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More than 1.5 billion people around the world live without electricity. Finding better ways to bring light to the poor is the goal of researchers like Professor Irvine. In the late 1990s, he was working in Nepal when his return flight was canceled. A delay gave him time to take a fourteen-day hiking trip in the Himalayas.
One day he looked in the window of a school and noticed how dark it was. This is a common problem for millions of children around the world. Many families use kerosene oil (煤油) lamps. There are many problems with these lamps. They produce only a small amount of light. They are dangerous to breathe. And they are a big fire danger, causing many injuries and deaths each year. Kerosene costs less than other forms of lighting, but it is still costly in poor countries. Professor Irvine says many people spend over 100 dollars a year on the fuel.
When he returned to Canada, he began researching ways to provide safe and clean lighting. He began experimenting with light-emitting diodes (發(fā)光二極管), LEDs, at his lab. As a professor of renewable energy, he already knew about the technology. Light-emitting diodes are small glass lamps that use much less electricity than traditional bulbs (燈泡) and last much longer. He used a one-watt bright white LED made in Japan. He found it on the Internet and connected it to a bicycle-powered generator (發(fā)電機(jī)). He remembers thinking it was so bright that a child could read by the light of a single diode.
In 2000, after much research and many experiments, he returned to Nepal to put the systems into homes. Now the homes of 25,000 people in 51 countries have been equipped with it. “The one-time cost of our system which basically lives forever, as well as the solar panel — is less than one hundred dollars. So, one year of kerosene would pay for a solid-state lighting system,” he said. Now his aim is to develop a lower-cost lighting system. In January, Irvine is leaving the University of Calgary. He has also decided to start his own company in India.

  1. 1.

    We can learn from the second paragraph that kerosene oil lamps ______.

    1. A.
      cost more than other forms of lighting
    2. B.
      have damaged children’s eyesight
    3. C.
      have wasted only a little fuel
    4. D.
      have a lot of disadvantages
  2. 2.

    Irvine connected a white LED to a bicycle-powered generator to prove ______.

    1. A.
      whether it can work without electricity
    2. B.
      whether it can work well with less electricity
    3. C.
      whether it can last longer than a generator
    4. D.
      whether it is brighter than a traditional bulb
  3. 3.

    We can learn from the text that Irvine ______.

    1. A.
      likes India rather than Nepal
    2. B.
      is good at making new kinds of bulbs
    3. C.
      is giving up his job in the university
    4. D.
      is to earn much money from his company

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They were going to Fort Lauderdale — three boys and three girls — and when they boarded the bus, they were carrying sandwiches and wine in paper bags, dreaming of golden beaches and sea tides as the gray, cold spring of New York went behind them.
As the bus passed through New Jersey, they began to notice Vingo. He sat in front of them, completely in silence.
Deep into the night, outside Washington, the bus pulled into Howard Johnson’s, and everybody got off except Vingo. The young people began to wonder about him. When they went back to the bus, one of the girls sat beside him and introduced herself.
“Want some wine?” she said. He smiled and took a swig from the bottle. He thanked her and became silent again. After a while, she went back to the others, and Vingo nodded in sleep.
In the morning, they awoke outside another Howard Johnson’s, and this time Vingo went in. The girl insisted that he join them. He ordered black coffee and some cookies as the young people talked about sleeping on beaches. When they returned to the bus, the girl sat with Vingo again, and after a while, slowly and painfully, he began to tell his story. He had been in prison in New York for the past four years, and now he was going home.
“Are you married?”
“I don’t know.”
“You don’t know?” she said.
“Well, when I was in prison I wrote to my wife,” he said, “I told her that I was going to be away for a long time, and that if she couldn’t stand it, if the kids kept asking questions, and if it hurt her too much, well, she could jus forget me. I’d understand. Get a new man, I said — she’s a wonderful woman. I told her she didn’t have to write me. And she didn’t. Not for three and a half years.”
“And you’re going home now, not knowing?”
“Yeah. Well, last week, when I was sure the parole (假釋) was coming through, I wrote her again. We used to live in Brunswick, just before Jacksonville, and there’s a big oak (橡樹) just as you come into town. I told her that if she didn’t have a new man and if she’d take me back, she should put a yellow handkerchief on the tree, and I’d get off and come home. If she didn’t want me, forget it — no handkerchief and I’d go on through.”
“Wow,” the girl exclaimed, “Wow.”
She told the others, and soon all of them were in it, looking at the pictures Vingo showed them of his wife and three children.
Now they were 20 miles from Brunswick, and the young people took over window seats on the right side, waiting for the approach of the great oak. Vingo stopped looking, tightening his face, as if protecting himself against still another disappointment.
Then Brunswick was ten miles, and then five. Then, suddenly, all of the young people were up out of their seats, shouting and crying.
Vingo sat there astonished, looking at the oak. It was covered with yellow handkerchiefs — 20 of them, 30 of them, maybe hundreds, flying in the wind. As the young people shouted, Vingo slowly rose from his seat and made his way to the front of the bus to go home.

  1. 1.

    At the beginning of the story, the young boys and girls ______.

    1. A.
      showed a great interest in Vingo
    2. B.
      didn’t notice Vingo at all
    3. C.
      wanted to offer help to Vingo
    4. D.
      didn’t like Vingo at all
  2. 2.

    The underlined part “Howard Johnson’s” is most probably a(n) ______.

    1. A.
      bus station
    2. B.
      apartment
    3. C.
      hospital
    4. D.
      restaurant
  3. 3.

    How did Vingo feel on the way home?

    1. A.
      Ashamed.
    2. B.
      Relaxed.
    3. C.
      Nervous.
    4. D.
      Disappointed.
  4. 4.

    The paragraphs following this passage would most probably talk about ______.

    1. A.
      Vingo’s experience in prison
    2. B.
      the young people’s travel to Fort Lauderdale
    3. C.
      Vingo’s three lovely children
    4. D.
      the dialogue between Vingo and his family

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High-quality customer service is preached(宣揚(yáng)) by many, but actually keeping customers happy is easier said than done.
Shoppers seldom complain to the manager or owner of retail store, but instead will alert their friends, relatives, co-workers, strangers and anyone who will listen.
Store managers are often the last to hear complaints, and often find out only when their regular customers decide to frequent their competitors, according to a study jointly conducted by Verde group and Wharton school.
“Storytelling hurts retailers and entertains consumers.” Said Paula Courtney, president of the Verde group. “The store loses the customer, but the shopper must also find a replacement.”
On average, every unhappy customer will complain to at least four other, and will no longer visit the specific store for every dissatisfied customer, a store will lose up to three more due to negative reviews. The resulting “snowball effect” can be disastrous to retailers.
According to the research, shoppers who purchased clothing encountered the most problems. Ranked second and third were grocery and electronics customers.
The most common complaints include filled parking lots, cluttered(塞滿了的) shelves, overloaded racks, out-of-stock items, long check-out lines, and rude salespeople.
During peak shopping hours, some retailers solved the parking problems by getting moonlighting local police to work as parking attendants. Some hired flag wavers to direct customers to empty peaking spaces. This guidance got rid of the need for customers to circle the parking lot endlessly, and avoided confrontation between those eyeing the same parking space.
Retailers can relieve the headaches by redesigning store layouts, pre-stocking sales items, hiring speedy and experienced cashiers, and having sales representatives on hand to answer questions. Most importantly, salespeople should be diplomatic and polite with angry customers.
“Retailers who’re responsive and friendly are more likely to smooth over issues than those who aren’t so friendly.” Said professor Stephen Hoch. “Maybe something as simple as a greeter at the store entrance would help.”
Customers can also improve future shopping experiences by filing complaints to the retailer, instead of complaining to the rest of the world. Retailers are hard-pressed to improve when they have no idea what is wrong.

  1. 1.

    Why are store managers often the last to hear complaints?

    1. A.
      Few customers believe the service will be improved.
    2. B.
      Customers would rather relate their unhappy experiences to people around them.
    3. C.
      Customers have no easy access to store managers.
    4. D.
      Most customers won’t bother to complain even if they have had unhappy experiences.
  2. 2.

    Shop owners often hire moonlighting police as parking attendants so that shoppers         .

    1. A.
      can find their cars easily after shopping
    2. B.
      won’t have trouble parking their cars
    3. C.
      can stay longer browsing in the store
    4. D.
      won’t have any worries about security
  3. 3.

    What contributes most to smoothing over issues with customers?

    1. A.
      Design of the store layout.
    2. B.
      Hiring of efficient employees.
    3. C.
      Manners of the salespeople.
    4. D.
      Huge supply of goods for sale.
  4. 4.

    To achieve better shopping experiences, customers are advised to        .

    1. A.
      voice their dissatisfaction to store managers directly
    2. B.
      shop around and make comparisons between stores
    3. C.
      settle their disputes with stores in a diplomatic way
    4. D.
      put pressure on stores to improve their service

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As the economy begins to recover, salary increases should do the same.
In the past few years, employers have raised workers’ salaries by about 4 percent per year--except for 2009, when the figure dropped to a historically low 2.1 percent, according to a survey of World at Word. About one-third of companies froze raises altogether.
For 2010, World at Work’s survey projects an average salary increase budget of 2.7 percent, a figure that shows the situation has improved but the job market is still weak. Between 10 percent and 15 percent of companies said they would freeze raises--far fewer than in 2009, but still more than in most years.
How can you get a raise? Avalos and others offer the following tips:
* Do your job well. This means producing high-quality work, of course, but also keeping the big picture in mind.
“It really comes down to positioning yourself as a high performer, somebody who is aware of business goals and helps the company meet their goals as an organization”, Avalos said
* Be visible. When times are tough, some workers think. “I’m going to hunker down and hope that nobody notices me, because I don’t want to be on a layoff list,” said Richard Phillips, owner of Advantage Career Solutions. This is a mistake, because you’re unlikely to get a raise if no one knows what you have accomplished. “If anything, what you want to do is be more visible.”
* Make your boss’s life easier. This means everything from having a good attitude to taking on extra tasks. If you don’t know how you can help your boss, ask.
* Ask for a raise. Talk to your boss and present your case: Here’s what I’ve done, here’s how it fits with the company’s goals, and here is why I think it’s worth a salary increase. In some cases, even if your company has an official raise freeze, you can get a raise if you make good case.
If the answer is no -- or if you’re not ready to ask directly -- Phillips suggests asking, “What would you like to see from me that would put me in line for a raise?”
A question like this can improve your standing. “Just asking the question says to the boss, ‘I’m thinking about where I fit in here, what I can do,” Phillips said, “That in and of itself has value.”

  1. 1.

    The passage is mostly from a\an________.

    1. A.
      novel
    2. B.
      science fiction
    3. C.
      magazine
    4. D.
      biography
  2. 2.

    Employers have raised workers’ salaries by about _______percent in 2007.

    1. A.
      4
    2. B.
      2.1
    3. C.
      2.7
    4. D.
      10
  3. 3.

    If you want to get a raise, the most important thing you should keep in your mind is to ______.

    1. A.
      have your job done well
    2. B.
      be visible everywhere as possible as you can
    3. C.
      ask your boss for a raise directly
    4. D.
      change your job
  4. 4.

    All the statements are true except________.

    1. A.
      the situation has improved but the job market is still weak
    2. B.
      salary increases should recover as the economy does
    3. C.
      producing high-quality work will surely help you get a raise
    4. D.
      that in and off an employee makes no difference

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Are you tired of looking for love in all the usual places? Nowadays, millions of lonely singles are now going online instead. The World Wide Web is quickly becoming the world’s most popular matchmaker. With so many singles online, dozens of dating sites like Yahoo Personals and Match.com are helping singles find that special someone. Around the world , from America to China , love is now very much online.
Singles are flocking to the Internet mainly because their busy lifestyles leave them little time to look for a significant other. Using dating sites is quick and convenient They can “meet ”a lot more people online than they could by hanging out at a club. Besides , many singles say the regular dating scene has just led them from one bad experience to another and are ready to try something else . They also appreciate the first distance of online dating, which allows them to hide themselves until they are ready to meet someone face to face. Dating sites also make it easy to avoid someone you are not interested in. In the real world , however , ignoring someone you don’t like can be awkward.
Despite all the advantages , online dating also presents its own set of problems . People aren’t always who they claim to be in their online profiles. For instance , someone who tells you he is “ handsome , successful and single ” might turn out to be homely, unemployed and married . Safety is another concern . You are just as likely to find a criminal online as you are Mr. or Miss Right.
Even so , Supporters of online dating see things in a positive way. In their opinion , singles can safely play the online dating game with a little common sense. Online dating experts recommend following a few safety tips:
Guard your personal information. Never give out your personal information online. This includes your last name, phone number, home address and place of work.
Watch for red flags.  Do any of the people you are chatting with make disrespectful comments ? Do they try to control you ? Do they give false information about themselves? If so , forget them!
Meet in a safe place. when meeting someone in person , choose a public location with other people around .
Following these tips and you might be able to find the person of your dreams.

  1. 1.

    According to the passage, many lonely singles don’t appreciate the regular dating scene because it is _______.

    1. A.
      unpopular      
    2. B.
      troublesome      
    3. C.
      convenient   
    4. D.
      forgettable
  2. 2.

    This passage is mainly about _______.

    1. A.
      getting tired of falling in love in a usual way
    2. B.
      people with false information on the Internet
    3. C.
      new technology to find love through the Internet
    4. D.
      web sites such as Yahoo Personals and Match.com
  3. 3.

    The underlined words in the second paragraph “a significant other” means“_____”.

    1. A.
      a true friend                 
    2. B.
      a matchmaker
    3. C.
      a marriage partner          
    4. D.
      a happy family
  4. 4.

    Which of the following is NOT a suitable place for meeting someone you get to know through the Internet for the first time according to the text?

    1. A.
      At his / her house                     
    2. B.
      At the museum
    3. C.
      At McDonald’s                         
    4. D.
      At the bookstore
  5. 5.

    From this passage , we can infer that ________.

    1. A.
      there are mostly homely and unemployed people online
    2. B.
      the police had better find criminals online
    3. C.
      we can find love only through the dating sites
    4. D.
      following safety tips ensures a safe online dating experience

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Although April did not bring us the rains we all hoped for, and although the Central Valley doesn’t generally experience the sound and lightning that can go with those rains, it’s still important for parents to be able to answer the youthful questions about thunder and lightning.
The reason these two wonders of nature are so difficult for many adults to explain to children is that they are not very well understood by adults themselves. For example, did you know that the lightning we see flashing down to the earth from a cloud is actually flashing up to a cloud from the earth? Our eyes trick us into thinking we see a downward motion when it’s actually the other way around. But then, if we believed only what we think and we see, we’d still insist that the sun rises in the morning and sets at night.
Most lightning flashes take place inside a cloud, and only a relative few can be seen jumping between two clouds or between earth and a cloud. But, with about 2,000 thunderstorms taking place above the earth every minute of the day and night, there’s enough activity to produce about 100 lightning strikes on earth every second.
Parents can use thunder and lightning to help their children learn more about the world around them. When children understand that the light of the lightning flashing reaches their eyes almost at the same moment, but the sound of the thunder takes about 5 seconds to travel just one mile, they can begin to time the interval (間隔) between the flash and the crash to learn how lose they were to the actual spark (閃光).

  1. 1.

    According to the author, in the area of the Central Valley____.

    1. A.
      rains usually come without thunder and lightning.
    2. B.
      it is usually dry in April
    3. C.
      children pay no attention to the two natural wonders.
    4. D.
      parents are not interested in thunder and lightning.
  2. 2.

    We believe that lightning is a downward motion because_______.

    1. A.
      we were taught so by our parents from our childhood.
    2. B.
      we are taken in by our sense of vision.
    3. C.
      it is a common natural sight.
    4. D.
      it is a truth proved by science.
  3. 3.

    What is TRUE about lightning according to the passage?

    1. A.
      Only a small number of lightning flashes occur on earth.
    2. B.
      Lightning flashes usually jump from one cloud to another.
    3. C.
      Lightning travels 5 times faster than thunder.
    4. D.
      There are far more lightning strikes occurring on earth than we can imagine.
  4. 4.

    The underlined word “activity”  is most closely related to the word (s) _____.

    1. A.
      cloud
    2. B.
      lightning strikes
    3. C.
      lightning flashes
    4. D.
      thunderstorms
  5. 5.

    It can be concluded from the passage that _______.

    1. A.
      we should not believe what we see or hear.
    2. B.
      things moving downward are more noticeable.
    3. C.
      people sometimes may have wrong ideas about ordinary phenomena.
    4. D.
      adults are not as good as children in observing certain natural phenomena.

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My wife and I used to feel that it was impossible to be a true friend to someone whose name we didn’t know. How wrong we were! Years of Sunday-morning bus trips through the city with the same group of “nameless” people have changed our thinking. Before the bus takes off, we all join in a conversation: where’s the silent woman who sits up front and never responds to our cheery greetings? Here she comes. Her worn clothing suggests she doesn’t have much money to spare, but she always takes an extra cup of coffee for the driver.
We get smiles from a Mexican couple as they get on the bus hand in hand. When they get off, they’re still holding hands. The woman was pregnant late last year, and one day her change of shape confirmed that she’d delivered the child. We even felt a little pride at the thought of our extended family.
For many months, our only sadness lay in our inability to establish the same friendship with the silent woman at the front of the bus. Then, one evening, we went to a fish restaurant. We were shown to a table alongside someone sitting alone. It was the woman from the bus.
We greeted her with friendly familiarity we’d shown all year, but this time her face softened, then a shy smile. When she spoke, the words escaped awkwardly from her lips. All at once we realized why she hadn’t spoken to us before. Talking was hard for her.
Over dinner; we learned the stay of a single mother with a disabled son who was receiving special care away from home. She missed him desperately, she explained.
“I love him… and he loves me, even though he doesn’t express it very well,” she murmured. “Lots of us have that problem, don’t we? We don’t say what we want to say, what we should be saying. And that’s not good enough.”The candles flared on our tables. Our fish had never tasted better. But the atmosphere grew pleasant, and when we parted as friends—we shared names.

  1. 1.

    Which of the following might be the best title of this passage?

    1. A.
      Friends of the Road
    2. B.
      The Silent Woman on the Bus
    3. C.
      Going to Work by Bus
    4. D.
      Different Kinds of Friendship
  2. 2.

    All the following statements can describe the woman except ______.

    1. A.
      poor
    2. B.
      warm -hearted
    3. C.
      silent
    4. D.
      cold
  3. 3.

    The underlined word “establish” in the third paragraph probably has the same      meaning as              

    1. A.
      keep
    2. B.
      discover
    3. C.
      set up
    4. D.
      accept
  4. 4.

    Why did the woman usually keep silence while taking the bus?

    1. A.
      She was worried about her disabled son.
    2. B.
      She was sad to see the happy Mexican couple us a single mother.
    3. C.
      She had difficulty in expressing herself.
    4. D.
      She was only interested in the bus driver.
  5. 5.

    The woman had the same problem with her son in the way that ______.

    1. A.
      they both disabled people
    2. B.
      they both had some difficulty in expressing
    3. C.
      they both liked bus travel
    4. D.
      they both brought interest to the passengers

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The World Health Organization says obesity rates are rising in Pacific island countries. So, too, are health problems linked to being overweight.
The WHO says a major reason for the rising obesity rates is an increase in imported foods. It says many Pacific islanders have replaced their traditional diets of vegetables and fruits with imported processed foods.
Dr.Temu Waqanivalu is with the World Health Organization’s South Pacific office in Suva, Fiji.He says many of the imported products lack nutritional value.
Temu Waqanivalu said: “In some of the places, you’d be amazed to see how a bottle of Coke is cheaper than a bottle of water. I think that represents the kind of off­environment we’ve created that doesn’t really encourage or make lifestyle choices an easy choice for the population.”
And a lack of physical activity among many Pacific islanders only adds to the obesity problem.
The WHO says more than 50 percent of the population is overweight in at least ten Pacific island countries. The rate is as high as 80 percent among women in the territory（領(lǐng)地）of American Samoa. Fiji had the lowest obesity rate at 30 percent.
In all, almost ten million people live in Pacific island countries. The WHO estimates that about 40 percent of them have health disorders related to diet and nutrition.
Diabetes（糖尿�。﹔ates are among the highest in the world. Forty-seven percent of the people in American Samoa have diabetes. So do 44 percent of the people in Tokelau, a territory of New Zealand.
By comparison, the diabetes rate is 13 percent in the United States, a country that has its own problems with rising obesity.
Officials also note an increase in nutritional problems like anemia and not enough vitamin A in the diets of Pacific islanders. Dr. Waqanivalu says treating conditions related to obesity and diet puts pressure on limited health resources and budgets.

  1. 1.

    The main reason why obesity rates are rising in many Pacific islanders is ________.

    1. A.
      the change of society
    2. B.
      the change of eating habits
    3. C.
      the change of life style
    4. D.
      lack of exercise
  2. 2.

    Imported products lack nutritional value but people love to buy them because they are ________.

    1. A.
      cheap
    2. B.
      popular
    3. C.
      tasty
    4. D.
      convenient to get
  3. 3.

    How many people living in Pacific island countries have health disorders?

    1. A.
      1 million.
    2. B.
      4 million.
    3. C.
      6 million.
    4. D.
      10 million.
  4. 4.

    The percentage of diabetes rates in American Samoa is ________.

    1. A.
      optimistic
    2. B.
      steady
    3. C.
      worrying
    4. D.
      low

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Women are now as likely to use the Internet as men—about two-thirds of both genders, yet a new study shows that gaps remain in what each sex does online.
American men who go online are more likely than women to check the weather, the news, sports, political and financial information, the Pew Internet and American Life Project reported Wednesday. They are also more likely to use the Internet to download music and software and to take a class.
Online women, meanwhile, are bigger users of e-mail, and they are also more likely to go online for religious information and support for health or personal problems.
“For men, it’s just, ‘give me the facts,’” said Deborah Fallows, who wrote the report based on six years of Pew surveys, “For women, its ‘Let’s talk about this. Are you worried about this problem?’ It’s keeping in touch and connecting with people in a richer way.”
About two- thirds of the 6,403 adults surveyed by Pew during 2005 said they use the Internet. By gender, it was 68%of the male respondents, and 66%of the female participants---a statistically insignificant(不重要的)difference given the study’s margin of sampling error of plus or minus 2%points. In 2002, by contrast, the gap was slightly larger: 61%vs. 57%.
The surveys find that for many activities, such as getting travel information or looking up a phone number, men and women are equally likely to use the Internet.

  1. 1.

    According to the passage, which of the following is not what American men who go online do?

    1. A.
      Checking the weather and the news.
    2. B.
      Searching for religious information.
    3. C.
      Downloading some music.
    4. D.
      Taking a class.
  2. 2.

    What is the probable meaning of the sentence “gaps remain in what each sex does online”?

    1. A.
      There are some difference between men and women in the US.
    2. B.
      There is a slight difference between the numbers of men and women online in the US.
    3. C.
      Men and women in the US have difference tastes about what they do online.
    4. D.
      Men and women in the US have difference way of surfing the Internet.
  3. 3.

    Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

    1. A.
      A small part of women in the US go on line today.
    2. B.
      Women in the US going on line are only concerned with personal problems.
    3. C.
      Men are still more likely to use the Internet than women.
    4. D.
      The gap between both sexes going online in 2002 was slightly larger than that in 2005.
  4. 4.

    What’s the author’s purpose of writing the article?

    1. A.
      To tell us the different aims of men and women in the US who go online.
    2. B.
      To show why men and women are equally likely to use the Internet.
    3. C.
      To teach us how to surf the Internet.
    4. D.
      To offer us some information of both sexes’ going online in the US.

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Violin prodigies（神童）, I learned, have come in distinct waves from distinct regions. Most of the great performers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries were born and brought up in Russia and Eastern Europe. I asked Isaac Stern, one of the world’s greatest violinists, the reason for this phenomenon. “It’s very clear, “he told me. “They were all Jews and Jews at the time were severely oppressed and ill-treated in that part of the world. They were not allowed into the professional fields, but they were allowed to achieve excellence on a concert stage.” As a result, every Jewish parent’s dream was to have a child in the music school because it was a passport to the West.
Another element in the emergence of prodigies, I found, is a society that values excellence in a certain field and is able to nurture (培育) talent. Nowadays the most nurturing societies seem to be in the Far East. “In Japan, a most competitive society with stronger discipline than ours,” says Isaac Stern, “children are ready to test their limits every day in many fields, including music. When Western music came to Japan after World War II, that music not only became part of their daily lives, but it became a discipline as well.” The Koreans and Chinese, as we know, are just as highly motivated as the Japanese.
That’s a good thing, because even prodigies must work hard. Next to hard work, biological inheritance plays an important role in the making of a prodigy. J. S. Bach, for example, was the top of several generations of musicians, and four of his sons had significant careers in music.

  1. 1.

    Jewish parents in Eastern Europe longed for their children to attend music school because ______.   

    1. A.
      it would allow them access to a better life in the West
    2. B.
      Jewish children are born with excellent musical talent
    3. C.
      they wanted their children to enter into the professional fields
    4. D.
      it would enable the family to get better treatment in their own country
  2. 2.

    Nurturing societies as mentioned in the passage refer to societies that ______.

    1. A.
      enforce strong discipline on students who want to achieve excellence
    2. B.
      treasure talent and provide opportunities for its full development
    3. C.
      encourage people to compete with each other
    4. D.
      promise talented children high positions
  3. 3.

    Japan is described in the passage as a country that attaches importance to ______.

    1. A.
      all-rounded development
    2. B.
      the learning of Western music
    3. C.
      strict training of children
    4. D.
      variety in academic studies
  4. 4.

    Which of the following contributes to the emergence of musical prodigies according to the passage?

    1. A.
      A natural gift.
    2. B.
      Extensive knowledge of music.
    3. C.
      Very early training.
    4. D.
      A prejudice-free society.

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