My friend Michelle is blind, but you’d never know it. She makes such good use of her other   36   , including her “sixth sense”, that she rarely gives the impression she’s   37 anything.
Michelle looks after her children pretty much like the rest of us,   38  that she doesn’t push too hard on them,   39  really benefit a lot from her relaxed attitude. She knows when to clean the house. She moves around so fast that often   40  don’t realize she’s blind.
I  41 this the first time after my six-year-old daughter, Kayla, went to play there. When Kayla came home, she was very   42 about her day. She told me they had baked cookies, played games and done art projects. But she was   43 excited about her finger-painting project.
“Mom, guess what?” said Kayla, all smiles. "I learned how to   44 colors today! Blue and red make purple, and yellow and blue make green! And Michelle   45  with us.
To my great   46   , my child had learnt about color from a blind friend!
Then Kayla continued, “Michelle told me my  47 showed joy, pride and a sense of accomplishment. She really   48   what I was doing!” Kayla said she had never felt how good finger paints felt   49  Michelle showed her how to paint without looking at her paper.
I realized Kayla didn’t know that Michelle was blind. It had just never   50  in conversation.
When I told her, she was   51  for a moment. At first, she didn’t believe me. “But Mommy, Michelle knew exactly what was in my picture!” Kayla   52 . And I knew my child was   53  because Michelle had listened to Kayla describe her artwork. Michelle had also heard Kayla's   54  in her work,
We were silent for a minute. Then Kayla said slowly, “You know, Mommy, Michelle really did ‘see’ my picture. She just used my   55 .”
Indeed, she uses a special type of “vision” that all mothers have.

A round of applause, please, for the Indian man who recently sang for 80 hours straight, setting a new Guinness world record. It’s an impressive feat, to be sure, but let’s just hope he still has a voice. According to Indian newspapers, Rajesh Burbure has been told to keep silent for several days so his vocal cords (聲帶) can heal.
It was reported that Burbure and his family are in a celebratory mood. “It’s a proud moment for all of us,” his wife told DNAIndia.com.
I, on the other hand, am unable to share their enthusiasm. Don’t get me wrong: I hope the 35-year-old Burbure lives forever, sells a million records and becomes an international celebrity. But his record–singing for 80 hours straight–is about as meaningful as most of the other curious but crazy feats listed in the Guinness Book of World Records.
Granted , I’m not qualified to speak on the subject. I’ve got no world records to my name– and I never expect to have any. Then again, maybe I am qualified to speak for those of us who have better things to do than train for years to sing an 80-hour medley (混合曲) of pop songs.
But let’s not just pick on poor Burbure. He’s not the only person chasing meaningless accolades. The Guinness Book of World Records is full of the names of people who at one time grew the longest hair, or built the biggest bicycle, or baked the largest cheesecake.
To all of these enterprising (有進(jìn)取心的) souls I ask, simply, “What was it all for?”
Congratulations! For all of your painstaking effort, you became a footnote in a thick book that no one reads, except for you and the person who will eventually surpass you–with one more hour of singing, a few more centimeters of steel or a few more pounds of cheese.
After all, records are made to be broken.
【小題1】From the text, we can learn that the author         .

A．has no Guinness records, so he admires Burbures’ feat

B．feels it is a pity he was not invited to share the happiness with the Burbures

C．thinks singing for 80 hours straight is completely meaningless

D．is quite worried about Burbure’s vocal cords

原創(chuàng)（八）
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,   1  others hold on to it for years at a time. As you likely know, angry is not a healthy   2   . Over time it can become self-destructive,   3  relationships and even your health.
This is not to say that anger is always a   4   thing—anger is a natural part of living；it is a   5    that something is wrong. If anger is not a   6   normal and natural human emotion, it is   7  important to learn and understand how to   8   anger the right way.
You can release anger the right or the wrong way.    9    whether you have an anger problem yourself or not, it is   10    for everyone to understand what the right   11   of releasing anger are. Transforming anger is a powerful   12 to take that will create positive changes in our relationships. One of the best ways to   13  anger is to give yourself the   14  to express anger. In fact, it is quite   15   to express your anger as long as you do it   16   .
Remember that anger management   17  both on mental and physical effort. Although mental therapy alone will help you   18    for releasing your anger, it can only take you so far. The same   19  for exercise too. However, if you   20  both mental therapy and exercising, you will then have   21   to an unbelievable positive solution. Do a particular physical activity   22   the mental intention of releasing your anger.
It might be   23  but the most important things of all to   24   is to never hurt others when you release your anger. Make sure you give yourself the   25  to express safely your anger, without hurting anyone else .
1．A．when                      B．while                     C．but                 D．However
2．A．life                        B．feeling            C．happiness        D．emotion
3．A．reflecting                B．ruining           C．limiting           D．satisfying
4．A．bad                         B．good               C．ordinary         D．especial
5．A．a(chǎn)ppearance           B．mark              C．signal              D．gesture
6．A．unbelievable           B．completely      C．incompletely   D．carefully
7．A．whatever                 B．how                C．much              D．however
8．A．release                    B．relax               C．obsorb            D．influence
9．A．Instead of                B．Except for       C．Regardless of D．As a consequence of
10．A．important              B．common          C．hard               D．easy
11．A．a(chǎn)nswers                 B．messages         C．ways              D．a(chǎn)ctions
12．A．step                   B．right               C．a(chǎn)ttitude          D．chance
13．A．shift                         B．change            C．transfer          D．transform
14．A．permission            B．a(chǎn)pplication     C．a(chǎn)ffection         D．a(chǎn)dmission
15．A．painful                  B．happy             C．healthy          D．succeeful
16．A．confidently            B．correctly          C．gradually        D．separately
17．A．requires                 B．relies              C．lacks               D．decline
18．A．a(chǎn)ttentively                 B．specially          C．a(chǎn)bsolutely       D．tremendously
19．A．a(chǎn)rranges                B．reaches           C．prepares         D．a(chǎn)pplies
20．A．control                  B．join                C．separate          D．combine
21．A．a(chǎn)ccess                   B．a(chǎn)pproach        C．a(chǎn)dmission    D．contact 
22．A．in conflict with      B．rather than     C．a(chǎn)long with      D．in place of
23．A．simple                    B．obvious          C．unrealistic       D．a(chǎn)ppropriate
24．A．a(chǎn)nswer                  B．remember       C．repeat             D．listen
25．A．opportunity           B．necessity         C．probability     D．reality

I stopped to watch my little girl busy playing in her room. In one hand was a plastic    36 ; in the other a toy broom. I listened as she was speaking to her make-believe(假裝) little friend and I’ll never forget the words she said, even though it was imagined.
She said, “Suzie’s in the corner because she’s not been very   37 . She didn’t listen to a   38  I said or do the things she should.” In the   39  I saw her baby doll all dressed in lace and pink. It was   40  she’d been put to sit alone and   41 .
My daughter   42  her “conversation”, as I sat down on the floor. She said, “I’m all fed up. I just don’t know   43  to do with her any more. She cries whenever I have to work and wants to play games, too. She never   44  me do the things that I just have to do. She tries to help me with the dishes, but her arms just cannot   45 . And she doesn’t know how to fold towels. I don’t have the   46  to teach. I have a lot of work to do and a big house to keep clean. I don’t have the time to sit and play —   47  what I mean?”
And that day I thought a lot about making some   48  in my life, as I listened to her words that   49  me like a knife. I hadn’t been paying enough attention to what I hold most   50 . I’d been caught up in responsibilities that increased   51  years.
But now my   52  has changed, because, in my heart, I realize that I’ve seen the world in a different light through my little darling’s eyes. So, let the cobwebs（蜘蛛網(wǎng)）  53  the corners and the dust bunny rabbit rule the floor. I’m not going to worry about keeping up with them   54 .
I’m going to fill the house with   55  of a child and her mother, for we are granted only one childhood, and we will never get another.

If you're into sports, you've seen it happen． You've probably even experienced it: basketball players shaking hands after four quarters of knocking each other around, tennis players leaping over the net to shake hands with their opponents （對手）  after a hard-fought match, soccer players exchanging sport shirts after an intense 90 minutes, even boxers touching gloves at the beginning of each round, then hugging each other after beating each other into a pulp for 12 rounds． It seems like competitors in every event, from spelling bees to hockey, behave this way． What's going on?
It's all part of sportsmanship, a great tradition in sports and competition that means playing clean and handling both victory and defeat with grace, style, and dignity．
What is sportsmanship? Sportsmanship is defined as: playing fair, following the rules of the game, respecting the judgment of referees and officials, treating opponents with respect．
Some people define good sportsmanship as the "golden rule" of sports --- in other words, treating the people you play with and against as you'd like to be treated yourself． You demonstrate good sportsmanship when you show respect for yourself, your teammates, and your opponents, for the coaches on both sides, and for the referees, judges, and other officials．
But sportsmanship isn't just reserved for the people on the field． Cheerleaders and fans also need to be aware of how they behave during competition． Sportsmanship is a style and an attitude; and it can have a positive influence on everyone around you．
Learning good sportsmanship means finding that the positive attitude learned on the field carries over into other areas of life． At school, for example, you're able to appreciate the contributions made by classmates and know how to work as part of a team to complete a project． You may enjoy more success at work as well, because a big part of learning good sportsmanship is learning to be respectful of others, including customers and co-workers．
【小題1】The author introduces the topic of the passage by___________．