When I was in the ninth grade, my parents started fighting. I could hear them at each other at night. It always seemed like they were fighting about me. I started to and couldn’t fall asleep. Some nights I didn’t feel like I at all.My grades really started to too. It was hard to pay attention during class because I felt so all the time.
My mom had to take me to see a therapist (治疗专家). On the way, I to worry even more. What would my friends me if they knew I was going to see a therapist? What if the therapist couldn’t me? It was not that . My therapist asked me a lot of questions and then we talked about how my life might if I was able to get more sleep. I understood how the future could be better, I felt really to try new things. At the end of the session, I was sent home with a piece of paper called a sleep diary. When I woke up each morning, I had to answer all these questions about my sleep.
, she gave me homework related to my sleep. I wasn’t to text or be on my computer after 8 pm. If I couldn’t fall asleep after about ten minutes, she wanted me to get up and do something in another room that would help me to and feel sleepy.
During the therapy sessions, she was a cheerleader for my life and kept out all the things I was doing right. With her help, it was so much easier to notice the things that were happening all around me.
After about two months of seeing my therapist, I was sleeping at least eight hours a night, sometimes even nine! I felt happier. I could . My grades got better. Basically, I felt like myself! It was so much better to admit that something was and to do something to fix it just watch my whole life get worse and worse.
A．laughing B．shooting C．knocking D．screaming
A．doubt B．protest C．worry D．quarrel
A．dreamed B．ate C．spoke D．slept
A．reduce B．drop C．change D．influence
A．tired B．bored C．upset D．shy
A．refused B．started C．ended D．happened
A．agree with B．worry about C．get on with D．think about
A．teach B．answer C．fix D．recognize
A．helpful B．awful C．interesting D．practical
A．adjust B．develop C．benefit D．improve
A．Once B．Unless C．Though D．If
A．nervous B．excited C．surprised D．calm
A．Therefore B．However C．Besides D．Instead
A．persuaded B．reminded C．asked D．allowed
A．study B．respond C．relax D．recover
A．pointing B．trying C．leaving D．picking
A．tiny B．positive C．exciting D．important
A．forgive B．appreciate C．concentrate D．understand
A．realistic B．significant（有意义的） C．acceptable D．wrong
A．instead of B．rather than C．as well as D．other than
Have you thought about what determines the way we are as we grow up? Remember the TV program Seven Up ? It started following the lives of a group of children in 1963. We first meet them as wide-eyed seven-year-olds and then catch up with them at seven-year intervals (间隔 ) : nervous 14-year-olds , serious 21-year-olds , then grown-ups.
Some of the stories are inspiring ,others sad ,but what is interesting in almost all the cases is the way in which the children's early hopes and dreams are shown in their future lives, for example ,at seven ,Tony is a lively child who says he wants to become a sportsman or a taxi driver. When he grows up, he goes on to do both. How about Nicki ,who says, "I'd like to find out about the moon. " and goes on to become a space scientist. As a child, soft - spoken Bruce says he wants to help "poor children" and ends up teaching in India.
But if the lives of all the children had followed this pattern, the program would be far less interesting than it actually was. It was the children whose childhood did not prepare them for what was to come that made the program so inspiring. Where did their ideas come from about what they wanted to do when they grew up? Are children influenced by what their parents do ,by what they see on television ,or by what their teachers say? How great is the effect of a single important event? Many film directors ,including Stephen Spielberg ,say that an early visit to the cinema was the turning point in their lives. Dr. Magaret Mc Allister ,who has done a lot of research in this area ,thinks that the major influences are parents , friends and the wider society.
What does the text mainly discuss?
A．New ways to make a TV program interesting. B．The importance of television programs to children. C．Different ways to make childhood dreams come true. D．The influence of childhood experience on future lives.
A．different groups of people at different periods of their lives B．different groups of people at the same period of their lives C．the same group of people at different periods of their lives D．the same group of people at the same period of their lives
A．Many people's childhood hopes are related to their future jobs. B．There are many poor children in India who need help. C．Children have different dreams about their future. D．A lot of people are very sad in their childhood.
A．going to a movie at an early age helps a child learn about society B．a single childhood event may decide what one does as a grown-up C．parents and friends can help a child grow up properly D．films have more influence on a child than teachers do
A．Interesting. B．Crazy. C．Dull. D．Serious.
My family and I used to live in Belgium, and, to me, life was great. Most of my relatives and friends lived there, so there was never a of aunts to spoil me or children to play with me.
My father is a journalist, there wasn't much work for him in Belgium at that time. When I was eight, he he'd found a good job in London and that we were going to move there. I was - I didn't realize I was leaving my friends behind and throwing myself into a different world. The excitement soon after we moved there.
our arrival in London, I had to start a new school and learn a new . I didn't know things in fashion, either. For the six months I had extra lessons to learn English. This with cards and progressed towards books. I'm a learner ,so I soon caught up. It was fitting in with other in my school that took a bit more work.
For the first two years or so I was an outsider, no matter how much I tried to . This made me and sensitive - a perfect target for bullies. Thankfully, some of my classmates began to me, and they became a great help as they helped me to the things that made me a "foreigner". By the time I primary school, most people couldn't believe I had moved to England only four years before. I was able to fit in, grasp the language and adapt to the culture.
Trying to fit in is my to anyone who has just moved from the homeland. or is planning to. "Fitting in" doesn't mean completely yourself to be someone else ,but it does mean trying to learn the culture and language, ,which will make your life easier.
A．1ack B．memory C．reason D．purpose
A．if B．but C．unless D．because
A．realized B．explained C．learned D．announced
A．shocked B．excited C．nervous D．disappointed
A．formed B．increased C．disappeared D．continued
A．On B．In C．For D．By
A．art B．history C．science D．language
A．latest B．first C．last D．former
A．ended B．assisted C．started D．stayed
A．quick B．brave C．lovely D．happy
A．classes B．grades C．children D．teachers
A．fit in B．call in C．bring in D．give in
A．lazy B．shy C．responsible D．optimistic
A．accept B．change C．blame D．challenge
A．depend on B．take up C．refer to D．leave out
A．left B．began C．had D．enjoyed
A．nearly B．specially C．finally D．hardly
A．advice B．demand C．choice D．condition
A．sharing B．keeping C．finding D．losing
A．simple B．new C．positive D．recent
It was the end of my first day as waitress in a busy New York restaurant. My cap had gone away, and my feet ______. The loaded plates I carried ______ to be heavier and heavier. Tired and discouraged, I didn’t seem able to do anything ______. As I made out a check for a family with several children who had changed their ice-cream ______ a dozen times, I was ready to stop. Then the father ______ at me as he handed my tip. “Well done,” he said, “you’ve _____ us really well.” Suddenly my tiredness ______. I smiled back, and later, when the manager asked me how I’d like my first day, I said, “______!” Those few words of praise had ______ everything. Praise is like ______ to the human spirit; we cannot flower and grow without it. And ______, while most of us are only too______ to apply to others the cold wind of criticism, we are ______ to give our fellows the warm sunshine of praise. Why-when one word of praise can bring such______?
It’s strange how mean we are about praising. Perhaps it’s ______ few of us know how to accept it. It’s ______ rewarding to give praise in areas in which______ generally goes unnoticed or unmentioned. An artist gets admired for a glorious picture, a cook for a ______ meal. But do you ever tell your laundry manager how pleased you are when the shirts are ______ just right? In fact, to give praise ______ the giver nothing but a moment’s thought and a moment’s effort.
A．rested B．hurt C．broke D．slipped
A．remained B．looked C．seemed D．appeared
A．new B．special C．nervous D．right
A．order B．price C．material D．chair
A．stared B．smiled C．glanced D．nodded
A．called on B．looked after C．passed by D．thought of
A．arrived B．continued C．disappeared D．developed
A．Oh B．Well C．Fine D．Terrible
A．made B．changed C．found D．improved
A．heat B．warmth C．snowstorm D．sunlight
A．then B．thus C．therefore D．yet
A．ready B．doubtful C．satisfied D．disappointed
A．unable B．unwilling C．likely D．anxious
A．attention B．choice C．pleasure D．difficulty
A．because B．when C．what D．where
A．finally B．especially C．silly D．fortunately
A．effort B．attempt C．deed D．feeling
A．daily B．light C．perfect D．poor
A．done B．sold C．chosen D．given
A．adds B．leaves C．offers D．costs
Anna lived on the side of a valley．One summer, there was a very big , and a lot of houses down below Anna＇s were washed away．Anna＇s house was enough to escape the flood, so when the water had and the other houses were there with no roof and no walls and all covered with mud（泥）, her house was just all right．
Her house was quite small, her husband was dead, and she had four children, Anna took in one of the families that had lost in the flood and she her home with them until it was for them to rebuild their house．
Anna＇s friends were when they saw Anna do this．They could not understand why Anna wanted to give so much more work and trouble when she already had quite a few children to ．
“Well,” Anna her friends, “at the end of the First World War, a woman in the town where I then lived found herself very , because her husband had been killed in the and she had a lot of children I have now．The day before Christmas, this woman said to her children, ‘We won’t be able to have much for Christmas this year, so I’m going to only one present to all of us．Now I’ll go and get it．’ She came back with a who was even poorer than they, and who had no parents．‘Here’s our ,she said to her children．
The children were and happy to get such a present．They the little girl, and she grew up as their sister．Such was that Christmas present．”
A．accident B．flood C．fire D．earthquake
A．below B．big C．high D．small
A．reduced B．come C．disappeared D．appeared
A．rising B．standing C．flowing D．falling
A．so B．for C．but D．since
A．nothing B．anything C．something D．everything
A．gave B．shared C．found D．built
A．necessary B．important C．obvious D．possible
A．worried B．disappointed C．satisfied D．puzzled
A．them B．him C．herself D．us
A．supply B．grow C．support D．educate
A．asked for B．talked with C．turned up D．explained to
A．sad B．rich C．poor D．happy
A．storm B．rain C．war D．flood
A．because B．which C．that D．as
A．get B．make C．send D．buy
A．boy B．student C．teacher D．girl
A．child B．daughter C．present D．sister
A．angry B．lovely C．excited D．sorry
A．disliked B．gained C．led D．welcomed
Like most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting. It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important : giving-away makes life so much more exciting. You needn’t worry if you money.
This is how I with giving-away. If an idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store in my mind, I step in and make the to the storekeeper. If an accident takes place, the of which I think the local police could use, I him up and tell him about it, though I am not in here. I found a rule about this world is to give getting something back, though the often comes in an unexpected form.
One Sunday morning the local post office delivered an important special letter to my home, though it was to me at my office. I wrote the postmaster a note of . More than a year later I needed a post-office box for a new business I was . I was told at the window that there were boxes left, and that my name would have to go on a long list. As I was about to be , the postmaster appeared in the . “Wasn’t it you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering an delivery to your home?” I said it was. “Well, you certainly are going to have a box in this post office we make one specifically for you. You don’t know what a letter like that means to us. We usually get but complaints.”
A．difference B．research C．speech D．discovery
A．earn B．lack C．spend D．steal
A．experienced B．connected C．cooperated D．experimented
A．strikes B．flashes C．happens D．attempts
A．appeal B．request C．suggestion D．demand
A．story B．damage C．challenge D．material
A．call B．hold C．cheer D．pick
A．possession B．trouble C．place D．charge
A．plus B．without C．for D．before
A．process B．goal C．return D．concern
A．replied B．addressed C．driven D．brought
A．invitation B．apology C．complaint D．appreciation
A．discussing B．providing C．applying D．starting
A．enough B．extra C．no D．other
A．admitting B．relating C．buying D．waiting
A．positive B．shocked C．discouraged D．optimistic
A．doorway B．window C．home D．yard
A．unfamiliar B．unexpected C．unknown D．uncertain
A．in case B．now that C．even if D．rather
A．nothing B．something C．anything D．everything
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