阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
When I was in college, I remember hearing about a book titled “Looking Out for Number One”. I never read the book, but the title has always stuck with me. I hadn’t been taught to be so selfish that I should be focused on only . I thought I needed to be others and, along the way, I would also be helping myself. Now, I realized I have at least considered learning more about looking out for number one.
Jeffrey Gitomer asks the question, “Who is the most person in the world?” Most people answer, the customer. He then asks, if there were only two people left in the world, the and you, who would you want to survive (生存)? Now the answer is me.
It makes me sense that if we can’t help ourselves first, we will never be to help others. We all need to learn to control our lives and make the best for ourselves. That will put us in the position to help others in the . But many of us are to understand this.
It has been said that happiness will bring success, but success doesn’t bring happiness. We all want to be happy and . For some of us can be very happy when our basic needs are and our family are safe. Others will high levels of success thinking that will bring happiness. I’m sure we can think of a person who is very successful, according to the world’s standards (标准), but they don’t appear to be happy . This is they have been so busy working for somebody’s goals that they haven’t considered their own needs.
A．him B．her C．me D．you
A．helping B．teaching C．considering D．beating
A．could B．would C．should D．might
A．important B．interesting C．kind D．helpful
A．teacher B．customer C．doctor D．leader
A．suggested B．dared C．answered D．prepared
A．decisions B．ideas C．aims D．results
A．past B．future C．first D．last
A．easy B．possible C．slow D．fast
A．hardly B．once C．often D．always
A．rich B．successful C．smart D．famous
A．met B．realized C．arrived D．accepted
A．look after B．think out C．talk about D．seek for
A．at all B．at least C．at most D．at first
A．so B．because C．as D．certainly
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One day a woman got into her car and started driving home after work. Suddenly, saw a yellow car behind her. was a man. When she turned left, the yellow car turned left. When she tuned right, the yellow car turned right, . When she stopped the traffic lights, the yellow car stopped behind her.
The woman was afraid, so she drove to the police station. She was very when she found the car stopped behind her. At that time, a young man was standing outside the police station. The woman was very happy him. She knew that he was a policeman he was wearing a police uniform. She jumped out of her car and ran to the policeman. She asked him to arrest (逮捕) the man in the yellow car, so the policeman walked to the man.
The man to run away when he saw the policeman. He just smiled said to the woman, “I want to give this purse back to you, madam. I think you dropped it on the street.”
A．she B．her C．hers D．herself
A．The worker B．The driver C．The doctor D．The farmer
A．also B．either C．too D．neither
A．in B．on C．to D．at
A．quickly B．slowly C．easily D．happily
A．surprised B．interesting C．interested D．surprising
A．see B．to see C．saw D．sees
A．after B．before C．because D．when
A．doesn’t try B．tried C．tries D．didn’t try
A．and B．so C．or D．but
I live in an apartment building where there are several elderly people. There is an old neighbour of mine who is always willing to and go out of his way to help anyone in need.
A few weeks ago, I was taking a large amount of out. This neighbour saw me and stopped to help me as he was taking out his own rubbish. However, after he dumped his rubbish out of the bag, he his rubbish bag.
“Why don’t you throw it away?” I asked him.
He replied that he had been using the rubbish bag for a few months because he really didn’t have extra money to buy new ones. This immediately made me tear up. I thought that having rubbish bags was really .
So I started working out a(n) . I went to every apartment in the building and told them what was going on. I asked each household if they could at least one rubbish bag. I got almost 100 bags. I then put them into a gift basket and left an anonymous (匿名的) saying that they were from his grateful neighbours.
A few days later, he told me about the rubbish bags that he . I, of course, did not tell him they came from. Then, later that afternoon, I came home and found this very neighbour using all those rubbish bags to help another neighbour move out!
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(原创) Many people use their mobile phones as the and are more used to checking e-mails before sleeping. , these habits are becoming sleeping problems.
Several years ago, my boss used to stay up working on her mobile phone and got badly ill that. Now she always leaves her phone in another room And she encourages friends to do so. “I sent each of my friends the christmas gift – an alarm clock so that they could stop using their phones as the alarm clock,” she said.
If your mobile phone wakes you up in the morning, it may also be keeping you up at night. A study in 2008 showed that people in mobile phone radiation（辐射）mostly had problems. They often fall asleep very late and feel tired in the day time. And according to a Swedish study, a quarter of young people in this country feel like there must be phones around them. Most of them feel for not returning messages. So they even haveto to their friends before sleeping.
So what kind of people prefer to use mobile phones in their bedrooms? A recent study has shown that three-quarter people aged between 18 and 34 prefer to sleep with their phones near them. That number falls off a little in middle age, but only people aged 65 and are used to leaving the phone in room while sleeping.
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（改编）It was the year 1867. Mark Twain was out of money. He walked in the streets, trying to find a way to make some money. At last he a hotel and sat down in the lobby. There came a lovely dog. Mark Twain put the in his lap.
At this time an Army General came along and he loved the dog. He said to Mark Twain, “He is a wonder. Would you sell him?”
Thinking of his stomach, Mark Twain thought it seemed to be a good thing and said, “Yes.”
The General asked, “What do you ask for him?”
“Three dollars.”
The General was and said, “Only three dollars! Are you serious?”
“Three dollars.”
“Very well, since you just want it,” said the General. He gave Mark Twain take , led the dog away and disappeared upstairs.
In about ten minutes a middle-aged gentleman came along and began to look around. Mark Twain asked he was looking for a dog.
The man’s face had been sad and , but now it became bright and he answered, “Yes. Have you seen him?”
“Yes. He was here a minute ago, and I saw him follow a gentleman . I think I can find him for you, if you would like me to .”
The gentleman said he would pay for the trouble. He asked Mark Twain would ask for.
“Three dollars.”
“Dear me, it is nothing. I will .”
“No. Three is the .”
Mark Twain got the General’s room number from the clerk. The door was and Mark Twain asked the General to give back the dog.
“Why?” asked the General.
“The dog’s owner wants it back.”
“Are you not the owner?”
“No, I am not.”
The General began to shout, but he was too tired to with Mark Twain. Finally, Mark Twain paid back the three dollars, and led the dog downstairs. He the dog to the owner and got three dollars for the job.
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完形填空。(20分)
Everyone needs friends. We all like to close to someone. It is nice to have a friend to talk, laugh and do things with. , sometimes we need to be alone. We don’t always want people . But we would feel lonely if we never had a friend.
No two people are . Friends sometimes don’t get on well. That doesn’t mean they no longer like each other. Most of the time they will make peace with each other，and become again.
Sometimes friends move away. Then we feel very . We miss them very much, but we can them and write to them. It could be possible that we could even see them again. And we can also new friends.
There’s more good news for people who have friends. They live longer than people who don’t have. Why? It could be that they are . Being happy helps you stay well and it could be good just knowing that someone cares about you.
A．look B．watch C．feel D．see
A．Hardly B．Nearly C．Suddenly D．Certainly
A．alone B．away C．all over D．around
A．friendly B．kind C．just the same D．quite different
A．that B．whether C．how D．why
A．enemies B．strangers C．students D．friends
A．angry B．sad C．happy D．alone
A．call B．ask C．tell D．talk with
A．look for B．find C．make D．know
A．happier B．stronger C．kinder D．richer
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