8. It's about time we        (更新) our software.

7. Tunisia achieved        (獨(dú)立) from French colonial rule in 1956.

6. Evidence has been found that        (證明) his innocence.

5. The government        (支持) of the idea that pollution should be forbidden.

4. The red flags on the city tower are f        in the wind.

3. You didn't really see it―it was just your i       .

2. We were married on 20 May,1964,so every year we have a party on our a      .

1. The policeman c        the prisoners not to play any tricks.

  In the animal kingdom,weakness can bring about aggression in other ani?mals. This sometimes happens with humans too. But I have found that my weakness brings out the kindness in people. I see it every day when people hold doors for me,pour cream into my coffee,or help me to put on my coat. And I have discovered that it makes them happy.

  From my wheelchair experience,I see the best in people,but sometimes I feel sad because those who appear independent miss the kindness I see daily. They don't get to see this soft side of others. Often we try every way possible to avoid showing our weakness,which includes a lot of pretending. But only when we stop pretending we're brave or strong do we allow people to show the kindness that's in them.

  Last month,when I was driving home on a busy highway,I began to feel unwell and drove more slowly than usual. People behind me began to get im?patient and angry,with some speeding up alongside me,horning (按喇叭) or even shouting at me. At that moment,I decided to do something I had never done in twentyfour years of driving. I put on the car flashlights and drove on at a really low speed.

  No more angry shouts and no more horns ！

  When I put on my flashlights,I was saying to the other drivers, "I have a problem here. I am weak and doing the best I can. ” And everyone understood. Several times,I saw drivers who wanted to pass. They couldn't get around me be?cause of the stream of passing traffic. But instead of getting impatient and angry,they waited,knowing the driver in front of them was in some way weak.

  Sometimes situations call for us to act strongly and bravely even when we don't feel that way. But those are few and far between. More often,it would be better if we don't pretend we feel strong when we feel weak or pretend that we are brave when we're scared.

5. The author has discovered that people will feel happy when       .

   A. they offer their help

   B. they receive others' help

   C. they feel others' kindness

   D. they show their weakness

6. The author feels sad sometimes because       .

   A. he has a soft heart

   B. he relies much on others

   C. some people pretend to be kind

   D. some people fail to see the kindness in others

7. What did the other drivers do when they saw the flashlights?

   A. They speeded up to pass.

   B. They waited with patience.

   C. They tried their best to help.

   D. They put on their flashlights too.

8. In this passage,the author advises us to       .

   A. handle problems by ourselves

   B. accept help from others

   C. admit our weakness

   D. show our bravery

  People seldom feel neutral (中立的) about poetry. Those who love it some?times give the impression that it is a satisfactory substitute for food* shelter and love. It isn't. Words,no matter how satisfying,are never an equivalent (等價(jià)物) of life itself and human experiences. Those who dislike poetry sometimes say,on the other hand,that poetry is only words and good for nothing. That's not true either. It is easy to become prevented by words―in poetry or in life— but when words represent and recreate true human feelings,as they often do in poetry,they can be very important.

  Poetry is,in fact,more than just words. It is an experience of words,and those who know how to read poetry can easily extend their experience of life,their sense of what other people are like,their awareness of themselves,and their range of human feelings. One reason poetry can be so important is that it is so closely concerned with feelings. Poetry is often full of ideas,too,and sometimes poems can be powerful experiences of the mind,but most poems are primarily about how people feel rather than how people think. Poems pro?vide,in fact,a language for feeling,and one of poetry's most insistent merits (優(yōu)點(diǎn)) involves its attempt to express the inexpressible. How can anyone,for example,put into words what it means to be in love or what it feels like to lose someone one cares about?

  Poetry tries,and it often captures exactly the shade of emotion that feels just right to a reader. No single poem can be said to express all the things that love or death feels like,or means* but one of the joys of experiencing poetry occurs when we read a poem and want to say, "Yes,that is just what it is like. I know exactly what that line means but I've never been able to express it so well. ” Poetry can be the voice of our feelings even when our minds are speechless with grief (憂傷) or joy.

1. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 means that       .

   A. few people think that poetry is neutral

   B. people always differ in their views about poetry

   C. people rarely take an opinion about poetry

   D. people generally think of poetry as extremely important or totally useless

2. The author suggests that      .

   A. poetry tends to make the reader disappointed

   B. poetry makes its readers satisfied

   C. poetry is more important than words

   D. poetry often captures real human feelings

3. According to the author,poetry       .

   A. is more than just words

   B. is the poets' feelings about words

   C. is anything but patterns of lines

   D. is an experiment on the use of words

4. Poetry tries to express       .

   A. what love and death mean

   B. what people think about themselves

   C. what people feel but find it hard to describe

   D. how people go through life