Ban the Band(乐队)
Every year,our school has a dance for all the students.It’s a little funny seeing friends in clean shoes and trousers or colorful ______,instead of the usual school uniform.
Most of us think the dance is great ____ ---even the teachers enjoy being there._____,two weeks ago someone said that there would be no ______ band this year ---only CDs.
“I don’t ____ it!”Amy cried out during the lunch break.
“Someone said the school couldn’t ____ a band,and they think it’s too noisy anyway/”added Daniel.
“Well,I don’t think it’s ____ enough without a band!”declared Angela.”and I’m going to see what can be done.”
Angela was as good as her ____.In the afternoon she went to see the school headmaster who agreed to give the ____ some more thought.And he suggested that one ____for having a band was to increase the price of each ticket from $5 to $10.Angela had to _____ out whether the students would like to do that.
“I need all of you to help me,”she ____to our group before school the next day.”Mr.Berry gave me a list of all the names,and suggested we ask each one their ____ about the band and the extra cost.”
______ the day we asked around as Angela suggested,and wrote down peoples’s feelings about the band and the cost.We were amazed how much ____ there was for the band and everyone agreed to pay the extra $5.
“I’m surprised,”smiled Mr.Berry,when we gave him the ____.”I realty thought that only a few people ____ their band and that the cost would be too high.OK.Angela,your next ____is to find a good band and line them up for the dance. ”
Angela was all smiles and ____ the news to Amy and Daniel.”You’re ____,”smiled Daniel to Angela as he thought how close they came to having a less than perfect dance.
A．shapes B．dressed C．flowers D．pictures
A．fun B．work C．effort D．progress
A．Besides B．Otherwise C．However D．Therefore
A．new B．live C．foreign D．marching
A．mean B．need C．accept D．believe
A．lead B．serve C．afford D．form
A．good B．clear C．useful D．easy
A．look B．behavior C．mind D．word
A．schedule B．situation C．view D．action
A．possibility B．concern C．decision D．chance
A．call B．find C．carry D．point
A．admitted B．replied C．apologized D．announced
A．knowledge B．instruction C．opinion D．information
A．On B．For C．By D．During
A．trust B．money C．support D．care
A．results B．notices C．questions D．examples
A．welcomed B．wanted C．defended D．invited
A．task B．business C．exercise D．duty
A．showed B．wrote C．broke D．read
A．amusing B．interesting C．exciting D．amazing
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My 8-year-old son, Kevin, has made friends with some boys in the neighborhood. He has been ____ with them after school. My wife, and I are ____ he has other kids to be with and we have ____ and encouraged him to play with his friends. We also want Kevin to learn ____, so we have asked him to tell us ___ he's going and to come home at a specified time.
The ____ started when Kevin didn't come home on time. On one occasion, I asked Kevin to be back at 6 pm. By 6:30, I needed to go ____ him. I found him at a friend's house, and he looked ____ that he couldn't continue playing. After we came home, I sat Kevin down for a talk about the ____ of keeping his word. I told him I was not worried about his arriving a few___ late, after a half hour, he told me he understood and I was ___.
The next day, I came home from work at about 6:30 pm and my wife asked me to go and get Kevin back ___ she said he should be back home at 6. I walked to his friend's house and a look of ___appeared on Kevin's face when he came to the door.
At __, my wife and I spoke to Kevin about why he didn't come home on time again. He said he just wanted to ___ playing. This was ___ so we decided to ground(罚不准出门) him for a week. This ___ no playing with his friends.
For the next week,whenever his friends came to ask for Kevin, we let him ___ to them that he was grounded. We felt this would help him be responsible for his ___.
As a ___ I believe one of the most important things we can teach our kids is self-responsibility and that actions have consequences.
A．studying B．playing C．chatting D．quarreling
A．glad B．lucky C．worried D．sure
A．made B．allowed C．trained D．forced
A．amusements B．communications C．honesty D．responsibility
A．when B．why C．where D．whenever
A．changes B．conflicts C．worries D．problems
A．looking for B．picking up C．waiting for D．calling up
A．angry B．nervous C．disappointed D．ashamed
A．quality B．importance C．stories D．ways
A．hours B．minutes C．days D．times
A．satisfied B．shocked C．surprised D．concerned
A．if B．unless C．because D．so
A．guilt B．disappointment C．excitement D．hatred
A．home B．school C．work D．office
A．finish B．keep C．learn D．stop
A．impossible B．impolite C．unacceptable D．unbelievable
A．meant B．suggested C．showed D．implied
A．reply B．apologize C．tell D．explain
A．decisions B．words C．actions D．friends
A．teacher B．parent C．writer D．professor
完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，共30分）
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Some people think if you are happy, you are blind to reality. But when we research it, happiness actually ______every single business and educational outcome for the brain. How did we ______ this? Why do we have these social misunderstandings about happiness? Because we assumed you were ______.
When we study people, scientists are often interested in what the average is.
Many people think happiness is genetic. That's only half the story, because the average person does not fight their ______. When we stop studying the average and begin ______ positive outliers(离群值) -- people who are above average for a positive aspect like optimism or intelligence -- a ______ different picture appears. Our daily decisions and habits have a huge impact upon both our levels of happiness and ______.
______, happiness is a choice. It is a choice about where your single processor brain will devote its finite resources as you process the world. If you scan for the ______ first, your brain really has no resources left over to see the things you are grateful for or the meaning embedded（嵌入） in your work. But if you scan the world for the positive, you start to acquire an ______advantage.
I wrote the cover story for the Harvard Business Review magazine on "Happiness Leads to Profits." Based on my article called "Positive Intelligence" and my research in The Happiness Advantage, I ______ our researched conclusion: the single greatest advantage in the modern economy is a ______ and busy workforce.
A decade of research in the business world ______ that happiness raises nearly every business and educational ______: increasing sales by 37%， productivity by 31%， and ______ on tasks by 19%， as well as a number of health and quality-of-life improvements.
A．rises B．arises C．raises D．realizes
A．think B．miss C．know D．understand
A．usual B．single C．unique D．average
A．bodies B．faces C．genes D．fates
A．researching B．discovering C．finding D．observing
A．mildly B．hardly C．crazily D．wildly
A．interest B．success C．safety D．failure
A．Scientifically B．Fortunately C．Gradually D．Strangely
A．active B．passive C．negative D．positive
A．interesting B．embarrassing C．annoying D．amazing
A．Talked B．summarized C．thought D．underlined
A．silly B．funny C．common D．happy
A．means B．proves C．wishes D．hopes
A．outcome B．answer C．cause D．reality
A．behavior B．mistake C．accuracy D．possession
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I went to India for a 2-week vacation to visit my relatives. We stopped on a red light, and as always, there were a lot of activities outside the cars near the . People walked in, between the cars newspaper, water and a number of kids looked for a bit of charity from the car owners. It’s a familiar in most poor developing countries.
While we were for the red light to turn green, I noticed a man outside a couple of in front of ours trying to sell bottles of water. It’s unusual at first. He was a man in his 40s with relatively clothes. But he walked around in a strange way. He kind of his way around the spaces. He was blind.
Carrying a couple of water bottles on one hand, he got to the outside of our car. Out of , my mum decided to buy one water bottle. As she gave the man the money, the light turned green. The car behind sounded loudly and , trying to get ahead of traffic. Seeing this, my mum kindly told the man to the change. However, with his sense of touch, he quickly went through his shirt pocket and threw the money at my mum’s . It was the exact change. The cars behind us were really getting out of control, we decided to go on our way.
I broke down and even when I got home. Here’s a blind man, born in , trying to sell water bottles on the streets to make ends meet. He our sympathy. Life hasn’t been to him, yet he’s giving it his best shot. I think that is what is all about facing life bravely.
A．signs B．crossroads C．stations D．theatres
A．giving B．buying C．selling D．throwing
A．scene B．play C．activity D．street
A．watching B．asking C．waiting D．changing
A．blocks B．crossings C．turns D．cars
A．everything B．something C．anything D．nothing
A．expensive B．fashionable C．ragged D．fastened
A．pushed B．drove C．cleared D．felt
A．eventually B．quickly C．frequently D．happily
A．curiosity B．sympathy C．thirsty D．politeness
A．impatiently B．casually C．naturally D．carefully
A．keep B．return C．borrow D．count
A．poor B．superior C．limited D．enlarged
A．hand B．arm C．face D．lap
A．still B．yet C．so D．but
A．smiled B．shouted C．complained D．cried
A．pain B．poverty C．sadness D．loneliness
A．refused B．enjoyed C．doubted D．cheated
A．rich B．unfair C．kind D．bad
A．kindness B．courage C．experience D．challenge
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It often appears that we have more to gain by speaking than by listening. One big advantage of speaking is that it gives you a chance to _____ others' thoughts and actions. Whatever your goal is — to have a boss hire you, to ____others to vote for the person of your choice or to describe the ____ you want your hair cut ...the key to success seems to be the ____ to speak well.
Another ____ advantage of speaking is the chance it provides to ____ the admiration, respect, or linking of others. Tell jokes, and everyone will think you're really a ____ man. Tell them all you know，and they'll be ____ by your wisdom. But keep quiet, and it seems as if you are a ____ person.
Finally，talking gives you the ___ to release(释放) energy in a way that listening can't. When you're ____, the chance to talk about your problems can often help you feel better. In the same way, you can often ___ your anger by letting it out orally. It is also helpful to ___your excitement with others by talking about it, ____ keeping it inside often leaves you feeling as if you might burst.
____ it is true that talking does have many advantages，it's important to ____ that listening can do good to listeners, too. As you'll soon read, being a good listener is one good way to __ others with their problems; and what better way is there to have others ____ you? As for controlling others, it may be true that it's hard to be persuasive while you're listening, but your ___ to hear others out will often make them open to your ideas ____. Listening is often reciprocal(互惠的). “You get what you give.”
A．guess B．control C．disturb D．tease
A．insist B．advise C．persuade D．suggest
A．idea B．plan C．means D．way
A．habit B．energy C．power D．ability
A．obvious B．easy C．new D．special
A．catch B．gain C．remain D．declare
A．successful B．simple C．wise D．stupid
A．affected B．moved C．instructed D．impressed
A．fruitless B．homeless C．worthless D．senseless
A．pleasure B．course C．opportunity D．duty
A．in trouble B．in danger C．in debt D．in silence
A．reduce B．extend C．deepen D．widen
A．control B．share C．enjoy D．remove
A．or B．so C．for D．though
A．as B．When C．Since D．While
A．suppose B．aware C．realize D．imagine
A．fail B．cure C．hurt D．help
A．appreciate B．listen to C．envy D．support
A．kindness B．favour C．willingness D．concern
A．by turns B．in return C．in turn D．in order
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I was a single parent of four small children, working at a low-paid job. Money was always tight, but we had a over our heads, food on the table, clothes on our backs, and if not a lot, always . Not knowing we were poor, my kids(孩子们) just thought I was . I’ve always been glad about that.
It was Christmas time, and although there wasn’t for a lot of gifts, we planned to celebrate with a family party. But the big for the kids was the fun of Christmas .
They planned weeks ahead of time, asking what they wanted for Christmas. Fortunately, I had saved $120 for to share by all five of us.
The big arrived. I gave each kid a twenty-dollar bill and them to look for gifts of about four dollars each. Then everyone scattered(散开). We had two hours to shop; then we would back at the “Santa’s Workshop”.
Driving home, everyone was in high Christmas spirits, my younger daughter, Ginger, who was unusually . She had only one small, flat bag with a few candies— fifty-cent candies! I was so angry, but I didn’t say anything we got home. I called her into my bedroom and closed the door, to be angry again. This is what she told me：
“I was looking thinking of what to buy, and I to read the little cards on the ‘Giving Trees’.One was for a little girl, four years old, and all she for Christmas was a doll(玩具娃娃). So I took the card off the tree and the doll for her. We have so much and she doesn’t have anything.”
I never felt so as I did that day.
A．roof B．hat C．sky D．star
A．little B．less C．enough D．more
A．busy B．serious C．strict D．kind
A．effort B．room C．time D．money
A．improvement B．problem C．surprise D．excitement
A．shopping B．travelling C．parties D．greetings
A．the other B．each other C．one by one D．every other one
A．toys B．clothes C．presents D．bills
A．day B．chance C．cheque D．tree
A．forced B．reminded C．invited D．begged
A．draw B．stay C．move D．meet
A．including B．besides C．except D．regarding
A．quiet B．excited C．happy D．ashamed
A．since B．after C．while D．until
A．waiting B．ready C．hoping D．afraid
A．out B．over C．forward D．around
A．forgot B．stopped C．failed D．hated
A．wanted B．did C．got D．played
A．made B．searched C．bought D．fetched
A．angry B．rich C．patient D．bitter
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