You wake up in the morning,the day is beautiful and the plans for the day are what you have been
looking forward to for a long time.Then the telephone rings,you say hello,and the drama starts.The person on the other end has a depressing (令人沮喪的) tone in his voice as he starts to tell you how terrible his
morning is and that there is nothing to look forward to.Are you still in a wonderful mood?Impossible!
      Communicating with negative people can wash out your happiness.It may not change what you think,
but communicating long enough with them will make you feel depressed for a moment or a long time.
      Life brings ups and downs,but some people are stuck in the wrong idea that life has no happiness to
offer.They only feel glad when they make others feel bad.No wonder they can hardly win others' pity or
respect.
      When you communicate with positive people,your spirit stays happy and therefore more positive things are attracted.When the dagger (匕首) of a negative person is put in you,you have the heavy feeling that all
in all,brings you down.
      Sometimes we have no choice but to communicate with negative people.This could be a coworker,or a relative.In this case,say what needs to be said as little as possible.Sometimes it feels good to let out your anger back to the negative person,but all this does is to lower you to that same negative level and they
won't feel ashamed of themselves about that.
      Negativity often affects happiness without even being realized.The negative words of another at the
start of the day can cling to (附著) you throughout the rest of your day,which makes you feel bad and
steals your happiness.Life is too short to feel negative.Stay positive and avoid negativity as much as
possible.

1．The purpose of the first paragraph is to________.

A．make a comparison  
B．offer an evidence
C．introduce a topic  
D．describe a daily scene

2．How can negative people have effect on us?

A．By influencing our emotion.
B．By telling us the nature of life.
C．By changing our way of thinking.
D．By comparing their attitude to life with ours.

3．Some negative people base their happiness on________.

A．other people's pity for them
B．making other people unhappy
C．building up a positive attitude
D．other people's respect for them

4．According to the passage,to reduce negative people's influence on us,we are advised________.

A．to change negative people's attitude to life
B．to show our dissatisfaction to negative people
C．to make negative people feel ashamed of themselves
D．to communicate with negative people as little as possible

    Frankly,I appreciate myself very much.Yes,I admit I'm in many aspects not as good as other people,but
I don't think I'm always not good.When I find what I've done or written is okay,I'll remain pleased with my
self for quite a few days,and if I receive praise for it,I'll even become so excited as to add a few words to
reward myself.
    True,I'm not modest at all.People may call me conceited (自負(fù)的)．But I think otherwise.
    I appreciate other people.I appreciate anything good.Isn't it unfair to forget appreciating myself while
appreciating others?
    We Chinese generally tend to be modest,and we take pride in being so.For example,a Chinese man will
call his own wife zhuojing,meaning"my humble wife",and his own writings zhuozuo,meaning"my poor
writings"．But if you call his wife a "rustic (鄉(xiāng)村的) woman" or his writings"trash",he would,I'm sure,
declare he would make a clean break with you angrily.As a matter of fact,there is probably no difference
at all between what is said by him and you.
   I don't think it's wrong of you to freely praise yourself if you're really worthy of praise.As we know,there
is an old Chinese saying disparaging (蔑視) a melon seller,named Lao Wang,who keeps praising his own
goods.Well,why can't he praise his melons if they are really sweet and juicy?
    Lao Wang sells melons for a living.How could he carry on business if he,by imitating the affectations
(裝模作樣) of us intellectuals,were to show false modesty about his melons?He would sure enough die of
starvation.
     Selfappreciation is therefore a key to professional dedication and enjoyment of work.Needless to say,
the same is true of those who make a living with their pen.One will lose confidence in writing when he stops
admiring his own essays.

1．We know from the first three paragraphs that the author________.

A．is modest in some way
B．is pleased to be a good writer
C．is too conceited
D．thinks it unfair to appreciate others

2．What do we know about the author's attitude towards Chinese modesty according to Paragraph 4?

A．Supportive.  
B．Negative.
C．Neutral.  
D．Careless.

3．The author mentions the example of Lao Wang to prove that______.

A．Lao Wang is very proud of himself
B．melon sellers should praise their goods
C．reasonable selfappreciation is good
D．writers should learn from Lao Wang

4．The purpose of the passage is to encourage readers to be________.

A．modest  
B．considerate
C．respectful  
D．confident

     The first weeks were a bit hard.Loneliness wasn't the problem-I was in constant contact with clients by
email and phone.But I did feel claustrophobic (患幽閉恐怖癥的)．With wheels on my desk chair and
the refrigerator just two feet away,I could work for twelve straight hours without ever standing up.There
was no physical separation between my living room and work table,so the only way I found to feel like I
was going "home" at the end of the day was to forbid my use of the working chair.At ninethirty at night,
when I turned my computer off,I felt a bit like the family dog reaching the high point of its day,"Whoohoo!
I get to go for a walk!" Then,around eleventhirty,I'd find myself turning on the computer again to solve
some work issue that was preoccupying me...
     At the same time,I discovered that working this way had definite advantages.Not only did I save an
hour from going to work and back home,I also gained a great deal of control over my time.There were
fewer interruptions than in an office,I could schedule meetings and phone calls in blocks to increase the
productive time around them,and the easy access to my workspace late at night and on weekends could
obviously be of mixed effects.This was especially important to me since,in addition to consulting work,I
was writing fiction and planning a new business.Working at home allowed me to manage all of these
activities at once without losing significant sleep.This turned out to be well worth the claustrophobia,which
also faded as I became more used to the new routine.A short walk in the late afternoon could reduce the
shutin feeling and make me get energetic again to work through the evening.
     You might think that,with all this added time flexibility,I would even find a few hours to clean my
apartment,but,unfortunately,this never happened.

1．The writer felt claustrophobic because________.

A．she was lonely  
B．she worked long hours
C．she couldn't go for a walk  
D．she worked alone for long

2．Where does the writer work?

A．In her own home.  
B．In an office.
C．In a hospital.  
D．At a newspaper.

3．What does the writer think of working late at night and on weekends?

A．It was convenient for her.
B．It had advantages and disadvantages.
C．She didn't like it at all.
D．She enjoyed working late.

4．What's the writer's general attitude towards her work?

A．She didn't like it very much.
B．She enjoyed doing her work.
C．It allowed her little spare time.
D．It was too hard for her.

      Most of the movies show our relationships and our society.What's more important is that people love
to watch highs and lows of the relationships in movies.Friendship has been the favorite subject of movie
makers for a long time.Many movies are based on lovely relationships like friendship.Friendship can be
between two persons or among more than two persons.Movies based on friendship make us remember
that the relationship among friends is delicate (需要小心處理的)．These movies also show how
important it is to have a true friend in life and to own the friendship.
      Friendship is described in different ways in movies.These movies show different faces of this lovely
relationship including the pleasant and interesting faces.Let us discuss how friendship is described in
movies.
      Friends share common interests: In most of the movies,it is shown that two people become friends
easily when they share some common interests.For example,two friends may be in love of the same sports,studying in the same school or living in the same neighborhood.You can see such friendship in movies such as "Harry Potter" and "Lord of Rings"．Harry Potter has two friends.All of them are interested in the use of magic.
      Friends make sacrifices (犧牲): In most of the movies,friends make sacrifices for each other.A good
example is "Sholay"．In this movie,there are two friends Jay and Veeru who are there for each other till
death.Jay sacrifices his life to save his friend.
Friends never run away from difficulties: In movies,it is always shown that true friends always stand up for
their friends in times of difficulties.
      Understanding: In movies,friends understand each other without even saying a word.A single smile can brighten up the faces of all the friends.

1．Which of the following may the author accept?

A．Most movies are about relationships between friends.
B．Most movies describe stories that happen in our life.
C．Movies about friendship are popular with young men.
D．Movies always show relationships in the same way.

2．It can be inferred from Paragraph 1 that ________.

A．friendship needs skillful and careful treatment
B．people should try their best to make more friends
C．movies about friendship talk about just happiness
D．most movie makers prefer movies about friendship

3．According to the passage,how is friendship described in movies?

①Friends have something in common.
②Friends can give up something for each other.
③Friends never break up with each other.
④Friends help each other when they are in trouble.
⑤Friends understand each other.
⑥Friends get along well with each other's families.

A．②④⑤⑥  
B．①③④⑤
C．③④⑤⑥ 
D．①②④⑤

4．Which of the following opinions agrees with the passage?             

A．Friends must part in the end.
B．A good book is a good friend.
C．A friend in need is a friend indeed.
D．A friend is easier lost than found.

5．What is mainly talked about in this passage?                 

A．Movies about friendship.
B．Friendship in movies.
C．Ways of making movies.
D．Ways of making friends.