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“Butthey’reruined,”Isaid,wavingthebrokenoneinherface.

“They’renotruined,”shesaid.”youstillhaveninenailsleft!

Ihesitated,withthescissorsstillinmyhand.Mynailscertainlyweren’tperfectanymore,andtheoppositeof“perfect”is“ruined”,right?

Imean,thisishowIthinkaboutmostthings:

it’sallornothing.Takemyfinancesforexample.

Icanspendweeksbeingsensibleandbuyingonlyessentialitems,suchasfoodformyfamily.Andthenoneday,I’llseesomethingexpensivethatIreallylikeandbuyit.Then,Ithinktomyself,“well,Ialreadyspent100dollarsonthatdresslastweek,soImayaswellspend50dollarsonthislipstick（口红）”andgiveupsavingentirely,I’vethoughtaboutwhyIactthisway,butIdon’tknowwhatcausesthisbehavior.Iseemtogofrom“good”to“completedisaster”inamatterofmoments.Mybrainonlysees“perfect”or“disaster”,whichisextremelyunhelpful.

Wehumansareneverjustgoodorbad-wearefarmorecomplex.Wehavewinsandwehavelossesand,occasionally,theyarehardtotellapart.Somepeopleunderstandthisinstinctively（本能地），whileothersstruggle.Formostofus,learningnottodothethingwe’reusedtorequireseffortanddiscomfort.However,weshouldremindourselvesthatwesometimesmakemistakes,andthatthisdoesn’tmeanwe’vefailed.Weneedtoacceptthatthingswillsometimesgowrong.

Indeed,failureispartoflife.Weallfalloccasionally,andwenormallygetstraightbackup.Andso,withmydaughter’swordsringinginmyears,Idecidedtokeepmyninenicenails.IfeelannoyedeverytimeIlookatmyhands,butI‘mdeterminedtolivewithmychoice.It’saperfectexerciseinimperfection.Maybesoon,I’llswitchoffmycomputerthenexttimeIfeellikeImightbuysomethingelseIdon’tneed,althoughImayneedmydaughtertheretoguidemeagain.

21.whydidtheauthorwanttocutoffhernails?

A.Shegotallofthemruined.B.Shedidn’tlikelongnailsatall.

C.Shedidn’twanttohaveimperfectnailsD.Shewantedtopreventthembeingbroken.

22.whatistheauthor’sproblemwithherlife?

A.SheisrathercrazyaboutshoppingB.Shelooksatlifeinanextremeway

C.SheistoocarefulwithherfinancesD.Sheisunwillingtochangehermind.

23.Whatdoestheauthorthinkoffailure?

A.ItisjustanormalpartoflifeB.Itcanhelppeopletobestronger

C.ItcancompletelydestroyourlifeD.Itissomethingweneedtoovercome

B

MysonSamis16andautistic（自闭症）.There’salotofgoingoninthatbeautifulandbrilliantmindofhis,butevenonagooddayhecanbeeasilyataloss.Throwinsomediagnosedanxiety,aninabilitytoreadsocialcues（信号）andanunexpectedchangetohisdailyroutine,andyouhavethewaytodealwithaverypublicmeltdown（崩溃）。

ItwasSam’sveryfirstdayathighschool.We’dsetupaplanforhowhe’dgethome:

I’dpickhimupoutsidetheshopnearhisschoolat3:

30pmandIbelievedthiswasaperfectplan.Unknowntome,verybadweatherwasonitswayandIwasunabletowarmhimtotakeashelter.

Withthecombinationofhisdeadphonebatteryandmydeadcarbattery,Iwasrunninglateandunabletocommunicatethattohim.Asaresult,hewasleftaloneandextremelyfrightened.Hebecameveryupsetoutsidetheshop,exactlywhereI’dtoldhimtowait.

ThiswaswhenabeautifulolderVietnameseladynotonlywenttoCHECHONhim,buttookhiminsidehershop,calmedhimdown,gotmyphonenumberformhimandcalledme.

Fiveyearslaterhecontinuedtogointohershopeveryafternoon,boughtadrink,hadachatandshesenthimhomewithenoughbreadandrollstofeedasmallnation.

Samwillgraduatethisyear,andI’mincreasinglyfeelingtheneedtodropbytheshoptoletthiswonderfulladyknowthatshehassavedSam,andthatshehassavedme.I’mnotsureifIcancommunicateallofthis,butatleastIwillgettothankher.

TherearepeopleIwillnotgettothank,though-themanykindstrangerswhohavebeenthereforSam.Andbelieveme,ifyou’rewonderingifthisworldisacompletemessrightnow,I‘mheretosaythatisnot.

SoIguessthisisalovelettertothoseofyouwhohavehelpedastrangeroutofthegoodnessofyourheart.Pleasedknowhyouareappreciated,thatyourbeautifulheartandkindnessareappreciated,andthat,perhapsunknowingly,youhavemakeagreatdifferenceinsomeone’slife.

24.whatcanwelearnaboutSamfromthefirstparagraph?

A.HeisratherslowwithhisstudiesB.Hecandealwithsuddenchangeswell

C.Hehasdifficultyindealingwiththings

D.Hetrieshardtolearnhowtoreadsocialcues

25.Theunderlinedpart“checkon”inparagraph4probablymeans“____”

A.discoverB.visitC.recognizeD.examine

26.whathappenedtoSamafterhisfirstdayathighschool?

A.HecouldgetonwellwithhisclassmatesB.HemadegoodfriendswiththeniceladyC.HebroughttheladysomefoodtothankherD.hebecamewillingtocommunicatewithothers.

27.whatistheauthor’spurposeinwritingthepassage?

A.Toexpressherthankstokindpeople

B.Toremindusalltohelpautisticpeople

C.Toshowhowdifficultlifeisforautisticpeople

D.Totellushowtomakeadifferenceinother’slives.

C

Ifyou’veeverhadadog,youknowjusthowdeepaconnectionyoucandevelopwith“man’sbestfriend”.Butadog’slifeismuchshorterthanhumans,about12to15yearslong,whichmeanseverydogownerhastogothroughtheheartbreakingmomentwhentheirlovingtheirlovingpetpassesaway.

Whynotmakeacloneofthatdogthen?

ThisisthesolutionofferedbyaSouthKoreacompany,SooamBiotechResearchFoundation.Thecompanyhasalreadysuccessfullyclonedatleast400dogs,mostlyforUScustomers,evers9inceitpioneeredthetechniquein2005.Now,sooamBiotechhasintroduceditsbusinesstoUKdogownersaswell,offeringthemdogsthatlookjustliketheirlostones.

Tocloneadog,researchersfirstneedtotakeaskincellfromalivingdogoronethathasjustdied.Meanwhile,anotherdogisselectedtosupplyanegg.ResearchersthenreplacetheDNAintheeggwiththatfromskincellandimplanttheeggintothewomb（子宫）ofafemaledog.Theegggrowsintoapuppyoverthefollowingtwomonths.

Thewholeprocesstakeslessthanaday,butitcomesatashockinglyhighprice–around63000dollars.Butifyoucan’tafforditnow,youcanalsosavethecellinalaboratoryandaccessitatalaterdate.

However,magicalascloningmightsound,thereisnoguaranteethatthecloneddogwillbeaperfectcopyoftheoriginalone.Justlikeidenticaltwinsofhuman,theysharetheexactlysameDNAbuttherewillstillbesmalldifferencesbetweenthem.“thespotsonaDalmatian（斑点狗）clonewillbedifferent,forexample,”InsungHwang,headofSooamBiotech,toldTheGuardian.

Dogownerswillalsohavetoacceptthefactthatpersonalityisnot“clneable”.Apartfromgenes,personalityisalsodeterminedbyupbringingandenvironment,whicharebothranoomelementsthatcloningtechnologiessimplycannotovercome,ProfessorTomKirkwoodatNewcastleUniversity,UK,toldTheTelegraph.

Perhapsbringingourdogsbackbycloningisnotthebestwaytorememberthemafterall.Kirkwood,adogownerhimself,pointedout,“Animportantaspectofourrelationshipwiththemiscomingtotermswiththepainoflettinggo.

28.WhatservicedoesSooamBiotechResearcherFoundationoffer?

A.Makingcopiesofpetdogs.B.Givingpetdogsidenticaltwins

C.Helpingdogsgivebirthtomorepuppies

D.Helpingdogownerslovetheirdogsmore

29.Whichorderiscorrectinthedogcloningprocess?

a.Aneggistakenfromanotherdog

b.askincellistakenfromthepetdog

c.Theegggrowsintoapuppyintwomonths

d.Theeggisplacedinthewombofafemaledog

e.TheDNAintheeggisreplacedbytheDNAfromtheskincell.

A.a-d-b-e-cB.a-e-b-d-cC.b-a-d-e-cD.b-a-c-d-c

30.Whatcanwelearnaboutdogclonignfromthepassage?

A.ithasnotbeenputintopracticeuntilrecently

B.itisverypopularamongUSandUKpetowner

C.itmightnotgivetheownersanexactlysamedog.

D.itisveryexpensiveandusuallytakeshalfayeartocomplete.

31.WhatdoesKirkwoodthinkofdogcloning?

A.HedisagreeswithitB.Hesupportsit

C.HeiscouriousaboutitD.Hethinksitunbelievable

D

Areyouaprocrastinator（拖拉者）？

It’sacommonproblem.Anditcanbeharmful,aspreviousresearchhasshownthatpeoplewhoprocrastinatehavehigherlevelsofstressandlowerwell-being,reportedtheAsoociationforpsychologicalScienceintheUS.Butanewstudyhasfoundawaytodealwithproblem:

Bemoreconnectedtoyourfutureself.

Psychologiststhinkthateachpersonbelievethattheyarereallytwopeople:

“PresentMe”and“FutureMe”.“peopleactasiftheyperfertheircurrentselves’needsanddesirestothoseoftheirfutureselves,”wrotepyschologistsNeilLewisandDaphnaOyserman.

OysermanandLewisdecidedtotrytofindawaytomake“PresentMe”imagineexactlyhow“FutureMe”wouldfeelthenightbeforeabigpaperwasdue,though“PresentMe”hadn’tstartedyet.Theymade“PresentMe”thinkaboutafar-offeventasanumberofdaysaway,notmonthsoryears.

Thinking