He has been called the “missing link.” Half-man, half-beast. He is supposed to live in the highest mountain in the world-Mount Everest.

He is known as the Abominable Snowman. The   1   of the Snowman has been around for    __2  . Climbers in the 1920s reported finding marks like those of human feet high up on the side of Mound Everest. The native people said they   3   this creature and called it the “Yeti,”and they said that they had   4   caught Yetis on two occasions   5   none has ever been produced an evidence(证据).

Over the years, the story of the Yetis has   6   . In 1951, Eric Shipton took photographs of a set of tracks in the snow of Everest. Shipton believed that they were not   7   the tracks of a monkey or bear and   8   that the Abominable Snowman might really   9  .

Further efforts have been made to find out about Yetis. But the only things people have ever found were   10   footprints. Most believe the footprints are nothing more than   11   animal tracks, which had been made   12    as the melted(融化)and refroze in the snow.   13  , in 1964, a Russian scientist said that the Abominable Snowman was   14   and was a remaining link with the prehistoric humans. But,   15  . no evidence has ever   16   been produced.

These days, only a few people continue to take the story of the Abominable Snowman   __17  . But if they ever   18   catching one, they may face a real   19  : Would they put it in a   20   or give it a room in a hotel?

1. A. event                          B. story                      C. adventure               D. description

2. A. centuries                    B. too long                  C. some time              D. many years

3. A. heard from                 B. cared for                C. knew of                 D. read about

4. A. even                           B. hardly                    C. certainly                 D. probably

5. A. as                              B. though                   C. when                     D. until

6. A. developed                   B. changed                 C. occurred                D. continued

7. A. entirely                       B. naturally                 C. clearly                   D. simply

8. A. found                         B. declared                 C. felt                        D. doubled

9. A. exist                           B. escape                    C. disappear               D. return

10. A. clearer                      B. more                      C. possible                 D. rare

11. A. huge                         B. recent                    C. ordinary                 D. frightening

12. A. strange                     B. large                      C. deep                      D. rough

13. A. In the end                 B. Therefore               C. After all                  D. However

14. A. imagined                   B. real                        C. special                   D. familiar

15. A. so                            B. besides                   C. again                     D. instead

16. A. rightly                      B. actually                  C. normally                D. particularly

17. A. lightly                       B. jokingly                  C. seriously                D. properly

18. A. succeed in                B. insist on                 C. depend on              D. join in

19. A. decision                    B. situation                 C. subject                   D. problem

20. A. zoo                          B. mountain                C. museum                 D. laboratory

Born in America, I spoke English, not Chinese, the language of my ancestors. When I was three, my parents flashed cards with Chinese  21  at my face, but I pushed them  22  . My mom believed I would learn  23  I was ready. But the  24  never came.

On a Chinese New Year’s Eve, my uncle spoke to me in Chinese, but all I could do was 25 at him, confused, scratching my head. “Still can’t speak Chinese?” He  26  me , “You can’t even buy a fish in Chinatown .”

“Hey, this is America, not China. I’ll get some   27  with or without Chinese.” I replied and turned to my mom for  28  .

“Remember to ask for fresh fish, Xin Xian Yu,” she said, handing over a $20 bill. I  29  the words, running downstairs into the streets of Chinatown.

I found the fish  30  surrounded in a sea of customers. “I’d like to buy some fresh fish,” I shouted to the fisherman. But he  31  my English words and turned to serve the next customer. The laugh of the people behind increased  32  their impatience. With every  33  ,the breath of the dragons on my back grew stronger—my blood boiling—  34  me to cry out. “ Xian Sheng Yu, please.” “Very Xian Shen ,” I repeated. The crowd erupted into laughter. My face turned  35  and I ran back home  36  , except for the $20 bill I held tightly in my pocket.

Should I laugh or cry? They’re Chinese. I should feel right at  37  . Instead, I was the joke , a disgrace (丢脸)to the language.

Sometimes, I laugh at my fish  38  , but, in the end, the joke is on  39  . Every laugh is a culture  40  ; every laugh is my heritage (传统) fading away.

A. custom              B. games                C .characters       D. language

A. ahead               B. around               C. along            D. aside

A. when                B. before               C. unless           D. until

A. success             B. study                C. time         D. attempt

A. aim                 B. joke             C. nod          D. stare

A. cared about     B. laughed at           C. argued with      D. asked after

A. right now           B. from now         C. at times     D. in time

A. decision            B. permission       C. information      D. preparation

A. repeated                B. reviewed         C. spelled          D. kept

A. farm                B. stand                C. pond         D. market

A. guessed             B. forget               C. doubted      D. ignored[来

A. by                  B. as               C. with         D. from

A. second              B. effort               C. desire           D. movement

A. forcing             B. allowing         C. persuading       D. leading

A. bright              B. blank                C. pale         D. red

A. open-mouthed        B. tongue-tied          C. empty-handed D. broken-hearted

A. service             B. home             C. risk         D. root

A. trade               B. deed             C. challenge        D. incident

A. it                  B. us               C. me           D. them

A. thrown              B. lost             C. divided      D. reflected

Every decision is made within a decision environment, which is defined as the collection of information, alternatives, values. Many decision makers have a(n)  50 to seek more information than required to make a good decision. When too much information is sought and obtained, one or more of several   51 can arise.
﹡ A   52  in the decision occurs because of the time required to obtain and process the extra information.
  53  overload will occur. In this state, so much information is available that decision-making ability actually   54  because the information in its entirety can no longer be managed or assessed  55 . A major problem caused by information overload is  56 . When too much information is taken into memory, especially in a short period of time, some of the information (often that received early on) will be pushed out.
﹡Selective use of the information will occur.  57   , the decision maker will choose from among all the information available only those facts which support a preconceived(预先构想的) solution or position.
﹡Mental fatigue occurs, which  58  slower work or poor quality work.
  59   fatigue occurs, where the decision maker tires of making decisions. Often the result is fast, careless decisions or no decisions are made at all.
The quantity of information that can be processed by the human mind is limited. Unless information is  60 selected, processing will be biased toward the first part of the information received. After that, the mind tires and begins to  61 subsequent information or forget earlier information.
A common   62 about decision making is that decisions are made in isolation from each other: you gather information, explore alternatives, and  63 , without regard to anything that has gone before. The fact is, decisions are made in a context of other decisions.
We might say, then every decision  64  from previous decisions: enables many future decisions, and assists other future decisions.

【小题1】
A.abilityB.tendencyC.qualityD.strength
【小题2】
A.advantagesB.agreementsC.decisionsD.problems
【小题3】
A.delayB.possibilityC.solutionD.settlement
【小题4】
A.LaborB.Knowledge C.InformationD.Intelligence
【小题5】
A.eliminatesB.declinesC.qualifiesD.promotes
【小题6】
A.relatively B.objectivelyC.appropriatelyD.personally
【小题7】
A.forgetfulnessB.inconvenienceC.uselessnessD.disability
【小题8】
A.After allB.In additionC.In shortD.That is to say
【小题9】
A.suffers from B.deals withC.results in D.applies to
【小题10】
A.BeautyB.MemoryC.SightD.Decision
【小题11】
A.accidentallyB.consciouslyC.occasionallyD.independently
【小题12】
A.ignoreB.selectC.storeD.process
【小题13】
A.interestB.senseC.conclusionD.misunderstanding
【小题14】
A.draw a conclusion B.made a choiceC.put it asideD.try it out
【小题15】
A.preventsB.decidesC.infersD.follows

When other nine-year–old kids were playing games , she was working at a petrol station.When other teens were studying or going out , she struggled to find a place to sleep on the street.But she overcame these terrible setbacks to win a highly competitive scholar and gain entry to Harvard University.

Her amazing story has inspired a move , “ Homeless to Harvard : The Liz Murray Story ”, shown in late April.

Liz Murray , a year- old American girl , has been writing a real-life story of willpower and determination.

Liz grew up in the shadow of two drug-addicted.There was never enough food or warm clothes in the house.Liz was the only member of the family who had a job.

Her mother had AIDS and died when Liz was just 15 years old.The effect of that loss became a turning point in her life.Connecting the environment in which she had grown up with how her mother had died , she decided to do something about it.

Liz went back to school.She threw herself into her studies , never telling her teachers that she was homeless.At night , she lived on the streets.

“ What drove me to survive had to do with understanding , by understanding that there was a whole other way of being.I had only experienced a small part of the society , ” she wrote in her book “ Breaking Night ”.

She admitted that she used envy to drive herself on.She used the benefits that come easily to others , such as a safe living environment , to encourage herself that “ next to nothing could hold me down ”.

She finished high school in just two years and won a full scholarship to study at Harvard University.But Liz decided to leave her top university for a couple of moths earlier this year in order to take care of her father , who has also developed AIDS.“ I love my parents so much.They are drug addicts.But I never forget that they love me all the time.”

Liz wants moviegoers to come away with the idea that changing your life is “ as simple a making a decision.”

1.In which order did the following thing happen to Liz ?

a.Mum died                            b.Worked at the petrol station

c.Got admitted into Harvard           d.had trouble finding a place to sleep

A.b-a-d-c           B.a-b-d-c            C.d-b –a –c       D.b-d-a –c

2.What decision did Liz make that changed her life ?

A.To go back to school                     B.To go to the best university

C.To survive                             D.To live a different life from her parents

3.What actually drove her on towards her goal ?

A.Envy                                 B.Her love for her parents

C.He Mum’s death                       D.Her willpower and determination

4.When she wrote “ I had only experienced a small part of the society ”, she _____

A.wanted to encourage herself

B.suggested something she wanted for her life

C.suggested people often look back

D.meant that she had little experience

 

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