Years ago, when I started looking for my first job, wise advisers said, “Barbara, be enthusiastic!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 when 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 let up 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(大提琴家)Pablo Casals would start his day by playing Bach．As the music flowed through his fingers, his bent shoulders would straighten and joy would reappear in his eyes．As author and poet Samuel once wrote, “Years make the skin old, but to give up enthusiasm makes the soul old．”
Enthusiastic people also love what they do, regardless of money, title or power．Patricia Mcllrath, 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 penny until I stopped working for money．”
If we cannot do what we love as a fulltime career, we can do it as a hobby．Elizabeth Layton of Wellsville, Kan, was 68 before she began to draw．This activity ended her sadness that had troubled her for at least 30 years, and the quality of her work led one critic to say, “I am persuaded to call Layton a genius．”
We can’t afford to waste tears on “might-have-beens”．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 backyard garden, the simple picture of a six-year-old, and the beauty of a rainbow．
(1)
The passage mainly shows us ________．
[ ]
A．
enthusiasm is the basic element of everything
B．
enthusiasm helps us to succeed to a greater degree
C．
enthusiasm makes us experience more life
D．
we can do nothing without enthusiasm
(2)
From the example of the Nobel Prize winner Barbara McClintock, we may find ________．
[ ]
A．
enthusiasm can encourage us in difficult times
B．
enthusiastic people always get a deep pleasure from work
C．
you can’t make any achievement if you have no enthusiasm
D．
enthusiastic people are sure to gain great fame in the end
(3)
The unlined sentence “ I never made a penny until I stopped working for money．” in Paragraph Four refers to“________”．
[ ]
A．
I wouldn’t work unless I could make money
B．
I believe that my work will be rewarded
C．
Working for money is what I love to do
D．
Working for money makes no money at all
(4)
The main idea of the last paragraph is ________．
[ ]
A．
we should try heart and soul to win what we want
B．
enthusiasm can give us pleasure, though we have to sweat
Years ago, while lying in my hammock(吊床) and drinking JD from the bottle, I noticed my dog dragging something under the fence．Upon inspection, to my disappointment, I realized it was my neighbour's 10-year-old daughter's rabbit．For years I had watched her come home from school and head straight out to its cage, free it and play with it in the yard．I knew that day would be no different．To protect my dog, I had to think an idea．
The rabbit was quite dirty, as if it had put up quite a struggle, so I washed it, combed it with the dog brush and blew it dry with the blower．Upon finishing this, I jumped over the fence and put the rabbit back in its cage, hoping its death would be regarded(认为) as “natural caused”．
Then I went back to the hammock．Before long, the neighbor's Volvo pulled in as usual and out popped(蹦跳) the little girl, and as usual she headed straight to the cage．Only this time she stopped at about six feet away and screamed：“D-A-D-D-Y!”
Her father, panic-stricken, stood looking at the cage．Pretending not to know anything about it, I rushed to the fence and asked if there was anything I could do．
Her father shouted angrily, “Who has dug up a little girl's rabbit and put it back in its cage?”
(1)
The girl was shocked because ________．
[ ]
A．
the rabbit was killed by someone
B．
the rabbit was too clean
C．
the dead rabbit was cleaned and put back into the cage
D．
the rabbit was asleep in the cage
(2)
That day the girl ran to the cage ________．
[ ]
A．
because her rabbit was there
B．
because she had a habit of going there to see her rabbit
C．
because she wanted to see her rabbit again
D．
because the rabbit was dead
(3)
We can infer that the rabbit ________．
[ ]
A．
was alive before the writer saw his dog dragging it
B．
was already dead before the writer saw his dog dragging it
C．
was in the cage playing with the dog
D．
was at the fence seeking for food before it was killed by the dog
(4)
According to the story, the writer ________．
[ ]
A．
was helpful to his neighbour
B．
did a smart thing
C．
was honest
D．
made a mistake
阅读理解
Perhaps you will visit New York one day．You might be a student there．Here is some advice．
Get a good map of the city．It will also have subway and bus maps．Remember the directions－uptown, downtown, east and west．Feel the excitement of New York．Have fun!
NEW YORK CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU
Address：90 East 42nd Street,N．Y．100017
Telephone：6871300
TIMES SQUARE INFORMATION CENTER
Address：43rd Street between Seventh Avenue and Broadway
Emergency(Police, Fire, or Ambulance)：911 or“0”for operator
A doctor：8971000
USEFUL BOOK
Seeing New York; The official MTA Travel Guide, published by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority．
(1)
What would be the best title for the passage?
[ ]
A．
Introductions and directions
B．
This is New York
C．
Information and advice
D．
Have fun here
(2)
If you lose your passport in New York, you may probably get help from ________．
[ ]
A．
CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU
B．
TIMES SQUARE INFORMATION CENTER
C．
USEFUL BOOK
D．
TRAVEL INFORMATION
(3)
If a visitor wanted to take a train, he could get some help by dialing the number “________”．
[ ]
A．
8971000
B．
3301234
C．
WE 61212
D．
911 or“0”
阅读理解
For more than two days in September 1974, the people of Honduras shut their windows, locked their doors and covered in their homes．Fifi was outside, and they were frightened．
By the time Fifi had left, 8 000 people were dead．Fifi wasn't a pet dog as the name suggests．It was a hurricane, one of the most destructive natural phenomena in the world．
Why do we give human names to storms and hurricanes?
We didn't always, Two hundred years ago, many hurricanes in the Caribbean were named after the saint’s(基督教徒的)day on which the storm occurred．Later, storms were known by the name of the city where they came ashore．
Meteorologists then tried naming storms after the latitude(纬度)and longitude(经度)where they occurred．
Finally, in 1953, hurricanes started getting people's names－specifically, female names．Male names were added in 1979．
There are six sets of names for what the experts call “Atlantic tropical cyclones”．
Each list is used every six years and consists of 21 names, starting with every letter but Q, U, X, Y and Z．The names alternate(交替)between male and female．
A storm won’t get a name until its winds reach 39 mph or about 62.4 kph, at which point it becomes a tropical storm．At 74 mph or 118.4 kph it's declared a hurricane．
The 126 names on the list are used only for stormas that form off the Atlantic coast of the US．There are separate lists for the Pacific．
So what happens if a hurricane should cross from the Atlantic to the Pacific? It's happened before．The storm just gets a new name and sometimes a new sex．
Max Mayfield is the director of the National Hurricane Centre, headquartered in Miami, Florida．He's in charge of picking new names for storms off the Atlantic coast．
He doesn't do it alone, though．His counterparts in two dozen other countries in the Caribbean, Central America and North America vote on what names will replace retired names．
(1)
From the first paragraph we can find that ________．
[ ]
A．
Honduras is a country which was destroyed by Fifi
B．
Honduras is a country which has no mountains
C．
Honduras is a country which faces the ocean
D．
Honduras is a country which lies at high latitude
(2)
Which of the following is true according to the passage?
[ ]
A．
There were no hurricanes two centuries ago．
B．
The Caribbean is a state of the United States．
C．
The Caribbean is a place where hurricanes occur often．
D．
Fifi was formed off the Pacific．
(3)
The names for storms and hurricanes, as this passage shows, ________．
[ ]
A．
are set for use
B．
are all from American English
C．
are difficult to spell
D．
are easy to fix
(4)
The underlined word “counterparts” in the last paragraph means ________．
[ ]
A．
citizens holding the same opinion
B．
people with a similar position or function
C．
passengers traveling by sea
D．
assistants working abroad
(5)
Which list could be used to name the five storms from the Atlantic in a year?
[ ]
A．
David, Helen, Jack, Mike, Lucy
B．
Lucy, Mary, Owen, Nina, Peter
C．
Sam, Tina, Victor, Wanda, Yeats
D．
Peter, Rose, Sam, Tereasa, Victor
阅读理解
I needed to buy a digital camera, one that was simply good at taking good snaps(快照), maybe occasionally for magazines．Being the cautious type, I fancied a reliable brand．So I went on the net, spent 15 minutes reading product reviews on good websites, wrote down the names of three top recommendations and headed for my nearest big friendly camera store．There in the cupboard was one of the cameras on my list．And it was on special offer．Oh joy．I pointed at it and asked an assistant,“Can I have one of those?”He looked perturbed(不安)．“Do you want to try it first?" he said．It didn't quite sound like a question．"Do I need to?" I replied．"There's nothing wrong with it?" This made him look a bit insulted and I started to feel bad．"No, no．But you should try it," he said encouragingly．" Compare it with the others．"
I looked across at the others：shelves of similar cameras placed along the wall, offering a wide range of slightly different prices and discounts, with each company selling a range of models based around the same basic box．With so many models to choose from, it seemed that I would have to spend hours weighing X against Y, always trying to take Z and possibly H into account at the same time．But when I had finished, I would still have only the same two certainties that I had entered the store with：first, soon after I carried my new camera out of the shop, it would be worth half what I paid for it; and second, my wonderful camera would very quickly be replaced by a new model．
But something in the human soul whispers that you can beat these traps by making the right choice, the clever choice, the wise choice．In the end, I agreed to try the model I had chosen．The assistant seemed a sincere man．So I let him take out my chosen camera from the cupboard, show how it took excellent pictures of my fellow shoppers…and when he started to introduce the special features, I interrupted to ask whether I needed to buy a carry-case and a memory card as well．
Why do we think that new options(选择)still offer us anything new?Perhaps it is because they offer an opportunity to avoid facing the fact that our real choices in this culture are far more limited than we would like to imagine．
(1)
The shop assistant insisted that the writer should ________．
[ ]
A．
try the camera to see if there was anything wrong with it
B．
compare the camera he had chosen with the others
C．
get more information about different companies
D．
trust him and stop asking questions
(2)
What does the writer mean by "it would be worth half what I paid for it"(Paragraph 2)?
[ ]
A．
He should get a 50％ discount．
B．
The price of the camera was unreasonably high．
C．
The quality of the camera was not good．
D．
The camera would soon fall in value．
(3)
The writer decided to try the model he had chosen because he ________．
[ ]
A．
knew very little about it
B．
didn't trust the shop assistant
C．
wanted to make sure the one he chose would be the best
D．
had a special interest in taking pictures of his fellow shoppers
(4)
It can be inferred from the passage that in the writer's opinion, ________
[ ]
A．
people waste too much money on cameras
B．
cameras have become an important part of our daily life
C．
we don't actually need so many choices when buying a product
D．
famous companies care more about profit than quality
阅读理解
Scores of farms across the country are opening up to overnight guests．The best have all the appeal of a first-rate inn(小旅馆)－plus here a moo, there a moo．
Sure, you and your kids have a plan for the theme parks．In the meanwhile, why not make a little hay(干草)? Farm stays are fast becoming the great American alternative to the pre-packaged vacation．
LIBERTY HALL FARM
Rochester, Vt．; 802/767-3926; www．libertyhillfarm．com．Adults ＄75, teens ＄50, kids 12 and under ＄35, including breakfast and dinner; shared baths．
Beth and Bob Kennett run a farm straight out of a storybook．You'll find Beth in the kitchen, rolling out dough(生面团)for a pie．Bob's busy with other work．Guests sleep in seven sunny bedrooms right in the farmhouse and can participate in any of the farm jobs．Maybe you and your kids won't be up at 6 am to meet the milk truck, but you can help with the milking twice a day, collect eggs, and pick sweet corn and wild blackberries in season．
HULL-O FARM
Durham, N．Y．; 518/239-6950; www．hull-o．com; Adults ＄110, kids 10-14 ＄60, 5-9 ＄50, 2-4 ＄35, under 2 free, including breakfast and dinner; private baths．
It started in 1993 as a way to bring in some extra money at a time of falling milk prices．But soon after Frank and Sherry Hull opened their Catskill Mountains dairy farm to overnight visitors, they discovered they loved it．As you drive up, Sherry greets you on the porch(入口处)of the 1825 farmhouse with a cow-shaped cookie jar．Before long your kids are playing around with the cows, sheep, ducks, goats and getting ready for a hayride．
MERAMEC FARM CABINS
Bourbon, Mo．; 573/732-4765; http：//www．wine-mo．com; Doubles with private bath ＄75, ＄10 per additional person．Trail and riding fees extra．
Climb on the back of the Ford pick up and catch up with the herd．One gentle cow named Cricket will even let the kids sit on her back．At the barn(牲口棚)Carol will introduce you to the horses－15 Missouri Fox Trotters－and lead you on a ride over the hills and down along the spring-fed Meramec River, where everyone swims．Grab a fishing pole and head back to the river．When you have your fill of the wild, try Carol and Dave's favorite restaurants, within 20 miles of the farm．
(1)
The underlined sentence in the first paragraph implies that ________．
[ ]
A．
you can enjoy the best cuisine at the first rate restaurant
B．
some farms provide country experiences as well as good accommodations
C．
farm work is hard, but you can enjoy it a lot, playing with the animals
D．
if you want to hear a cow's cry, please stay on a best farm
(2)
We can learn from the three ads that ________．
[ ]
A．
Hull-O Farm was not built for overnight visitors
B．
Frank and Sherry Hull run a farm out of a storybook
C．
kids can sit on a gentle cow's back on Hull-O Farm
D．
you can't milk a cow if you get up late on Liberty Hill Farm
(3)
The Browns have a 13-year-old son and 11-year-old daughter．If they stay on Liberty Hill Farm for one night, how much will they pay?
[ ]
A．
＄175．
B．
＄220．
C．
＄235．
D．
＄250．
(4)
Who will be most likely interested in the webpage?
[ ]
A．
Kids who want to find pleasure in the theme parks．
B．
People who expect to be employed on the farm．
C．
Those who plan to have family vacations on working farms．
D．
Researchers who are interested in raising cows on farms．
