The next day I sat down，with almost a hundred other candidates，for the intelligence test．I must have done all right because after about half an hour’s wait I was sent into another room for a psychological test．This time there were only about fifty candidates．The interviewer sat at a desk．Candidates were signaled forward to occupy the seat opposite him when the previous occupant had been dismissed，after a greater or shorter time．Obviously the long interviews were the more successful ones．Some of the interviews were as short as five minutes．Mine was the only one that lasted a minute and a half．
I can remember the questions now：“Why did you leave your last job?”“Why did you leave your job before that?”“And the one before that?”I can’t recall my answers，except that they were short at first and grew progressively shorter．His closing statement，I thought，evealed(揭示)a lack of sensitivity which helped to explain why as a psychologist，he had risen no higher than the underground railway．“You’ve failed the psychological test and we are unable to offer you a position．”
Failing to get that job was my low point．Or so I thought，believing that the work was easy．Actually，such jobs—being a postman is another one I still desire—demand exactly the sort of elementary yet responsible awareness that the habitual dreamer is least qualified to give．But I was still far short of full self-understanding．I was also short of cash．
小题1:The writer applied for the job chiefly because .| A．he wanted to work in the centre of London | | B．he could no longer afford to live without one | | C．he was not interested in any other available job | | D．he had received some suitable training |
小题2:The writer thought he was overqualified for the job because .| A．he often traveled underground | | B．he had written many poems | | C．he could deal with difficult situations | | D．he had worked in a company |
小题3:The length of his interview meant that .| A．he was not going to be offered the job | | B．he had not done well in the intelligence test | | C．he did not like the interviewer at all | | D．he had little work experience to talk about |
小题4:What does the writer realize now that he did not realize then?| A．How unpleasant ordinary jobs can be | | B．How difficult it is to be a poet | | C．How unsuitable he was for the job | | D．How badly he did in the interview |
小题5:What’s the writer’s opinion of the psychologist?| A．He was very aggressive | | B．He was unhappy with his job | | C．He was quite inefficient | | D．He was rather unsympathetic |
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Too many people wander through life like sleepwalkers．Each day they follow familiar routines，never asking，“What am I doing with my life?’’and they don’t know what they’re doing because they lack goals．
Goal-setting is a focusing of the will to move in a certain direction．Begin with a clear conception of what you want．Write down your goals and date them—putting them into words clarifies them．Rather than concentrating on objects to acquire and possess，focus on fulfilling your desires to do，to produce，to contribute—goal-setting that yields the true sense of satisfaction we all need．
It’s important to visualize(想象)yourself accomplishing your goal．While losers visualize the penalties(不利)of failure，winners visualize the rewards of success．I’ve seen it among athletes，statistics contrasting air and highway safety，but it made no difference．I had read too many articles describing crash scenes and imagined these scenes vividly．I had programmed myself，without realizing it，to stay off planes．
Then one summer I had the opportunity to fly on a private plane with friends to a resort；I didn’t want to miss out on a great vacation．So I spent two weeks imagining a smooth flight on a beautiful sunny day and an easy landing．
When the day arrived，I was eager to go．To everyone’s surprise，I got on the plane and I loved every minute of it，and I still use the techniques I employed that day．
小题1:According to the passage，if you want to be successful，the first thing for you to do is .| A．find the right methods | B．be careful about everything | | C．know your ability | D．have a clear goal |
小题2:If you have a target，you will .| A．wander like a sleepwalker | B．know well what you are doing | | C．do the same work every day | D．put it into words |
小题3:The problem with the author before he overcame his fear of air travel is that .| A．he didn’t know air travel is safer than highway travel | | B．he couldn’t imagine himself accomplishing his goal | | C．he read too much about plane crashes and tried to avoid flying | | D．he wanted to take a private plane instead of a public one |
小题4:What would be the best title for this passage?| A．Define Your Coal | | B．Visualize Rewards of Success | | C．Overcome The Fear of Air Travel | | D．Sleepwalking Through Life |
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Communications technologies are far from equal when it comes to conveying the truth．The first study to compare honesty across a range of communication media has found that people are twice as likely to tell lies in phone conversations as they are in emails．The fact that emails are automatically recorded—and can come back to puzzle you---appears to be the key to the finding．
Jeff Hancock of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, asked 30 students to keep a communications diary for a week．In it they noted the number of conversations or email exchanges they had lasting more than 10 minutes, and confessed to how many lies they told．Hancock then worked out the number of lies per conversation for each medium．He found that lies made up 14 per cent of emails, 21 percent of instant messages, 27 per cent of face-to-face interactions and an astonishing 37 percent of phone calls．
His results to be presented at the conference on human-computer interaction in Vienna, Austria, in April, have surprised psychologists．Some expected emailers to be the biggest liars, reasoning that because deception makes people uncomfortable, the indirect contact of emailing would make it easier to lie．Others expected people to lie more in face-to-face exchanges because we are most practiced at that form of communication．
But Hancock says it is also crucial whether a conversation is being recorded and could be reread, and whether it occurs in real time．People appear to be afraid to lie when they know the communication could later be used to hold them to account, he says．This is why fewer lies appear in email than on the phone．
People are also more likely to lie in real time---in an instant message or phone call, say---than if they have time to think of a response, says Hancock．He found many lies are spontaneous（脱口而出） responses to an unexpected demand, such as: “Do you like my dress?”
Hancock hopes his research will help companies work out the best ways for their employees to communicate．For instance, the phone might be the best medium for sales where employees are encouraged to stretch the truth．But, given his result, work assessment where honesty is a priority, might be best done using email．
小题1:Hancock’s study focuses on _______．| A．the consequences of lying in various communications media | | B．the success of communications technologies in conveying ideas | | C．people are less likely to lie in instant messages | | D．people’s honesty levels across a range of communications media |
小题2:Hancock’s research finding surprised those who believed that _____．| A．people are less likely to lie instant messages | | B．people are unlikely to lie in face-to-face interactions | | C．people are most likely to lie in email communication | | D．people are twice as likely to lie in phone conversations |
小题3:According to the passage, why are people more likely to tell the truth through certain media of communication?| A．They are afraid of leaving behind traces of their lies | | B．They believe that honesty is the best policy | | C．They tend to be relaxed wh en using those media | | D．They are most practised at those forms of communication |
小题4:It can be inferred from the passage that ________．| A．honesty should be encouraged in interpersonal communications | | B．suitable media should be chosen for different communication purposes | | C．more employers will use emails to communicate with their employees | | D．email is now the dominant medium of communication within a company |
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Most parents, I suppose, have had the experience of reading a bedtime story to their children. And they must have 11 how difficult it is to write a 12 children’s book. Either the author has aimed too 13 , so that the children can’t follow what is in his (or more often, her) story, 14 the story seems to be talking to the readers.
The best children’s books are 15 very difficult nor very simple, and satisfy both the 16 who hears the story and the adult who 17 it. Unfortunately, there are in fact few books like this, 18 the problem of finding the right bedtime story is not 19 to solve. This may be why many of the books regarded as 20 of children’s literature(文学) were in fact written for 21 . “Alice in wonderland” is perhaps the most obvious of this.
Children, left for themselves, often 22 the worst possible interest in literature. Just leave a child in a bookshop or a 23 and he will more willingly choose the books written in an imaginative way, or have a look at most children’s comics(连环画), full of the stories and jokes which are the objections of teachers and right-thinking parents.
Perhaps we parents should stop 24 to brainwash children into accepting our taste in literature. After all children and adults are so 25 that we parents should not expect that they will enjoy the same books. So I suppose we’ll just have to compromise（妥协） over the bedtime story.
| 小题1: | | A．hoped | B．realized | C．told | D．said |
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| 小题2: | | A．short | B．long | C．bad | D．good |
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| 小题3: | | A．easy | B．short | C．high | D．difficult |
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| 小题5: | | A．both | B．neither | C．either | D．very |
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| 小题6: | | A．child | B．father | C．mother | D．teacher. |
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| 小题7: | | A．hears | B．buys | C．understands | D．reads |
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| 小题8: | | A．but | B．however | C．so | D．because |
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| 小题9: | | A．hard | B．easy | C．enough | D．fast |
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| 小题10: | | A．articles | B．work | C．arts | D．works |
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| 小题11: | | A．grown-ups | B．girls | C．boys | D．children |
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| 小题12: | | A．become | B．show | C．find | D．add |
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| 小题13: | | A．school | B．home | C．office | D．library |
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| 小题14: | | A．going | B．liking | C．trying | D．preferring |
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| 小题15: | | A．same | B．friendly | C．different | D．common |
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Psychology（心理学）tells us that many people hate to take risks. But it is good for us to take risks, especially (尤其)when the risk is to achieve a desired result. In that way, we become stronger and braver.
Our human nature should be to take risks, but some people just sit and wish they didn’t have the fear（恐惧）to move on. This is because of one or two failures in their lives. Please step out and don’t let the past hold you back from living life to the fullest. Move forward and move on!
In studying the psychology of taking risks, we find that human nature provides(提供) us with the desire (渴望)to experiment and take chances.
Risk taking is a great benefit（好处）that allowed our ancestors(祖先) to become stronger and stronger day by day. By taking risks they fought off enemies and discovered new territories（领土）. This attitude has become a part of our modern culture. Riding a roller coaster is a common risk taking activity that even the average person seems to enjoy although they have the understanding that it is dangerous. This psychological and biological (生物学上的) connection （联系）creates an interesting connection between what is unsafe and what humans enjoy.
Getting in a car each day is a risk. Getting out of bed is a risk. There is such thing as perfect safety. We need to take risks so that we can complete (finish) many things. Astronauts take risks when they get inside a rocket; however, the things they achieve are great. Businessmen take a risk when they buy parts of a company. However, without doing that, they could not make more money.
We need to take risks so that we can gain something. It is impossible to move forward in life, earn money, enjoy a relationship, play a sport, or do anything else without taking a risk. It is all part of the game. It’s one of the most important parts of life.
小题1:Some people don’t want to take risks, mainly （主要）because ___________.| A．they are too lazy to move on | | B．they feel pleased with the present life. | | C．they have experienced some failures before | | D．they show little interest in the strange world outside |
小题2:What does the underlined part “This attitude” in Paragraph 4 mean?| A．Taking risks | | B．Fighting off enemies | | C．Discovering new territories | | D．Becoming stronger and stronger |
小题3: What can we infer from the passage?| A．Daily life is full of risks | | B．The safest place has the greatest risk | | C．People should take risks when they are young | | D．We can always achieve our goals by taking risks |
小题4: What would be the title for the passage?| A．Taking risks is easier said than done | | B．On risks taken by ancestors | | C．Live our life to the fullest(充分地) | | D．No risk, no gain. |
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It was Christmas 1961. I was teaching in a small town where my twenty-seven third graders eagerly 36 the great day of gift-giving in advance.
Each day the children produced some new 37 — strings of popcorn, handmade trinkets, and German bell. Through it all she remained alone, 38 from a distance, seemingly miles away. I wondered what 39 happen to this quiet child, once so happy, now suddenly so withdrawn. I hoped the festivities would 40 her. But nothing did. The students made the fried marbles（油炸玻璃弹子）and competed with one anther to bring the 41 ones.
The day of gift-giving finally came. We cheered over our handiwork as the presents were 42 . All along, she sat quietly watching. To see her smile, I had made a special bag for her. She opened it so slowly and carefully. I waited but she 43 . I had not passed through the wall of isolation she had 44 around herself.
After school I sat down in a chair, hardly 45 of what was happening, when she came to me with outstretched hands, bearing a small white box, and slightly soiled, 46 it had been held many times by 47 , childish hands. She said nothing. “For me?” I asked. She said not a word, but 48 her head. I took the box and cautiously opened it. There inside, glistening green, a fried marble 49 from a golden chain. Then I looked into that eight-year-old 50 and saw the question in her dark brown eyes. In a flash I knew — she had 51 it for her mother, who had died just three weeks before and would never hold her or brush her hair or 52 her childish joys or sorrows.
I meant it when I whispered, “Oh, Maria, it is so beautiful. Your mother would 53 it.” Neither of us could stop the 54 . She threw herself into my arms and we wept together. And for that brief moment I became her mother, for she had given me the greatest 55 of all: her trust and love.
| 小题1: | | A．prepared | B．reserved | C．expected | D．waited |
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| 小题2: | | A．fancies | B．impressions | C．wonders | D．possessions |
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| 小题3: | | A．looking | B．playing | C．searching | D．watching |
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| 小题4: | | A．would | B．should | C．must | D．needed |
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| 小题5: | | A．attend to | B．appeal to | C．listen to | D．object to |
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| 小题6: | | A．prettiest | B．wisest | C．heaviest | D．naughtiest |
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| 小题7: | | A．transformed | B．informed | C．exchanged | D．deserted |
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| 小题8: | | A．gave away | B．threw away | C．carried away | D．turned away |
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| 小题9: | | A．built | B．adjusted | C．offered | D．filled |
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| 小题10: | | A．afraid | B．aware | C．content | D．fond |
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| 小题11: | | A．when | B．while | C．as though | D．even if |
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| 小题12: | | A．untouched | B．unknown | C．unwashed | D．unpacked |
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| 小题13: | | A．nodded | B．raised | C．dropped | D．turned |
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| 小题14: | | A．protected | B．hung | C．held | D．escaped |
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| 小题15: | | A．face | B．cheek | C．hair | D．forehead |
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| 小题16: | | A．bought | B．exchanged | C．made | D．stole |
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| 小题17: | | A．appreciate | B．enjoy | C．communicate | D．share |
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| 小题18: | | A．love | B．benefit | C．dislike | D．need |
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| 小题19: | | A．laugh | B．excitement | C．tears | D．description |
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| 小题20: | | A．joy | B．identity | C．contribution | D．gift |
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