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阅读理解。
Years ago, when I started looking for my first job, wise advisers advised, "Barbara, be enthusiastic (热情
的)! Enthusiasm will take you further than any amount of experience." How right they were!
"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm." wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson. It is the paste that
helps you hang on there, then the going gets tough. It is the inner voice that whispers, "I can do it!" When
others shout, "No, you can't!" It took years and years for the early work of Barbara McClintock, a geneticist
who won the 1983 Nobel Prize in medicine, to be generally accepted, yet she didn't stop working on her
experiments. Work was such a deep pleasure for her that she never thought of stopping.
We are all born with wide-eyed, enthusiastic wonder and it is this childlike wonder that gives enthusiastic
people such youthful air, whatever their age. At 90, Cellist Pablo Casals would start his day by playing Bach.
As the music flowed through his fingers, his stooped shoulders would straighten and joy would reappear
in his eyes. An author and poet Samuel Ulman once wrote, "Years wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm
wrinkles the soul."
Enthusiastic people also love what they do, regardless of money or title or power. Patricia Mellrath, retired
director of the Missouri Repertory Theater in Kansas City, was once asked where she got her enthusiasm. She
replied, "My father, a lawyer, long ago told me, 'I never made a dime until I stopped working for money.'"
If we can't do what we love as a full-time career, we can as a hobby. Elizabeth Layton of Wellsville, Kan,
was 68 before she began to draw. This activity ended periods of depression that had troubled her for at least
30 years,and the quality of her work led one critic to say, "I am tempted to call Layton a genius."
We need to turn the tears into sweat as we go after "what-can-be". We need to live each moment whole-
heartedly, with all our senses-finding pleasure in the sweet smell of a back-yard garden, the sim- ple picture
of a six-year-old, the beauty of a rainbow.
的)! Enthusiasm will take you further than any amount of experience." How right they were!
"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm." wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson. It is the paste that
helps you hang on there, then the going gets tough. It is the inner voice that whispers, "I can do it!" When
others shout, "No, you can't!" It took years and years for the early work of Barbara McClintock, a geneticist
who won the 1983 Nobel Prize in medicine, to be generally accepted, yet she didn't stop working on her
experiments. Work was such a deep pleasure for her that she never thought of stopping.
We are all born with wide-eyed, enthusiastic wonder and it is this childlike wonder that gives enthusiastic
people such youthful air, whatever their age. At 90, Cellist Pablo Casals would start his day by playing Bach.
As the music flowed through his fingers, his stooped shoulders would straighten and joy would reappear
in his eyes. An author and poet Samuel Ulman once wrote, "Years wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm
wrinkles the soul."
Enthusiastic people also love what they do, regardless of money or title or power. Patricia Mellrath, retired
director of the Missouri Repertory Theater in Kansas City, was once asked where she got her enthusiasm. She
replied, "My father, a lawyer, long ago told me, 'I never made a dime until I stopped working for money.'"
If we can't do what we love as a full-time career, we can as a hobby. Elizabeth Layton of Wellsville, Kan,
was 68 before she began to draw. This activity ended periods of depression that had troubled her for at least
30 years,and the quality of her work led one critic to say, "I am tempted to call Layton a genius."
We need to turn the tears into sweat as we go after "what-can-be". We need to live each moment whole-
heartedly, with all our senses-finding pleasure in the sweet smell of a back-yard garden, the sim- ple picture
of a six-year-old, the beauty of a rainbow.
1. The author holds the view that _____.
[ ]
A. enthusiastic people will never get old
B. enthusiasm can make you succeed and enjoy life
C. enthusiasm is more important than experience
D. enthusiasm can give people more success and fame
B. enthusiasm can make you succeed and enjoy life
C. enthusiasm is more important than experience
D. enthusiasm can give people more success and fame
2. Which of the following can best explain the underlined sentence in the second paragraph?
[ ]
A. Enthusiasm can give you courage and strength in difficult times.
B. If you don't have enthusiasm, you can achieve nothing.
C. Enthusiastic people never consider money and fame.
D. Enthusiastic people can gain great fame and honour.
B. If you don't have enthusiasm, you can achieve nothing.
C. Enthusiastic people never consider money and fame.
D. Enthusiastic people can gain great fame and honour.
3. The author mentions Cellist Pablo Casals in the third paragraph to show that _____.
[ ]
A. music can arouse people's enthusiasm
B. enthusiasm can give people needed inspiration to succeed
C. enthusiasm can make people feel young
D. enthusiasm can keep people healthy
B. enthusiasm can give people needed inspiration to succeed
C. enthusiasm can make people feel young
D. enthusiasm can keep people healthy
4. How many examples are given in the passage to show the importance of enthusiasm?
[ ]
A. Three.
B. Two.
C. Four.
D. Five.
B. Two.
C. Four.
D. Five.
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Chen Yurong, 55, an average woman in Wuhan, Hubei province, who was diagnosed with a fatty liver (肝), walked 10 kilometers a day for seven months, despite wind an rain, so she could donate part of a healthy liver to her
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eating less”, Chen said.
The transplant was performed on November 3,2009. The surgery
lasted more than 14 hours and saved her son from life threatening
liver disease. State – owned CCTV broadcast the transplant live and
she has been widely praised in China.
However, the 55 – year – old mother said she never expected
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A．She together with her son lives a poor life.
B．She herself is in good health all the time.
C．She is willing to do everything for her son.
D．She wants to win other’s attention and praise.
37．Which of the following can best describe Chen Yurong’s behavior?
A．generous B．aggressive C．reasonable D．awesome
38．Which of the following statements is Not true according to the passage?
A．Chen Yurong took exercise and ate less to keep slim.
B．Many people and organizations have helped the family.
C．Liver donators might lose their lives after the transplant.
D．Chen Yurong and her son have been through the hardest time.
39．What would be the best title for the passage?
A．A lucky son B．A successful operation C．A miracle D．A great Mother
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The book, which received wide media coverage in
China and now has a waiting list for its second print run, is certainly timely:
it plays into a growing debate in China about what national universities should
be teaching. The country needs a workforce with the skills and creativity to
help move away from low-cost manufacturing and, in economic terms, move up the
value chain. And some educators believe liberal-arts training is vital to help
China deal with its increasingly complex new realities. Yet the well-known
intellectual historian Xu Jilin believes that China’s rapid expansion of higher
education has had a detrimental effect on curriculum as the country’s universities
race to compete globally. “Education these days in like factory-farming
chickens,” he says. “Universities all wan to get into international rakings—and
most of these depend on research. They’re not interested in providing a unique
education for our kids.”
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