【正文】 role properly, thus you will not develop unnecessary psychological pressure on yourself. 41. The writer is mainly trying to tell us _______. A. who knows about setbacks B. how to deal with setbacks C. when we have setbacks D. what causes various setbacks 42. Setbacks may result from the following EXCEPT _______. A. learning problems at school B. weak petence in career C. poor skills in munication D. the rules of law in life 43. Guess the right meaning of the underlined word ―supersession‖. A. depression B. replacement C. loneliness D. emptiness 44. From the ―key‖ given by the writer, we can infer that _______. A. anger can be turned into useful power B. those without ambitions are the happiest C. psychological problems can be solved by yourself D. doing something good for others adds to your worries B Crashing a state dinner at the White House without any invitation apparently takes a security breakdown as well as some kind of courage. The Washington Post first reported that a couple, Tareq and Michaele Salahi, not on the official guest list, managed to slip into the state dinner at the White House on Nov. 24, 20xx. The dinner was held to honor Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. According to the Post, the uninvited guests had stayed in the same place with the Obamas and other important figures. The U. S. Secret Service learned about the security breach (破壞 ) on Wednesday only after the couple boasted online about having attended the state dinner. One of the many photos from the dinner posted on her blog shows the couple with the smiling Vice President Joe Biden. The White House has asked the Secret Service for a full review of what happened. ― The Secret Service is looking into its security procedures after determining that. ‖ Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan said. ― An initial (初步的 ) finding has identified that one of our checkpoints did not follow proper procedures to ensure that the two individuals were on the invited guests list,‖ Donovan said. But he also said President Obama was never in any danger as well as the others at the dinner, because all the party attenders went through the security screening for weapons as there were more than three hundred people invited. ― But we do not rely on just magometers (檢測(cè)儀 ) or the level of screenings, ‖ he added. ― That‘s why we have the guards with our protectees at all times ‖. The following are more reactions to this incident: * One senator thought authorities ought to pursue criminal charges against the couple and such behavior should be strongly discouraged. * ― There is no need of legal help for the couple, as they just went to a party. They didn‘t do anything wrong,‖ a lawyer expressed his opinion on this eyecatching security breach. * Evan Botny, a current affair mentator, on Sunday said his concern was about the longterm effect on . security, so it should be regarded more than a laughing matter. * Meanwhile, a TV executive added that the couple‘s attempt might be focused on money, as t h e y were offering interviews to works on their experience. 45. The U. S. Secret Service got to know the incident because of _______. A. the news from the Washington Post B. the announcement of some important figures C. the couple‘s boasting on the inter D. the report of the Secret Service spokesman 46. In paragraph 4, the spokesman thinks _______. A. the security procedures are very efficient B. such incidents could be very easily avoided C. the secret service needn‘t be improved at all D. the incident came as a surprise with no harm 47. According to the passage, the couple did so in order to _______. A. enjoy a state dinner B. take some photos C. bee famous D. visit the White House 48. From the reactions, who believes the Secret Service rather than the couple is to blame? A. A senator B. A news mentator C. A lawyer D. A TV executive C Once when I was nine, I came down with a horrible case of tonsillitis (扁桃腺炎 ). I remember going to the doctor, feeling miserable and scared, but also knowing that this man would somehow fix me. As he declared his conclusion regarding my illness, he asked my mother ―Is your daughter allergic (過(guò)敏的 ) to any medicine? ‖ My mom hesitated for a moment, while I was looking at her questioningly. Was I allergic to anything? What if I was? What would happen to me? My mother said no. That evening after taking my pill, I began to shake uncontrollably. I plained of a terrible headache and continued shaking as my mother held me. She didn‘t seem very concerned, yet I believed I was allergic to the pill. Before I fell asleep that night, I told my mom the medicine had made me sick and I wouldn‘t take it anymore. The next morning, my mother had me drink a tall glass of iced tea that tasted funny. Later that afternoon, my mom asked me how I felt. I told her I was doing much better, and that was when she dropped the bomb on me. She told me she had mixed my ice tea that morning with my medicine. Guess what, no allergic reaction. I was never allergic to the pills, but my powerful subconscious (潛意識(shí)的 ) mind, accepted a mere suggestion by the doctor that I might be, and my body acted accordingly. Most of us have no idea how powerful our minds are, and how ining information continually affects our experience. When I took that pill, it had a negative effect on my mind. Researchers are finding more and more evidence that what we believe, or expect to happen medically, has a deep effect on what actually does happen. In some medical trials, the patients never took any medicine, only sugar pills, but were told they had been given expensive medicine, and