2008年1月我国南方发生冰冻灾害，5月四川发生了特大地震。两次灾害给我国人民生命财产造成了巨大损失。全国人民积极捐款、捐物，众志成城，共抗灾害，表现出空前的团结。请你结合自己的实际写一篇120词左右的短文，描述两至三件你的实际行动并表达自己的感想。参考词汇：团结--unity  灾区--disaster-stricken areas

Confidence：you’ve either got it or you haven’t, right? Wrong．Most people learn confidence as they go through life．

Even if you are shaking like a leaf on the inside, you’ll make a lasting impression if you can come across as confident．Here are some confidence-building tips：

Fake(伪造) it! If you can pretend that       when you don’t and keep on doing so, your fake confidence will soon turn into real confidence．It only takes a few repetitions of an activity for it to become a habit—so get in the habit of faking self-belief．

Think it．For an instant encouragement to yourself-esteem(自尊心), recall three things that give you positive emotions．It could be a great compliment(称赞)somebody paid you, a special time when you felt happy and popular, or when you really excelled(超过别人)at something．Bring them to mind will help you to feel good instantly—and when you feel good, you have greater confidence．

Focus it．Difficult situations, such as interviews or new jobs, can make you feel shy．If you're feeling anxious about yourself, stop thinking about you and focus on something else．It could be that you focus on something normal, like the view out of the window, or that you pay more attention to the task at hand—getting the job! Either way, you’ll feel less awkward．

Talk it．If you keep telling yourself that you’re no good at something, you’ll start to believe it．Next time you blame yourself, ask yourself whether you’d talk to your friends like that：So quit being negative and start recognizing and appreciating the things you are good at．

Walk it．Great posture(姿势) can signal great confidence．Walk with a purposeful stride(大踏步), walk with your back straight and with your head held up high!

1．What is the best title of the passage? (Please answer within 10 words)

2．Please fill in the blank in the 3 rd paragraph with proper words．(Please answer within 10 words．)

3．Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

By trying to appear confident, you can make others always consider you confident though you are actually far from that．

4．Which of the tips given in the passage will work best with you? Why? (Please answer within 30 words．)

5．Translate the underlined sentence in the third paragraph into Chinese．

How often one hears children wishing they were grown up, and old people wishing they were young again．Each age has its pleasures and its pains, and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting his time in useless regrets．

Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilities to make life difficult．If a child has good parents, he is fed, looked after and loved, whatever he may do．It is impossible that he will ever again in his life be given so much without having to do anything in return．In addition, life is always presenting new things to the child-things that have lost their interest for older people because they are too well-known．But a child has his parents, he is not so free to do what he wishes to do; he is continually being told not to do things or being punished for what he has done wrong．When the young man starts to earn his own living, he can no longer expect others to pay for his food, his clothes, and his room, but has to work if he wants to live comfortably．If he spends most of his time playing about in the way that he used to as a child, he will go hungry．And if he breaks the laws of society as he used to break the laws of his parents, he may go to prison．If, however, he works hard, keeps out of trouble and has good health, he can have the great happiness of building up for himself his own position in society．

1．According to the second paragraph, the writer thinks that            ．

       A．life for a child is comparatively easy

       B．a child is always loved whatever he does

       C．if much is given to a child, he must do something in return

       D．only children are interested in life

2．After a child grows up, he               ．

       A．will have little time playing

       B．has to be successful in finding a job

       C．can still ask for help in time of trouble

       D．should be able to take care of himself

3．Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

       A．People are often stratified with their life．

       B．Life is less interesting for old people．

       C．Adults are freer to do what they want to do

       D．Adults should no longer rely on others．

4．The main idea of the passage is            ．

       A．life is not enjoyable since each age has some pains

       B．young men can have the greatest happiness if they work hard

C．childhood is the more enjoyable time in one’s life

D．one is the happiest if he can make good use of each age in his life

5．The paragraph following this passage will most probably discuss            ．

       A．examples of successful young men

       B．how to build up one’s position in society

       C．joys and pains of old people

       D．what to do when one has problems in life

An Australian-based scientist announced yesterday he had made a step forward in forensic(用于法庭的) DNA testing so that an individual can be identified by a single cell．

Ian Findlay from the Australian Genome Research Facility at the University of Queensland, said current DNA testing required 200 to 500 cells to gain a similar level of accuracy．

“What we have done has brought that down to one cell,” Dr．Findlay said after releasing details of his DNA testing technique at a Sydney conference．

The technology could allow investigators to pick up DNA identities from plastic cards and even build up a complete history of the people who have handled a paper document．

“You’d have to wear a space suit to stop yourself from leaving traces．You can identify cells on the paper, so you can work out where it’s come from and who’s touched it．” he said．

The technique could also be used to trace the thrower of a punch from cells left Behind on the skin of their victim．Even the wearing of latex gloves would not help; small cells can pass through the gloves, and the constant flow of genetic material given off by the human body would leave further evidence．

“we gained a skin cell from a document dating back 30 years and managed to gain a DNA fingerprint．DNA evidence can remain fresh for decades, perhaps even centuries．” Dr．Findlay said．

“The potential for this technology to solve unsolved crimes is great．” he said．

But Dr．Findlay, named scientist of the year in 1998 by the European Society of Human Genetics, said the new testing needed to be scientifically validated, which would take up to five years．

He said, “These are serious consequence taking on technology too early．The public has to be sure that they have the utmost confidence in the security and court systems．”

1．The main advantage of the new technology is that          ．

       A．a single cell can identify an individual

       B．it has brought down the cost of DNA testing

       C．a higher level of accuracy can be acquired with a single cell

       D．it needs less than 200 cells to gain a certain level of accuracy

2．The underlined word “validated” means “         ” ．

       A．confirmed               B．imagined                 C．supposed                D．criticized

3．According to Ian Findlay, the new technology can          ．

       A．help to keep DNA evidence fresh for decades and even centuries

       B．make the process of DNA testing much more simplified

       C．help to pick up DNA identities more easily

       D．be wildly used in five years at most

4．The last paragraph suggests that            ．

       A．the immediate adopting of the technology may cause mistakes

       B．the public have acknowledge the new testing technology

       C．it is safe to put the new technology into use now

       D．Dr. Findlay is quite sure of his new technology

5．The aim of the passage is to         ．

       A．praise Ian Findlay for his work

       B．report a piece of interesting news

       C．inform us of the wide use of DNA testing

       D．tell us a recent improvement in DNA testing

Many people will remember the flight of the space shuttle(航天飞机) Challenger in June, 1983．The achievement of Sally Ride, America’s first woman astronaut to fly into space, made this flight especially memorable．Students from two Camden, New Jersey, high schools, however, are probably to remember Norma rather than Sally whenever they think about tile flight．

Norma didn’t travel alone．She brought about 100 companions along with her．Norma was an ant, a queen ant who, with her subject, made up the first ant colony(群体) to travel into space．The ants were part of a science experiment designed by students to test the effects of weightlessness on insects．

The equipment designed by the students for their colony functioned perfectly throughout the long space trip．The young scientists and their teachers were very sad to find that their insect astronauts had all died at some point before the container was returned to the school and opened．The problem didn’t occur in space, but on the ground after challenger had landed．The container remained in the desert for nearly a week before the ant colony was moved．The hot, dry desert air dried out the colony’s container and the ants died from lack of moisture(水分)．

The project was termed success because it did provide useful information．Students will continue their efforts to pinpoint(精确找到) what went wrong．They will try to prevent the same difficulties from reoccurring on future missions．They don’t want to be discouraged either by the demise of the ants or by the $10,000 shuttle fare they will have to pay to send the next colony of ants into space．

1．What does the passage mainly tell us?

A．Sally Ride, America’s first woman astronaut．

B．How to keep ants alive in space．

C．How to make equipment for insects in space．

D．An experiment with ants in space．

2．According to the passage，we know that the underlined word “demise” is another word for “        ” ．

A．death                   B．colony                 C．insect                 D．moisture

3．We don’t think the project was a failure．This is because             ．

A．everything went as smoothly as expected

B．the students had pinpointed exactly the reason

C．something important had been learned

D．the students had succeeded in the experiment

4．The ants were not able to live because            ．

A．no one fed them in space                          B．they dried out in the desert

C．weightlessness damaged them                     D．space caused too much pain

5．We can conclude that ants           on the next space trip．

A．will have to be kept alive in a container full of water

B．will have to be sent into space with the first woman astronaut

C．should be put into a container where there is enough food

D．should be put into a container which is not too dry