阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1-20各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
I used to hate being called upon in class mainly because I didn’t like attention drawn to myself. And otherwise assigned（指定）a seat by the teacher, I always to sit at the back of the classroom.
All this after I joined a sports team. It began when a teacher suggested I try out for the basketball team. At first I thought it was a crazy because I didn’t have a good sense of balance, nor did I have the to keep pace with the others on the team and they would tease me. But for the teacher who kept insisting on my “ for it”, I wouldn’t have decided to give a try.
Getting up the to go to the tryouts was only the half of it! When I first started the practice sessions, I didn’t even know the rules of the game, much what I was doing. Sometimes I’d get and take a shot at the wrong direction—which made me feel really stupid. , I wasn’t the only one “new” at the game, so I decided to on learning the game, do my best at each practice session, and not be too hard on myself for the things I didn’t “just yet”.
I practiced and practiced. Soon I knew the and the “moves”. Being part of a team was fun and motivating. Very soon the competitive in me was winning over my lack of confidence. With time, I learned how to play and made friends in the — friends who respected my efforts to work hard and be a team player. I never had so much fun!
With my self-confidence comes more praise from teachers and classmates. I have gone from “ ” in the back of the classroom and not wanting to call attention to myself, raising my hand— even when I sometimes wasn’t and not 100 percent I had the right answer. Now I have more self-confidence in myself.
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How to Release Anger the Right Way
Anger is a feeling that many of us know all too well. Some of us experience it daily, 36 others hold on to it for years at a tim
e. As you likely know, angry is not a healthy emotion. Over time it can become self-destructive, 37 relationships and
even your health.
This is not to say that anger is always a 38 thing—anger is a natural part of living；it is a 39 that something is wrong. If anger is not a incompletely normal and natural human emotion, it is, however，important to learn and understand how to 40 anger the right way.
You can release anger the right or the wrong way. 41 whether you have an anger problem yourself or not, it is 42 for everyone to understand what the right 43 of releasing anger are. Transforming （转换、变换）anger is a powerful 44 to take that will create positive changes in our relationships. One of the best ways to 45 anger is to give yourself the permission to express anger. In fact, it is quite 46 to express your anger as long as you do it 47 .
Remember that anger management 48 both on mental and physical effort. Although mental treatment alone will help you 49 for releasing your anger, it can only take you so far. The same 50 for exercise too. However, if you combine both mental treatment and exercising, you will then have 51 to an unbelievable positive solutio
n. Do a particular physical activity 52 the mental intention of releasing your anger.
It might be 53 but the most important things of all to 54 is to never hurt others when you release your anger. Make sure you give yourself the 55 to express safely your anger, without hurting anyone else .
A．when B．while C．but D．However
A．reflecting B．ruining C．limiting D．satisfying
A．bad B．good C．ordinary D．especial
A．appearance B．mark C．signal D．gesture
A．release B．relax C．obsorb D．influence
A．Instead of B．Except for C．Regardless of D．As a result of
A．important B．common C．hard D．easy
A．answers B．messages C．ways D．actions
A．step B．right C．attitude D．chance
A．shift B．change C．transfer D．transform
A．painful B．happy C．healthy D．succeeful
A．confidently B．correctly C．gradually D．separately
A．requires B．relies C．lacks D．refuse
A．attentively B．specially C．absolutely D．greatly
A．arranges B．reaches C．prepares D．applies
A．access B．approach C．admission D．contact
A．in charge of B．rather than C．along with D．in place of
A．simple B．obvious C．unrealistic D．proper
A．answer B．remember C．repeat
A．opportunity B．necessity C．possibility D．reality
The position of children in American family and society is no longer what it is used to be. The _36__ family in colonial North America was mainly concerned with survival and 37 that, its own economic prosperity, Thus, children were __38__ in terms of their productivity, and they played the role of producer quite early, Until they fulfilled this role, their position in the family was one of the subordination(附属).
With the __39__ of the society, the position of the children in the family and in the society became more important. In the complex and technological society that the United States has become, each member must fulfill a number of personal and occupational roles and be in contact with many other members. __40__ , viewing children as necessary members of society means that they are __41__ more as people in their own right than as those of the family is reflected in various laws __42__ the rights of children and in the social and public welfare programs.
This new __43__ of children and the frequent contact between the members of society has also __44_ an increasing interest in child-raising techniques. People today spend much time seeking the proper way to __45__ children.
Nowadays, the socialization of the child in the United States is a two-way transaction(事务) between parents and child __46___ a one-way, parent-to-child training program. As a consequence, socializing child and __47__ with them over a long period of time is for parents a mixture of pleasure, satisfaction, and problems
A．poor B．ordinary C．happy D．wealthy
A．except B．for C．beyond D．through
A．supported B．received C．encouraged D．valued
A．movement B．achievement C．development D．requirement
A．Besides B．However C．Instead D．Therefore
A．admired B．regarded C．made D．respected
A．enjoying B．preventing C．considering D．protecting
A．view B．faith C．world D．study
A．led in B．brought in C．resulted in D．taken in
A．nurse B．praise C．understand D．raise
A．more than B．rather than C．better than D．less than
A．talking B．living C．playing D．discussing
When I was fifteen, I announced to my English class that I was going to write my own books. Half the students smiled unkindly, 36 nearly fell out of their chairs laughing. “Don’t be 37 , only geniuses can become writers,” the English teacher said, “And you are getting a D this term.” I was so ashamed I burst into 38 . That night I wrote a short sad poem about broken dreams and mailed it to the newspaper. To my 39 , they published it and sent me two dollars. I was a published and paid writer. I showed my teacher and fellow students. They laughed, “Just plain dumb luck,” the teacher said. I 40 success. I’d sold the first thing I’d 41 written. That was more than any of them had done and if it was just dumb luck that was fine with me.
During the next two years I sold dozens of poems and letters. By the time I graduated from high school, I had scrapbooks (剪贴簿) 42 my published works. I never 43 my writing to my teachers, friends or my family 44 because they were dream killers.
I had four children at the time. 45 the children slept, I typed on my ancient typewriter. I wrote what I felt. It took nine months. I chose a 46 and mailed it. A month later I received a contract, an advance on payments, and a request to start 47 another book. Crying Wind, became a best seller, was translated into fifteen languages and sold worldwide. My first book also became 48 reading in native American schools in Canada.
The 49 year I ever had as a writer I earned two dollars. In my best year I earned 36,000 dollars. People ask what college I 50 , what degrees I had and what qualifications I have to be a writer. The answer is: “None.” I just write. I’m not a genius. I use an electric typewriter that I paid a hundred and twenty nine dollars 51 six years ago. I do all the housework and 52 my writing in a few minutes here and there. I’ve written eight books. To all those who dream of writing, I’m shouting at you: “Yes, you can. Don’t listen to them.” I don’t write right 53 I’ve succeeded. Writing is 54 , it’s fun and anyone can do it. 55 , a little dumb luck doesn’t hurt.
A．other B．others C．the other D．the rest
A．silly B．curious C．excited D．depressed
A．laughter B．tears C．song D．cheers
A．puzzlement B．disappointment C．expectation D．astonishment
A．tasted B．met C．accepted D．considered
A．yet B．never C．even D．ever
A．crowdedwith B．filled with C．combined with D．linked with
A．remembered B．concluded C．mentioned D．described
A．again B．instead C．still D．merely
A．Though C．Until D．While
A．writer B．reporter C．publisher D．manager
A．working on B．going on C．turning on D．putting on
A．requested B．required C．demanded D．reminded
A．busiest B．worse C．worst D．highest
A．attended B．took C．admitted D．participated
A．out B．to C．by D．for
A．keep B．fit C．save D．hold
A．or B．so C．and D．but
A．easy B．hard C．convenient D．practical
A．On the contrary B．Of course C．As a result D．In this way
A year ago I paid no attention to English idioms, 41 my teacher said again and again that it was important．
One day, I happened to 42 an Englishman on the road, and soon we began to 43 ．As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner shook his head, saying, “You don’t say! You don’t say!” I was 44 , I thought, perhaps this is not a 45 topic．Well, I’d 46 change the topic．So I said to him, “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? 47 the way, have you ever 48 there?” “Certainly, everyone back home will 49 me if I leave China without seeing 50 ．It was great．” I said, “The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world． It is a place of 51 ．” Soon I was interrupted again by his words, “ 52 !” I couldn’t 53 asking, “Why do you ask me not to talk about it?” “Well, I didn’t ask you to do 54 ”, he answered, gently surprised．
I said, “Didn’t you say ‘You don’t say’?”
Hearing this, the Englishman 55 to tears．He began to 56 ,“‘You don’t say’ actually means ‘really?’．It is an 57 of surprise．Perhaps you don’t pay attention 58 English idioms. ”
Then I knew I had made a fool of 59 ．Since then I have been more 60 with idioms．
A．though B．when C．if D．as
A．look B．meet C．pick up D．find out
A．walk B．talk C．play D．go
A．pleased B．angry C．afraid D．surprised
A．proper B．strange C．safe D．polite
A．to B．better C．not D．like
A．On B．In C．All D．By
A．gone B．visited C．seen D．been
A．look at B．think of C．send for D．laugh at
A．it B．hem C．anything D．something
A．fun B．interest C．business D．mountain
A．Really B．Good C．You don’ t say D．You are right.
A．be B．help C．think D．do
A．this B．so C．anything D．me a favor
A．laughed B．cried C．moved D．came
A．explain B．shout C．prove D．say
A．experience B．expression C．explanation D．example
A．for B．to C．at D．in
A．me B．myself C．him D．somebody
A．helpful B．popular C．careful D．satisfied
I dreamed I had an interview with God.
“So you would like to interview me?” God asked. “If you have the time,” I said. “My time is eternity(永恒),” God smiled, “What questions do you have（36）_________for me?” “What surprises you most about humankind?” God answered, “That they (37)__________ bored with childhood, they rush to grow up, and then long to be children（38）_________. That they lost their health to make money… and then lost their money to restore their (39)__________. Then by thinking anxiously （40）__________ the future, they forget the (41)___________, so that they live in neither the present nor future. That they live as if they will never die, and die （42）__________ they had never lived.” God’s hand took mine and we were silent for a while.
And then I asked, “(43)__________ a parent, what are some of life’s lessons you want your children to(44) ___________?” He answered, “To learn they （45）__________make anyone love them. All they can do is to let themselves love（46）____________. To learn that it is not good to compare themselves to others. To learn to forgive by practicing forgiveness. To learn that it only（47）___________ a few seconds to open profound（深的） wounds in those they love, and it can take many years to heal （48）__________. To learn that a rich person is not one who has the most, but is the one who need the （49）___________. To learn that there are people who love them（50）____________, but simply have not yet learned how to express or show their(51)___________. To learn that two people can look at the same thing and （52）___________ it differently. To learn that it is not enough that they forgive one（53）____________, but they must also forgive themselves.”
“Thank you for your（54）___________,” I said humbly. “Is there anything else you would like（55）_____________ to know?” God smiled and said, “Just to know that I am always here.”
A．in life B．by heart C．at hand D．in mind
A．run B．live C．get D．prove
A．either B．too C．further D．again
A．life B．health C．lives D．spirits
A．about B．in C．for D．over
A．children B．living C．time D．present
A．so that B．in order that C．as though D．in case
A．As B．For C．About D．By
A．listen B．study C．learn D．attend
A．can’t B．won’t C．needn’t D．mustn’t
A．others B．anyone C．everyone D．someone
A．gets B．has C．spends D．takes
A．it B．them C．themselves D．these
A．best B．least C．last D．health
A．mainly B．lovely C．dearly D．fairly
A．words B．expressions C．ideas D．feelings
A．see B．watch C．regard D．treat
A．other B．another C．of them D．itself
A．time B．word C．belief D．kindness
A．me B．your humankind C．your life D．your children
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