The experiment has_________ the possibility of the existence of any life on that planet, but it does not mean there is no life on other planets.

A. found out　 　　 B. pointed out 　 C. ruled out　　 　 D. carried out

This is only a solution that can be adopted to solve the problem ____, so you have to find a better way.

A. individually　 B. definitely　　 C. temporarily　 D. continually

　 __ that all mountain roads were closed.

　 A. So became the dangerous weather B. So dangerous did the weather become

　 C. So dangerous became the weather D. Dangerous the weather became so

The boss had to give in and _______John.

A. say “Hi” to　 B. say “Hello” to

C. say sorry to　 D. say good-bye to

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 myself 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.

Self?appreciation 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 self?appreciation 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

To develop________and make everyone________is the basic policy of our country.

A．education; well educated　　　　 B．educator; well educated

C．educate; good education　　　　 D．educate; well educating

You may take any of these oranges. If you don’t like this one, you may take ____.

 　 A. the others　　　　 B. others    　　　 C. another　　 D. all the others

A child who has once been pleased with a tale likes, as a rule, to have it retold in almost the same words, but this should not lead parents to treat printed fairly stories as formal texts. It is always much better to tell a story than read it out of a book, and if a parent can produce what, in the actual situation of the time and the child, is an improvement on the printed text, so much the better.

A charge made against fairy tales is that they harm the child by frightening him or making him sad thinking. To prove the latter, one would have to show in a controlled experiment that children who have read fairy stories were more often sorry for cruelty than those who had not. As to fears, there are, in think, some cases of children being dangerously terrified by some fairy story. Often, however, this arises from the child having heard the story once. Familiarity with the story by repetition turns the pain of fear into the pleasure of a fear faces and mastered.

There are also people who object to fairy stories on the grounds that they are not objectively true, that giants, witches, two-headed dragons, magic carpets, etc. do not exist; and that , instead of being fond of the strange side in fairy tales, the child should be taught to learn the reality by studying history. I find such people, I must say so peculiar that I do not know how to argue with them. If their case were sound, the world should be full of mad men attempting to fly from New York to Philadelphia on a stick or covering a telephone with kisses in the belief that it was their beloved girlfriend.

No fairy story ever declared to be a description of the real world and no clever child has ever believed that it was

1. The author considers that a fairy story is more effective when it is_______

A. repeated without any change

B. treated as a joke

C. make some changes by the parents

D. set in the present

2. According to the passage, great fear can take place in a child when the story is ______.

A. in a realistic setting　　　 B. heard for the first time

C. repeated too often　　　　 D. told in a different way

3. The advantage claimed(提出)for repeating fairy stories to young children is that it ______.

A. makes them less fearful　　　　 B. develops their power of memory

C. makes them believe there is nothing to be afraid of

D. encourages them not to have strange beliefs

4. The author’s mention of sticks and telephones is meant to suggest that _______.

A. fairy stories are still being made up

B. there is some misunderstanding about fairy tales

C. people try to modernize old fairy stories

D. there is more concern for children’s fears nowadays

5. One of the reasons why some people are not in favor of fairy tales is that ______.

A. they are full of imagination

B. they just make up the stories which are far from the truth

C. they are not interesting

D. they make teachers of history difficult to teach

Reviewing the video monitor afterwards, they noticed two armed men with their faces covered by masks step out of a carriage and ______the bank through the backdoor.

　 A. slide into　 B. enter into　 C. stole into　 D. went into