Just getting past those first horrible experiences actually requires a lot of self-control. Ironically(讽刺的是), only those who can control themselves well, rather than give in to them, can ever come to someday develop a “taste” for Budweiser beer, Marlboro cigarettes, or dark-roasted Starbucks coffee. We do it for social acceptance. We force ourselves to consume alcohol, cigarettes, coffee and even illegal drugs, in order to seem experienced, grown-up, and cool.
These bad habits aren’t self-control failures – far from it. They are voluntary choices, and they are in fact self-control successes. Self-control is simply a tool to be put to some use, helpful or harmful. To live happy and productive lives, we need to develop not only our self-control, but also the wisdom to make good decisions about when and where to apply it.
56. What do most people think causes bad behavior?
A. Being forced by others. B. Not having enough will power.
C. Enjoying their first experience. D. Following the examples of their friends.
57. The author mentions his experience in the third paragraph to prove ______.
A. will power helps develop bad habits sometimes
B. drinking beer is harmful to the health of teenagers
C. self-control should be developed when one is young
D. everyone can be challenged by different temptations
58. In the last paragraph, the author stresses(强调)that ______.
A. without self-control, no one can succeed
B. bad habits don’t always lead to bad results
C. applying self-control correctly is important
D. people can develop wisdom from bad behavior
59. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. My First Sip of Beer B. Do You Have Will Power
C. Will Power Benefits Us D. Dark Side of Self-control
七、阅读短文，根据短文内容，从短文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。(共8分，每小题2分)
Solar power (太阳能) is clean and environmentally-friendly, and it’ll never be used up. It offers a good way to collect the energy from the sunlight and change it into electricity. 60 . At the same time, you can do something very helpful for the environment.
61 . Here is a special house. The sun gives it power. It’s a solar house!
The walls of the house are made of glass on which you can feel the heat of the sun. It makes the house warm. Inside the house there is a kitchen. Panels (控制板) on the roof of the kitchen catch the sunlight. 62 , because its power comes from the sun. There is also a lovely bathroom in the house and the sun will give heat to its water pipes on the roof. Solar power is very popular now.
63 It has been used to power some cars and boats. Swiss engineers have come up with a car that uses both electricity and solar power to successfully travel on roads.
A. The kitchen is special
B. It’s for not only homes but also businesses
C. Using solar power, you don’t need to pay for expensive electricity
D. People have been using solar energy for hundreds of years
E. Solar power also can offer you a way to heat your home in the colder part of the year
八、阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。(共10分，每小题2分)
Are you expecting something big from Disney? Well, it may be a big hit, but it’s not a big hero.
Young Piglet, so small that he is often overlooked by his friends, lives in the Hundred Acre Wood. When Piglet’s friends set out to harvest honey from the beehives(蜂窝)in the forest, the little pig is told that he’s too small to come along. Feeling inferior(自卑的)to his friends, Piglet sets off to work out his place in the world.
When the honey hunters return, they can’t find their little friend Piglet, only
his notebooks of their past adventures. As they look through the books, Winnie the Pooh(小熊维尼), Tigger, Eeyore and the Rabbit realize just how much their small friend means to them, and how much they’ve taken him for granted.
So, they set out to find Piglet in order to ask him to come back home. Along the way the little pig shows that he had been a hero in many ways.
Piglet’s Big Movie(小猪历险记) is a new, warm Disney offering. It follows films starring
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger.
Piglet’s film came out in mid-March and it has ranked among the top ten since March 21 in American box offices.
Piglet’s Big Movie, with its lessons has been warmly welcomed by kids. “Piglet is so sweet, so warm-hearted. It is hard not to love him,” said Loren King, a girl in the United States. “There are messages about self-respect and appreciating people who are important to you.”
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