At the age of 16, Einstein was always busy playing with a group of mischievous (顽皮捣蛋的) kids. He failed his final exam.

One morning, when Einstein was about to go fishing with his friends, his father stopped him and said calmly, "Einstein, you enjoyed playing all day so that you failed your exam. I'm worried about your future."

"What are you worrying about? Jack and Robert also failed, but don't they still get to go fishing?"

"My boy, you can't think like that." his dad said. "There is a fable (寓言故事) that people tell in our hometown, Listen to it now."

"There were two cats playing on the roof (屋顶). One cat carelessly fell down the chimney (烟囱) while holding the other cat. When the two cats climbed out of the chimney, one of the cats had soot (烟灰) on his face, while the other cat's face was clean. Seeing the root – faced cat, the clean cat thought its face must be dirty, so it quickly ran to the riverside and washed its face. The soot- faced cat saw the clean-faced cat and thought its face was also clean, so it just walked on the street proudly as usual."

"Einstein, no one can be you 'mirror (镜子)'. You have to think for yourself. If you just follow others, you will never learn."

Hearing this, Einstein walked back to his room. He decided to study instead of caring about what his friends were doing. This allowed him to be successful.

1.Einstein spent too much time________.

A.developing his hobby B.fishing with his father

C.playing with other kids D.preparing for his final exam

2.How did Einstein's father feel about his future?

A.Proud B.Hopeful C.Disappointed D.Worried

3.What do we know about the cats in the fable?

A.The clean cat was too careless.

B.Both cats made wrong decisions.

C.Both cats had to think for themselves.

D.The soot-faced cat should ask for others' advice.

4.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A.Doing the right thing B.Reach out and help others

C.It's never too late to learn D.Don't just do what others do

To become a doctor in the United States, students usually attend four years of medical school after they complete college. Then these young doctors work in hospitals for several years to complete a training program called a residency(住院医生实习期).

These medical residents provide hospitals with needed services in return for not much pay. They work under the supervision(管理)of medical professors and more experienced doctors. Medical residents treat patients. They carry out tests. They perform operations. They complete records. In hospitals with few nurses, residents also do work formerly done by nurses. Some medical residents work one-hundred or more hours in a single week.

They often work for more than thirty-six hours at a time before they can rest.

Critics(批评家)of this system say medical residents work too long and do not get enough rest. They say these young doctors may be too tired to perform their medical duties effectively. Now, the government will limit the number of hours of work that residents can work. Most doctors in training will be limited to eighty-four hours of work each week. They will have work periods of no more than twenty-four hours at one time. They will have ten hours of rest between work periods.

Medical residents will have one day each week when they do not have to work. Any work they accept outside their hospitals will be limited. Experienced doctors and medical professors will closely supervise the residents to make sure they are not too tired to work.

Many medical residents welcomed the work limits. Others, however, said the new policy may interfere with patient care and their own medical education.

1.If a first-year college student in America wants to be a doctor, he has to wait for ________.

A.4 years B.8 years C.at least 10 years D.more than 20 years

2.Medical residents are not responsible for________.

A.supervising students B.treating patients

C.carrying patients D.doing operations

3.The underlined sentence in the second paragraph means that they have to________.

A.work 36 hours every week B.rest for 36 hours before they can go to work

C.work continuously for 36 hours D.take a rest every 36 hours

4.Why does the government limit the number of hours that residents work?

A.Medical residents get too much money.

B.Medical residents should go back to school to study.

C.There are not enough work for nurses.

D.Medical residents may make mistakes if they work too long.

5.The underlined word "Others" in the last paragraph refers to________.

A.some critics B.some medical professors

C.some experienced doctors D.some medical residents

On Friday, 7 June, an Italian Airlines flight was ready to leave Rome for Tokyo in Japan. All the passengers were on the plane. The departure time was 21:00. The seatbelt signs were turned on, so passengers were not allowed to stand up and had to stay in their seats. Then something unusual happened.

A woman decided that she had to go to the toilet. So she got up and walked to the back of the plane. The toilet door was clearly marked ‘TOILET’, but the woman opened a door next to the toilet. This door was the emergency exit and, when she opened it, the evacuation slide (逃生滑梯) opened. Because of this, the plane was not able to take off.

All the passengers had to leave the plane. When the evacuation slide has opened, there are two possibilities. Workers can change the slide at the airport, but the flight will be delayed for a long time. Or the plane can take off without an evacuation slide and replace it when it has landed, but the number of passengers on the plane must be smaller for safety reasons.

Thirty-eight passengers had to stay at a hotel at the Airport and take another flight the next day. The other passengers got back on the plane, and it finally took off at 05:10 on Saturday morning. It arrived in Tokyo at 14:10. Some passengers found that their luggage was still in Italy. But perhaps they were lucky …

1.What city was the Italian Airlines flight ready to fly to?

2.Passengers on the plane were allowed to stand up and walk about, weren’t they?

3.Why was the flight delayed?

4.In what situation can the plane take off without the evacuation slide?

5.How long did it take the plane to get to the destination?

6.Do you think the passengers on the plane lucky or unlucky? Why?

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