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Up to 90% of school leavers in major Asian cities are suffering from myopia ---short-sightedness, a study suggests. Researchers say the "extraordinary rise" in the problem is being caused by students working very hard in school and missing out on outdoor light.
Eye experts say that you are short-sighted if your vision is blurred(模糊的) beyond 2m. It is often caused by an elongation（拉伸） of the eyeball that happens when people are young. According to the research, the problem is being caused by a combination of factors - a commitment to education and lack of outdoor light.
Professor Morgan who led this study argues that many children in South East Asia spend long hours studying at school and doing their homework. This in itself puts pressure on the eyes, but exposure to between two and three hours of daylight helps maintain healthy eyes.
Cultural factors also seem to play a part. Across many parts of South East Asia, children often have a lunchtime nap. According to Professor Morgan they are missing out on natural light to prevent short-sightedness.
A big concern is the numbers of the students suffering from “high” myopia. One in five of these students could experience severe visual impairment(障礙) and even blindness. These people are at considerable risk—sometimes people are not told about it and are just given more powerful glasses—they need to be warned about the risk and given some self-testing measures so they can get to an ophthalmologist and get some help.
For decades, researchers believed there was a strong genetic component to the condition. But this study strongly suggests an alternative view. “Any type of simple genetic explanation just doesn’t fit with that speed of change; gene pools just don’t change in two generations. Whether it’s a purely environmental effect or an environmental effect playing a sensitive genome, it really doesn’t matter, the thing that’s changed is not the gene pool---it’s the environment.”

  1. 1.

    As is mentioned above, which factor mainly results in students’ myopia in South East Asia?

    1. A.
      Genetic faults of the people
    2. B.
      Elongation of the eyeball
    3. C.
      The shortage of outdoor light
    4. D.
      Lack of research into the problem
  2. 2.

    Which of the following statements do you think agrees with Professor Morgan?

    1. A.
      A lunchtime nap is helpful in reducing myopia
    2. B.
      Glasses keep myopia from getting even worse
    3. C.
      It’s necessary to treat myopia with an operation
    4. D.
      It’s of vital importance to reduce educational pressure
  3. 3.

    What’s the main idea of the last paragraph?

    1. A.
      Gene remains the main cause of the long-standing problem
    2. B.
      The environment is to blame for the extraordinary rise in myopia
    3. C.
      Short-sightedness has nothing to do with changes in gene pools
    4. D.
      An environmental effect playing a sensitive genome counts
  4. 4.

    What’s the best way to take care of your eyes according to the passage?

    1. A.
      Equip the classroom with better lights
    2. B.
      Look at the sun from time to time
    3. C.
      Do eyes exercise regularly
    4. D.
      Spend more time in the open air

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The $11 billion self-help industry is built on the idea that you should turn negative thoughts like "I never do anything right" into positive ones like "I can succeed." But was positive thinking advocate Norman Vincent Peale right? Is there power in positive thinking?
Researchers in Canada just published a study in the journal Psychological Science that says trying to get people to think more positively can actually have the opposite effect: it can simply highlight how unhappy they are.
The study’s authors, Joanne Wood and John Lee of the University of Waterloo and Elaine Perunovic of the University of New Brunswick, begin by citing older research showing that when people get feedback which they believe is overly positive, they actually feel worse, not better. If you tell your dim friend that he has the potential of an Einstein, you’re just underlining his faults. In one 1990s experiment, a team including psychologist Joel Cooper of Princeton asked participants to write essays opposing funding for the disabled. When the essayists were later praised for their sympathy, they felt even worse about what they had written.
In this experiment, Wood, Lee and Perunovic measured 68 students’ self-esteem. The participants were then asked to write down their thoughts and feelings for four minutes. Every 15 seconds, one group of students heard a bell. When it rang, they were supposed to tell themselves, "I am lovable."
Those with low self-esteem didn’t feel better after the forced self-affirmation. In fact, their moods turned significantly darker than those of members of the control group, who weren’t urged to think positive thoughts.
The paper provides support for newer forms of psychotherapy (心理治療) that urge people to accept their negative thoughts and feelings rather than fight them. In the fighting, we not only often fail but can make things worse. Meditation (靜思) techniques, in contrast, can teach people to put their shortcomings into a larger, more realistic perspective. Call it the power of negative thinking

  1. 1.

    What do we learn from the first paragraph about the self-help industry?

    1. A.
      It is a highly profitable industry
    2. B.
      It is based on the concept of positive thinking
    3. C.
      It was established by Norman Vincent Peale
    4. D.
      It has yielded positive results
  2. 2.

    What is the finding of the Canadian researchers?

    1. A.
      Encouraging positive thinking many do more harm than good
    2. B.
      There can be no simple therapy for psychological problems
    3. C.
      Unhappy people cannot think positively
    4. D.
      The power of positive thinking is limited
  3. 3.

    What does the author mean by "… you’re just underlining his faults" (Line 4, Para. 3)?

    1. A.
      You are not taking his mistakes seriously enough
    2. B.
      You are pointing out the errors he has committed
    3. C.
      You are emphasizing the fact that he is not intelligent
    4. D.
      You are trying to make him feel better about his faults
  4. 4.

    What do we learn from the experiment of Wood, Lee and Perunovic?

    1. A.
      It is important for people to continually boost their self-esteem
    2. B.
      Self-affirmation can bring a positive change to one’s mood
    3. C.
      Forcing a person to think positive thoughts may lower their self-esteem
    4. D.
      People with low self-esteem seldom write down their true feelings.
      Section
    5. E.
      Directions: Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading that you do not need.

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Special Bridges Help Animals Cross the Road
—Reported by Sheila Carrick
Why did the chicken cross the road?  To get to the other side.
Most people know this joke. But recently, some people have been much more worried about how the grizzly bear (灰熊) and mountain lion can cross the road.
“Millions of animals die each year on U.S. roads,” the Federal Highway Administration reports. In fact, only about 80 ocelots, an endangered wild cat, exist in the U.S. today. The main reason? Roadkill.
“Ecopassages ” may help animals cross the road without being hit by cars. They are paths both over and under roads. “These ecopassages can be extremely useful, so that wildlife can avoid road accidents,” said Jodi Hilty of the Wildlife Protection Society.
But do animals actually use the ecopassages? The answer is yes. Paul Beier of Northern Arizona University found foot marks left by mountain lions on an ecopassage that went under a highway. This showed that the lions used the passage.
Builders of ecopassages try to make them look like a natural part of an area by planting trees on and around them. Animals seem to be catching on. Animals as different as salamanders (火蜥蜴) and grizzly bears are using the bridges and underpasses.
The next time you visit a park or drive through an area with a lot of wildlife, look around. You might see an animal overpass!

  1. 1.

    The writer uses the example of “ocelots” to show that _______

    1. A.
      wild animals have become more dangerous
    2. B.
      the driving conditions have improved greatly
    3. C.
      the measure for protecting wildlife fails to work
    4. D.
      an increasing number of animals are killed in road accidents
  2. 2.

    From the news story, we know an ecopassage is ________

    1. A.
      an underground path for cars
    2. B.
      a fence built for the safety of the area
    3. C.
      a bridge for animals to get over a river
    4. D.
      a path for animals to cross the road
  3. 3.

    When the writer says that animals seem “to be catching on”, he means ________

    1. A.
      animals begin to realize the dangers on the road
    2. B.
      animals begin to learn to use ecopassages
    3. C.
      animals are crossing the road in groups
    4. D.
      animals are increasing in number
  4. 4.

    The writer asks visitors and drivers to look around when traveling because ________

    1. A.
      wild animals may attack cars
    2. B.
      wild animals may block the road
    3. C.
      they may see wild animals in the park
    4. D.
      they may see wild animals on ecopassages

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Lilian Hanson, a college student, expects to graduate in about two years. What makes Mrs Hanson different from her classmates is her age — 73 years. She has been studying at college, a few courses at a time, for 27 years.
When Lilian Hanson graduated from high school, she went to the bank to borrow money for further education. The banker gave her no encouragement. He didn’t think that a country girl should borrow money to go to college. He thought she should be at home doing work in the house or around the farm. So Lilian Hanson went home and raised a family of nine children instead of going to college.
Mrs Hanson never forgot her dream of getting a higher education. When her children were grown, she tried again. She finds the hardest part of going back to school at her age is the sitting in class for long periods of time. Because she is not as flexible（易適應(yīng)的） as she used to be, Mrs Hanson often gets up and walks around between classes to keep from getting stiff（僵硬）. At the beginning of a course in using the computer, the other students all stood and gave her a warm welcome when she introduced herself and explained why she was there and what her aims were

  1. 1.

    The difference between Lilian and her classmates is that

    1. A.
      she works harder at her lessons
    2. B.
      she is eager to graduate from college
    3. C.
      she is much older
    4. D.
      she is a country girl
  2. 2.

    Lilian wasn’t able to go to college after graduation from high school because ________

    1. A.
      she wanted to teach herself
    2. B.
      she got married
    3. C.
      she had to look after her children
    4. D.
      she hadn’t enough money
  3. 3.

    The writer wrote the passage in order to show us that ________

    1. A.
      a friend in need is a friend indeed
    2. B.
      one is never too old to learn
    3. C.
      knowledge is power
    4. D.
      education is of great importance
  4. 4.

    Lilian could get a higher education when she was old because ________

    1. A.
      she borrowed money from the bank
    2. B.
      her husband and children helped her
    3. C.
      her classmates encouraged her to get it
    4. D.
      the reason isn’t mentioned in the passage

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It was eleven o'clock that night when Mr. Pontellier returned from his night out. He was in an excellent humor, in high spirits, and very talkative. His entrance awoke his wife, who was in bed and fast asleep when he came in. He talked to her while he undressed, telling her anecdotes and bits of news and gossip that he had gathered during the day. She was overcome with sleep, and answered him with little half utterances.
　　He thought it very discouraging that his wife, who was the sole object of his existence, showed so little interest in things which concerned him and valued so little his conversation.
　　Mr. Pontellier had forgotten the candies and peanuts that he had promised the boys. Still, he loved them very much and went into the room where they slept to take a look at them and make sure that they were resting comfortably. The result of his investigation was far from satisfactory. He turned and shifted the youngsters about in bed. One of them began to kick and talk about a basket full of crabs.
　　Mr. Pontellier returned to his wife with the information that Raoul had a high fever and needed looking after. Then he lit his cigar and went and sat near the open door to smoke it.
　　Mrs. Pontellier was quite sure Raoul had no fever. He had gone to bed perfectly well, she said, and nothing had made him sick. Mr. Pontellier was too well familiar with fever symptoms to be mistaken. He assured her the child was burning with fever at that moment in the next room.
　　He reproached his wife with her inattention, her habitual neglect of the children. If it was not a mother's place to look after children, whose on earth was it? He himself had his hands full with his business. He could not be in two places at once; making a living for his family on the street, and staying home to see that no harm done to them. He talked in a dull, repeated and insistent way.
　　Mrs. Pontellier sprang out of bed and went into the next room. She soon came back and sat on the edge of the bed, leaning her head down on the pillow. She said nothing, and refused to answer her husband when he questioned her. When his cigar was smoked out, he went to bed, and in half a minute was fast asleep.
　　Mrs. Pontellier was by that time thoroughly awake. She began to cry a little, and wiped her eyes on the sleeve of her nightdress. She went out on the porch, where she sat down and began to rock herself in the chair.
　　It was then past midnight. The cottages were all dark. There was no sound except the hooting of an old owl and the everlasting voice of the sea, which broke like a mournful lullaby (催眠曲) upon the night.
　　The tears came so fast to Mrs. Pontellier's eyes that the damp sleeve of her nightdress no longer served to dry them. She went on crying there, not caring any longer to dry her face, her eyes, her arms.
　　She could not have told why she was crying. Such experiences as had just happened were not uncommon in her married life. They seemed never before to have weighed much against theabundance (充足) of her husband's kindness and a uniform devotion which had come to be self-understood.
　　An indescribable oppression, which seemed to generate in some unfamiliar part of her consciousness, filled her whole being with vague pain. It was like a shadow, like a mist passing across her soul's summer day. It was strange and unfamiliar; it was a mood. She did not sit there inwardly scolding her husband, expressing sadness about Fate, which had directed her footsteps to the path which they had taken. She was just having a good cry all to herself.
　　The mosquitoes succeeded in driving away a mood which might have held her there in the darkness half a night longer.
　　The following morning Mr. Pontellier was up in good time to take the carriage which was to convey him to the ship. He was returning to the city to his business, and they would not see him again at the Island till the coming Saturday. He had regained his calmness, which seemed to have been somewhatweakened the night before. He was eager to be gone, as he looked forward to a lively week in the financial center

  1. 1.

    Mr.Pontellier comes back home from his night out in a/an ______state of mind

    1. A.
      excited
    2. B.
      confused
    3. C.
      depressed
    4. D.
      disappointed
  2. 2.

    Mr. Pontellier criticizes his wife because ______

    1. A.
      she is not wholly devoted to her children
    2. B.
      she does little housework but sleep
    3. C.
      she knows nothing about fever symptoms
    4. D.
      she fails to take her son to hospital
  3. 3.

    The writer would most likely describe Mr. Pontellier’s conduct during the evening as ______

    1. A.
      impatient and generous
    2. B.
      enthusiastic and responsible
    3. C.
      concerned and gentle
    4. D.
      inconsiderate and self-centered
  4. 4.

    The underlined sentence suggests that Mr. Pontellier's complaints to his wife are ______

    1. A.
      hesitant and confused
    2. B.
      not as urgent as he claims
    3. C.
      angry and uncertain
    4. D.
      too complex to make sense
  5. 5.

    In paragraphs 8 to 13, Mrs. Pontellier’s reactions to her husband’s behavior suggest that ______

    1. A.
      she accepts unquestioningly her role of taking care of the children
    2. B.
      this is one of the first times she has acknowledged her unhappiness with her husband
    3. C.
      her relationship with her husband is not what has made her depressed
    4. D.
      she is angry about something that happened before her husband left
  6. 6.

    The passage shows Mr. Pontellier is happiest when he ______

    1. A.
      sits near the open door smoking a cigar and talking
    2. B.
      makes up with his wife after a heated argument
    3. C.
      has been away from home or is about to leave home
    4. D.
      has given his children gifts of candies and peanuts

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Today’s children are the “result” of the modern society. Our parents have jobs that keep them busy almost all day long. They only have a free day in a week. This doesn’t allow them to keep an eye on their children.
On the other hand, the modern society gives more freedom to the children than they could “handle”. As a child, you don’t know how to grow up by yourself until you reach a certain age. That is why you need school and parents to be by your side all the time. If you don’t have either of them you may make a lot of mistakes. The social system of the modern society is very lenient especially with the children.
Most of the children today are rebels (判逆者). They are rude. They are given too much freedom by their families. This is their parent’s mistake. They ought to know that the freedom they give to their children is misunderstood.
For example it is a bad thing for a 17 – year – old child to go out in the evening on weekends. Parents are also guilty of the way their children show up in the street or at school. The same guilt belongs to the teaching system as well. Pupils shouldn’t be allowed to dress like they were on a fashion presentation at school.
Another important fact we can think of regarding the freedom of children is their free will of spending money. Parents shouldn’t allow their children to spend money on whatever they want.
I think children are given too much freedom not only by their parents, but also by the society. The latter is more to be blamed!

  1. 1.

    The writer implies that parents’ busy lifestyle         

    1. A.
      makes their children become independent
    2. B.
      may lead to a tense parent – child relationship
    3. C.
      is harmful to their children’s health
    4. D.
      is likely to create a troubled generation
  2. 2.

    What does the underlined word “l(fā)enient” (in Para 2) mean?

    1. A.
      Not responsible
    2. B.
      Not strict
    3. C.
      Unkind
    4. D.
      Unfair
  3. 3.

    It seems that the writer agrees that students          

    1. A.
      should stay at home on weekends
    2. B.
      can wear trendy clothes at school
    3. C.
      had better wear school uniform at school
    4. D.
      can be allowed to go out in the evenings
  4. 4.

    According to the writer, which of the following takes the primary responsibility for children’s problems?

    1. A.
      The social environment
    2. B.
      The educational system
    3. C.
      Each family
    4. D.
      The school

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Last night I drove a long way (about 500 km) to return home. It was late and I was driving fast because I wanted to get home as soon as possible. So several times when I was driving behind a slow-moving truck on a narrow road, I wanted to shout at the driver ahead.
Then I came to a crossroad with a traffic light. As I drove near, it turned red. I stopped my car at once. I looked left，right and behind. I found no cars or persons — I was alone on the road. The person who would come to the crossroad was at least a mile away in any direction. Certainly going through the light would cause no danger. I could pass the traffic light. But strangely enough, I just stopped there, waiting for several minutes until the light went green. I asked myself why I refused to run the light. Surely it was unnecessary for me to be afraid of danger or being fined (罰款), because there were no cars or police around at all. But I remained waiting until the light changed.
When I finally got home, it was near midnight. My wife had fallen asleep. The question of why I stopped for that light came back to me again, because I stopped another two times for the red lights as “special” as the first one. I stopped, not because of the law, but because it was a good habit I had developed. In fact, we were used to doing something right just because we have made obeying the rules a good habit. We do it just because we should do it. I thought if another man met with the same thing, he would make the same choice. I believed so. And I could be trusted (信任) by others. I believed that everyone would and could control (控制) himself/herself well. It was amazing that we trusted each other to do the right things, wasn’t it?

  1. 1.

    When the author drove behind the slow-moving truck, he felt ____

    1. A.
      confused but happy
    2. B.
      sleepy and tired
    3. C.
      excited but tired
    4. D.
      angry and worried
  2. 2.

    Who made the author stopped at the crossroad?

    1. A.
      A policeman
    2. B.
      The author’s wife
    3. C.
      The author himself
    4. D.
      Another driver
  3. 3.

    The author waited until the light went green because ____

    1. A.
      running the light would make him fined
    2. B.
      he was afraid to cause an accident
    3. C.
      he was prevented by the passers-by
    4. D.
      he was used to obeying traffic rules
  4. 4.

    The author is a person who ____

    1. A.
      believes others easily
    2. B.
      can control himself well
    3. C.
      treats others very unfriendly
    4. D.
      is very experienced in driving
  5. 5.

    We can infer from the passage that ____

    1. A.
      running the light could help the author get home earlier
    2. B.
      the author’s wife was angry because he got home late
    3. C.
      the truck driver in front of the author might be drunk
    4. D.
      it was very necessary to have very strict traffic rules

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Mark Twain has been called the inventor of the American novel. And he surely deserves additional praise: the man who popularized the clever literary attack on racism.
I say clever because anti-slavery fiction had been the important part of the literature in the years before the Civil War. H. B. Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin is only the most famous example. These early stories dealt directly with slavery. With minor exceptions, Twain planted his attacks on slavery and prejudice into tales that were on the surface about something else entirely. He drew his readers into the argument by drawing them into the story.
Again and again, in the postwar years, Twain seemed forced to deal with the challenge of race. Consider the most controversial, at least today, of Twain’s novels, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Only a few books have been kicked off the shelves as often as Huckleberry Finn, Twain’s most widely read tale. Once upon a time, people hated the book because it struck them as rude. Twain himself wrote that those who banned the book considered the novel “trash and suitable only for the slums (貧民窟).” More recently the book has been attacked because of the character Jim, the escaped slave, and many occurences of the word nigger. (The term Nigger Jim, for which the novel is often severely criticized, never appears in it.)
But the attacks were and are silly—and miss the point. The novel is strongly anti-slavery. Jim’s search through the slave states for the family from whom he has been forcibly parted is heroic. As J. Chadwick has pointed out, the character of Jim was a first in American fiction—a recognition that the slave had two personalities, “the voice of survival within a white slave culture and the voice of the individual: Jim, the father and the man.”
There is much more. Twain’s mystery novel Pudd’nhead Wilson stood as a challenge to the racial beliefs of even many of the liberals of his day. Written at a time when the accepted wisdom held Negroes to be inferior (低等的) to whites, especially in intelligence, Twain’s tale centered in part around two babies switched at birth. A slave gave birth to her master’s baby and, for fear that the child should be sold South, switched him for the master’s baby by his wife. The slave’s lightskinned child was taken to be white and grew up with both the attitudes and the education of the slave-holding class. The master’s wife’s baby was taken for black and grew up with the attitudes and intonations of the slave.
The point was difficult to miss: nurture (養(yǎng)育), not nature, was the key to social status. The features of the black man that provided the stuff of prejudice—manner of speech, for example— were, to Twain, indicative of nothing other than the conditioning that slavery forced on its victims.
Twain’s racial tone was not perfect. One is left uneasy, for example, by the lengthy passage in his autobiography (自傳) about how much he loved what were called “nigger shows” in his youth—mostly with white men performing in black-face—and his delight in getting his mother to laugh at them. Yet there is no reason to think Twain saw the shows as representing reality. His frequent attacks on slavery and prejudice suggest his keen awareness that they did not.
Was Twain a racist? Asking the question in the 21st century is as wise as asking the same of Lincoln. If we read the words and attitudes of the past through the “wisdom” of the considered moral judgments of the present, we will find nothing but error. Lincoln, who believed the black man the inferior of the white, fought and won a war to free him. And Twain, raised in a slave state, briefly a soldier, and inventor of Jim, may have done more to anger the nation over racial injustice and awaken its collective conscience than any other novelist in the past century

  1. 1.

    How do Twain’s novels on slavery differ from Stowe’s?

    1. A.
      Twain was more willing to deal with racism
    2. B.
      Twain’s attack on racism was much less open
    3. C.
      Twain’s themes seemed to agree with plots
    4. D.
      Twain was openly concerned with racism
  2. 2.

    Recent criticism of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn arose partly from its ______

    1. A.
      target readers at the bottom
    2. B.
      anti-slavery attitude
    3. C.
      rather impolite language
    4. D.
      frequent use of “nigger”
  3. 3.

    What best proves Twain’s anti-slavery stand according to the author?

    1. A.
      Jim’s search for his family was described in detail
    2. B.
      The slave’s voice was first heard in American novels
    3. C.
      Jim grew up into a man and a father in the white culture
    4. D.
      Twain suspected that the slaves were less intelligent
  4. 4.

    The story of two babies switched mainly indicates that ______

    1. A.
      slaves were forced to give up their babies to their masters
    2. B.
      slaves’ babies could pick up slave-holders’ way of speaking
    3. C.
      blacks’ social position was shaped by how they were brought up
    4. D.
      blacks were born with certain features of prejudice
  5. 5.

    What does the underlined word “they” in Paragraph 7 refer to?

    1. A.
      The attacks
    2. B.
      Slavery and prejudice
    3. C.
      White men
    4. D.
      The shows
  6. 6.

    What does the author mainly argue for?

    1. A.
      Twain had done more than his contemporary writers to attack racism
    2. B.
      Twain was an admirable figure comparable to Abraham Lincoln
    3. C.
      Twain’s works had been banned on unreasonable grounds
    4. D.
      Twain’s works should be read from a historical point of view

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Everyone knows that the Frenchmen are romantic, the Italians are fashionable and the Germans are serious. Are these just stereotypes or is there really such a thing as national character? And if there is, can it affect how a nation succeed or fail?
At least one group of people is certain that it can. A recent survey of the top 500 entrepreneurs in the UK found that 70% felt that their efforts were not appreciated by the British public. Britain is hostile to success, they said. It has a culture of jealousy. As a result, the survey said, entrepreneurs were “unloved, unwanted and misunderstood.” Jealousy is sometimes known as the “green – eyed monster” and the UK is its home.
Scientists at Warwich University in the UK recently tested this idea. They gathered a group of people together and gave each an imaginary amount of money. Some were given a little, others a great deal. Those given a little were given the chance to destroy the large amount of money given to others – but at the cost of losing their own. Two thirds of the people tested agreed to do this.
This seems to prove that the entrepreneurs were right to complain. But there is also conflicting evidence. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development recently reported that the UK is now the world’s fourth largest economy. That is not bad for people who are supposed to hate success. People in the UK also work longer hours than anyone else in Europe. So the British people are not lazy, either.
“It is not really success that the British dislike,” says Carey Cooper, a professor of management at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. “It’s people using their success in a way that seems proud or unfair or which separates them from their roots.”
Perhaps it is the entrepreneurs who are the problem. They set out to do things in their way. They work long hours. By their own efforts they become millionaires. But instead of being happy they complain that nobody loves them. It hardly seems worth following their example. If they were more friendly, people would like them more. And more people want to be like them

  1. 1.

    Most entrepreneurs surveyed believe that        

    1. A.
      the British people hate success
    2. B.
      the British people are hardworking
    3. C.
      love of success is Britain’s national character
    4. D.
      they are considered as “green – eyed monsters”
  2. 2.

    What does the result of the Warwich University’s test show

    1. A.
      Two thirds of the people tested didn’t love money
    2. B.
      Most people would rather fail than see others succeed
    3. C.
      An imaginary amount of money does not attract people
    4. D.
      Most people are willing to enjoy success with others
  3. 3.

    The writer of the passage seems to suggest that         

    1. A.
      jealousy is Britain’s national character
    2. B.
      British entrepreneurs are not fairly treated
    3. C.
      the scientists at Warwich University did a successful test
    4. D.
      the entrepreneurs in the UK do not behave properly
  4. 4.

    The best title for this article can be            

    1. A.
      Be More Modest and We Will Love You More
    2. B.
      Proud Entrepreneurs
    3. C.
      The Frenchmen are Romantic While The British are Hostile
    4. D.
      Only Pains but No Gains

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When I was a child, I often dreamed of the time when I could leave home and escape to the city. We lived on a farm, in the winter especially, we were quite cut off from the outside world. As soon as I left school, I packed my bags and moved to the capital. However, I soon discovered that my life has its _______ too.
One big disadvantage is money. It costs so much to go out, not to mention basics like food and housing. Another disadvantage is pollution. I suffer from asthma(哮喘), and  the air is so  that I am afraid to go outside. Then there is the problem of traveling round. Although I have a car, I seldom use it because of the traffic jams. One choice is to go by bicycle, but that can be quite dangerous.
Of course there are advantages. First, there is so much to do in the city, whatever your tastes in culture or entertainment(娛樂(lè)活動(dòng)). Besides, there are wonderful jobs and greater chances of moving to a more important job or position. Finally, if you like shopping, the variety of goods is very surprising --- and , what is more, shops are often only a short walk away.
Is life better then, in the city? Perhaps it is , when you are in your teens(十幾歲)or twenties. However, as you get older, and especially if you have small children, the peace of the countryside may seem preferable. I certainly hope to move back there soon

  1. 1.

    Which of the following words can be put into the blank in the first paragraph?

    1. A.
      dangers
    2. B.
      adventures
    3. C.
      problems
    4. D.
      fun
  2. 2.

    What was the writer always thinking about when he was a child?

    1. A.
      Staying on the farm
    2. B.
      Moving to the countryside
    3. C.
      Leaving home for the city
    4. D.
      Running away from the school
  3. 3.

    Which of the following is true about the writer?

    1. A.
      He is very old now
    2. B.
      He is in good health
    3. C.
      He prefers driving a car
    4. D.
      He lives in the city now
  4. 4.

    In the passage, the writer tries to __________

    1. A.
      express his opinions about way of life
    2. B.
      describe his life in the countryside
    3. C.
      an interest in the outside world
    4. D.
      persuade the reader to live in the city

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