"BANG !" the door caused a reverberation(回声). It was just standing there, with father standing on one side, and I on the other side.

    We were both in great anger. "Never set foot in this house again!" stormed father. With tears  welling up in my eyes, I rushed out of the flat and ran along the street.

    The street lights were shining, causing rather sad feelings. I walked aimlessly.

    A young father who held a child in his arms walked past me. I felt as if I saw my childhood from another space: happy and carefree.

    But now ... I don't know whether it is because I have grown up or because dad is getting old.  We differ in our ways of thinking. He always puts his opinions of behavior on me. Whenever I do something wrong, he never turns a blind eye to it. We are just like two people coming from two different worlds. It feels like there is an iron door between us that can never be opened.

    I walked aimlessly on the streets, without an exact place in mind. My heart was frozen on this hot summer night. As I walked on there were fewer and fewer people on the streets, until I had only the street lights to be with me. When I finally reached the high-rise apartment block in which I lived.

    I saw that all the lights were off except the father's.

    I thought to myself: "Is father waiting for me, or is he still angry with me?" "Am I wrong?" I whispered, maybe... With the key in hand, I was as nervous as I had ever been. At last, I decided to open the door. As soon as I opened the door tears ran down my cheeks. I suddenly realized that there was no iron door between us at all. Love - it's second to none.

1.Decide which is the best order of the following according to what happened in the passage.

a. I opened the door and father was waiting for me.

b. I had a quarrel with my father.

c. I walked about in the street without any aim.

d. I returned to my house and saw it was still brightly lit.

e. Sadly I ran out into the street.

A. b, e, d, c, a    B. b, e, c, d, a    C. b, e, a, c, d    D. b, e, c, a, d

2.What made the writer think of his childhood?

A. The sight of the street lights.                        

B. The sight of the empty street.

C. The sight of a father with a child in his arms.   

D. The sight of light in his own house.

3.What conclusion can you come to after reading the passage?

A. The father treats his son in an unfair way.   

B. The father is actually kind to his son.

C. The father is neither kind nor cruel to his son.   

D. The father is always finding fault with his son.

 

“Would you tell me which way I should go from here?” asked Alice.

“That depends a good deal on where you want to get,” said the Cat.

“I really don’t care where” replied Alice.

“Then it doesn’t much matter which way you go,” said the Cat.

--- from “ Alice in Wonderland ”

My name is David. And I have a brother called Mike.

One day, my brother called me and asked me for some advice. He was trying to decide between two job offers:

Job 1 – The first job was your typical 40 hour a week “office” job.

Job 2 – The second job was more of a career in the insurance industry(保险业), where he would start at the bottom, and after many years and many long hours eventually rise to the top (if he was good).

The second job did not pay as well as the first job (at the beginning), but the pay-off of the second job (in the future) was much greater than the first job. So which job should my brother take? Well the answer is…it depends.

Just like the Cat was trying to tell Alice, which road you take depends a great deal on where you want to end up.

Begin with the End in Mind

I asked my brother what was his life’s purpose. He said his purpose was to “teach,” but he wanted to make a lot of money first. I told my brother to forget about the money, and I advised him to focus on his purpose. I then asked him which job best supported his end result of “teaching.” He said the first job best supported his goal because he would only have to work 40 hours a week, which would give him spare time to teach. He continued on to say, “but if I take job number two, I can work hard and make more money, then I can retire early and “teach” later in life.” I again advised him to “focus” on his purpose, not money. Things don’t end wrong, they begin wrong!

You Can’t Ride Two Horses Well

It would be very difficult to have a successful teaching career while you’re working 70-80 hours a week in the insurance business; no one can ride two horses well. As they say, you can do anything, but not everything. I advised him to get started today by choosing the job that best supported that decision.

Tomorrow Never Comes

My brother was thinking that he could always start teaching later in life, but the reality is, tomorrow never comes. Unless you decide right now to follow your feelings, they will probably never be completed. You only live once, don’t go to the end of your life with one regret.

The Money Will Come

My brother seemed to be overly concerned with making money. I told him not to be anxious about making money. You will always have greater money when you’re doing what you love.

In a word, whenever you’re at a cross-road, be sure to make the decision that best supports the goal of your life. If you do, then you will be well on your way.

1.Mike ___________ David one day.

A.visited            B.met              C.made a telephone call to   D.found

2.Mike was trying to ____________.

A.look for a job                          B.start a career

C.wok in an office                         D.decide between two job offers

3.As for the life’s purpose, Mike ______________.

A.wanted to teach first                     B.wanted to make a lot of money first

C.wanted to work in the insurance industry     D.wanted to work 40 hours a day

4.You Can’t Ride Two Horses Well means _____________.

A.you’d better have two horses

B.you can only ride one horse well

C.you can do everything well.

D.you can’t do two things well at the same time

5.The best title of the passage is ______________.

A.How to choose a better job

B.It is more important to begin than to end

C.How to make a better decision

D.Make more money because tomorrow never comes

 

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