Food insecurity leads to poor _____ (营养), high disease burden and hunger-induced violence.

Insecurity is the root of _____. If you are secure with yourself and your relationships, you have nothing to worry about.

Don't leave home without it.(American Express) A: patriotism B: self-esteem C: insecurity D: originality E: value for money

According to the passage, love offers people a feeling of security<br/>because ______. A: love is usually linked with benefit B: the lovers are blind to their own perfection and imperfection C: the lovers trust and benefit from each other D: love can conquer the feeling of insecurity

Directions: Select one of the correct word or phrase from the bracket. 1. During my illness my classmates took turns to_______ (tutor, mentoring) me for hours after school. 2. We often let fear _______ (take charge of, take over) because we believe that something bad is going to happen. 3. I went along to my friend’s funeral in order to offer my_______ (pity, sympathy) to his wife and family. 4. About midnight, the party really_______ (came to life, came to power) when the comedian arrived. 5. They provide free _______ (insecurity, insurance) against loss or damage to property up to $10,000.

阅读理解 Passage One Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage. You hear the refrainall the time: the U.S. economy looks good statistically, but it doesn’t feel good. Why doesn’t ever-greater wealth promote ever-greater happiness? It is aquestion that dates at least to the appearance in 1958 of The Affluent ( 富裕的 ) Society by John KennethGalbraith, who died recently at 97. The Affluent Society is a modern classic because it helped define a new moment in the human condition.For most of history, “hunger, sickness, and cold” threatened nearly everyone,Galbraith wrote. “Poverty was found everywhere in that world. Obviously it is not of ours.” After World War II, the dread of another Great Depression gave way to an economic boom. In the 1930s unemployment had averaged 18.2 percent;in the 1950s it was 4.5 percent. To Galbraith,materialism had gone mad and would breed discontent. Through advertising,companies conditioned consumers to buy things they didn’t really want or need.Because so much spending was artificial, it would be unfulfilling. Meanwhile,government spending that would make everyone better off was being cut down because people instinctively—and wrongly—labeled government only as “anecessary evil.” It’s often said that only the rich are getting ahead; everyone else is standing still or falling behind. Well, there are many undeserving rich—overpaid chief executives, for instance. But over any meaningful period, most people’s incomes are increasing.From 1995 to 2004, inflation-adjusted average family income rose 14.3 percent,to $43,200. People feel “squeezed” because their rising incomes often don’t satisfy their rising wants—for bigger homes, more health care, more education,faster Internet connections. The other great frustration is that it has not eliminated insecurity. People regard job stability as part of their standard of living. As corporate layoffs increased,that part has eroded. More workers fear they’ve become “the disposableAmerican,” as Louis Uchitelle puts it in his book by the same name. Because so much previous suffering and social conflict stemmed from poverty, the arrival of widespread affluence suggested utopian ( 乌托邦式的 ) possibilities. Up to a point,affluence succeeds. There is much less physical misery than before. People are better off. Unfortunately, affluence also creates new complaints and contradictions. Advanced societies need economic growth to satisfy the multiplying wants of their citizens. But the quest for growth lets loose new anxieties and economic conflicts that disturb the social order. Affluence liberates the individual, promising that everyone can choose a unique way to self-fulfillment. But the promise is so extravagant that it predestines many disappointments and sometimes inspires choices that have anti-social consequences,including family breakdown and obesity ( 肥胖症 ). Statistical indicators of happiness have not risen with incomes. Should we be surprised? Not really. We’ve simply reaffirmed an old truth: the pursuit of affluence does not always end with happiness. Q ： What questiondoes John Kenneth Galbraith raise in his book The Affluent Society?

Of all the components of a good night's sleep, dreams seem to be least within our control. Indreams, a window opens into a world where logic is suspended and dead people speak. Acentury ago, Freud formulated his revolutionary theory that dreams were the disguisedshadows of our unconscious desires and fears; by thelate 1970s, neurologists had switched tothinking of them as just "mental noise"-the random byproducts of the neural repair work thatgoes on during sleep. Now researchers suspect that dreams are part of the mind's emotionalthermostat, regulating moods while the brain is "off line." And one leading authority says thatthese intensely powerful mental events can be not only harnessed but actually brought underconscious control, to help us sleep and feel better. "It's your dream," says RosalindCartwright, chair of psychologyat Chicago's Medical Center, "if you don't like it, change it." he link between dreams and emotions shows up among the patients in Cartwright's clinic. Mostpeople seem to have more bad dreams early in the night, progressing toward happier onesbefore awakening, suggesting that they are working through negative feelings generatedduring the day. Because our conscious mind is occupied with daily life we don't always thinkabout the emotional significance of the day's events-until, it appears, we begin to dream. And this process need not be left to the unconscious. Cartwright believes one can exerciseconscious control over recurring bad dreams. As soon as you awaken, identify what isupsetting about the dream. Visualizehow you would like it to end instead; the next time itoccurs, try to wake up just enough to control its course. With much practice people can learnto, literally, do it in their sleep. At the end of the day, there's probably little reason to pay attention to our dreams at all unlessthey keep us from sleeping or "we wake up in panic," Cartwright says. Terrorism, economicuncertainties and general feelings of insecurity have increased people's anxiety. Thosesuffering from persistent nightmares should seek help from a therapist. For the rest of us, thebrain has its ways of working through bad feelings.Sleep-or rather dream-on it and you'll feelbetter in the morning. 36.By saying that “dreams are part of the mind's emotional thermostat," the researchers mean that _______. ______ A.we can think logically in the dreams too B.dreams can be brought under conscious control C.dreams represent our unconscious desires and fears D.dreams can help us keep our mood comparatively stable 37.What did Cartwright find in her clinic? ______ A.Most bad dreams were followed by happier ones. B.Divorced couples usually have more bad dreams. C.One’s dreaming process is related to his emotion. D.People having negative feelings dream more often. 38.Cartwright believed with much practice，we can learn to _____. ______ A.control what dreams to dream B.sleep well without any dreams C.wake up in time to stop the bad dreams D.identify what is upsetting about the dreams 39.The author points out that a person who has constant bad dreams should ______ ______ A.learn to control his dreams B.consult a doctor C.sleep and dream on it D.get rid of anxiety first 40.The author most probably thinks that controlling dreams is ______. ______ A.a good practice B.a new discovery C.helpful for everyone D.not essential for everyone