A few days ago, a friend gave me a restaurant gift card, and I picked a sunny Sunday afternoon to use it. It felt good taking my family to a nice restaurant. The meal was delicious, and we all had a good time together. The gift card covered almost all of the check( 账单 ). I reached into my wallet to get enough cash( 现金 ) to cover the rest. I saw two bills( 钞票 ) inside, a smaller one and a larger one. The smaller one would only cover the rest of the check. The larger would also cover a nice tip( 小费 ) for the waitress. I decided to pick the smaller one.
At that time, my mind went back to 30 years ago. I was working as a cleaner in a restaurant much like this one. It was long hours of hard work for low pay. I always worried about how I could pay the rent( 房租 ).
I blinked( 眨眼睛 ) and was back in the present again, with my fingers touching the smaller bill in my wallet. I smiled, put it back and picked out the larger bill. I handed the gift card and the larger one to the waitress. “You keep the change( 零钱 ),” I said with a smile and a happy heart.
We are all one family in this world. Do your best to be kind. Do your best to be a good person.
Choose the best choice from A, B or C according to the passage.
41 ． The writer took his family to the restaurant ________.
A ． 30 years ago B ． at the end of the day C ． on a Sunday afternoon
42 ． The underlined word “covered” in Paragraph 1 means ________.
A ．够付 B ．偿还 C ．赊欠
43 ． What was the writer’s job like in a restaurant 30 years ago?
A ． He worked long hours for low pay.
B ． It made him feel happy.
C ． He felt relaxed after long hours’ work.
44 ． At last the writer handed the waitress ________ to pay for the meal.
A ． the gift card and the smaller bill
B ． the gift card and the larger bill
C ． the smaller bill and the larger bill
45 ． What’s the main idea of the passage?
A ． Try to be an honest person.
B ． We should be responsible for our family.
C ． Show our kindness and be a good person.
C 42 ． A 43 ． A 44 ． B 45 ． C
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。短文讲述了作者带了一张礼品卡去饭店用餐。但在付账单时想到了自己的经历，于是决定付给服务员一笔可观的小费。因为我们都是世界上的一家人，因此尽我们最大的努力去善待他人。
41 ．细节理解题。根据 “A few days ago, a friend gave me a restaurant gift card, and I picked a sunny Sunday afternoon to use it.” 可知，作者在周日下午带着他的家人去了餐馆。故选 C 。
42 ．词句猜测题。分析 “The gift card covered almost all of the check( 账单 ). I reached into my wallet to get enough cash( 现金 ) to cover the rest.” 可知，作者从钱包里拿出足够的现金来支付剩下的钱，所以卡里的钱表示 “ 够付 ” 。故选 A 。
43 ．细节理解题。根据 “It was long hours of hard work for low pay.” 可知，作者 30 年前在餐厅做清洁工，工作时间长而工资却很低。故选 A 。
44 ．细节理解题。根据 “I handed the gift card and the larger one to the waitress.” 可知，把礼品卡和面额较大的那张钞票递给了服务员。故选 B 。
45 ．主旨大意题。本文主要介绍作者去饭店用餐的经历，告诉我们要尽我们最大的努力去善待他人。故选 C 。
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It’s always challenging to face fear. Here are some ways to help you overcome（克服）it.
Breathing
As we know, breathing can help us relax. If you purposely breathe out longer than you breathe in, your body will calm down. If you start to feel fearful, try this. Take a breath in (to a count of 7 in your mind), and then slowly breathe out (to a count of 11 in your mind). To your surprise, if you do this for a minute or so, you’ll calm down quickly. We call this "7/11 breathing".
Using a different part of your brain
When we feel fearful, it’s harder to think clearly. But if we force ourselves to use the part of thinking brain, this will help to calm us down. The easiest way to do this is with numbers. You can set your own fear from l to 10, 10 being the worst state and 1 being the most relaxed state. When you’re feeling fearful, ask yourself; “Okay, what grade do I get right now? 7 or 5?” Just doing this will reduce fear because it starts the thinking brain. Once I gave a speech to three hundred people and I felt fearful. So I graded myself at 6, and waited for myself to go down to 3 before starting. I took control.
Getting control of your imagination
Imagine seeing yourself in the situation you were scared, but see yourself being calm and things going well. Doing this starts to recondition your mind to more calmly face the coming events which were causing fear.
It seems that overcoming fear is always the first step to finish all you need to do and it will help you devote yourself to what you really want to be and to do. It takes efforts, but it’s worth your try.
| 59． to overcome fear | |||
| Introduction | It’s challenging to face fear in your life. | ||
| Ways | Breathing | To calm down, you can breathe out 60． than you breathe in. You’ll be 61． that you’ve calmed down very quickly if you take 7/11 breathing. | |
| Using a different part of your brain | You can set ten 62． for your own fear with numbers. Grading your state of mind helps 63． the thinking brain and make you 64． fearful. | ||
| Getting control of your imagination | Imagine you’re in a bad 65． but you feel calm and things go well. It can help you feel 66． to face the coming events. | ||
| Conclusion | To finish all you need to do, you must overcome fear 67． It’s worth 68． though it takes efforts. | ||
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