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Doctor Ben Carson grew up in a poor single parent household in Detroit. His mother, who had only a third-grade education, worked two jobs cleaning bathrooms. To his classmates and even to his teachers, he was thought of as the dumbest kid in the class, according to his own not so fond memories. He had a terrible temper, and once threatened to kill another child. Doctor Carson was headed down a path of self-destruction until a critical moment in his youth. His mother, convinced that she had to do something dramatic to prevent him from leading a life of failure, laid down some rules. He could not watch television except for two programs a week, could not play with his friends after school until he finished his homework, and had to read two books a week and write book reports about them. His mother’s strategy worked. “Of course, I didn’t know she couldn’t read, so there I was submitting these reports.” He said. “She would put check marks on them like she had been reading them. As I began to read about scientists, economists and philosophers, I started imaging myself in their shoes. As he got in the habit of hard work, his grades began to soar. Ultimately, he received a scholarship to attend Yale University. And later, he was admitted to the University of Michigan Medical School. He is now a leading surgeon at John’s Hopkins Medical School, and he’s also the author of three books.

Q: What do we learn about Ben Carson？

A.He had only a third-grade education.

B.He once threatened to kill his teacher.

C.He grew up in a poor single-parent household.

D.He often helped his.

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submitting these reports。” he said。 She would put check marks on them like she had been reading them。 As I began to read about scientists，economists and philosophers。 I started imaging myself in their shoes。 As he got into the hobbit of hard work， his grade began to soar。 Ultimately he received a scholarship to attending Yale

University， and later he was admitted to the University of Michigan Medical School。

He is now a leading surgeon at Johns Hopkins Medical School and he is also the author of the three books。

Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you’ve just heard。

Q23 What do we learn about Ben Carsen ？

Q24 What did Ben Caren’s classmates and teachers think of him whenhe was first at school？

Q25 What did Ben Carsen’s mother tell him to do when he was a school boy？

A.A.his car repairs cost too much

B.B.the car repair class was not helpful

C.C.he could not possibly do two jobs

D.D.he had to raise the children all by himself

vern the scheduled completion of the task, but it cannot govern the actual completion. An omelette（煎鸡蛋）, promised in two minutes, may appear to be progressing nicely. But when it has not set in two minutes, the customer has two choices—waits or eats it raw. Software customers have had （71） choices.

Now I do not think software （72） have less inherent courage and firmness than chefs, nor than other engineering managers. But false （73） to match the patron's desired date is much more common in our discipline than elsewhere in engineering. It is very （74） to make a vigorous, plausible, and job risking defense of an estimate that is derived by no quantitative method, supported by little data, and certified chiefly by the hunches of the managers.

Clearly two solutions are needed. We need to develop and publicize productivity figures, bug-incidence figures, estimating rules, and so on. The whole profession can only profit from （75） such data. Until estimating is on a sounder basis, individual managers will need to stiffen their backbones and defend their estimates with the assurance that their poor hunches are better than wish derived estimates.

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C. other D. lots of

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A.testers B. constructors

C. managers D. architects

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A. tasks B. jobs

C. works D. scheduling

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A. easy B. difficult

C. simple D. painless

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A. sharing B. excluding

C. omitting D. ignoring

Can ballet change Lives？

21.____Last night I was worried,very worried. I had the job of going to watch amateur ballet dancers performing on stage with one of the UK's top professional ballet companies. A performance like this seemed very risky and! asked myself, 'Are they mad？'Before I tell you the answer,I'll tell you why I had such big doubts.

22.____The idea of mixing amateur and professional dancers started a couple of years ago when two friends with very different jobs found a way of working together. One of the men had created an award-winning TV series. Musicality ,in which amateurs trained to perform. in the musical Chicago. The other man runs a charity called Youth at Risk which works with young people who have serious problems with aggression and antisocial behaviour. Although it was a risk, the two men thought they could make a TV programme in which ballet changed the lives of young people with problems.

23.____Their idea was this: if the young people could accept the strict discipline and challenge of ballet training,it would build their self-esteem and give them new confidence in themselves. The first step was to find suitable teenagers to take part and they asked teachers and youth workers already working professionally with young people at risk, to find candidates for the project. Through them 300 young people joined the programme and although about half dropped out,in the end sixty teenagers appeared on stage in the public performance.

24.____The ballet they chose was Sergei Prokofie's Romeo and Juliet ,choreographed by Sir Kenneth MacMillan. The story of Romeo and Juliet includes family conflict, the generation gap ,gangs, murder ,young love and teenage suicide so it is the perfect mirror for the lives of troubled young people in today's society.

25.____Going back to my original question: 'Are they mad？' The answer is definitely ‘no’. As soon as the ballet started, my worries disappeared. It was amazing how these unlikely dancers were magically transformed into their characters. At the end of the evening I was left with this thought: 'ballet can change lives'. It is a dancing cure, not a talking cure; it is silent so it stops arguments.

A. Why I love going to the ballet

B. Where the idea came from

C. Why I was worried

D. Romeo and Juliet is the perfect choice

E. A new star is born in Chicago

F. How they found the young people

G. My final thoughts

H. A dancer's life

A.getting up ;study

B.waking up; study

C.waking up ; tostudy

D.getting up ;to study

A.had started

B.started

C.have started

D.was startin

vern the scheduled completion of the task, but it cannot govern the actual completion.

An omelette（煎鸡蛋）, promised in two minutes, may appear to be progressing nicely. But when it has not set in two minutes, the customer has two choices—waits or eats it raw.

Software customers have had （71） choices.

Now I do not think software （72） have less inherent courage and firmness thanchefs, nor than other engineering managers. But false （73） to match the patron's desired date is much more common in our discipline than elsewhere in engineering. It is very（74）to make a vigorous, plausible, and job risking defense of an estimate that is derived by no quantitative method, supported by little data, and certified chiefly by the hunches of the managers.

Clearly two solutions are needed. We need to develop and publicize productivity figures, bug-incidence figures, estimating rules, and so on. The whole profession can only profit from （75） such data. Until estimating is on a sounder basis, individual managers will need to stiffen their backbones and defend their estimates with the assurance that their poor hunches are better than wish derived estimates.

（71）

A. no

B. the same

C. other

D. lots of

（72）

A.testers

B. constructors

C. managers

D. architects

（73）

A. tasks

B. jobs

C. works

D. scheduling

（74）

A. easy

B. difficult

C. simple

D. painless

（75）A. sharing B. excluding C. omitting D. ignoring

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1.I did not see the other car at the time because it was outside my field of_____.

2.Do you think a beautiful face is an_____or not for a woman？

3.Fever is an ______ of many illnesses.

4.The basketball player had _______ sat down before the reporters started firing questions at him.

5.Their old house had been large and spacious;by ______ the new flat seemed small and dark.

6.Every type of plant, with no ______,contains some kind of salt.

7.Parents should pay more attention to their children during their _____ years.

8.Joey came close to_____ after six months of unemployment.

9.I’m tried of being treated like a slave. I’ll_____ immediately.

10.Many of these problems had their ______ in the upper levels of administration.

11.Jonathan’s great grandfather left Ireland for the United States,which was believed to be a land of ____.

12.It’s interesting that some famous modern Chinese writers used to be students of______.

13.Maggie is no _____ woman.She has supported over a hundred children through school by working two jobs at the same time.

14.They _____ to herd Mr.Simpson’s sheep in the mountains the whole summer.

Passage Three

Be careful of those who use the truth to deceive (欺骗). When someone tells you something that is true, but leaves out important information that should be included, he can create a false impression. For example, someone might say, "I just won a hundred dollars on the lottery (抽彩给奖法). It was great. I took that dollar ticket back to the store and turned it in for one hundred dollars!" This guy's a winner, right？ Maybe, maybe not. We then discover that he bought two hundred tickets, and only one was a winner. He's really a big loser! He didn't say anything that was false, but he omitted important information on purpose. That's called a half-truth. Half-truths are not technically lies, but they are just as dishonest.

Dishonest politicians often use this method. Let's say that during Governor Smith's last term, her state lost one million jobs and gained three million jobs. Then she seeks another term. One of the politicians opposing her runs an ad saying, "During Governor Smith's term, the state lost one million jobs!" That's true. However an honest statement would have been, "During Governor Smith's term, the state had a net gain of two million jobs."

Advertisers will sometimes use half-truths. It's against the law to make false claims, so they try to mislead you with the truth. An ad might claim, "Nine out of ten doctors recommend Yucky Pills to cure nose pimples (丘疹)." It fails to mention that they only asked ten doctors and nine of them work for the Yucky Company.

This kind of deception happens too often. It's a sad fact of life. Lies are lies, and sometimes the truth can lie as well.

What does the writer want to tell us with the example of the lottery winner？

A．People lose a lot of money in buying lottery tickets.

B．Lottery makes its buyers dishonest.

C．He was lucky to win the lottery.

D．He did not tell the whole truth.