In a US city, a woman parked her car in an attended lot. Hoping to get a discount on the cost of
parking, she asked, “Do you give validation(批準(zhǔn))?” “Certainly,”replied the store's manager:“You are
an excellent person and I love your hair.” That might be worth the cost of parking．I mean，who wouldn't
pay a couple of dollars for this kind of validation?  
        Author Alan McGinIlis cites an interesting study about the power of positive encouragement．A
second-grade teacher complained that her children were spending too much time standing up and roaming
around the room rather than working．  
        Two psychologists observed the behavior of the children and the teacher. Every ten seconds they
noted how many children were out of their seats. They counted 360 unseated children throughout each
20-minute period．They also noted that the teacher said "Sit down!" seven times during the same
period．  
        The psychologists tried an experiment．They asked the teacher to tell the children to sit down more
often. This time they noted that she commanded her students to sit down 27.5 times in an average
20-minute period, and now 540 were noted to be out of their seats during the same average period．Her
increased scolding actually made the problem worse．    
        Then the experimenters tried a different task．They asked the teacher to quietly praise those children
who were seated and working．At this time, children's roaming was decreased by 33％．They showed
their best behavior when they were praised more and blamed less．     
        People who motivate others to take great action are almost always those who encourage more than
criticize; who praise more and blame less.    
        Perhaps the woman's question is the correct one after all．"Do you give validation?" I hope I can
always answer “YES”.

1．When parking her car in an attended lot, the woman ________.   
 A. made a very silly mistake     
B. was laughed at by the manager    
C. got great praise from the manager  
D. failed to pay the cost of parking at last

2．The students in the study performed better mainly because_______.    

A．they were motivated by the psychologists    
B．they were inspired by the teacher's attitude    
C．they regretted roaming around the classroom    
D．they changed their relationship with the teacher

3. In the passage, the author thinks that_______.

A. it is better to blame others than to praise others
B. sometimes it's hard to receive praise from others
C. criticizing children does no good to their growth
D. we all know how to encourage others by praising

4. Why does the author talk about the study in the passage?

A. To show the power of encouragement.  
B. To show how the teacher praises children.
C. To show his argument is scientifically based.
D. To show the teacher is a successful motivator.

5. What is the author's attitude towards giving validation?

A. Neutral        
B. Negative      
C. Positive    
D. Reasonable

        I am a strong believer that if a child is raised with approval, he learns to love himself and will be
successful in his own way.    Several weeks ago，I was doing homework with my son in the third grade
and he kept standing up from his chair to go over the math lines．I kept asking him to sit down, telling him
that he would concentrate better. He sat but seconds later, as if he didn’t even notice he was doing it, he
got up again．I was getting frustrated, but then it hit me．I started noticing his answers were much quicker
and accurate when he stood up．Could he be more intent while standing up？
        This made me start questioning myself and what I had been raised to believe. I was raised to believe
that a quiet, calm child was a sure way to success．This child would have the discipline to study hard, get
good grades and become someone important in life．
        Now those same people perhaps come to realize that their kids are born with their own sets of DNA
and personality traits，and all you can do is loving and accepting them．As parents，throughout their
growing years and beyond that, we need to be our kids' best cheerleaders，guiding them and helping them
find their way.    
        I have stopped asking my son to sit down and concentrate．Obviously, he is concentrating just in his
own way and not mine．We need to learn to accept our kids' ways of doing things．Some way may have
worked for me but doesn't mean we need to carry it through generations．There is nothing sweeter than
being individual and unique．It makes us free and happy and that's just the way I want my kids to live their
own life．

1. At the beginning, the author tried to keep his son seated in order to make him________.  

A. pay more attention to his study              
B. keep silent in the room
C. finish his homework on time                
D. get right answers

2. Inspired by the case of his son，the author began to doubt________.  

A．the importance of parents                  
B．the old form of education
C．the relationship between kids and their parents
D．the good grades of some kids

3. According to the passage, which of the following statements is right?

A. We should help kids correct their wrong ways.
B. Parents should study their kids’ DNA.    
C. Kids should be taught to behave themselves.
D. Parents should love and accept their kids.

4. The author has stopped asking his son to sit down because __________.

A. he has changed his traditional ideas      
B. his son wants to be unique
C. his son doesn’t follow his advice        
D. his son’s DNAis different

5. Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?

A. Study hard and you'll be successful        
B. Be friendly to your children
C. Children's success in their own style        
D. Parents' help with their children's study

        In the morning, Slim got up and prepared breakfast for his wife as usual. Nicole, his wife, was
listening to music in the bedroom. Suddenly, he felt that his body was shaking. Slim had the rapid response
that there was an earthquake! He shouted quickly, "Dear, earthquake! Go to the toilet!" Nicole heard the
shouting, took the first-aid box quickly and ran into the toilet. The house was shaking even more
dramatically (劇烈地).
        Bathroom was the next door to the kitchen. Slim picked up a kitchen knife and two pieces of bread
outside the kitchen. Slim tried to run along the wall to help Nicole. However, there was a dark suddenly
with an explosion. The house crashed down and many things fell from above. Nicole was quickly buried in
ruins. She felt it very difficult to breathe and tried to stand up, but impossible.    
        A few minutes later, the land was silent. Nicole heard the sound of short breath and thought it was
Slim! She shouted to him but ___________! He probably fainted. Nicole kept calling his name and she
finally heard a response. Two people encouraged and calmed each other. They knew that there must be a
way to escape.     
        Slim found that they were close and were separated by the fallen stones and some powder. He
started to dig with the kitchen knife. He felt pain in his fingers. Finally, he removed the last piece of larger
stones. Slim touched Nicole's one hand, then dug the surrounding stones of her body. Finally, Nicole was
able to move slowly. Two people sat on the ground and hugged together.

1. What is the best title of the passage? (Please answer within 5 words)
_________________________________________________________________________

2. Why did Nicole feel it very difficult to breathe? (Please answer within 7 words)
_________________________________________________________________________

3. Fill in the blank in Paragraph 3 with proper words. (Please answer within 4 words)
_________________________________________________________________________

4. List three main things the couple did after the house crashed down. (Within 15 words) .①                               
②                            
③                            

5.What’s the most important three reasons do you think for their survival? (Please answer within 10
words)
___________________________________________________ ______________

     A man was on the side of the road hitchhiking(搭便車)on a very dark night in the middle of a terrible
rainstorm, with no cars on the road．The storm was so strong that the man could hardly see a few feet
ahead of him．Suddenly, he saw a car come towards him and stop．The man, without thinking about it,
got in the car and closed the door and only then did he realize that there was nobody behind the steering
wheel(方向盤)!
     The car started to move very slowly．The man looked at the road and saw a curve (拐彎處)coming
his way．Terrified, he started to pray, begging for his life．He had not come out of shock when, just
before the car hit the curve, a hand suddenly appeared through the window and moved the wheel．The
man, paralyzed with fear, watched how the hand appeared every time the car was drawing near a curve．Finally, although terrified, the man managed to open the door and jump out of the spooky (幽靈般的)
car．Without looking back, the man ran through the storm all the way to the nearest town．In a state of
complete horror, the man walked into a nearby bar and asked for two glasses of Scotch whisky．
     Then, still shaking with fright, he started telling everybody in the bar about the horrible experience he
just went through in the spooky car．Everyone in the bar listened in silence and became frightened, with
hair standing on end, when they realized the man was telling the truth because he was crying and he was
certainly not drunk!
     About half an hour later, two other young men walked into the same bar and one said to the other, "
Hey, there's a stupid man who jumped into the car while we were pushing it!"

1.After he entered the car ,the man found        .

A. it didn't move at all.
B. it moved very quickly.
C. there was no driver in it.
D. someone was pushing it.    

2.When the car was first drawing near a curve, the man       ．

A.felt very curious            
B.was extremely frightened
C.cried for help              
D.remained as calm as possible

3.According to the passage, what made the man's experience believable? 

A.His reasonable behavior．    
B.His vivid description．
C.His plain appearance．      
D.His honest attitude．

4.We can infer from the passage that       .

A.it is unsafe for people to take a free ride
B.the man was telling a lie to his listeners
C.the car probably broke down on the way
D.the two young men were familiar with the man

5.As a whole , the story of the man can best be described as       .

A. strange    
B. puzzling    
C. mysterious    
D. funny

     Generally speaking, nobody would like to put themelves into troubles what is actually a simple case.
It seems that some people go out of their way to get into trouble. That's more or less happened on the
night that Nashville police officer Floyd Hyde was on duty.
     "I was on the way to a personal-injury accident in West Nashville. As I got onto Highway 40, blue
lights and sirens(警笛) going, I fell in behind a gold Pontiac Firebird that suddenly seemed to take off
quickly down the highway. The driver somehow panicked at the sight of me. He was going more than
a hundred miles an hour and began passing cars on the shoulder."
     But Hyde couldn't go after him. Taking care of injured people is always more important than worring
about speeders, so the officer had to stay on his way to the accident. But he did try to keep the Firebird
in sight as he drove, hoping another nearby unit(附近的警局)would be able to step in and stop the
speeding car. As it turned out, keeping the Firebird in sight was not that difficult. Every turn the Pontiac
made was the very turn the officer needed to get to the accident scene.
     Hyde followed the Pontiac all the way to his destination. At that point he found unit had already
arrived at the accident scene. His help wasn't needed. Now he was free to try to stop the driver of the
Firebird, who by this time had developed something new to panic about.
     "Just about that time," Hyde says. "I saw fire coming out from under that car, with blue smoke and
oil going everywhere. He had blown his engine. Now he had to stop."
     "After I arrested him, I asked him why he was running. He told me he didn't have a driver's license".
     That accident cost the driver of the Firebird plenty extra --- a thousand dollars for the new engine ---
not to mention the charges for driving without a license, attempting to run away, and dangerous driving.

1. The meaning of "go out of one's way" (in Para. 1) probably means ______

A．changing directions        
B．forgeting duties  
C．speeding up              
D．taking trouble to do something 

2. Why did the driver of the Firebird suddenly speed down the highway?

A．Because he thought the police officer wanted to stop him.
B．Because he realized he had to hurry to the accident scene.
C．Because he was racing with another driver on the road.
D．Because he wanted to overtake other cars on the shoulder. 

3. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A．Someone else was taking care of the injured person.
B．The Pontiac reached its destination at the accident scene.
C．Hyde knew where he was going by following the right car.
D．The policeman was running after a speeder on Highway 40. 

4. The driver of the Firebird         .

A．took a wrong turn on the way        
B．was stopped by the police officer
C．had some trouble with his car       
D．paid for the expenses of that accident

5. What is probably the best title for the passage?

A. Losing His Way                  
B. Going My Way
C. Fun on the Way                    
D. Help on the Way

     Walking down a path through some woods in Georgia, I saw a small pool of water ahead on the
path．I angled my direction to go around it on the part of the path that wasn't covered by water or
mud．As I reached the pool, I was suddenly attacked! Yet I did nothing for the attack．It was so
unpredictable and from somewhere totally unexpected．I was surprised as well as unhurt though I
had been struck four or five times．I backed up a foot and my attacker stopped attacking me．Had
I been hurt I wouldn't have found it amusing．And I was laughing．After all, I was being attacked by
a butterfly!
      Having stopped, laughing, I took a step forward．My attacker rushed me again．He charged
towards me at full speed, attempting to hurt me but in vain．For a second time, I took a step backwards while my attacker paused．I wasn't sure what to do．After all, it's just not every day that one is attacked by a butterfly．I stepped back to look the situation over．My attacker moved back to land on the
ground．That's when I discovered why my attacker was charging me only moments earlier．He had a
mate and she was dying．
      Sitting close beside her, he opened and closed his wings as if to fan her．I could only admire the
love and courage of that butterfly in his concern for his mate．He had taken it up on himself to attack
me for his mate's sake, even though she was clearly dying and I was so large．He did so just to give
her those extra few precious moments of life, should I have been careless enough to step on her．His
courage in attacking something thousands of times larger and heavier than himself just for his mate's
safety seemed admirable．I couldn't do anything other than reward him by walking on the more difficult
side of the pool．He had truly earned those moments to be with her, undisturbed．    
      Since then, I've always tried to remember the courage of that butterfly whenever I see huge barriers
facing me.

1．Why did the writer change his direction while walking down a path?

A．To get close to a butterfly.
B．To look over the bad situation.
C．To avoid getting his shoes dirty.          
D．To escape a sudden attack.

2．What made the man feel funny?

A．Making the attacker pause.       
B．Discovering the energetic butterfly.
C．Being attacked by a butterfly.            
D．Being stepped on by his mate.

3．From this experience the man learned         .

A．people should show sympathy to the weak
B．what he should do when faced with trouble
C．how he should deal with attacks
D．people should protect butterflies

4．Which of the following words can best describe the butterfly?

A．Courageous．    
B．Amusing．  
C．Careless．
D．Aggressive.