I am a good mother to three children. I have tried never to let my profession stand in the way of being a good parent.

I no longer consider myself the center of the universe. I show up. I listen. I try to laugh. I am a good friend to my husband. I have tried to make marriage vows (誓约)mean what they say. I am a good friend to my friends. And they are good to me. Without them, there would be nothing to say to you today.

So here’s what I wanted to tell you today: Get a life. A real life, not a desire of the next promotion, the bigger paycheck, the larger house.

Get a life in which you are not alone. Find people you love, and who love you. And remember that love is not leisure, it is work. Pick up the phone. Send an email. Write a letter. And realize that life is the best thing and that you have no business taking it for granted.

It is so easy to waste our lives, our days, our hours and our minutes. It is so easy to exist instead of to live. I learned to live many years ago. Something really, really bad happened to me, something that changed my life in ways that, if I had my choice, it would never have been changed at all. And what I learned from it is what, today, seems to be the hardest lesson of all.

I learned to love the journey, not the destination, I learned to look at all the good in the world and try to give some of it back because I believed in it, completely and totally. And I tried to do that, in part, by telling others what I had learned.

By telling them this: Read in the backyard with the sun on your face, Learn to be happy, And think of life as a deadly illness, because if you do, you will live it with joy and passion as it ought to be lived.

21. The best title of this passage probably is______ .

   A. Love your friends                     B. Live a real life

   C. Don’t waste time                      D. Be a good mother and wife

22. How did the author form her view of life?

A. Through social experience.              B. By learning from her friends.

C. Through an unfortunate experience.       D. From her children and husband.

23. What’s the author’s attitude toward work?

A. Do it well to serve others               B. Earn enough money to make life better

C. Try your best to get higher position and pay D. Don’t let it affect your real life.

    It is 7 am and the alarm is going off. You know you have to be out of bed to catch the bus. But the urge to bury yourself in the bed is ever so strong. Sounds familiar? Why is it that teens find it difficult to get themselves out of bed in time every morning or stay sharp and focused during the first couple of hours of school?

During adolescence, the body goes through many changes and these include a shift in sleep patterns. Researchers from MIT have been tracking the body’s need for sleep in teenagers. They found that though adolescents need as much as 9.5 hours of sleep a day, they get to bed later and later with each passing year. In fact, the sleep cycle shifts later by as much as 12 to 18 minutes each year between the ages of 10 and 20! So by the time a 10­year­old who sleeps at 8 pm grows to be 17 or 18, his body naturally wants to stay up till 10：30 pm or 11 pm.

According to researchers, this is because of a hormone called melatonin (褪黑激素) that is secreted (分泌) by the pineal gland — a tiny structure deep inside the brain. Melatonin regulates the body’s natural day­night rhythms. It causes a person to become sleepy by lowering his body’s core temperature. In teens, melatonin is secreted much later in the evening and continues to increase throughout the night. This makes it difficult for teens to fall asleep earlier as they did in their younger years. Likewise, the effect of melatonin continues until much later in the morning, making it hard for them to wake up early.

A study found that at least one in four teens is tired and falls asleep in school at least once a week. During sleep, important body functions and brain activities happen. So how can teenagers get their sleep enough? The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that middle and high schools should start later — not before 8：30 am. This should give teens some more time to sleep at night.

24．From Paragraph 2, we can learn that if you sleep late, the next day you should ________.

A．stay sharp      B．skip breakfast      C．get up late    D．stay up late

25．What does the underlined word “this” in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A．The students want to stay up.            B．The shifts of the sleep cycle.

C．The pineal gland secretes melatonin.      D．The adolescents sleep late.

26．The teens go to sleep later than before because ________.

A．melatonin is secreted much later

B．melatonin regulates the sleep time

C．they sleep a lot in the daytime

D．they need to finish their homework

27．According to AAP’s recommendation, middle and high schools should ________.

A．let teens sleep in the day             B．let the students be active

C．delay the start time                 D．start later at 8 am

 “Image is everything.”  If there is no fact behind the image, the product, service or person will fail at last.

       Similarly, people especially politicians and movie stars try to ensure they are seen in all the right places which can build up a very positive image in the view of the general commons. But once again, history is filled with examples of both politicians and movie stars that fell from grace like the story of the Hollywood actor giving in to the pressures of fame and fortune. With people, just as with products and services, image is certainly important, but without positive substance(本质) behind the image, failure is close.

       To summarize, it is clear that an appealing image is extremely important to success, whether that image is related to selling a product or service or to the " selling" of a person. But image is only half of the equation. What lies behind that image is every bit as important as the image itself—the person or product must deliver on that image or there is little chance for long-term success.

28．The downfall of the Arthur Andersen accounting firm is due to ______.

   A．its dishonesty in business        B．its previous images

       C．its bad management            D．its poor service

29．Why did some famous people fall from grace?

    A．Their images were not well built up.

    B．They failed to live up to their images.

    C．They felt much pressure from the public.

D．They paid little attention to fame and fortune.

30． The structure of the passage is             .

  If you feel depressed, it’s best to do something about it — depression doesn’t just go away on its own. In addition to getting help from a doctor or counselor, here are four things you can do to feel better.

Exercise. Take a 15－30 minutes walk every day — or dance, jog, or bike if you prefer. People who are depressed may not feel much like being active. __31__ Once you get in the exercise habit, it won’t take long to notice a difference in your mood.

Cherish yourself with good nutrition. Depression can affect appetite. One person may not feel like eating at all, but another might overeat. If depression has affected your eating, you’ll need to be extra mindful of getting the right food. __32__ So eat plenty of fruits and vegetables and get regular meals (even if you don’t feel hungry, try to eat something light, like a piece of fruit, to keep you going)．

Identify troubles. __33__ When you know what’s got you feeling blue and why, talk about it with a caring friend. Talking is a way to release the feelings and to receive some understanding. If there’s no one to tell, pouring your heart out to a journal work just as well.

__34__ Depression affects a person’s thoughts, making everything seem dark, negative and hopeless. If depression has you noticing only the negative, make an effort to notice the good things in life. Try to notice one thing, and then try to think of one more. Consider your strengths, gifts, or blessings. Most of all, don’t forget to be patient with yourself. __35__　

A．Look on the bright side.

B．Take action to solve problems.

C．But make yourself do it anyway.

D．Depression takes time to heal.

E．Proper nutrition can influence a person’s mood and energy.

F．With depression, a person’s creativity and sense of fun may seem blocked.

G．Try to make out any situations that have contributed to your depression.

　Chengdu has dozens of new millionaires, Asia’s biggest building, and fancy new hotels. But for tourists like me, pandas are its top____56_(attract).

　　So it was a great honour to be invited backstage at the not-for-profit Panda Base, where ticket money helps pay for research, I_____57_（allow）to get up close to these cute animals at the 600-acre centre. From tomorrow, I will be their UK ambassador. The title will be __58___(official) given to me at a ceremony in London. But my connection with pandas goes back ___59_ my days on a TV show in the mid-1980s, ____60_ I was the first Western TV reporter__61___ (permit) to film a special unit caring for pandas rescued from starvation in the wild. My ambassadorial duties will include ____62_(introduce) British visitors to the 120-plus pandas at Chengdu and others at a research in the misty mountains of Bifengxia.

　　On my recent visit, I help a lively three-month-old twin that had been rejected by ___63 (it) mother. The nursery team switches him every few __64__( day) with his sister so that while one is being bottle-fed, __65____ other is with mum-she never suspects.