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It sounded like a good idea, but _______it didn’t work.

A. on average B. in theory

C. in practice D. on the spot

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— Joe, what about going to Belgium for our coming holiday?

— Sorry, honey, I _________ on the newly discovered dinosaur site in Argentina. There are remains of what is thought to be the largest creature ever to walk the earth.

A. was working B. work

C. will be working D. worked

Thanks to a young waiter, I recently found a friend of 20 years was once a yo-yo virtuoso（大师）.

“Oh, stop it!” Jackie said when I started laughing during our dinner. “I was, too. And I knew how to ‘Walk the Dog.’”

“Wow, really?” said our waiter, Jumario Simmons, flashing a big smile at us.

“Don’t encourage her,” I said.

“What else could you do?” he asked.

“I did ‘Round the World,’” Jackie said, now ignoring me completely. “That was cradle（婴儿时期的）thing, too.”

I’d asked Jumario what he did when he wasn’t waiting on tables. The 24-year-old waiter was so smart that I knew there had to be more to his story. It turns out that he won a regional yo-yo competition last year. He also gives free lessons to kids. “It gives them something to do,” Jumario said. “Keeps them off the streets.”

One of the great things about eating out is the table talk with strangers, which reminds us that everyone has a life and a name. But the other day I heard that some restaurants are ending this talk between diners and servers. I listened to the reporter describe how their improvements are allowing customers to text orders from their tables to speed up service.

The reporter got my attention with this sentence “Five minutes after typing ‘I’m at table 3’, a meal arrives at the table.” But there wasn’t a “please” with this order, which should have been a request. If you’ve ever waited on tables, you know that the last thing you need is yet another way for a customer to be unpleasant.

Most servers are often mediating（调解）between customers’ requests for substitutions and overworked cooks’ accusations of treason（背叛）. Except at high-end restaurants, servers also have to walk back and forth like mothers of preschoolers so that we might consider them worthy of a large enough tip to lift their pay to minimum wage.

Texting a server from a table a few feet away is equal to moving our fingers and shouting, “Hey, you!” It was rude in 1957, and it’s rude now. You won’t ever find me texting a waiter or waitress.

1.What do we know from the text?

A. The waiter knows Jackie well.

B. The waiter is good at playing yo-yo.

C. Jackie plays yo-yo in her spare time.

D. The author has a great interest in playing yo-yo.

2.Some restaurants allow diners to text a server from a table to ________.

A. improve their service

B. reduce the cost of service

C. show respect for diners

D. stop talks between diners and servers

3.What’s the last but one paragraph mainly about?

A. The pay of servers.

B. The work of servers.

C. The customers’ request.

D. The work of mothers of preschoolers.

4.From the passage, the author’s attitude towards texting a server from a table is ________.

A. indifferent B. positive

C. curious D. negative

A recent study suggests that teenagers who switch off the TV and sit down to family meals are less _______ to suffer eating disorders.

A. likely B. possible C. probable D. sure

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One day an elderly teacher took a walk through a forest, with a pupil by his side. Suddenly he 1. （stop）and pointed to four plants close at hand. The first was just beginning to appear slowly above the ground, the second had rooted itself pretty well into the earth, the third was a small short tree, while the fourth was 2. full-sized tree. The tutor said to his young 3. （company）,“Pull up the first plant.” The boy did so eagerly, 4. （use）only his fingers．

“Now pull up the second.” The youth obeyed 5. found that the task was 6. （difficult）.

“Do the same 7. the third, ” he urged．The boy had to use all his strength to uproot it．

“Now, ” said the instructor, “try your hand with the fourth．” The pupil put his arms around the trunk of the tall tree and couldn’t even shake 8. leaves．“This, my son, is just 9. happens with our bad habits．When they are young, we can remove them easily; but when they are old, it’s hard to pull them out of the ground, 10. we pray and struggle ever so sincerely!”

第一节单词拼写(一空一词共15小题,每小题1分,满分15分)

1.Being _____ （暴露）to sunlight for too much time will do harm to one’s skin.

2.He received a prize at the graduation________ （典礼） of the university.

3.It’s ________（非法的） to buy cigarettes in Britain if you’re under 16.

4.If it is ________（方便） to you I’ll be with you next Tuesday.

5.The house is situated in very pleasant __________（周围环境）

6.She _____ _（故意） ignored me when I passed her in the street.

7.You were _______(控告) of ignoring your duty. Who charged you with such a crime?

8.The journalist went out with a __________(专业) photographer.

9.I have to remind myself ___________ (不断地)that I am really in AD 3008.

10.Television keeps us___________ (通知) of the latest news, and it also provides us with entertainment .

11. Our monitor and I ,_________(代表) our class, delivered a speech yesterday.

12.He got hurt during the football match and the_________ （伤害）was serious.

13.Their city has been under ____________ （建设 since last year.

14.Tom’s mother died two days ____________（在…之前） to his arrival.

15.She opened the door __ _________（谨慎地） so as not to wake the baby.

A scientist turns out to be able to see the future by offering each of some four-year-olds a piece of candy and watching how he or she deals with it. Some children reach eagerly for the treat they see. Some last a few minutes before they give in. But others are determined to wait until the last moment.

By the time the children reach high school, something remarkable has happened. A survey found that those who as four-year-olds had enough self-control to hold out generally grew up to be more popular, adventurous, confident and dependable. The children who gave in to temptation(诱惑) early were more likely to be lonely, easily frustrated and inflexible(顽固的)．

Actually, the ability to delay reward is a sign of emotional intelligence which doesn't show up on an IQ test.

The hardware of the brain and the software of the mind have long been scientists' concerns. But brain theory can't explain what we wonder about most, like the question why some people remain upbeat in the face of troubles that would sink a less resistant soul.

Here comes the theory of Daniel Goleman, writer of Emotional Intelligence: when it comes to predicting people's success, brain ability measured by IQ may actually matter less than the qualities of mind once thought of as “character”．

EQ is not the opposite of IQ. What researchers have been trying to understand is how they work together; how one's ability to handle stress, for instance, affects the ability to concentrate and put intelligence to use. Among the ingredients (要素) for success, researchers now generally agree that IQ counts for about 20%; the rest depends on everything from social class to luck.

While many researchers in this relatively new field are glad to see emotional issues finally taken seriously, some few fear EQ causes misuse.

1.The experiment with the four-year-olds makes it clear that ________.

A. the age of 4 is a proper time for scientific experiment

B. emotional intelligence won't show up until adolescence

C. the ability of self-control plays a role in personal success

D. candy can be used to measure a person's emotional intelligence

2.Which of the following is TRUE of EQ and IQ according to the text?

A. There is no link between EQ and IQ.

B. The higher a person's IQ is, the higher his or her EQ is.

C. Some people can be blessed with lots of both, but some with little of either.

D. Scientists are trying to discover the way in which EQ and IQ work together.

3.The underlined word “upbeat” in Paragraph 4 probably means “________”.

A. kind B. floating

C. excited D. optimistic

4.Why does the author mention the experiment at the beginning of the text?

A. To amuse both the children and readers.

B. To prove the scientist’s wisdom.

C. To introduce the topic of the text.

D. To show us how to do an IQ test.

5.What is most likely to be written in the paragraph that follows?

A. Information about famous people with high EQ.

B. Examples showing the opposite voice about EQ.

C. Some reasons why EQ is relatively new field.

D. Strong demands for basic emotional education.

— I’m sorry．I ________ at you the other day．

— Forget it．I was a bit out of control myself．

A．shouldn’t shout

B．shouldn’t have shouted

C．mustn’t shout

D．mustn’t have shouted

This drug is less likely to cause side effects when ________ late in the day.

A. taking B. taken C. to take D. takes

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