As a foreigner, I don" t know the situation in the US well.Seeing all kinds of recent shooting incidents,
I think it should be controlled more strictly than now.Somebody said that the person who has it in mind
to kill another can do it without a gun, so the causes of murders are not guns but the trend of despising
(蔑视) life in the US.And they also insist that there is no clear evidence that the increasing number of
murders is connected with possession of guns, so the personal rights should not be restricted by the
reason that there is not enough evidence.
Several months ago, I agreed with that partly.But as we know, the private groups like NRA have
used the public opinion and persuaded the government to protect their profit.Other weapons such as
knives, razors, bats are made for their own usage.But guns are made for only one reason-to kill
someone.Of course, there are people who have guns to protect themselves from the criminals.But crime
is getting more cruel and severe no
wadays, so actually even if someone has a gun, it is impossible to
guard himself completely.
As a substitute, I think, if the possession of guns is controlled more strictly, people can live safer lives
than now.There are other reasons to oppose the gun control (e.g.the possession of guns is historical
inheritance (继承)and represents that people"s resistance will beagainst tyrannical (专制的)government),
but none of them can justify and explain today"s serious situation in the US.
1. The writer"s purpose is to give his opinion about________.
A. personal possessions
B. American culture
C
. personal rights
D. gun control
2. Which of the following supports the writer" s opinion?
A. The causes of crime are not guns.
B. People are accustomed to having guns.
C. People can live a safer life without guns.
D. Guns are used for selfdefence.
3. What is the current situation in the US?
A. The number of murders is rising.
B. Everyone in the US possesses a gun.
C. NRA has ruled over the country.
D. No evidence is available after a crime.
4. According to the writer, ________should be banned in the society.
A. knives
B. guns
C. knives and guns
D. knives, razors and bats
Just as the stock (股票) market rises and falls in response to what people are willing to put their
money behind, we have inside ourselves an inner economy that rises and falls in response to our
beliefsabout what is possible.Sometimes the degree to which we are willing to challenge our belief
systems determines the success of our inner economy.For example, imagine that your family of origin
had a belief that musical t
alent was not something they possessed.As a member of that group, you
would likely hold that same belief about yourself.As a result, even if you had a great desire to create
music, you might be hesitant to really get behind yourself, fearing that your investment (投资) would
not pay off.Even if you had the courage to follow your passion, your inner belief that you are not 
born
talented would probably be a major obstacle to investing your energy in your dream.
On the other hand, if you found a way to release that negative belief, a great flood of energy would
pour forth, greatly increasing the likelihood of your success.How much energy we are willing to invest
in the various ideas, dreams, and visions we carry within is like the money people are, or are not,
willing to invest in the various products available for trade on the stock market.And in both cases, belief
plays a key role in determining how willing we are to get behind something.One way to open up the
possibility for greater success in our inner economies is to understand that belief is not the reliable guide
we sometimes think.There are other more reliable things of success that we can put our faith in, such as
passion, feeling, and sense.Some of the most successful investors in the stock market are the ones that
go against the grain, trusting their sense over the common opinion held by common people about what
will work.
In the same way, we can learn to trust our heart"s desires and our sense to guide us, questioning any
beliefs that stand in the way of our ability to fully invest in ourselves.As we take out energy from limiting
ideas about what is possible, we free up the resources that have the power to make our inner economy
prosper.
1. We can safely conclude from the first paragraph that________.
A. our belief is not reliable
B. belief is not so important in our success
C. belief is an obstacle to our success
D. our belief determines our success in some way
2. According to the passage, if a family of origin has passion for literature, the members of the family
will probably________.
A. write poems
B. hate literature
C. enter the field of literature
D. teach literature
3. We can put our faith in the following things of success except________.
A. passion
B. feeling
C. sense
D. stock market
4. The purpose of the author is________.
A. to teach us a lesson
B. to give us some useful suggestions
C. to encourage us to invest in the stock market
D. to tell us common people have negative beliefs
write and that finally burst through and found a channel.My people were of the working class of people.
My father, a stonecutter, was a man with a great respect and veneration (崇敬) for literature.He had a
tremendous memory, and he loved poetry, and the p
oetry that he loved best was naturally of therhetorical kind that such a man would like.Nevertheless it was good poetry, Hamlet"s Soliloquy,
Macbeth, Mark Antony"s "Funeral Oration", Grey"s "Elegy", and all the rest of it.I heard it all as a
child; I memorized and learned it all.
He sent me to college to the state university.The desire to write, which had been strong during all
my days in high school, grew stronger still.I was editor of the college paper, the college magazine, etc.,
and in my last year or two I was a member of a course in play writing which had just been established
there.I wrote several little oneact plays, still thinking I would become a lawyer or a newspaper man,
never daring to believe I could seriously become a writer.Then I went to Harvard, wrote some more
plays there, became obsessed with (着迷于) the idea that I had to be a playwright, left Harvard, had
my plays rejected, and finally in the autumn of 1926, how, why, or in what manner I have never exactly
been able to determine.But probably because the force in me that had to write at length sought out its
channel, I began to write my first book in London.I was living all alone at that time.I had two rooms-a
bedroom and a sitting room-in a litter square in Chelsea in which all the houses had that familiar, smoked
brick and creamyellowplaster look.
1. We may conclude, in regard to the author"s development as a writer, that his father________.
A. made an important contribution
B. insisted that he choose writing as a career
C. opposed his becoming a writer
D. insisted that he read Hamlet in order to learn how to be a writer
2. The author believes that he became a writer mostly because of________.
A. his special talent
B. his father"s teaching and
encouragementC. his study at Harvard
D. a hidden urge within him
3. The author________.
A. began to think of becoming a writer at Harvard
B. had always been successful in his writing career
C. went to Harvard to learn to write plays
D. worked as a newspaper man before becoming a writer
4. The author really started on his way to become a writer______.
A. when he was in high school
B. when he was studying at Harvard
C. when he lived in London
D. after he entered college
5. What can we learn about the author"s life in the autumn of 1926?
A. He left Harvard and got ma
rried.B. He couldn"t make up his mind what to do.
C. He started his dream as a
writer.D. He began to think seriously what to do.
As a teen, you"re going through big changes physically and mentally.Your interests are expanding.
1.________
Here is the challenge:Kids need to explore the world in new ways, and parents need to protect them
from the dangers in that world.These conflicts can easily set off fireworks in otherwise calm houses.
Sometimes conflicts can"t be avoided.But by paying attention to the building blocks of successful
relationships, you can work towards making home a happy and healthy place for you and your parents.
For instance, try to find a time to talk when your parents are not angry, tired, distracted or hungry.
A good time to talk is when you"re all relaxed.Timing is everything.If the conversation begins to turn into
an argument, you"d better calmly and coolly ask to stop the conversation-for
now.2.________Listen towhat your parents are saying, and repeat it back to them.This shows them that you"re listening.
3.________
Respect is the building block of good comm
unication.People who respect each other and care about each others"feelings can disagree without things getting ugly.
4. ________How do you build trust?Trust comes by actually doing what you say you"re going to do.
Some teens find that doing fun activities with their parents can improve their relationships.Sometimes we
forget that parents are more than rulemakers-they"re intere
sting people who like to watch movies and goshopping-just like their teenagers!
What do you do if you are trying your best, but your relationship with your parents continues to be
rocky?5.________You can find supportive adults, such as a teacher or a coach, who can lend an ear.
Remember you can
only change your own behavior.Your parents are the only ones who can changetheirs.
A. It also gives them a chance to clear things up if you"re not on the same page.
B. You can pick it up again when everyone"s more relaxed.
C. And then you"ll be able to accept what your parents say.
D. Faced with the challenge, children don"t know what to do.
E. You are more likely to get along with your parents and have more independence if
your parents believe in you.
F. And your desire to take control of your own life is growing.
G. You may consider seeking outside help.
As a teen,you"re going through big changes physically and mentally.Your interests are
expanding.1.________
Here is the challenge:Kids need to explore the world in new ways,and parents need to
protect them from the dangers in that world.These conflicts can easily set off fireworks in
otherwise calm houses.Sometimes conflicts can"t be avoided.But by paying attention to the
building blocks of successful relationships,you can work towards making home a happy
and healthy place for you and your parents.
For instance,try to find a time to talk when your parents are not angry,tired,distracted
or hungry.A good time to talk is when you"re all relaxed.Timing is everything.If the
conversation begins to turn into an argument,you"d better calmly and coolly ask to stop
the conversation-for
now.2.________Listen to what your parents are saying,and repeatit back to them.This shows them that you"re listening.3.________
Respect is the building block of good comm
unication.People who respect each other and care about each others"feelings can disagree without things getting ugly.
4．________How do you build trust?Trust comes by actually doing what you say you"re
going to do.Some teens find that doing fun activities with their parents can improve their
relationships.Sometimes we forget that parents are more than rulemakers-they"re intere
stingpeople who like to watch movies and go shopping-just like their teenagers!
What do you do if youare trying your best,but your relationship with your parents
continues to be rocky?5.________You can find supportive adults,such as a teacher or a
coach,who can lend an ear.
Remember you can
only change your own behavior.Your parents are the only ones who can change theirs.
A．It also gives them a chance to clear things up if you"re not on the same page.
B．You can pick it up again when everyone"s more relaxed.
C．And then you"ll be able to accept what your parents say.
D．Faced with the challenge,children don"t know what to do.
E．You are more likely to get along with your parents and have more independence if your
parents believe in you.
F．And your desire to take control of your own life is growing.
G．You may consider seeking outside help.
Or perhaps someone will casually glance through your credit card purchases or cell phone bills to find out
your shopping preferences or calling habits.
In fact,it"s likely that some of these things have already happened to you.Who would watch you without
your permission ? It might be a spouse, a girlfriend, a marketing company, a boss, a cop or a criminal.
Whoever it is,they will see you in a way you never intended to be seen-21st century is the equal of being
caught naked.
Psychologists tell us boundaries (dividing line) are healthy,and that it"s important to reveal yourself to
friends,family and lovers in stages,at appropriate times.But few boundaries remain.The digital bread pieces
you leave everywhere make it easy for strangers to reconstruct who you are,where you are and what you
like.In some cases,a simple Google search can reveal what you think.Like it or not,increasingly we live in
a world where you simply cannot keep a secret.The key question is:Does that matter?
When opinion polls (民意测验) ask Americans about privacy, most say they are concerned about
losing it. A survey found an overwhelming (very large) pessimism about privacy , with 60 percent of
respondents saying they feel their privacy is "slipping away,and that bothers me."
But people say one thing and do another.Only a tiny part of Americans change any behaviors in an
effort to protect their privacy.Few people turn down a tollbooth (收费站) to avoid using the EZPass
system that can track automobile movements. And few turn down supermarket loyalty cards. Privacy
economist Alissanfro Acquisti has a series of tests that reveal that people will give personal information
like Social Security numbers just to get their hands on a pitiful 50centoff coupon (优惠券)．
But privacy does matter-at least sometimes.It"s like health；when you have it,you don"t notice it.Only
when it"s gone do you wish you"d done more to protect it.
B．Friends should always be faithful to each other.
C．There should be a distance even between friends.
D．There should be fewer quarrels between friends.
B．People leave traces around when using modern technology.
C．There are always people who are curious about others" affairs.
D．Many search engines profit by revealing people"s identities
B．They use various loyalty cards for business deals.
C．They rely more and more on electronic devices.
D．They talk a lot but hardly do anything about it.
B．its importance is rarely understood
C．it is something that can easily be lost
D．people don"t value it until they lost it
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