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强化练(九) 词句猜测题(1) (限时：25 分钟)
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A letter written to a 12-year-old girl in Lithuania was delivered in December，almost 51 years
after it was sent by a pen pal in Poland.“I thought that someone was pranking me，”said
Genovefa Klonovska after being handed the letter，which included a handmade colored rose and
two paper dolls.
The letter，together with 17 others，fell out of a ventilation hole(通风口) this summer，dirty
and wrinkled，as a wall was taken down in a former post office on the suburb of Vilnius.Jurgis
Vilnius，owner of the building immediately called the post office.“I’m so happy they got
interested，” he said.
Street names and their numbering have changed in Vilnius，and post office workers spent
months looking for the right houses and talking to current renters and neighbors，tracking down
where the recipients moved to.Only five were found.In several cases children of late recipients
were handed a lost letter.
“We felt a moral duty to do this，”said Deimante Zebrauskaite，head of the customer
experience department at Lithuania Post.
One lady compared the experience to receiving a message from a bottle thrown into
sea.People were emotional.“Some felt they saw a part of daily life of their deceased parents，”
Zebrauskaite said.
In the letter to Klonovska，sent from Koezary in Poland and stamped in 1970，a girl named
Ewa complains buses no longer reach her village，so she has to walk in minus 23 degree Celsius
cold，and asks for pictures of actors.
Now in her 60s，Klonovska has no memory of Ewa.She probably wrote Ewa after finding her
address advertising for pen pals in a newspaper，and the relationship ceased after the letter got
undelivered.
“So good that the letter didn’t matter much.The loss was not life-changing，”said
Klonovska.“What if they delivered a lost letter from a suitor(求婚者) to his love，and their
wedding never happened？”
1．What does the underlined word “pranking” in paragraph 1 mean?
A．Brightening. B．Embarrassing.
C．Tricking. D．Pleasing.
2．What happened to the letters in paragraph 2?
A．They were accidentally found.
B．They remained well-preserved.C．They were delivered by the former post office.
D．They were hidden by the owner of the building.
3．Which of the following best describes the present post office in Vilnius?
A．Generous. B．Dutiful.
C．Honest. D．Cautious.
4．What can we learn from what Klonovska said?
A．Klonovska refused a suitor.
B．Klonovska stopped the wedding.
C．The undelivered letter ruined the relationship.
D．The undelivered letter made little difference to her.
B
In 2010，Barack Obama was to pay a visit to Mumbai’s Gandhi Museum，where palm(棕
榈)trees full of me dotted the grounds.The president knew me well—coconuts(椰子) are a part of
life in Indonesia，where he spent his boyhood.Before his visit，Indian authorities，however，
removed every last sign of me around the museum.They were afraid the president of the United
States would be taken out by one of me falling on his head.
Let’s get this out of the way：My reputation as the “killer fruit”of countless innocents
was then and still is a misbelief.A repeatedly misinterpreted 1984 study overstated the number of
deaths I caused by hitting people on the head，and the word spread.Today，the only things about
me “to die for” are the sometimes too-delicious foods you humans make with me，such as
cookies and pies.A decade ago，health experts briefly gave me a halo because some of my fats
may raise beneficial cholesterol(胆固醇)．But ask a heart doctor today and they’ll tell you that
coconut oil will raise your bad cholesterol as much.Death by coconut，indeed!
People have other wrong ideas about me.But allow me to leave you with a sweet presidential
tale.A World War Ⅱ boat commanded by one John F．Kennedy was destroyed in 1943 by a
Japanese warship.Kennedy and his surviving crew were stuck on an island.They were suffering
from hunger，thirst and injuries when they met two friendly native coast-watchers.Kennedy
scratched a message into a coconut shell：“NAURO ISL...COMMANDER...11 ALIVE...NEED
SMALL BOAT...KENNEDY.”
The coast-watchers delivered this successfully and all the crew were saved.Years later，the
coconut shell was given to the newly elected president.It sat on his office desk throughout his
presidency and now is a center-piece of the John F．Kennedy Library in Boston—as the proof that
we coconuts don’t take lives，we save them.
5．Why did Indian officials get rid of “me”？
A．To reduce Obama’s fear.
B．To avoid unexpected injuries.
C．To show their welcome tradition.D．To follow the request from the US.
6．Which of the following can replace the underlined words in paragraph 2?
A．Thought little of me.
B．Did great damage to me.
C．Made me well-known.
D．Brought me a good name.
7．How does the author sound in the passage?
A．Amusing. B．Anxious.
C．Concerned. D．Romantic.
8．What is the purpose of the passage?
A．To show a new discovery.
B．To correct people’s misbelief.
C．To tell the history of coconuts.
D．To describe a successful rescue.
C
If you’ve ever felt a rush of intense emotion，then you’ve probably also experienced the
crash that comes when those emotions gradually become less strong.Although we usually think of
exhaustion(精疲力竭) in physical terms，it can also be mental.One of the contributors to mental
exhaustion is high-intensity emotions.Too many of these high-intensity emotions，whether they
are positive or negative，can lead to burnout.
Psychologists divide emotions into two dimensions，which include high and low intensity，
as well as positive and negative.High-intensity positive emotions include excitement or elation，
while low-intensity positive emotions include calmness ， or contentment.When it comes to
negative emotions，high-intensity emotions include anger，anxiety，and fear，while low-
intensity emotions include sadness，boredom，and tiredness.
It’s easy to see how high-intensity negative emotions like anger can be exhausting.What we
don’t think about as much is the fact that high- intensity positive emotions are also exhausting，
although in a way that feels very different.
Excitement ， even when it is fun ， involves what psychologists call “physiological
arousal”—activation of our sympathetic system.High-intensity positive emotions involve the same
physiological arousal as high-intensity negative emotions.Our heart rate increases，and our sweat
glands(腺) activate.Because it activates the body’s stress response，excitement can deplete our
system when sustained over longer periods.In other words，high intensity—whether it’s from
negative states or positive states—exhausts the body.
About 15%－20% of people are thought to be highly sensitive.As they cycle through the highs
and lows of life，the increased amount of intensity leaves them more exhausted than others.
This isn’t to say that we should never feel intense emotions.Emotional variety is an essentialaspect of life，one that adds a depth and richness that we need.However，what we need to be
mindful of is balance.There will be the exciting days，as well as the days when stress and anxiety
are what push you through the tough times，but there are other，lower-intensity emotions that will
serve us well in many other situations.
9．What’s the main idea of paragraph 2?
A．The functions of emotions.
B．The definition of emotions.
C．The categories of emotions.
D．The expression of emotions.
10．What does the underlined word “deplete” in paragraph 4 probably mean?
A．Set off. B．Build up.
C．Stand for. D．Burn out.
11．How can we manage the stress of high-intensity emotions?
A．Enrich our daily lives.
B．Avoid intense emotions.
C．Create emotional balance.
D．Detect the cause of anxiety.
12．Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?
A．Why Psychologists Are More Exhausted
B．How High-intensity Emotions Wear Us out
C．Why High-intensity Negative Emotions Are Tiring
D．How Psychologists Explain the Effects of Emotions
