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　　Lying in the sun on a rock, the cougar(美洲豹)saw Jeb and his son, Tom before they saw it. Jeb put his bag down quickly and pulled his jacket open with both hands, making himself look big to the cougar, It worked. The cougar hesitated, ready to attack Jeb, but ready to forget the whole thing, too.
　　Jeb let go of his jacked, grasped Tom and held him across his body, making a cross. Now the cougar’s enemy looked even bigger, and it rose up, ready to move away, but unfortunately Tom got scared and struggled free of Jeb.
　　“Tom, go” shouted his father.
　　But Tom broke and ran and that’s the last thing you do with a cougar. The second Tom broke free, Jeb threw himself on the cougar, just as it jumped from the rock. They hit each other in mid-air and both fell, The cougar was on Jeb in a flash, forgetting about Tom, which was what Jeb wanted.
　　Cougars are not as big as most people think and a determined man stands a chance, even with just his fists. As the cougar’s claws(爪子)got into his left shoulder, Jeb swung his fist at its eyes and hit hard. The animal howled（吼叫）and put its head back. Jeb followed up with his other fist. Then out of the corner of his eye. Jeb saw Tom. The boy was running back to help his father.
　　“Knife, Tom,” shouted Jeb.
　　The boy ran to his father’s bag, while Jeb stated shouting as well as hitting, to keep the cougar’s attention away from Tom. Tom got the knife and ran over to Jeb. The cougar was moving its head in and out, trying to find a way through the wall Jeb was mat of his arms. Tom swung with the knife, into the cougar’s back. It howled horribly and ran off into the mountains. The whole fight had tat thirty seconds.
　　1.Why did Jeb pull his jacket open when he saw the cougar?
　　A. To get ready to fight
　　B. To frighten it away
　　C. To protect the boy
　　D. To cool down
　　2.What do we know about cougars?
　　A. They are afraid of noises
　　B. They hesitate before they hit
　　C. They are bigger than we think
　　D. They like to attacnning people
　　3. How did Jeb try to hold the cougar’s attention?
　　A. By keeping shouting and hitting
　　B. By making a wall out of his arms
　　C. By throwing himself on the cougar
　　D. By swinging his fists at the cougar’s eyes
　　4.Which of the following happened first?
　　A. The cougar jumped from the rock
　　B. Tom struggled free of his father
　　C. Jeb asked Tom to get the knife
　　D. Jeb held Tom across his body
　　B
　　“If music is the medicine of the soul(灵魂), let it play on,” said a famous person. I think he said so because probably he got some help from music. Music has some strange abilities. Medical scientists have found that a person that feels stressed can actually listen to some kind of music and become well.
　　The researchers said that since stress comes as a result of life events such as starting a new family, starting a new business, and starting a new job, one can actually listen to good music and feel good because good music touches the human mind in a positive way. Music helps you to forget the life events that ma worried and remember the important events that once happened in your life.
　　Depression(抑郁) is a disease cause by stress, smoking, social problems and so on. Depression is also caused by problems such as failure in business. Depression may bring us weakness, headache, and loss of concentration. Good music makes one remember happy moments or good days. If you play music about love, it ma feel like falling in love again though you may have had several upset experiences. And such good feeling ma healthy.
　　Anxiety(焦虑) is another health problem that can be controlled by music. Anxiety is a side effect of some major health problems such as cancer of the liver and cancer of the breast. Good music ma feel relaxed and removes the pains from these diseases and you feel all right.
　　Good music can send you to sleep. And you need to know that sleep puts your body in a healthy condition. Sleep takes away the effects of stress, depression and anxiety from a person.
　　5. According to the famous person in Paragraph 1, music can___________.
　　A. treat many kinds of diseases                     
　　B. help you keep healthy in your mind
　　C. take the place of medicine in treating illness 
　　D. ma remember things happened in the past
　　6. Good music helps people remove stress mainly by _________.
　　A. letting people have a good sleep    
　　B. making people think positively
　　C. showing something new to people   
　　D. making people focus only on important things
　　7. Which of the following is NOT a reason for depression mentioned in the passage?
　　A. Stress      B. Smoking        C. Failure in business      D. Loss of concentration
　　8. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?
　　A. The health benefits of listening to music 
　　B. Stress can bring us many kinds of diseases
　　C. Some diseases have something to do with music
　　D. Tips for us to live a healthy and comfortable life
　　C
　　Can you remember the first time you learned to ride a bike or drive a car？Learning these skills changed your life forever and opened up new hori