.

No matter how much knowledge you have, if your subject is at all ______, be careful when discussing it during your speech, or you may well offend your audience.

A. diverse          B. sensitive    C. abstract         D. original

  We offer five kinds of courses. Each course has been designed to help students according to their needs.

  Course 1: General English

  General English is designed to develop students’ basic communication skills in speaking and pronunciation, reading, writing, grammer and vocabulary. Tuesday to Friday: 9:00 am to 11:00 am, $ 288 per week.

  Academic English is for students who want to take the IELTS exam or for those who need to use Englishin a professional area. Monday to Friday: 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm, $320 per week.

  Course 3: High School ESL

  Why not make the most of your time studying in Australia with the help from TIES? We have High School ESL classes each week specially designed for international students. Tuesday to Friday: 8:00 am to 11:00 am, $25 per hour.

  Course 4: Night Classes

  Do you want to improve your English and get the best possible results in your GRE test? We have two night classes each week designed to meet your needs. Tuesday and Thursday evenings: 8:30 pm to 10:30 pm, $60 per day.

  Course 5: One on One

  If you are interested in some One on One lessons with TIES teachers, we can design a course to meet your needs. One on One lessons can improve your English language skills more quickly and help students who want to take TOEFL. Tuesday to Friday: 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm, $80 per hour.

21. If you are an English beginner, you’d better choose      .

A. Course 4         B. Course 3      C. Course 2       D. Course 1

22. How much will you pay if you spend two weeks taking the High School ESL course?

A. $600            B. $500         C. $300          D. $200

23. What can we learn from One on One according to the passage?

A. Its lessons are given in the morning

B. It’s more expensive than the other courses.

C. It’s especially designed for English beginners.

D. Its lessons are designed to only improve writing skills.