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ying and I was so large. He did so just to give her those extra few precious moments of life, should I have been careless enough to step on her. His courage in attacking something thousands of times larger and heavier than himself just for his mate39。s safety seemed admirable. I couldn39。t do anything other than reward him by walking on the more difficult side of the pool. He had truly earned those moments to be with her, undisturbed. Since then, I39。ve always tried to remember the courage of that butterfly whenever I see huge barriers facing me.56. Why did the writer change his direction while walking down a path?A. To get close to a butterfly. B. To look over the bad situation.C. To escape a sudden attack. D. To avoid getting his shoes dirty.57. What made the man feel funny?A. Making the attacker pause. B. Being attacked by a butterfly.C. Being stepped on by his mate. D. Discovering the energetic butterfly.58. From this experience the man learned .A. what he should do when faced with troubleB. people should show sympathy to the weakC. how he should deal with attacksD. people should protect butterflies59. Which of the following words can best describe the butterfly?A. Careless. B. Amusing. C. Courageous. D. Aggressive.BHow Many Lies Do the Children Tell You? Mothers who feel their children don39。 t appreciate them can add another grievance to the list: half the time, their children are lying to them. A study designed to expose the truth about lying shows that undergraduates lie to their mothers in 46% of their conversations. Still, mums should feel better than total strangers, who are told lies an astonishing 77 % of the time. Bella Depaulo and a team of psychologists from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, asked 77 undergraduates to keep a record of all their conversations for a week, and write down whether they lied at any time. DePaulo named lying broadly, as when you intentionally try to mislead someone, so she would catch the smallest of lies. The students told an average of two lies a day. They said they had been studying when they had been out drinking. One told his parents that a textbook cost $50 rather than $20 so that they would send him extra money. Female students constantly told their plainlooking roommates that they were pretty. They are everyday lies, says DePaulo. DePaulo and her colleagues conclude that people tend to tell fewer lies to those they feel closest to. College students lied to their best friends 28% of the time but lied to acquaintances 48% of the time. In close relationships, people were more likely to tell kindhearted lies, designed to protect feelings, rather than selfserving lies. Romantic(浪漫的)partners lie somewhere between close friends and acquaintances. Students lied to romantic partners about a third of the time. DePaulo thinks that unmarried lovers can expect less honesty than best friends because of the insecurity that es with romance. Mothers can take heart from one other finding. They may have been lied to, but at least their children talked to them. The students were recorded telling few lies to their fathers because they had little interaction with them. 60. What is the meaning of the underlined word grievance in Paragraph 1?A. opinion. B. plaint. C. belief. D. difficulty. 61. According to the passage, college students felt closest to ______ . A. mothers B. best friends C. acquaintances D. romantic partners62. Female students lied to their roommates to .A. get money from them B. offer them the servicesC. gain more security D. make them happy63. What is the purpose of this article?A. To present a fact. B. To argue an idea. C. To tell a story. D. To explain a theory. CTui Na and Your Emotional HealthIn Traditional Chinese Medicine the body, mind and spirit cannot be divided and so the unique wholebody treatment in Tui Na can also be a useful treatment correcting any imbalances in the body39。s energy before symptoms and disease can develop. It also works to restore emotional harmony as well as physical health. This is why after a Tui Na treatment many people feel good. Many people in China use Tui Na regularly to keep healthy and to deal with some specific illnesses. Tui Na is performed on the clothed body and the patient is either lying on a couch or sitting on a chair. Therapists using a variety of strokes or movements will control the intensity and direction of pressure in an exact way. The unique rolling movement in Tui Na is one of the most difficult strokes to learn and students have to practice sometimes for many months on a rice bag before they are allowed to practice on the human body. StressTui Na is of course very useful for treating stress. It distributes the energy around the whole body. It is believed that Tui Na moves the strong energy in the tense muscles to the weaker areas, thus making a more balanced body. When your Qi (energy in the body) flow is balanced you feel relaxed and fortable. Tui Na is especially useful for stiff shoulders and tense neck muscles. EmotionsIn Traditional Chinese Medicine each major organ is linked to an emotion. By balancing the energy in the organ, the relevant emotion will be calmed. When your emotions are out of control, you would