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We can not live a modern life without traveling. The fastest way of traveling is by air. With a plane one can travel in one day to places which it took a month or more to get to a hundred years ago. 
Traveling by train is slower than by plane, but one can see the country he is traveling through. 
Modern trains have comfortable seats and dinning-cars. They make even the longest journey enjoyable.
Some people prefer to travel by sea when possible. There are large luxury liners or river boats.They are not as fast as trains or planes, but traveling by sea is a very pleasant way to spend a holiday.
Many people like to travel by car. They can make their own timetable. They can travel hundreds of miles a day, just as their wish. They can stop wherever they want to see something interesting or to enjoy a good meal at a good restaurant, or to spend the night at a hotel. That is why people choose traveling by car for pleasant trips, while they usually take trains or planes for business

  1. 1.

    According to the passage, the fastest way of traveling is _______

    1. A.
      bycar
    2. B.
      bytrain
    3. C.
      byplane
    4. D.
      bysea
  2. 2.

    If we travel by car, we can _________

    1. A.
      enjoythelongestjourney
    2. B.
      travelonlyfiftymilesaday
    3. C.
      makeourowntimetable
    4. D.
      traveltoaveryfarplaceinafewminutes
  3. 3.

    When people travel on business, they usually take _________

    1. A.
      aboatoratrain
    2. B.
      acaroratrain
    3. C.
      aplaneoracar
    4. D.
      atrainoraplane
  4. 4.

    _______ have comfortable seats and dinning-cars

    1. A.
      Cars
    2. B.
      Moderntrains
    3. C.
      Planes
    4. D.
      Buses
  5. 5.

    If possible, people like traveling by sea because  _______

    1. A.
      itisasfastastrainsandplanes
    2. B.
      itisapleasantwaytospendaholiday
    3. C.
      itisverycheap
    4. D.
      itcanstopwherevertheylike

“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever things weren’t going my way. “Don’t worry, one day your luck will change.”
Mother was right, as I discovered after I had finished my college education. I had decided to try for a job in radio. One day, I wanted to host(主持) a sports program. I went to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station. But I got turned down every time.
In one station, a kind lady said my problem was that I hadn’t got enough experience. “ Get some work with a small station and work your way up,” she said.
I went back home. I couldn’t get a job there, either. Then my dad told me a businessman had opened a store and needed someone to help him. But again, I didn’t get the job.
I felt really down. “ Your luck will change,” Mom said to me. Dad lent me the car to help me to look for my job. I tried another radio station in Iowa. But the owner, a nice man, told me he had already had someone.
As I left his office, I asked, “How can someone be a sports announcer(播音员) if he can’t get a job in a radio station?”
I was waiting for the lift when I heard the man call. “ What did you mean? Do you know anything about football?” He put me in front of a microphone and asked me to try to imagine that I was giving my opinion on a football game, I succeeded.
On my way home, Mom’s words came back to me, “One day your luck will change, Son. And when it happens, it’ll feel doubly(加倍的) good because of all the hard work you’ve had.” At that moment I knew what just what she meant

  1. 1.

    What’s the writer’s ideal (理想的) job?

    1. A.
      A sportsman
    2. B.
      A shop assistant
    3. C.
      A sports announcer
    4. D.
      A businessman
  2. 2.

    Why didn’t the writer get the job in Chicago?

    1. A.
      because he was too young
    2. B.
      Because he didn’t get college education
    3. C.
      Because he’s got a good-looking person
    4. D.
      Because he hadn’t got enough experience
  3. 3.

    Which of the following is true according to the article?

    1. A.
      You just need wait for some time, then luck will come
    2. B.
      Luck will come if you try your best to do everything
    3. C.
      It’s important for you to wait for luck
    4. D.
      You should trust your mother
  4. 4.

    The sentence “But I got turned down every time.” Means “______”

    1. A.
      But I was refused every time
    2. B.
      But I was successful every time
    3. C.
      But I lost my way every time
    4. D.
      But the door of every station was always closed
  5. 5.

    What’s the best title of this passage?

    1. A.
      Mother’s words
    2. B.
      Everything Happens For The Best
    3. C.
      No One Is Always Lucky
    4. D.
      To Find A Job In Radio Is Difficult


There are about 80.000.000 mines under the ground in more than 60 countries. It is difficult and dangerous to clear these mines.About 50 people including many children were killed or hurt each day.In 2003,APOPO,a Duch research company that trains the animals,came up with the idea of using rats to search for the mines.
The animal trainers found that a kind of rats from Africa were clever and had a sharp sense of smell.The rats were about 75 cm long and weighted about 1.35 kg.light enough to run across a minefield without setting off the mines.
In January 2004,the  APOPO startec this preject.First ,the trainers let the 4-week-old baby rats get familier with humans. A few weeks later,the rats were no longer afraid of people and the things around them.Then they were trained to connect a click sound with food.After the rats had learned that ,the trainers then taught them to tell the different between the smell of mines and other smells.When the rats could do it,the click was sounded and they were given a bit of bananas.The method was called clicker training.“The training isn’t easy.”said the trainer Adulish Mebomvu.“You have to be patient.Sometimes I get angry,but then again.I tell myself these are animals.”
After nine months’ training,the rats were taken to 4 minefield. They ran across the minefield ,stopped, sat and searched the ground to tell the deminers that they smelt out a mine. Then the mine was cleared.It had taken two deminers a day to clear a 200 m2 minefield. But with the help of two rats they could finish it in two hours.
The rats and the deminers saved thousands of lives.“The rats did this job much better than we expected.So far they have helpde to make almost 2.000.000 m2 of land safe.They are heroes.”said Bart Woetjcds.the head of the APOPO

  1. 1.

    The APOPO trained the rats to search for__

    1. A.
      children
    2. B.
      animals
    3. C.
      minea
    4. D.
      bananas
  2. 2.

    While training the rats,the trainers have to be __

    1. A.
      patient
    2. B.
      clever
    3. C.
      brave
    4. D.
      serious
  3. 3.

    How long did the training last?

    1. A.
      Two hours
    2. B.
      One day
    3. C.
      Four weeks
    4. D.
      Nine month
  4. 4.

    Which of the following is NOT TRUE acorrding to the passage?

    1. A.
      Each day about 200 people were killed or hurt by minea
    2. B.
      The APOPO started to train the rats is January 2004
    3. C.
      The trainers gave the rats food after they smelt out a mine
    4. D.
      The rats and the deminres saved thousands of livers
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