Almost everyone is afraid of something --- snakes, heights, public speaking and so on.
It is normal and can even be helpful to experience fear sometimes. In dangerous situations, fear can keep our bodies alert (警醒的) so that we can act quickly to protect ourselves.
But for some people, fear develops into a “phobia”, which is a strong and unreasonable fear of something. For example, the majority of us feel a little scared when looking down from a tall building. But people with height phobia may have trouble breathing, feel dizzy or turn down a great job just because the company is on the 20th floor.
Phobias can prevent you from living a normal life. “People with spider phobia would stay out of their home or dormitory room for days if they thought a spider was present,” Katherina Hauner, a researcher at Northwestern University, US, told ABC news. This is why scientists have been trying to find a cure for this disease.
Since fear comes from experience --- from what we are told, what we see others experience and what happens to us --- some scientists think if they can “rewrite” these unpleasant memories, they might be able to help people overcome their phobias.
In a study by Hauner and other scientists, participants with spider phobia were asked to first touch a spider with a paintbrush. Seeing that it was not actually dangerous, they then tried touching it while wearing a glove. Finally, they could hold it with their hands.
Certain medicine has also been found to be helpful. Back in 2010, researchers at the University of Hiroshima, Japan, injected (注射) a special medicine into a fish --- who was afraid of light --- to turn off the fear center in its brain. From then on, the fish no longer feared light.
While the search for solutions to phobias is making great progress, it’s an open question whether getting rid of fear is good. Some people want to use these methods to make soldiers fight harder in wars by taking away their sense of fear. Dave Smithson of the charity Anxiety UK thinks that’s a bad idea. “It’s fear that prevents us from doing crazy things,” he says. “There’s a name for people who don’t have fear of consequences: psychopaths (精神變態(tài)者).
小題1:The main point of the article is to ___________.
A．show us what kind of role fear plays in our lives
B．discuss if it is good to try to get rid of fear
C．inform us of fear and phobia
D．discuss scientific studies related to fear
小題2:How does the writer make the meaning of “phobia” clear?
A．By making comparisons.B．By giving examples.
C．By giving data in numbers.D．By giving descriptions.
小題3:Which of the following shows the progress scientists have made in finding solutions to phobia?
A．New medicine can shut off fear centers in animal brains whenever needed.
B．They can use phobias to keep our bodies alert so that we can protect ourselves.
C．They can now reduce the pain which is connected with phobia.
D．They have succeeded in helping some people ignore memories related to phobia.
小題4:Which of the following would Dave Smithson probably agree with?
A．There is nothing to fear except fear itself.
B．We should not let fear affect our decisions.
C．Fear is not a completely bad thing.
D．Without fear, everyone would be brave.

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:D
小題4:C

試題分析：文章主要介紹了phobia一詞的含義以及有關(guān)的科學(xué)研究。有時(shí)候，經(jīng)歷恐懼感是正常的，也是有所幫助的。而嚴(yán)重的恐懼則會(huì)給生活帶來(lái)許多不便。
小題1:根據(jù)前三段可知，文章主要講的是害怕和恐懼心理。每一個(gè)人都會(huì)害怕一些東西，但是，有些人會(huì)發(fā)展為嚴(yán)重的恐懼心理。故選C。
小題2:根據(jù)第三段“For example, the majority of us feel a little scared when looking down from a tall building. But people with height phobia may have trouble breathing, feel dizzy or turn down a great job just because the company is on the 20th floor.”可知，作者通過(guò)舉例來(lái)說(shuō)明“phobia”的含義，故選B。
小題3:根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三段“In a study by Hauner and other scientists, ...Finally, they could hold it with their hands.”可知，科學(xué)家已經(jīng)成功讓有恐懼心理的人擺脫了恐懼感，故選D。
小題4:根據(jù)第二段“It is normal and can even be helpful to experience fear sometimes. In dangerous situations, fear can keep our bodies alert (警醒的) so that we can act quickly to protect ourselves.”和最后一段“it’s an open question whether getting rid of fear is good”可知，恐懼未必是一件壞事，故選C。
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Iceland is a popular European tourist destination. Before you go there, it is good to learn some of the basic Iceland customs first.
Just like other countries in Europe, it is one of the customs in Iceland to shake hands and say “Hello”. Kissing each other’s cheeks is acceptable along with wishing each other a happy day.
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If you have been invited to eat, keep in mind that you don’t need to express thanks before meals like the French or the Japanese. Rather, eat heartily and then thank your host afterwards by shaking his hand.
Keep in mind that believing in mysterious beings is part of the tradition in Iceland. Indeed, most of the unique and sometimes strange rock formations in Iceland are due to elves(小精靈), according to the people of Iceland.
Are you planning to spend Christmas in Iceland? If so, make sure you practice saying “Gleileg jol got tog fars!” first, which is the local Christmas greeting. It is part of the tradition in Iceland to have long Christmas holidays—26 days—longer than in any other European country. There are 13 Santa Clauses in Iceland, too!
There may not be a law requiring you to follow the customs, but there is no harm in doing so. Following them, you might be rewarded with a rich cultural experience and a more meaningful trip.
小題1: When you are invited to someone’s home in Iceland, you'd better do all of the following EXCEPT ______.
A．eating heartily and enjoying your time there
B．expressing your thanks to the host before you eat
C．taking some flowers or something else to the host
D．taking off shoes in the hallway before you enter the home
小題2:Which of the following is one of the differences in customs between Iceland and France?
A．Shaking hands when greeting.
B．A 26-day-long Christmas holiday.
C．Saying hello when meeting each other.
D．Kissing each other’s cheeks when greeting.
小題3:The text is mainly about ______.
A．what some of the customs in Iceland are like
B．why some of the customs in Iceland are special
C．how some of the customs in Iceland were formed
D．what some of the customs are like in Europe
小題4: In the text, the author aims to tell us that ______.
A．happiness is a form of courage
B．when in Rome, do as the Romans do
C．practice is the only path to knowledge
D．everyone has good and bad times in life

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科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：不詳 題型：完形填空

I want to make the most of every day. And, like most people, I've      that the best way to do it is (to) let go of past failures. But that's not all. One can never fully      today while thinking too much about past successes, either. People never      while resting comfortably on their laurels (榮譽(yù)). The      is that sometimes our successes hold us back more than our failures!
I once      a story about the Oscar owner, actor Clark Gable. A friend      Gable one afternoon at the actor's home. She brought along her      son, who was playing happily with toy cars on the floor. He      he was racing those cars around a great track, which in      was an imaginary circle around a golden statue. The small statue the boy played with was actually the Oscar Clark Gable      for his performance in the 1934 movie It Happened One Night.
When his mother told him the time had come to      , the little boy asked the actor, “Can I have this？”      to the Oscar.
“Sure,” he smiled. “It's yours.”
The horrified mother       . “Put that back immediately！”
Giving the child the golden statue, Clark Gable said, “Having the Oscar around doesn't mean anything to me;       it does.” The actor seemed to know that past success could be a       hammock (吊床) upon which he may be tempted to     , rather than a springboard setting him to begin a new start.
You may have learned to let go of past       and mistakes in order to free the present. But will you forget past successes and achievements in order to free the      ？Will your past be a springboard or a restful hammock?
“I like the       of the future better than the history of the past，” said Thomas Jefferson. I     . After all, the future, not the past, is where the rest of your life will be lived.
小題1:
A．discovered　B．inferredC．preferredD．worried
小題2:
A．spendB．liveC．a(chǎn)ffectD．enjoy
小題3:
A．struggleB．work C．succeedD．concentrate
小題4:
A．storyB．factC．ideaD．figure
小題5:
A．wroteB．toldC．knewD．heard
小題6:
A．sawB．recognized C．metD．visited
小題7:
A．carefulB．smallC．lonelyD．clever
小題8:
A．pretendedB．believedC．insistedD．suggested
小題9:
A．factB．case C．turnD．need
小題10:
A．caredB．a(chǎn)skedC．wonD．looked
小題11:
A．a(chǎn)ctB．leaveC．playD．wait
小題12:
A．runningB．gettingC．pointingD．shouting
小題13:
A．shoutedB．noticed C．sufferedD．breathed
小題14:
A．sellingB．keepingC．earningD．sharing
小題15:
A．specialB．comfortableC．expensiveD．necessary
小題16:
A．restB．cheatC．stopD．sit
小題17:
A．difficultiesB．eventsC．failuresD．a(chǎn)chievements
小題18:
A．timeB．futureC．bodyD．brain
小題19:
A．ideaB．meaningC．dreamsD．thoughts
小題20:
A．obeyB．permit C．wishD．a(chǎn)gree

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