1. Practice defensive（保護(hù)的）driving.

Defensive driving includes keeping a safe distance and not speeding. 【2】 Accept small delays, such as staying in line behind a slower car instead of suddenly changing lanes.

2. 【3】

Sometimes, it doesn’t matter how safely you drive. You are driving at the speed limit and obeying all traffic rules but someone else can crash into you. One good rule is to think everyone else on the road is a fool and be prepared for anything unexpected. 【4】 And it pays to be ready when you do.

3. Don’t follow too closely.

Drivers need enough time to react if the car in front makes a sudden turn or stop. It can be too difficult for drivers to judge the proper distances while driving and the exact distance is adjusted by speed, so most experts suggest a “three-second rule”.

4. Be more careful in bad weather.

【5】 Drive below the speed limit if necessary, keep extra space between you and the car ahead, and be especially careful around curves. If the weather worsens, just find a safe place to wait out the storm.

A.Wear your safety belt.

B.Watch out for other drivers.

C.Chances are that you’ll eventually meet someone foolish.

D.The best way to reduce accidents is to practice safe driving behaviors.

E.If you’re driving through fog, heavy rain or on icy roads, be extra careful.

F.Remaining calm in the face of annoying traffic is another major part of the idea.

G.If a driver is tired enough to fall asleep while driving, the results are terrible.

A.She has been having a sad day.

B.She needs to take a day off.

C.She wants to play basketball, too.

D.She has been annoyed by the noise.

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刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（\)劃掉。

修改：在錯(cuò)詞的下面劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫(xiě)出改后的詞。

注意：1.每處錯(cuò)誤及其修改均僅限一詞；

2.只允許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不計(jì)分。

There was a big fire in one office buildings in our neighborhood at about nine o’clock last night. Many firemen and fire engines come. In a beginning, we saw flames with thick black smoke coming out from the six floor. We also heard the explosion the gas tank mix with the noisy sounds from the windows. Soon the fire spread one by one to the floors above, but finally reached the top floor. Many people stood outside on the streets watch the fire in horror. Unluckily there was no one in that office building when the fire broke out in.

Mr. Johnson lived in the woods with his wife and children. He owned 【1】 farm, which looked almost abandoned.

【2】 (lucky), he also had a cow which produced milk every day. He sold or exchanged some of the milk in the towns nearby for other food and made cheese and butter for the family with what 【3】 (leave). The cow was their only means of support, in fact. One day, the cow was eating grass 【4】 it began to rain heavily. While 【5】 (make) great efforts to run away, she fell over the hill and died. Then the Johnson tried to make a living 【6】 the cow. In order to support his family, Mr.

Johnson 【7】 (begin) to plant herbs and vegetables. Since the plants took a while to grow, he started cutting down trees 【8】 (sell) the wood. Thinking about his children’s clothes, he started growing cotton, too. When harvest came around, he was already selling herbs, vegetables and cotton in the market 【9】 people from the town met regularly. Now it occurred to 【10】 (he) that his farm had much potential and that the death of the cow was a bit of luck.

Scientists believed it was not easy for people to continue their work if they felt the need to have a snack or a rest to make them feel better. They argued that the only way to regain willpower is by supplying more energy to our bodies with rest, food or entertainment.

But psychologists have challenged this theory, saying weak willpower is in your head. They found that a person’s mindset(理念) and belief about willpower determine how long and how well they’ll be able to work on a tough mental exercise. “If you think of willpower as something that’s limited, you’re more likely to be tired when you perform a difficult task,” said Professor Veronika Job. “But if you think of willpower as something that is not easily depleted, you can go on and on.”

The researchers led by Mr. Job designed an experiment to test the students’ beliefs about willpower. After a tiring task those who believed or were led to believe that willpower was a limited resource performed worse on standard concentration tests than those who thought of willpower as something they had more control over.

Mr. Job said, “Students who may already have trouble studying are being told that their powers of concentration are limited, and they need to take frequent breaks. But a belief in willpower as a non-limited resource makes people stronger in their ability to work through challenges.”

The findings could help people who are battling with temptation(誘惑):people following strict diets and doing exercise regularly to lose weight, people trying to overcome addictions, employees facing a tight deadline. Willpower isn’t driven by a biologically based process as much as we used to think.

【1】What opinion did scientists have in the past?

A. Willpower was a limited resource.

B. It was hard to regain willpower.

C. Hardworking people seldom took breaks.

D. People could easily feel tired when working.

【2】Which of the following can replace the underlined word “depleted” in paragraph 3?

A. Given up. B. Recovered.

C. Used up. D. Changed.

【3】What can we learn from the findings of the experiment?

A. Students benefit most from the research.

B. Frequent breaks are not good for learning.

C. Will power can be regained after people have a good rest.

D. The belief in willpower can change a man’s behaviour.

【4】Why does the author write the text?

A. To explain the power of willpower.

B. To show us how to build willpower.

C. To tell us the ways of gaining willpower.

D. To introduce a new theory on willpower.

A friend of mine named Paul received an automobile from his brother as a Christmas present.

On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a little boy was walking around the shiny new car, admiring it. "Is this your car, Mister?" he asked.

Paul nodded. "My brother gave it to me for Christmas." "The boy was astounded. "You mean your brother gave it to you and it didn't cost you anything? Boy, I wish..." He hesitated.

Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for. He was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what the lad said jarred Paul all the way down to his heels.

"I wish," the boy went on, "that I could be a brother like that” Paul looked at the boy in astonishment, then impulsively he added, "Would you like to take a ride in my automobile?"

"Oh yes, I'd love that."

After a short ride, the boy turned and with his eyes aglow, said, "Mister, would you mind driving in front of my house?"

Paul smiled a little. He thought he knew what the lad wanted. He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big automobile. But Paul was wrong again. "Will you stop where those two steps are?" the boy asked.

Paragraph1:

He ran up the steps.

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Paul got out and lifted the lad to the front seat of his car.

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A.He is not a good mechanic.

B.He doesn’t keep his word.

C.He spends his spare time doing repairs.

D.He is always ready to offer help to others.

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刪除：把多余的詞用斜線(\)劃掉。

修改：在錯(cuò)的詞下劃—橫線，并在該詞下面寫(xiě)出修改后的詞。

注意：每處錯(cuò)誤及其修改均僅限一詞。

A lady once wrote a long story and sent to a famous editor．After a few week, the story was returned to her．The lady got very angrily．She wrote to the editor, “Dear sir, how do you know why the story is not good? You didn't read it．After I sent it to you, I pasted pages 21, 22 or 23 together．This was a test to see whether I would really read the story．When it came back, the pages still pasted together．Is this the way in that you read the stories that are sent to you?” The editor writes back, “Dear madam, at breakfast when I open an egg, I don't have to eat the whole egg in order to discover that it is bad.”

I was eighteen, summer fading, when my parents drove me to my university apartment. It was my first apartment. 【1】 (walk) my parents solemnly back to their car, I noticed that my mother had tears in her eyes. I 【2】 (struggle) to hold back my own. Such a strong woman was she 【3】 it was rare to see such a show of emotion. At the time, I was rather surprised. Being the youngest of five children, I thought that my parents were accustomed to 【4】 (let) go. But maybe it’s something that never gets any easier, 【5】 many practice swings you get. As my parents drove off, I realized that they would return to an empty home, 【6】 all of their children leaving to pursue dreams and lives of their own. Their nest, full of love and joy for so long, was now empty. Relishing (憧憬) my new-found freedom, I concentrated on my college life. My parents did their best to give me space to learn and grow, even if I neglected to call or visit. It was a time of “firsts,” and a taste of first “l(fā)asts.”

I have recently been playing Travel Frog, a mobile game that has me emotionally 【7】 (influence). In the game you gather resources, send your frog on his adventures and your payoff is, *drum roll please* ... postcards. That’s right, postcards. I thought it was a silly, overly-simplistic game at first, but then it started to bring back memories from long ago.

While the game lacks the narrative detail or the interactivity of other games, you have a lesson 【8】 (learn) from your itinerant (四處奔波的) “Frog Son”. You do not control when he sets off on his adventures, 【9】 can you be sure that your hard work will land you a coveted (夢(mèng)寐以求的) postcard. This game, however, has emotionally affected many players. They 【10】 (remind) of their parents who restlessly await their return home, their familiar voices, their love. Parents sacrifice a large part of themselves for their children. It is a sacrifice that can only be paid back with love.

【1】多參加志愿者活動(dòng)，它能使你成為更好的人。(and)

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【2】隨著收入的提高，人們開(kāi)始追求更高品質(zhì)的生活方式。(pursue)

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【3】自從新的地鐵建成以來(lái)，人們不再騎自行車(chē)上班了。(Rarely)

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【4】大多數(shù)市民在網(wǎng)上高度贊揚(yáng)這個(gè)主意，因?yàn)樗�不僅有助于傳播信息，而且還提高了人們保護(hù)孩子的意識(shí)。(speak)

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