By the time he was 12, Edison _______ to make a living by himself.A.would beginB.has be

He ___（1)___（stand) for a long time before he got the tickets.

Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilities to make life difficult. If a child has good parents, he is fed, looked after and loved, what he may do, It is __1__improbable that he will ever again in his life be given so much without having to do anything in turn.

other men have achieved. An American university president once commented that Einstein had created a new outlook, a new view of the universe. It may be some time before the average mind understands fully the identity of time and space and so on-but even ordinary men understand now that the universe is something larger than ever thought before. By 1914 the young Einstein had gained world fame. He accepted the offer to become a professor at the Prussian Academy of Science in Berlin. He had few duties, little teaching and unlimited opportunities for study, but soon his peace and quiet were broken by the First World War.Einstein hated violence. The misery of war affected him deeply, and he sat unhappily in his office doing little. He lost interest in his research. Only when peace came in 1918 was he able to get back to work. In the years following World War I honors were increasingly heaped on him. He became the head of the Kaiser Whihem Institute of Theoretical Physics. In 1921 he won the Noble Prize, and he was honored in Germany until the rise of Nazism when he was driven from Germany because he was a Jew.(1)、The main idea of Paragraph 1 is the change in human thought produced by Einstein.()

temper mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener by constant use. For a long while he used to perpetual club of the sages, philosophers, and other idle personages of the village.

Questions:

1) Please identify the author and the title of the work.

2) What's the meaning of this passage？

en Blare. I’m working with the United Produce Corporation, and I’m calling to see if there would be opportunities for our 1 2 , and I don’t know whom I should talk to. Ben: Sure. Our company handles the export of animal by-products. We have been 3 4 5 for years and have good reputation on the market. Sara: I see. If you agree, I shall arrange an 6 for you with Alan Wood, the assistant to the manager. He is responsible for this kind of business. Sara: He will be here tomorrow morning. Does the time 7 8 （）

Take jealousy for example. Remember that time your partner spent so (1) extra time with that tall blonde at your best friend’s party？ When you mentioned it, he got angry and yelled: ―You’re always so jealous! You have to learn to trust me. He made you feel so foolish —like an insecure little girl- and you vowed you (2) jealous again.

It doesn’t work that way. Jealousy isonly a symptom, and trust isn’t the issue. Fear is. (3) you figure out what you’re afraid of, you’ll find yourself on that merry-go-round again and again. So sit down and (4) why you feel so fearful about the attentions your significant someone shines on someone else.

Some fears are obvious. Will he find someone else more attractive？ If he finds (5) more attractive, will he leave you？ If he leaves you, what will you do？ We stay in unhappy or destructive relationships and jobs for far longer than is emotionally healthy (6) we fear change. And we don’t trust ourselves to (7) the right decisions.

Goleman says (8) literate people have learned how to express their emotions at the right time and place and in the right way. They’re also aware (9) how their emotions affect others, keeping the (10) on cooperation instead of competition or compliance.

(1) A、many

B、much

C、few

D、little

(2)A、will be

B、will never be

C、would be

D、would never be

(3)A、Until

B、Before

C、Unless

D、Then

(4)A、analyze

B、analyzing

C、analyzed

D、analysis

(5)A、anyone

B、everyone

C、someone

D、no one

(6)A、when

B、where

C、because

D、after

(7)A、do

B、make

C、take

D、plan

(8)A、emotion

B、emotional

C、emotionaly

D、emotionally

(9)A、to

B、on

C、in

D、of

(10)A、focus

B、point

C、spot

D、dot

o see if there would be opportunities for our 1 2 , and I don’t know whom I should talk to. Ben: Sure. Our company handles the export of animal by-products. We have been 3 4 5 for years and have good reputation on the market. Sara: I see. If you agree, I shall arrange an 6 for you with Alan Wood, the assistant to the manager. He is responsible for this kind of business. Sara: He will be here tomorrow morning. Does the time 7 8 ？

Dear Vicky,

I live in Aberdeen,in the north of Scotland. My family live in Cornwall,at the other end

of the country. My parents are getting old now, and 1 really want to go and see them thisChristmas. The problem is my boss. He only gives us 2 days' holiday at Christmas. It' 500miles to go from Aberdeen to Cornwa11 and then 500 miles back again,and 1'11 be exhausted(筋疲力尽) when 1 get back. 1 want to ask for more time off, but 1 don' t get on very we11with my boss. A few months ago,he walked into the room and heard some of us saying rudethíngs about him. Since then the atmosphere (气氛) has been very difficult.

Anxious in Aberdeen

Dear Anxious in Aberäeen,

lt' s obvious to me that you need to rebuild your relationship with .your boss. You havehurt his feelings, and now that you need something from him. You have realized what youhave done. There is only one thing to do: it' s time you apologized. l' m sure your boss will berelieved (宽慰的).If you explain why you need the time off, he wiU probably be lÍlore thanhappy to let you go. Good luck!

Vicky

31. The letter-writer wants to _______________ at Christmas.

A. have a long holiday abroad

B. change his job

C. visit his parents who live quite far away

32. The letter-writer will travel____________miles to go to and come back from Cornwall.

A.500 B. 1000

C. 1500

33. The letter-writer doesn't get on we11 with his boss because ______________

A. his boss is a very rude person

B. the letter-writer doesn' t like the atmosphere at work

C. his boss heard the letter-writer and others say very bad things about him

34. Vicky advises the letter-writer to______________

A. make his boss feel sorry about what happened

B. have a good relationship with his boss

C. apologize to his boss for what he has done

35. Vickythinks the letter-writer' s boss will____________after he hears the explanation.

A. be very happy to give the letter-writer a longer holiday

B. not be happy to let the letter-writer go

C. probably give the letter-writer a raise

Frank knew he was very ill. He spent days walking, (1 ) as far as thirty miles (2 ) a day, trying to reason with the pain, and strange thoughts in his mind. Then, one night, he made up his (3 ) that he would go to the hospital and ask them to admit him. He reported to out-patients and asked to see a psychiatrist.A junior doctor eventually examined him and (4 ) to Frank's confused account of having been in hospital before, of how he thought he ought to (5 ) again because he was so confused and knew something was very wrong with him. The doctor did not admit him. Frank cannot (6 ) whether he was told that the hospital was full or that they simply did not believe him. "I felt I was completely alone. I thought there was (7 ) there to help." So Frank went back on to the streets to find a future of sleeping outside, the occasional shelter in hospitals, and sometimes prison (8 ) he was picked up for being drunk: drunk because it was the (9 ) way he could forget his condition. Frank had sought help and been turned away. Thousands of others (10 ) him can find no help either. They are the sufferers from long-term mental illness that confuse the minds of their victims.

(1).A、sometimes

B、sometime

C、some time

D、time

(2).A、for

B、at

C、on

D、in

(3).A、head

B、brain

C、mind

D、heart

(4).A、listened

B、heard

C、talked

D、took

(5).A、be admitted

B、admit

C、be admitting

D、have been admitted

(6).A、remind

B、remember

C、recall

D、forget

(7).A、somebody

B、anybody

C、nobody

D、everybody

(8).A、whenever

B、where

C、that

D、why

(9).A、only

B、one

C、bad

D、first

(10).A、as

B、some

C、alike

D、like

a chief accountant, and he worked really long hours. People used to say that he was a workaholic. When he came home, he was always tired and this used to make him irritable. He didn't use to be sociable at all. He used to spend a lot of time alone working in the garden. I used to be frightened of him as a child. He used to shout at us all the time. Then, suddenly he became ill, and then the doctors told him he had to give up work. He changed almost overnight. His attitude to lots of things changed. He relaxed and spent time with his grandchildren. When he died, I think he was a really happy, relaxed man.

(1). My grandfather used to ().

A、drink a lot

B、work very hard

C、be the manager

(2). He was () when he came home.

A、 very pleasant

B、excited

C、easy to get angry

(3). When I was a child, I ().

A、 liked him very much

B、I hated him

C、was afraid of him

(4). Doctors asked him to ()after he had a stroke.

A、 stop working

B、change his attitude

C、work less

(5). When he died, he ().

A、 was feeling worried

B、was irritable

C、was a happy man