Most of us have __________ personalities.

A. complicated
B. multi-faced
C. extroverted
D. introverted

Extroverts usually leave us with the impressions of being outgoing, optimistic and __________.

A. inclined
B. indifferent
C. confident
D. competent

____________a good wife, she is a great mother.

A. If not
B. Now that
C. In terms of
D. In case of

Tom’s communication competence is better than most students, _________the best.

A. if
B. even
C. now that
D. perhaps even

____________you’ve done today’s homework, you can watch TV.

A. If not
B. Now that
C. Perhaps even
D. Not only

Now that you ___________ this technology, let us go straight into the most difficult part.

A. will master
B. has mastered
C. have mastered
D. had been mastered

早知如此，我就待在家里了。

A. Early I know that, I stay at home.
B. If I know this, I stay home.
C. If I had known this, I would have stayed at home.
D. If I know this early, I would have staying at home.

Do you often use the word “should”? In fact, the word “should” expresses 1) ___________ or expectation. It indicates that you aren’t doing what you would benefit from, yet you’re not 2) ________ in your choice. It cues the 3) ______________ of existing negative messages you hold about yourself. There is 4) _______ when you say I “should,”but it is 5) ________ in terms of getting you to do many things, including the big things such as to leave a relationship that 6) ______ the life out of you, or to 7) _________ your dreams in love, life and the pursuit of happiness. To free yourself from “should”shaming, 8) __________ your decisions and show them the mental exit door when 9) __________ self-talk and “should”show up. Dealing with “should” takes practice, but it’s work 10) ________ doing.A)reinforcement E) negativeI) evaluateM) guiltB)worthF) obligation J) sucksN) resoluteC)solidifyG) worthlessK) baggageO) emotionalD)largelyH) cueL) manifest

The characters I usually read about in my 1._____ were brave, heroic, but most of all, they were unspeakablyloud. They 2.______ volumes with their words; they stood on stages and 3.______ declarations of war; and they made heartwarming speeches. As time passed and I 4.________ became aware of my own “quiet”nature, those characters became enemies to me, 5._________ to me through the pages. Even the very hungry caterpillar had to come out of 6._________ cocoon, they seemed to say, “so why won’t you?”Why wouldn’t I? A simple question. I had no idea. My entrance 7.________ the outside world was a forced one, but it also made me realize 8.________ I had been missing all along. ( The girl is 9._________ the couch watching TV. Next to her is a bag of Doritos. 10. _________ the bag of Doritos is the remote. Under the remote is the girl’s Calculus homework.A)reallyE) madeI) hisM) speakingB)yelledF) whatJ) toN) thatC)onG) BehindK) novels O) theirD) graduallyH) spokeL) Inside

Translation很多人提到“中国人”就会想到“内向的人”。确实，中国的教育体系鼓励学生在考试中取得高分，学生对于课堂讨论和辩论不如美国的学生那么习以为常。然而，我接触到的中国学生，有的很善于交际，有的敢于提出问题，这些人自信、刚毅，他们所拥有的这些特质正是成为律师、记者、政治家所需要的。