In the face of tragedy，you must of course let yourself feel: Cry without holding back, shake with fear, yell out in anger, accept and follow your feelings. This is part of the wise approach to tragedy: The Upward Path —the feeling of emotions, the acceptance of them, and the coupling of the emotional mind with wisdom. Along this path, you'll take the experience —no matter how sad or upsetting —as a learning event, just as a11 other points on your journey will prove to be. While tragic, you must recognize this is still a chance for all involved to grow. You should let both sadness and joy, fear and courage, dark and light fill your world, and learn to find your steady, calm center in the midst of the opposing forces. This is the Upward Path. Use the event as a chance to gain balance and discover wisdom —the wisdom of love and of letting go, of non-attachment and non-resistance, and using this experience to eventually help others in need of guidance.
Being able to relate to others who have also experienced tragedy and inspire in them hope — of recovery, and of moving forward —is perhaps the greatest gift you can receive from tragedy. Turn the negative into positive, the pain into connection. After you've taken appropriate time to be sad, to feel your own pain, you should make it your work，your goal, your purpose to connect with others who need help. Show them how you've experienced feelings, achieved
balance，and gained wisdom that you would never have otherwise had the chance to learn.
FEEL, but do not FEED on tragedy. Rather, let it inspire you to go beyond the person who you were before. With demise comes renewal, so let this loss be also your rebirth. No matter how hopeless it seems, no matter how difficult this becomes, you have the power to transform yourself into someone greater than you ever knew you could be.
小題1:When following the Upward Path, the person facing tragedy should _______.

A．free his emotions

B．hold back his feelings

C．fill his world with positive ideas

D．give in to tragedy and all opposing forces

小題2:According to the author，the greatest gift one gets from tragedy is being able to _______.

A．seek solutions from others

B．forgive others and move on

C．stay calm and resist change

D．understand and help others

小題3:The purpose of the passage is to _______.

A．a(chǎn)nalyze the causes of tragedy

B．suggest a way of dealing with tragedy

C．tell people how to prevent tragedy

D．encourage people to build friendship after tragedy

"He who can have patience can have what he wants," said Benjamin Franklin. They say patience is a virtue (美德) seldom found in women and never in men. This may or may not be true, but it's fair to say that there is nobody on the earth who couldn't benefit from more patience.
Patience is necessary for success.
It is said that "all good things come to those who wait". Many of the great scientists have remarked that their scientific discoveries came only through patient perseverance (堅持). Edison said, "Genius was 99% perspiration and only 1% inspiration." Patience teaches us to value the effort and not just the success. It is a mistake to think that happiness can only be obtained through achievements.
Patience brings peace of mind.
When we desire certain outcomes (結(jié)果), we'll have no peace of mind. Even if one desire is filled, the nature of desire is that more will appear in its place. There is no end to human desires. Patience means we will work with an attitude of detachment (超然).
Patience can transform suffering into joy.
Throughout life we suffer injustice; the best healer is patience. Through being patient and accepting our situation, it's quite possible for our suffering to be transformed.
Sri Chinmoy said, "If failure has the strength to turn your life into bitterness itself, then patience has the strength to turn your life into the sweetest joy."
小題1:Whose saying supports the idea that patience makes a person joyful?

A．Franklin's

B．Edison's

C．Chinmoy's

D．Einstein's

小題2:In the writer's opinion, _____ .

A．human desires will easily be filled

B．patience is a virtue seldom found in a person

C．happiness can only be obtained through success

D．patience is the best medicine of suffering

小題3:How is the whole passage organized?

A．General-detail-general.	B．General-detail.
C．Detail-general-detail.	D．Detail-general.

小題4:Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A．We All Need Patience	B．Patience Means Success
C．Benefits of Patience	D．We Should Not Be patient

Near the village, there is an old famous temple. Some people want to build new houses where the temple now stands, because they can find no other area to build them, while others disagree with them. They meet to decide how to solve the problem. Here are their opinions about it.
The expert wants to protect the temple and believes that there are some interesting things buried in the ground. If it is destroyed or moved, people may never learn about how people lived in the past.
The businessman thinks that the houses should be built. History is important, but we must think about the future. The village needs development and building new houses will offer jobs to hundreds of people.
Villager A says, “We should build the new houses because we need houses to live in.”
Villager B says, “We should protect the temple because it can attract many tourists to come for a visit. If the temple is destroyed or moved, we will lose a lot of business.”
The village leader thinks that he has a duty to make life better for the villagers. They need jobs and new houses. He also thinks the cultural site (遺跡) is important and they should be careful with it as well.
小題1:The expert doesn’t want to _______ the old famous temple.

A．rebuild

B．protect

C．pull down

D．fall down

小題2:The businessman thinks building houses there can _______.

A．help the village develop

B．a(chǎn)ttract many tourists to come for a visit

C．help people learn about how people lived in the past

D．help people learn about the interesting things buried in the ground

小題3:_______ agree that they should build new houses there.

A．The expert and the village leader

B．The businessman and Villager

C．Villager A and Villager

D．Villager B and the businessman

小題4:The village leader thinks _______.

A．they should destroy the temple

B．they needn’t build new houses

C．They should build the temple to make life better

D．they should not only build new houses but also be careful with the temple

小題5:According to the passage, which of the following is RIGHT?

A．It’s difficult to satisfy everyone.

B．The cultural site is not so important.

C．It’s easy to make a decision on the problem.

D．The villagers will lose their jobs with the development of their hometown

The smartphone has become the centerpiece of many students' digital lives.
Yes, it can be a distraction(困擾，分心), but it is also an incredible tool that can transform classroom learning and late-night studying.
Professors and students are starting to explore what the smartphone can contribute to learning-and there is a whole host of apps（設(shè)備） to help that process along. There are also plenty of apps to help students with the less academic parts of college life.
To download any of these apps, search the iTunes App Store or Android Market. iOS apps are built for Apple's mobile platform and can run on the iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad.
Skype
Cost: Free
Platform: Android, BlackBerry, iOS
More and more smartphones now ship with front-facing cameras that make them great video chat tools.
There are several competitors here ---- including Apple's FaceTime ----but Skype is still the best cross-platform tool for keeping in touch with faraway friends and family. Users on either end can be on a computer, smartphone.
Grades 2
Cost: Free
Platform: iOS
This app is a sophisticated tool for calculating grades. Students can use it to figure out what grade they'll need on a test to achieve their target grade and also keeps track of overall GPA, weighted by each class's credit count.
Students can also enter due dates for assignments as reminders.
The app is free and supported by ads, but users can pay $1 inside the app to turn them off.
Snoozerr Recordings
Cost: 99 cents
Platform: iOS
This is a great tool for logging long lecture classes or smaller study sessions(授課時間）． It records audio and pairs that with time-stamped pictures that the student takes of presentations--- say, equations（方程）on a blackboard----or of his or her own notes.
When the student wants to review, he or she can use the pictures as a visual guide to what the instructor was saying and replay that section.
TED
Cost: Free
Platform: iOS
This app is great for the student in everyone. It compiles（編輯）video from hundreds of presentations at technology, entertainment and design----a conference that features short speeches focused on new ways of thinking.
Presenters often speak about technology, social good or education and challenge societal norms.
It's a great way to spend an hour or so hearing from some of the world's leading minds for free. All of the videos are also available at www.ted.com.
AroundMe
Cost: Free
Platform: Android and iOS
This app uses a smartphone's GPS to find nearby locations by category such as banks, gas stations, bars, coffee shops, restaurants and supermarkets---- all the college staples(主要產(chǎn)品).
小題1:In which section of a newspaper could you find this article?

A．Science & Tech.

B．Entertainment.

C．Life.

D．Tourism.

小題2:What might be the best title for the text?

A．How to Improve College Students' Studies

B．How to Download Computer Games

C．How to Choose the Latest Smartphone

D．Five Tech Tools for College Students

小題3:Many college students use Grades 2 mainly for _____.

A．chatting	B．calculating
C．hearing speeches	D．recording lectures

小題4:If you want to use your smartphone to find a nearby supermarket, you should download _____.          .

A．TED

B．AroundMe

C．Skype

D．Grades 2

小題5:ios means _____.

A．TED

B．VCS

C．OS

D．ECX

Nowadays the problem of the generation gap is becoming more and more serious. Poor relationship between parents and their children are very common.
Whether we like it or not, our parents are responsible for us at least until we’re out of high school. So rather than get upset about that fact, maybe we should focus on some ways to make our relationship better. The best way, in my opinion, is to learn to really communicate with my parents.
When I find myself arguing with my mom and dad, I try to stop. If I can manage to stop myself from talking, I usually find that I can calm down quickly. I guess I’m usually acting out of emotion rather than logic(邏輯). But if I can stop arguing for a minute, it seems that my opinion changes and I start to realize that I’m a bit childish. Emotionally I may still be upset, but logically I understand that yelling(大叫大嚷) and fighting surely won’t make things better.
Once I’ve stopped arguing, I look at my parents in the eye. You’d be amazed at how much easier it is to communicate with your parents when you’ve actually looking at them. Looking away doesn’t do much of anything except for giving them the impression that I’m not listening or that I don’t care. It’s much easier to see things eye to eye when you’re physically seeing them eye to eye.
Finally, I listen to what they’re saying (or at least I try). Communication can’t happen unless both sides hear and listen to each other. There is nothing wrong with my hearing, but that doesn’t mean I always listen to the sounds that people are making. When I argue with my parents, I can physically hear what they’re saying without mentally listening to it.
Whether I admit it or not, my parents’ experience can actually help them give me some pretty sound advice at times. I don’t always agree with them, but I think it’s safe to say that it has truly helped our relationship in the long run.
小題1:What can we learn from the passage?

A．Listening is better than yelling and fighting.

B．It is impolite to see your parents eye to eye.

C．Be careful when you take your parents’ advice.

D．Parents are sometimes easy to get upset.

小題2: Parents and children can communicate only when_______.

A．both sides stop yelling and fighting

B．both sides start thinking what to say next

C．both sides agree with each other

D．both sides can listen to each other

小題3:Which of the following advice is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A．Looking	B．Smiling warmly
C．Listening	D．Stopping arguing

小題4:The author thinks we should first _______ when arguing with our parents.

A．look at their eyes	B．fight for the truth
C．stop arguing	D．talk in a low voice

As demand for power and fuel grows steadily in the coming decades, we must consider every possible energy source（來源）on hand if we're to meet the world's needs. And because clean natural gas is found in great plenty, there is little doubt that it will play a major role on the world energy stage in this century, much like oil did in the last. But, like oil, gas reserves are concentrated in just a few places in the world, usually far from where they're needed most. And that's only part of the challenge. The world has had well over 100 years to search for oil and to build the necessary facilities（設(shè)施）to bring it to market; the natural gas facilities, particularly when it comes to liquefied（液化）natural gas（LNG）, are not nearly as developed.
So what needs to be done? On the supply side, producing nations need policies that allow for better development of their natural gas in an open, stable business environment, not one in which the rules of the game change without warning. The governments of consuming nations, on the other hand, must make policies for sustainable（可持續(xù)的）development to ensure they'll have enough supplies in the future. That means building the related facilities, including LNG stations. This, in turn, will require coastal areas to allow these necessary, but not necessarily pretty, facilities to be built in their backyards. And energy companies have a responsibility to be good neighbors in those areas by operating these facilities responsibly and safely. They must also continue to put in the billions of dollars needed to build the complex transport and storage facilities required to bring more gas to market.
Expanding and diversifying（使多樣化）energy sources by using more natural gas could lead to lower fuel prices and to greater energy security. We've taken some of the steps to get started, but we need your help to get the rest of the way.
小題1:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Gas played a major part in the 20th century.

B．Natural gas facilities are far from satisfactory.

C．Gas reserves are widely spread around the world.

D．Necessary facilities are ready to bring gas to market.

小題2: The underlined word "one"（in Paragraph 2）refers to _____________.

A．a(chǎn) gas supply side	B．a(chǎn) business environment
C．a(chǎn) gas consuming nation	D．a(chǎn) policy for gas development

小題3:Consuming nations of natural gas need to ___________.

A．change the rules of the game

B．open markets in their backyards

C．build pretty facilities along the coast

D．have long-term policies for gas supply

小題4: The main purpose of the passage is to _______.

A．warn people of the lack of power and fuel

B．discuss the importance of oil and natural gas

C．call for better use and development of natural gas

D．instruct people how to make use of energy sources

小題5: The passage might be followed by a paragraph about

A．what kind of help you can offer

B．where energy sources are concentrated

C．which countries are in great need of gas

D．what problems of energy sources we may face

Is veg food healthier than non-veg food? I feel this is a very common topic that people speak on．Please give me your opinions on this topic．
Rao 12-18-08	So far as veg food is concerned, it is also proved to be a healthy and nutritious diet, but has very few items which can provide us with proteins, but if you see non-veg food like eggs, chicken, and many more, such foods have a large content of proteins in them.
Sai 12-19-08	Man basically is herbivorous（食草的）. If we look at the animal kingdom We can see that all the herbivorous animals have the similar dental（牙齒的） structure, which clearly shows that the human being also ought to be vegetarian by birth. It is only the living conditions that make man carnivorous（食肉的）. The vegetarian foods are easily digestible.
Santos 12-20-08	Non-veg food items are better than veg items. A healthy person requires complete diet and veg + meat makes the diet complete. The only caution that needs to be taken is not to have non-veg items on a daily basis. Once in a week or couple of weeks will be best.
Krishna 01-03-09	When we eat non-veg, we are all veg by nature. The chicken that we eat feeds on grains, the mutton that we eat feeds on grass, and the fish that we eat feeds on simple plants. So non-veg food by logic（邏輯）is better and suited for hauman beings.
Khan 01-05-09	Non-veg food is equally important in our diet as it helps in many ways, especially fish and other seafood as fish contains omega 3 which makes our immune system（免疫系統(tǒng)）stronger. Do you know that most of the veg food put together does not contain as much omega 3 as fish alone contains!

小題1:According to Rao, what is the problem with veg food?

A．It damages our immune system.	B．It has few nutrients.
C．It contains too much omega 3.	D．It is lacking in protein.

小題2:In the opinion of Sai, humans are born vegetarian because humans        .

A．have the same teeth structure as plant-eating animals

B．believe that veg foods are good for their teeth

C．belong to the plant-eating animal family

D．can adapt to the living conditions like plant-eating animals

小題3:What advice is given by Santos?

A．To have a daily veg + meat diet.

B．Not to eat non-veg food every day.

C．To eat digestible food every day.

D．Not to eat food without protein.

When we think of green buildings, we tend to think of new ones-the kind of modern, solar-paneled masterpieces that make the covers of architecture magazines．But the US has more than 100 million existing homes, and it would be incredibly         to tear them all down and         them with greener versions．
An enormous amount of energy and resources went into the construction of those houses．And it would take an average of 65 years for the         carbon emissions (排放) from a(an) __    _ energy-efficient (節(jié)能) home to make up for the         lost by destroying an old one．
So in the broadest sense, the greenest home is the one that has already been built．But at the same time,          half of US carbon emissions come from heating, cooling and powering our          , offices and other buildings．"You can't deal with climate         without dealing with existing buildings," says Richard Moe, the president of the National Trust．
With some exceptions, the oldest homes tend to be the         energy-efficient．Houses built before 1939 use about 50% more energy per square foot than those built after 2000, mainly due to the tiny cracks and gaps that         over time and let in more outside        .
     ,there are a vast number of relatively simple changes that can green older homes, from       ones like Lincoln's Cottage to your own postwar home．And efficiency upgrades (升級) can save more than just the earth; they can help         property owners from rising power        .

小題1:	A．terrible B．wasteful C．wonderful D．useful

小題2:	A．put B．build C．replace D．take

小題3:	A．reduced B．increased C．used D．destroyed

小題4:	A．old B．fashionable C．new D．beautiful

小題5:	A．magazines B．trees C．materials D．resources

小題6:	A．nearly B．hardly C．rarely D．mostly

小題7:	A．libraries B．schools C．homes D．stores

小題8:	A．improvement B．a(chǎn)ppearance C．stability D．change

小題9:	A．most B．really C．very D．least

小題10:

A．expand B．narrow C．strengthen D．weaken

小題11:

A．dust B．a(chǎn)ir C．smoke D．water

小題12:

A．Oppositely B．Unfortunately C．Fortunately D．Frankly

小題13:

A．historic B．worthless C．ordinary D．meaningless

小題14:

A．charge B．protect C．punish D．warn

小題15:

A．prices B．costs C．businesses D．bargains

There is an old Chinese proverb that states "One Generation plants the trees; another gets the shade," and this is how it should be with mothers and daughters. The relationship between a mother and daughter is sometimes confusing. If close, the relationship can be similar to friendship. However, the mother and daughter relationship has unique characteristics that distinguish it from a friendship. These characteristics include a hierarchy (等級) of responsibility and unconditional love, which preclude mothers and daughters from being best friends. 
Marina, 27 years old, says, "I love spending time with my mom, but I wouldn't consider her my best friend. Best friends don't pay for your wedding. Best friends don't remind you how they carried you in their body and gave you life! Best friends don't tell you how wise they are because they have been alive at least 20 years longer than you.” This doesn't mean that the mother and daughter relationship can't be very close and satisfying.
While some adult relationships are still troubled, many find them to be extremely rewarding.     This generation of mothers and adult daughters has a lot in common which increases the likelihood of shared companionship. Mothers and daughters have always shared the common experience of being homemakers, responsible for maintaining and passing on family values and traditions. Today contemporary mothers and daughters also share the experience of the workforce and technology, which may bring them even closer together.
Best friends may or may not continue to be best friends, but for better or worse, the mother and daughter relationship is permanent, even if for some unfortunate reason they aren't speaking. The mother and child relationship is closer than any other. There is not an equal relationship. Daughters should not feel responsible for their mother's emotional well-being. It isn’t that they don't care deeply about their mothers. It's just that they shouldn't be burdened with their mother's well being.
The mother and daughter relationship is a relationship that is not replaceable by any other. Mothers never stop being mothers, which includes frequently wanting to protect their daughters and often feeling responsible for their happiness. Mother always "trumps" friend.
小題1:The underlined word “preclude” in Paragraph 1 probably means “_________”.

A．differ

B．prevent

C．benefit

D．change

小題2:Why do many mothers and adult daughters keep a rewarding relationship?

A．Because they have a lot in common.

B．Because they have common family values.

C．Because they have no generation gap.

D．Because they keep a constant relationship.

小題3:What do we know from the passage?

A．The mother and daughter relationship can be replaced by a best friend.

B．A mother’s love brings her and her daughter a close friendship.

C．The mother and daughter relationship goes beyond best friends’ friendship.

D．Marina has a troubled relationship with her mother.

小題4:The author proves his statements mainly by _________.

A．listing data

B．giving explanations

C．quoting sayings

D．making examples

小題5:What is the best title for the passage?

A．How to be a good mother and daughter

B．Who is a mother’s best friend?

C．A friend in need is a friend indeed.

D．Can a mother be a daughter’s best friend?

Science Daily (May 1S, 2012) - People who rate themselves as having high emotional    intelligence (El) tend to overestimate (高估) their ability to detect deception(欺騙) in others.      This is the finding of a paper published in the journal Legal and Criminological Psychology on 18 May 2012.
Professor Stephen Porter. director of the Centre for the Advancement of Psychological     Science and Law at University of British Columbia Canada along with colleagues Dr. Leanne Brinke and Alysha Baker used a standard questionnaire to measure the EI of 116 participants.
These participants were then asked to view 20 videos from around the world of people     pleading （祈求） for the safe return of a missing family member. In half the videos the person     making the plea was responsible for the missing person's disappearance or murder.
The participants were asked to judge whether the pleas were honest or deceptive say how much confidence they had in their judgments, report the clues (線索) they had used to make those judgments and rate their emotional response to each plea.
Professor Porter found that higher EI was associated with overconfidence in assessing the sincerity of the pleas and sympathetic feelings towards people in the videos who turned out to be responsible for the disappearance.
Although EI, in general, was not associated with being better or worse at telling the difference between truths and lies. people with a higher ability to notice and express emotion (a component of EI) were not so good at spotting when people were telling lies.
Professor Porter says: "Taken together, these findings suggest findings features of emotional     intelligence and the decision-making processes they lead to may nave the paradoxical (適得其反的) effect of weakening people's ability to detect deception."
"These findings are important because El is a well-accepted concept and is used in a variety of fields, including the workplace"
小題1:Which of the following is true about the study and its findings?

A．EI has something to do with telling truths and 1ies.

B．The participants were asked to identify liars on the spot.

C．The participants had to tell reasons for their judgments.

D．Those confident participants all made wrong judgments.

小題2:According to Professor Porter's finding, people with higher EI

A．were actually less confident

B．were easy to be cheated for their kindness

C．had sympathy for the missing people

D．were good at spotting deception

小題3:What does the underlined word "they" refer to?

A．Features of EI

B．People with high Ef

C．The findings

D．The researchers

小題4:Workplace is specially mentioned in the last paragraph to ______.

A．indicate that people with high EI are mostly adults

B．indicate that EI is very important in the workplace

C．warn employers not to trust employees with high EI

D．warn people with high EI of deception in the workplace

小題5:What is the best title for the passage?

A．How to detect deception in our daily life.

B．The disadvantages of high emotional intelligence.

C．The relationship between one's El and recognition.

D．Emotionally intelligent people are less good at spotting liars.