importantly, to help Margaret.

5.What was the author doing when she saw Margaret?

A. Collecting medication. B. Buying energy drinks.

C. Driving on the street. D. Going to the garage.

6.What do you know about Margaret?

A. She tried to avoid meeting the author on her way.

B. She got lost on the way to her daughter's home.

C. She took a new way to her daughter's home.

D. She recognized the author at first sight.

7.Which can replace the underlined word "compliment" in the last paragraph?

A. excitement. B. apology. C. praise. D. reward.

　　Mary bought a dress in a women's clothing store. She felt very happy about buying the dress until she got home. Then she remembered she had left her purse at the store. It was the third time that month that Mary had forgotten something important. Mary was angry with herself. She said, "Am I losing it?"

　　Emma was teaching a class in mathematics at a college. She began to explain to the students how to solve a very difficult problem. She understood it very well. But somehow, at that moment, she could not explain it. Emma said, "I must be losing it."

　　Americans seem to have a lot of concern about losing it. At least that is what you would think from hearing them talk. They use the expression when they feel they are losing control. It can mean losing emotional control. Or losing the ability to do something. Or losing intelligence.

　　Word experts differ about how the expression started. Some believe it came from television programs popular in the 1980s.Others believe it began with psychologists, who deal with how people think, feel and act.

　　"We Americans have many concerns about controlling our lives. Perhaps we worry too much," one psychologist said. "In many situations to say you are losing it eases the tension（不安）."

It's healthy. And most people who say they are having a problem are not losing it.