About one year ago, a couple with three children moved into the apartment next door to me. I never heard any noise from the children, but I often heard the parents 26 shouting at the kids, not in a nice tone, but in a (n) 27 one.
We often 28 in the hallway. I always greeted them, 29 the only answer I ever got was a “hello” from the eight-year-old girl. I usually 30 to see my doctor and one day when I returned they were just 31 their apartment and the little girl was 32 the outside door open for the others. I 33 in the car doing 34 things because I wasn’t eager to be snubbed (冷落) again. Finally I got out of my car and walked towards the door. The parents were telling her to 35 to get into the car, but the little girl was still holding the door, 36 me! I hurried although I was still in pain from my injury.
I forgot to tell her how 37 I was for her kindness. I wrote a note saying how much her act of kindness had 38 an old man’s heart.
The next day there was a (n) 39 on my door and it was the little girl and her father. She was quite 40 of her behavior and thanked me. Then I noticed her mother was there, too. Her parents 41 me, too.
Now when we meet in the hall way we always greet each other, in a friendly 42 .
Last night there was a heavy snow. I looked out at my car and 43 how I was going to keep my doctor’s 44 because I could only walk for a short time. This morning when I opened the front door, all the snow was removed.
Isn’t it 45 that the small kind act of an 8-year-old girl can change so many things for the better? It is said that good tings come from small acts.

About one year ago, a couple with three children moved into the apartment next door to me. I never heard any noise form the children, but I often heard the parents      shouting at the kids, not in a nice tone, but in a (n)      one.

We often      in the hallway. I always greeted them,      the only answer I ever got was a “hello” from the eight-year-old girl. I usually      to see my doctor and one day when I returned they were just      their apartment and the little girl was      the outside door open for the others. I      in the car doing      things because I wasn’t eager to be snubbed (冷落) again. Finally I got out of my car and walked towards the door. The parents were telling her to      to get into the car, but the little girl was still holding the door,      me! I hurried although I was still in pain from my injury.

I forgot to tell her how      I was for her kindness. I wrote a note saying how much her act of kindness had      an old man’s heart.

The next day there was a (n)      on my door and it was the little girl and her father. She was quite      of her behavior and thanked me. Then I noticed her mother was there, too. Her parents      me, too.

Now when we meet in the hall way we always greet each other, in a friendly      .

Last night there was a heavy snow. I looked out at my car and      how I was going to keep my doctor’s      because I could only walk for a short time. This morning when I opened the front door, all the snow was removed.

Isn’t it      that the small kind act of an 8-year-old girl can change so many things for the better? It is said that good tings come from small acts.

1.A. quietly            B. strangely            C. quickly             D. angrily

2.A. frightening          B. exciting             C. sincere            D. kind

3.A. quarreled      B. met                C. chatted             D. argued

4.A. when     B. so                  C. but                D. or

5.A. went out          B. set out         C. took out       D. gave out

6.A. decorating B. cleaning            C. returning     D. leaving

7.A. breaking        B. operating           C. holding            D. unlocking

8.A. kept           B. remained            C. insisted            D. left

9.A. favorite          B. important          C. unnecessary        D. curious

10.A. hurry            B. drive             C. stay           D. greet

11.A. hunting for       B. asking for        C. waiting for            D. calling for

12.A. beneficial         B. influential         C. anxious            D. grateful

13.A. strengthened   B. broken       C. touched          D. saved

14.A. note             B. knock            C. invitation      D. picture

15.A. proud           B. aware            C. afraid                 D. sure

16.A. understood      B. recognized    C. praised         D. thanked

17.A. manner        B. appearance       C. statement             D. announcement

18.A. found           B. doubted             C. remembered       D. wondered

19.A. advice          B. appointment  C. suggestion       D. attention

20.A. amazing       B. confusing           C. disappointing   D. challenging

About one year ago, a couple with three children moved into the apartment next door to me. I never heard any noise from the children. Instead, I often heard the parents yelling   __26__   at the kids, not in a nice tone, but in a   __27__  one.

We often   __28__  in the hallway. I always greeted them, but the only __29__   I ever got was a “hello” from the eight­year­old girl. I usually   __30__   to see my doctor and one day when I returned they were just   __31__   their apartment and the little girl was   __32__   the outside door open for the others. I   __33__   in the car doing   __34__   things because I wasn't eager to be snubbed(冷落) again. Finally, I got out of my car and walked towards the door. The parents were telling their daughter to hurry and get into the car,   __35__   the little girl was still holding the door,  __36__   me! I hurried although I was still in pain from my injury.

I forgot to tell her how  __37__   I was for her kindness. I wrote a note saying how much her act of kindness had   __38__ an old man's heart.

The next day there was a   __39__   on my door and it was the little girl and her father. She was quite   __40__   of her behavior and thanked me. Then I noticed her mother standing there too. Her parents  __41__   me.

From then on when we met in the hallway we always greeted each other，in a friendly   __42__.

Last night there was a heavy snow. I looked out at my car and   __43__   how I was going to keep my doctor's   __44__   because I could only walk for a short time. This morning when I opened the front door, all the snow was removed.

Isn't it  __45__   that the small kind act of an 8­year­old girl can change so many things for the better? It is said that good things come from small acts.

About one year ago, a couple with three children moved into the apartment next door to me. I never heard any noise form the children, but I often heard the parents  36  shouting at the kids, not in a nice tone, but in a (n)  37  one.

We often  38  in the hallway. I always greeted them,  39  the only answer I ever got was a “hello” from the eight-year-old girl. I usually  40  to see my doctor and one day when I returned they were just  41  their apartment and the little girl was  42  the outside door open for the others. I  43  in the car doing  44  things because I wasn’t eager to be snubbed (冷落) again. Finally I got out of my car and walked towards the door. The parents were telling her to  45  to get into the car, but the little girl was still holding the door,  46  me! I hurried although I was still in pain from my injury.

I forgot to tell her how  47  I was for her kindness. I wrote a note saying how much her act of kindness had  48  an old man’s heart.

The next day there was a (n)  49  on my door and it was the little girl and her father. She was quite  50  of her behavior and thanked me. Then I noticed her mother was there, too. Her parents  51  me, too.

Now when we meet in the hall way we always greet each other, in a friendly 52 .

Last night there was a heavy snow. I looked out at my car and  53  how I was going to keep my doctor’s  54  because I could only walk for a short time. This morning when I opened the front door, all the snow was removed.

Isn’t it  55  that the small kind act of an 8-year-old girl can change so many things for the better? It is said that good tings come from small acts.

36. A. quietly  B. strangely    C. quickly      D. angrily

37. A. frightening   B. exciting      C. sincere       D. kind

38. A. quarreled     B. met     C. chatted       D. argued

39. A. when    B. so       C. but     D. or

40. A. went out      B. set out C. took out    D. gave out

41. A. decorating    B. cleaning     C. returning    D. leaving

42. A. breaking      B. operating    C. holding      D. unlocking

43. A. kept     B. remained    C. insisted      D. left

44. A. favorite       B. important   C. unnecessary       D. curious

45. A. hurry    B. drive   C. stay    D. greet

46. A. hunting for  B. asking for C. waiting for D. calling for

47. A. beneficial     B. influential  C. anxious      D. grateful

48. A. strengthened B. broken       C. touched      D. saved

49. A. note     B. knock C. invitation   D. picture

50. A. proud   B. aware  C. afraid  D. sure

51. A. understood   B. recognized  C. praised       D. thanked

52. A. manner B. appearance C. statement    D. announcement

53. A. found   B. doubted      C. remembered      D. wondered

54. A. advice  B. appointment      C. suggestion  D. attention

55. A. amazing       B. confusing   C. disappointing     D. challenging

Worrying about how you’ll perform on a math test may actually contribute to a lower test score，US researchers said on Saturday．

Math anxiety-feelings of dread and fear and avoiding math，can weaken the brain’s limited amount of working capacity（能力）-a resource needed to calculate difficult math problems，said Mark Ashcroft，a psychologist at the University of Nevada Las Vegas who studies the problem．

“It turns out that math anxiety occupies a person’s working memory，” said Ashcraft，who spoke at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in San Francisco．

Ashcraft said while easy math tasks such as addition require only a small part of a person’s working memory，harder calculations require much more．Worrying about math takes up a large part of a person’s working memory stores as well，spelling disaster for the anxious student who is taking a high-stakes test （ 高風(fēng)險(xiǎn)測(cè)驗(yàn)）．

Stress about how one does on tests like college entrance exams can make even good math students choke．“All of a sudden they start looking for the short cuts，” said University of Chicago researcher Sian Beilock．

Although test preparation classes can help students get over this anxiety，they are limited to students whose families can afford them．Finally，she said，“It may not be wise to rely completely on scores to predict who will succeed．”

While the causes of math anxiety are unknown，Ashcraft said，“People who manage to get over math anxiety have completely normal math ability．”

（    ）1．What do we learn from Ashcraft’s words?

A．Math anxiety doesn’t take up a large part of a person’s working memory

B．The easier a task is，the smaller working memory it takes up．

C．It’s necessary to judge students by their performances in exams·

D．The longer a student works，the larger working memory stores he uses·

（    ）2．Sian Beilock points out that stress________．

A．can’t be avoided before college entrance exams

B．contributes to scores in college entrance exams

C．has no effects on good math students

D．has side effects on students in college entrance exams

（    ）3．What does the underlined word “spelling” probably mean?

A．causing                  B．reducing                C．taking away            D．preparing for

（    ）4．What does the text mainly tell us?

A．The causes of math anxiety have already been found．

B．A large number of students attend test preparation classes．

C．Math anxiety weakens working memory needed to do math．

D．Few measures can be taken to get rid of math anxiety．