03. 2014届各区英语一模阅读理解（C篇15套）

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Do you get angry when your friends sing loudly while you are trying to work or when your best friend does not wait for you after school?

If you do, you need to take control of your feelings. Getting angry with others can cause you to l __1 friends.

Gray Egeberg, an American high school teacher, has written a book named My Feelings Are Like Wild Animals to help you control your feelings. The book tells how to stay cool when b 2 things happen.

The book says that getting angry only makes problems w 3 . It can never make them better. ―Getting angry is not a natural way to act,‖ the book says. ― It‘s just a habit, like smoking. ‖

The book says you can control your feelings e 4 ... all you have to do is to tell yourself not to be angry.

The book gives many tips to help you if you get angry frequently. Here are the top three. ● Keep a r 5 . Every time you get angry, write down why you are angry. Look at it later and you will see you get angry so often.

● Ask your friends to s 6 talking to you when you get angry. Leave you alone. This will teach you not to be angry.

● Do something d 7 . When you get angry, walk away from the problem and go somewhere else. Try to laugh.

1. l_________________ 2. b___________________ 3. w____________________ 4. e______________ 5. r________________ 6. s____________________ 7. d___________________

1. lose 2. bad 3. worse 4. easily 5. record 6. stop 7. different

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I heard a story about an older woman who stood in line at the Post Office. She c___1___ with a young man next to her. The young man n___2___ that she had no package to mail, and asked why she was standing in line. She said that she just needed a few stamps.

―Ma‘am, you must be tired standing here. Do you know there‘s a stamp machine over there in the corner?‖ He p____3____ to the machine built into the wall. ―Thank you,‖ the lady replied, ―but I‘ll just wait here a little l____4____. I‘m getting close to the window.‖

―But it would be so much e___5___ for you not to stand in this long line and buy your stamps from the machine.‖

The woman smiled and answered, ―Oh, I know. But that old machine would n___6___ ask me how my grandchildren are getting along.‖

She had a need greater than the need f___7___ postage stamps－a need to feel connected to other people. And it was a need that could not be met by a stamp machine.

1. c__________________ 2. n___________________ 3. p__________________ 4. l________________ 5. e__________________ 6. n____________________ 7. f___________________ C: 1. chatted 2. noticed 3. pointed 4. longer 5. easy/easier 6. never 7. for

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How can I win a Nobel Prize for writing? Here‘s the secret from this year‘s winner: make it short, keep it real, and work hard.

Canadian author Alice Munro, 82, was a 1 the 2013 Nobel Prize in literature (文学). She is known for her short stories about personal relationships of ordinary people, usually women.

Munro was born in a farmer family in Ontario. The family was very poor. Munro did a lot of physical work a 2 a young girl.

But she decided to be a w 3 when she was 12. She turns her hard childhood into great writing ideas.

The story Dear Life, for example, opens with a description of the neighborhood in which Munro grew up.

B 4 , she talked about her poor relationship with her mother in many of her stories, such as Lives of Girls and Women and Friend of My Youth.

Since she p 5 her first book in 1968, Munro has won many awards, with the Nobel Prize as her biggest honor. But Munro doesn‘t see h 6 as a talented writer.

―I‘m the opposite of a writer with a quick gift. I don‘t grasp it very readily (轻而易举地) at all, the ?it‘ being whatever I‘m trying to do,‖ she said.

Do you d 7 of becoming a writer while sadly admitting you are not that talented? Munro has a tip for you: use notebooks and write a lot.

―I have lots of notebooks that contain this terribly clumsy (蹩脚的) writing,‖ she said. But it helps her sort out her mind. ―Stories would just be working in my head for so long that when I started to write I was deep into them.‖

1. a___________________ 2. a__________________ 3. w_________________ 4. B________________ 5. p___________________ 6. h__________________ 7. d___________________

1. awarded 2. as 3. writer 4. Besides 5. published 6. herself 7. dream

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Mary and her husband, Richard Goldman, loved books. Like many lovers of books, they s___1___ walked past a bookstore without stopping to look inside. They often talked of opening their own store one day.

In order to realize their w___2___, they started by talking to bookstore owners and researching book business. One figure caught her attention: She had read somewhere that about 20 percent of books sold were mysteries (推理小说), and many buyers of mysteries spent more than $300 a year on books. She and Richard were mystery r__3___ and had a big collection of such books.

On Halloween 1992, they opened the Mystery Lovers Bookshop and Café near their home. With three children in college, it was i__4__ for the couple to spend all the family‘s money to start a shop. To cover the $100,000 cost, they used some of their savings, borrowed from relatives and from a bank.

In order to a__5___ customers, Mary always had new ways. The shop had a coffee bar and it offered presents to mystery lovers and served dinner for book clubs that met in the store. She also invited many writers to d___6___ their stories with the buyers to let them understand the stories better. Now after paying taxes, business costs and the six part-time sales clerks, Richard and Mary together earn about $34,000.

―The job we love may not go hand in hand with lots of money,‖ says Richard. ―We do this to give an e___7___ life to ourselves. This is not about making a lot of money. What matters is that we gain happiness from it.‖

1. s__________________ 2. w__________________ 3. r___________________ 4. i__________________ 5. a__________________ 6. d___________________ 7. e__________________

C: 1. seldom 2. wish 3. reader 4. impossible 5. attract 6. describe 7. enjoyable

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Who is managing things in your town or city? Someone repairs a broken window in the library. Someone makes sure the traffic lights work. Someone pumps clean water into the pipes. Someone c 1__ for the animals in the zoo.

The people who do these jobs are part of the government. In most towns or cities, they work for the mayor (市长). The mayor works with other o 2 . They manage the city and make sure that the work gets done. They fix old things, like roads and bridges. They build new things, like schools and parks. If people c 3 , they listen carefully. Then they change things that are wrong. For example, if a law isn‘t f 4 to some people, they change it. They try to do what the people want.

Election Day is report card time! If people think the city government is doing fine, they might k 5 the same mayor. If there are problems, they might elect a new mayor.

On Election Day, people go to different places to vote (投票). Then all the votes

are c 6 . The mayor may win or lose. For the winner, there is lots of excitement! There is a big party with balloons f 7_ in the air!

The next day, it‘s time to run the city or town again. The mayor must do a good job. The office members must work hard, too. After all, in a few years, there will be another Election Day.

1. c________________ 2. o__________________ 3. c__________________ 4. f________________ 5. k________________ 6. c__________________ 7. f__________________

1. cares 2. officials 3. complain 4. fair 5. keep 6. counted / collected 7. flying

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Most people know that intelligence quotient (IQ) is important, but EQ is probably more important in daily life. When facing an exam, EQ helps us to manage our feelings. When getting along with friends or

parents, EQ helps us to c 1 well.

EQ is shaped partly by genetics（基因）. You can see some babies are quiet, while others are not. B 2 , EQ is something you can learn for yourself. You can learn what different feelings might mean and how they relate to yourself and others. If we learn in the right way, our EQ can get better as we get older. Children with a high EQ usually have greater success with making friends. Having a high EQ needs a few different skills. Learning about these skills can help us to i 3 our EQ. But what are they? Let‘s take a look!

1. Know yourself

Most people feel many different feelings t 4 the day. Some feelings like surprise last just a few seconds. Others, like happiness and sadness, may stay around much l 5 . Being able to recognize these everyday feelings is the most basic of all EQ skills. 2. Manage yourself

We all get angry. We all have disappointments. But we need to control it. It is not always the right time or place to express our feelings. When you are angry with someone, take a deep breath and s 6___ count to 10. This way, you can calm down. 3. Encourage yourself

When you fail an exam, you may be disappointed. But there is something more effective you can do—learn to encourage yourself. It gives you the energy and c 7 to move on. It helps you to build a strong heart.

1. c__________________ 2. B____________________ 3. i___________________ 4. t_______________ 5. l___________________ 6. s____________________ 7. c___________________

1. communicate 2. Besides 3. improve 4. throughout/through 5. longer

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Imagine this: romance is all around you, you have met and fallen in love with the most wonderful person. The only trouble is, you are not at home, you are in a completely different part of the w 1 . How do you let that special person know how you feel? France

The only place to say ?JE T'AIME‘ (I love you) is on a Paris bridge in the moonlight. If you really want to go for true French style, you will need to dress very smartly and go to a fashionable French restaurant a___2 you have said the magical words. Japan

The cherry blossom season is the most romantic time of a year in Japan. I 3 your boyfriend / girlfriend in the politest way possible (you should always be as polite as possible in Japan!), set up a nice little picnic u 4 a cherry blossom tree and say ?SUKYO‘. Russia

It might be minus 6 degrees when you say ?YA TYEBYA LYUBLYU‘, but the s 5 will be falling around you in St Petersburg. There is no scene more romantic, and you won‘t even feel the cold --- your

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