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Everyone 1 (know) that the French are romantic,the Italian are fashionable and the Germans are serious. Or do they? Are these just stereotypes or is there really 2 a thing as national character? And if there is,can it affect how a nation succeed or fail?

At least one group of people is certain that it can. A recent survey of the top 500 entrepreneurs (实业家) in the UK found that 70 percent felt that their efforts were not 3 (appreciate) by the British public.

Britain is hostile to success,they said. It has a culture of jealousy. As a result,the survey said,entrepreneurs were " unloved,unwanted and misunderstood”. Jealousy is sometimes known 4 the" greeneyed monster" and the UK is its home. Scientists at Warwich University in the UK 5 (recent) tested this idea. They gathered a group of people together and gave each an 6 (imagine) amount of money. Some were given a little,others a great deal. Those7 ( give) a little money were given the chance 8 (destroy) the large 9 (amount) of money given to others―but at the cost of losing their own. Two thirds of 10 people tested agreed to do this.

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This is a very important point. 2 Many of our beliefs come from our environment,the world we live in on a daily basis. If your environment is limiting your beliefs,then work very hard on changing it. If you are constantly around people who are negative and limiting,find other people to hang out with.

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4 That is why it is so important to experience success on a regular basis. Set small,achievable goals,and then try your best to reach them. "I will finish this project by early afternoon.""I will make six calls on the phone in the next hour. " "I will exercise for 20 minutes tonight."When you start to experience success,then you start to believe in success,and that leads to more and bigger success.

5 The more you learn,the more things you will know to be possible. Always take advantage of opportunities to learn something new. It will bring new possibility into your beliefs and your life. Most importantly,you can develop new beliefs by setting and imagining goals for your life. Define your goals clearly and accurately. Then,in your mind,see yourself achieving them in all of their sensible details. Mentally live the experience,see the sights,hear the sounds,smell the aroma (芳香) ，feel the feelings. Your broughtup beliefs will lead you to their reality.

A. Beliefs come from knowledge.

B. So how do you develop beliefs that will enable you?

C. Contact with positive and successful people.

D. Beliefs also come from past experiences.

E. Never give up your dream and work hard to realize it.

F. Believe that you are unlimited

G. Don't let the positive surroundings influence you.

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Poinsettias (—品红) are native in Mexico but this colourful plant has become part of the Christmas tradition all over North America. The red part of the poinsettia plant are leaves and not flowers. The leaves that have turned red called bracts (苞) .The weeks before Christmas are a busy time for poinsettia sales. More poinsettias are sold in North America in the six weeks before Christmas than all other weeks of the year combine. This year about 65 million potted poinsettias were sold at cost of more than 250 million dollars in total. More poinsettias are sold than any other kind of potted plant.

Poinsettias are sometimes said to be poison but they are not. Eat the leaves might make you slight sick. However,even a small child must eat about 500 leaves before they would be dead.

Some herbs and spices may be gaining importance in modern medicine. They help to 1 (sharp) the taste of many foods because of their smell. Still others are used traditionally for health reasons.

Researchers from Purdue University reported about the effects of red pepper in the journal Physiology. They found that small changes in diet,like adding the pepper,may reduce the desire to eat.

The spice turmeric comes from a tropical plant common to India. Research 2 (involve) turmeric is not new. Scientists 3 ( study) its medical possibilities for many years. For example,researchers in Singapore completed one such study several years ago. The study 4 (base) on earlier evidence 5 turmeric has strong antioxidant and anti?inflammatory qualities. These qualities can help protect 6 damage to the body's tissues and other injuries.

The researchers said turmeric may reduce evidence of damage in the brains of patients 7 Alzheimer's disease. For this reason,the researchers designed a study that examined results from a mental performance test of older Asian adults. The study involved curry,8 contains turmeric.

The adults were sixty to ninetythree years old. None had severe memory losses. Those who sometimes ate curry did better on the tests 9 individuals who rarely or never ate curry. This was also true of those 10 ate it often or very often.

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Nachelle Crowther,mother of three kids 4 The sixweek break seems designed for another age,when mothers didn't work and your mum lived round the corner to give you a hand. If I was able to take a sixweek holiday,great,I'd love it―but in the real world,that isn't possible. Instead,I end up spending a fortune―around £600―on childcare for each week when I'm working.

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I've taught for more than 20 years,and summer is the only holiday when teachers can properly switch off from the intense work of planning and assessing (评估) .If it was shortened,the result would be an increase in teachers' stress levels and a harmful effect on our ability to teach. Children need that time for unstructured play,and to have time not being assessed,simply being themselves. 5

A. Should children have less time off school during the summer?

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D. A shorter summer holiday would be much better.

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Wrinkles grown on his sunburnt face,a slim figure and coiledup (向上卷的) trousers legs would confuse foreign reporters who came to interview the most famous scientist in China,who would rather be called "a farmer".

The urbanite-turned-farmer graduated from Southwest Agriculture College in 1953 has his name related to the world's most advanced agricultural technology. Four minor planets,a listed seed company and a science college in China were named after him,4 .

By lending his name to the Longping Hightech,a seed company,Yuan obtained a 5 percent stake,or 2. 5 million shares worth 2 million yuan,in the firm.

However,Yuan said his research requires the lifestyle of a farmer,or rather a migrating farmer,as he has conducted extensive research related to the cultivation of new strains of hybrid rice " Super Hybrid Rice" in some 10 provinces.

The "Super Rice" yields are 30 percent higher than those of common rice. The record yield of 17,055 kilograms per hectare was registered in Yongsheng County in Yunnan in 1999.

5 He has a dream,more realistic than that of his young age,that popularizing new strains of grain with higher yields around the world,can eliminate starvation on earth.

A. which is considered to be the best way to increase the world's grain output

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C. This is his motivation to stimulate his research.

D. and farmers can relax in the cool shadow of big rice plants

E. wiiich were the first time that a Chinese scientist's name is valued for its intellectual assets

F. which has substantially increased China's grain output

G. which added some 300 billion kilograms to the country's grain output

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