You Did More Than Carry My Books

Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed the boy ahead of him had dropped all of the books he was carrying, along with a baseball bat and several other things. Mark  1   down and helped the boy pick up these articles.   2   they were going the same way, he helped to carry some of them for him. As they walked Mark  3   the boy’s name was Bill, that he  4   computer games, baseball and history, that he was having a lot of  5   with his other subjects and that he had just broken  6   with his girlfriend.

They arrived at Bill’s home first and Mark was  7   in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed  8   with a few laughs and some shared small talk, and then Mark went home. They  9   to see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice, and then both ended up from the same high school.

Just three weeks before  10   , Bill asked Mark if they  11   talk. Bill  12   him of the day years ago when they had first met. “Do you  13   wonder why I was carrying so many things home that day?” asked Bill. “You see, I  14   out my locker because I didn’t want to leave a mess(脏乱)  15   anyone else. I had planned to run away and I was going home to  16   my things. But after we spent some time together  17   and laughing, I realized that  18   I had done that, I would have  19   a new friend and missed all the fun we would have together. So you see, Mark, when you picked up my books that day, you did a lot more. You  20   my life. ”

1. A. fell          B. sat       C. lay            D. knelt

2. A. Although     B. Since     C. After         D. Until

3. A. discovered    B. realized     C. said          D. decided

4. A. played       B. loved      C. tried          D. made

5. A. questions         B. ideas      C. trouble           D. doubt

6. A. up         B. out       C. off            D. away

7. A. called        B. helped      C. invited         D. allowed

8. A. peacefully     B. willingly   C. freely          D. pleasantly

9. A. continued     B. agreed      C. forced         D. offered

10. A. graduation   B. movement  C. separation       D. vocation

11. A. would      B. should      C. could          D. must

12. A. demanded    B. reminded    C. removed        D. asked

13. A. ever       B. usually     C. even    l     D. never

14. A. checked        B. took       C. cleaned       D. put

15. A. over        B. into        C. with          D. for

16. A. find       B. pick       C. pack         D. hold

17. A. talking     B. playing     C. reading        D. watching

18. A. before      B. if         C. while          D. as

19. A. forgotten    B. passed      C. left           D. lost

20. A. helped      B. recovered   C. improved       D. changed

 


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Many Older Doctors Plan to Give up Their Practice
The results of a new survey indicate that 48 percent of physicians between 50 and 65 years of age are planning to reduce or end their clinical practice in the next l to 3 years. The findings also suggest that many older physicians believe that their younger counterparts do not have the work ethic they do.
The survey, which was conducted by Merritt Hawkins&Associates, a Texas-based physician search and consulting firm, suggests that many older physicians are simply unhappy with the changes that have taken place in medicine over the years.
"When Baby Boom doctors entered medicine, they had control over how they practiced and the fee they charged. But the rules changed on them in mid-stream and now many are looking for a ticket out," Mark Smith, executive vice president of Merritt Hawkins&Associates, said in a statement.   "Our study is the only one I am aware of that examines the career plans of physicians in the 50-to-65 age group." This age group represents more than one-third of all physicians in the U. S. If they stop working in the coming years, it will have a "significant impact" on the overall supply of physicians, Smith told Reuters Health.
The results of the survey, which included 1,170 respondents(调查对象), show that 24 percent of older physicians are planning to leave clinical practice all together in the next 1 to 3 years. Specifically, 14 percent said they were planning on retiring, 7 percent said they were looking for a medical job in a non-patient care setting, and 3 percent said they were seeking a job in a non-medical field.
For those physicians not leaving clinical practice, many said they would make changes to reduce the number of patients they treat. For instance, 12 percent said they would begin working part-time, 8 percent said they planned to stop taking new patients or markedly reduce their patient load, and 4 percent expressed a desire to work on a temporary basis.
When asked about the work ethic of physicians entering practice today, 68 percent of the respondents said that these younger doctors are not as dedicated or as hard working as physicians who entered practice 20 t0 30 years ago. Fifty-seven percent of older physicians said they would not recommend medicine as a career to their own children. Similarly, 44 percent said they would not select medicine as a career if they were starting out today.   
"The most ominous(不祥的)finding is that about one half of physicians surveyed plant to either abandon patient care in the next 1 to 3 years, or significantly reduce the number of patients they see," Smith said. "The U. S. already is facing a widespread shortage of physicians. Should older, ‘workhorse' physicians choose to give up patient care, access to medical services will be further restricted."
66. Which is NOT true of physicians in the 50-to-65 age group in the U. S.?
A. They are mostly baby boomers.
B. They have nothing to complain about.
C. Many of them plan to gradually stop their practice.
D. They account for over one-third of all physicians in the country.  
67. The survey was focused on         .
A. the living conditions of older physicians in the U. S.
B. the career plans of older physicians in the U. S.
C. the retirement plans of older physicians in the U. S.
D. the achievements of older physicians in the U.S.
68. Many older physicians in the U. S. view the work ethic of their younger
counterparts        .
A. with appreciation    B. with disapproval    C. with jealous        D. with indifference
69. In the eyes of many older physicians, medicine         .
A. comes first in their choice of a career for their children
B. remains their lifelong pursuit
C. is not as good a career as it used to be
D. is more demanding than it used to be
70. If many older physicians stop working in the coming years, Americans will have         .
A. even less access to medical services         B. even better patient care
C. a shortage of younger physicians             D. more job opportunities

Facebook is one of the most popular websites that offer social networking today with more than l billion users around the world. Online social networking is just like-minded people coming together for some activities, forming groups, having discussions, sharing photographs, etc. Similarly, Facebook enables all these activities by various applications(运用程序) , for example, providing forums, photo sharing options. video updating, keeping a track on all the happenings in their formed communities, people they have approved to be linked to, etc. Online gaming is one of the biggest USPs(独特的卖点) of Facebook, and indeed, games like Farmville and Mafia Wars have attracted many users to the site. Facebook also offered a brilliant platform for business to reach out to their customers.

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    Steve and Mark were good friends. They decided to spend their vacation in Haiti. Since they   1  no 
French, they took a French word book with them and hoped it would help them in difficult situations.      
    The flight was   2  , and the hotel was very comfortable. Each day after breakfast, Steve and Mark   
  3    a picnic lunch and dinner and went off to visit interesting places. After a while, the boys became 
tired of   4   picnic meals and decided to eat a big fish dinner in a good restaurant. Unfortunately, they   
  5    their word book in the hotel.      
    They  6   the menu carefully. After ten minutes, Steve said to Mark:"I don't understand this menu. "      
    "Neither do I," said Mark. "I see poison on this menu. Are they  7   here?"       
    "Maybe. They even spelled poison   8   . They spelled it p- o-i-s-s-o-n instead of p-o-i-s-o-n. But 
it   9   mean the same thing. Maybe we should go to another restaurant. I don't   10    to eat something 
that will kill me. "       
    But Mark was   11   , so he said:"There is no other restau- rant near here, and l'm tired of walking 
around the city. Let's order something else instead. It's   12   here, so the food must be good. "       
    The boy looked at the menu again. They finally decided to order steak,  13   they really wanted fish. 
The boys just pointed to the word steak, and the waiter  14   .      
    As they were eating they   15   some tourists speaking English.      
    "This  16    is delicious. "      
    "We're lucky we picked a restaurant that's famous for its fish. "      
    Steve and Mark wondered about what they   17    .      
    "Famous for its fish? There was no fish on   18   !" said Mark.      
    Finally, Steve decided to find out what all this was about.      
    "Excuse me, how did you order fish when it wasn't on the menu?"      
    "Sure it's on the menu. It's right here. Poisson. "      
    The boy shouted:      
    "Poisson. That's  19   ! We were wondering a restaurant like this could have poison on the menu. "      
    The tourists   20   . One of them said:      
    "No. Poisson is French for fish. "
(     )1. A. learned    
(     )2. A. terrible   
(     )3. A. packed     
(     )4. A. buying     
(     )5. A. reviewed   
(     )6. A. checked    
(     )7. A. crazy      
(     )8. A. silly      
(     )9. A. must       
(     )10. A. have      
(     )11. A. tired     
(     )12. A. quiet     
(     )13. A. since     
(     )14. A. realized  
(     )15. A. heard     
(     )16. A. steak     
(     )17. A. bought    
(     )18. A. the table 
(     )19. A. poison    
(     )20. A. agreed    
B. spoke     
B. booked    
B. ordered   
B. suffering 
B. kept      
B. studied   
B. stupid    
B. right     
B. should    
B. expect    
B. puzzled   
B. crowded   
B. because   
B. recognized
B. met       
B. meal      
B. discovered
B. show      
B. wrong     
B. stopped   
C. taught    
C. excellent 
C. carried   
C. eating    
C. lost      
C. compared  
C. cruel     
C. simply    
C. can       
C. want      
C. scared    
C. convenient
C. and       
C. understood
C. found     
C. fish      
C. picked    
C. the menu  
C. it        
C. screamed  
D. knew        
D. delayed     
D. cooked      
D. enjoying    
D. left        
D. observed    
D. funny       
D. wrong       
D. would       
D. need        
D. endangered  
D. comfortable 
D. although    
D. satisfied   
D. noticed     
D. food        
D. selected    
D. sale        
D. dangerous   
D. laughed     

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