What’s in a name? Letters offer clues to one’s future decisions, apparently. Previous studies have suggested that maybe a person’s monogram __1__ his life choices — where he works, whom he marries or where he lives — because of “implied self-esteem (自负),” or the temptation of positive self-associations. For instance, a person named Fred might be attracted to the __2__ of living in Fresno, working for Forever 21 or driving a Ford F-150.

Now a new study by professor Uri takes another look at the so-called name-letter effect and __3__ other explanations for the phenomenon. He analyzed records of political donations in the U.S. during the 2004 campaign — which included donors’ names and employers — and found that the name of a person’s workplace more closely related to the first three letters of a person’s name than with just the first letter. But he suggests that the reason for the association isn’t implied self-esteem, but perhaps something __4__ the opposite.

Duyck, one of the researchers whose previous work __5__ the name-letter effect, isn’t so quick to abandon the implied self-esteem theory. He pointed out that the sample group Uri studied may have biased the results: Uri analyzed the name-letter effect in a sample of people who donated money to political __6__. Still, Duyck notes that Uri’s theories are credible, and that even while some people may __7__ the same name of companies, employees may be tending to those companies because they start with the same letter as their names. In the end, whatever the explanation for the name-letter effect, no one really disputes that self-esteem is __8__ on some level. But the true importance of the effect is up for debate. “I can’t imagine people don’t like their own letter more than other letters,” says Uri, “but the differences it makes in really __9__ decisions are probably slim.”

A. offers      B. influences      C. uncovered       D. exactly       E. big

F. found      G. campaigns      H. involved        J. properly       I. notion

What’s in a name? Letters offer clues to one’s future decisions, apparently. Previous studies have suggested that maybe a person’s monogram __1__ his life choices — where he works, whom he marries or where he lives — because of “implied self-esteem (自负),” or the temptation of positive self-associations. For instance, a person named Fred might be attracted to the __2__ of living in Fresno, working for Forever 21 or driving a Ford F-150.

Now a new study by professor Uri takes another look at the so-called name-letter effect and __3__ other explanations for the phenomenon. He analyzed records of political donations in the U.S. during the 2004 campaign — which included donors’ names and employers — and found that the name of a person’s workplace more closely related to the first three letters of a person’s name than with just the first letter. But he suggests that the reason for the association isn’t implied self-esteem, but perhaps something __4__ the opposite.

Duyck, one of the researchers whose previous work __5__ the name-letter effect, isn’t so quick to abandon the implied self-esteem theory. He pointed out that the sample group Uri studied may have biased the results: Uri analyzed the name-letter effect in a sample of people who donated money to political __6__. Still, Duyck notes that Uri’s theories are credible, and that even while some people may __7__ the same name of companies, employees may be tending to those companies because they start with the same letter as their names. In the end, whatever the explanation for the name-letter effect, no one really disputes that self-esteem is __8__ on some level. But the true importance of the effect is up for debate. “I can’t imagine people don’t like their own letter more than other letters,” says Uri, “but the differences it makes in really __9__ decisions are probably slim.”

Large companies need a way to reach the savings of the public at large. The same problem, on a smaller__1__, faces practically every company trying to __2__ new products and create new jobs. There can be little prospect of raising the sort of sums needed from friends and people we know. While banks may agree to provide short-term finance, they are generally __3__ to provide money on a permanent basis for long-term projects. So companies turn to public, inviting people to lend them money, or take a share in the business in __4__ for a share in future profits. This they do by __5__ stocks and shares in the business through the Stock Exchange. By doing so they can put into circulation the savings of __6__ and organizations, both at home and overseas.         
When the saver needs his money back, he does not have to go to the company with whom he originally placed it. __7__, he sells his shares through a stockbroker to some other saver who is seeking to __8__ his money.
Many of the __9__ needed both by industry and by each of us are provided by the government or by local authorities. Without hospitals, electricity, telephones, railways, this country could not __10__. All these require __11__ spending on new equipment and new development if they are to serve us properly, requiring more money than is raised through taxes alone. The government, local authorities, and nationalized industries __12__ frequently need to borrow money to finance major capital spending, and they, too, come to the Stock Exchange.
There is __13__ a man or woman in this country whose job or whose standard of living does not __14__ the ability of his or her employers to raise money to finance new development. In one way or another this new money must come from the savings of the country. The Stock Exchange __15_ to provide a channel through which these savings can reach those who need finance.

What do Chinese college graduates have in common with ants? The recent __16__ Ant Tribes about the life of some young people __17__ flock to Beijing after leaving university，__18__ the graduates，like ants，as smart but __19__ as individuals, drawing strength from living together in communities.

The book，which is based __20__ two years of interviews with about 600 low­income college graduates in Beijing，__21__ in mid­September，about a month ahead of an announcement by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security that 74% of the 6.11 million new graduates from universities and colleges had been __22__ by Sept.1.

The book's chief editor，Lian Si，tells that piece of statistic says __23__ about the real situation for many of these graduates.“I am always __24__ how many of these employed college graduates are leading a happy life”，Lian said.“I hope this book could offer a window on these graduates，whose stories are __25__ known.”

The __26__ of the book is several so­called settlement villages for college students on the outskirts(市郊) of Beijing，where a large __27__ of college graduates live.Most of these graduates work for __28__ or medium­sized businesses，__29__ less than 2，000 yuan a month.They live together because it's __30__：the rent in these communities is only around 350 yuan a month.Many of them travel several hours a day for short­term jobs or job interviews.

Tangjialing，a small __31__ 20 kilometers from Tian'anmen Square，has around 3，000 __32__ villagers，but has become a home for more than 50，000 migrants，most of whom __33__ from universities or colleges all over the country.Lian describes the students' __34__ as five­ or six­storey buildings built by local farmers with 12 rooms on each floor and two or three people crowded together in each room of about 10 square meters.Up to 70 or 80 people __35__ the same toilet and kitchen.

16．A.film  B．story  C．book  D．magazine

17．A.who  B．what  C．which  D．whose

18．A.describes  B．tells

C．shows  D．gives

19．A.necessary  B．meaningless

C．important  D．strong

20．A.in  B．on  C．at  D．for

21．A.came up  B．came on

C．came along  D．came out

22．A.fired  B．interviewed

C．employed  D．trained

23．A.much  B．little  C．some  D．more

24．A.wondering  B．realizing

C．studying  D．confusing

25．A.seldom  B．well  C．always  D．never

26．A.environment  B．setting

C．range  D．coverage

27．A.deal  B．plenty  C．amount  D．number

28．A.small  B．big  C．famous  D．unknown

29．A.earning  B．spending

C．shopping  D．paying

30．A.expensive  B．comfortable

C．cheap  D．convenient

31．A.city  B．town

C．community  D．village

32．A.original  B．young

C．rich  D．poor

33．A.suffer  B．differ  C．graduate  D．suffer

34．A.lives  B．dormitories

C．buildings  D．restaurants

35．A.share  B．borrow  C．build  D．clean

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　　Once upon a time there was an old man  1 had three sons.  2 them together, he said, “Sons, my end is near,  3 my oldest son I give half my camels, to my second one - third, and to my youngest one - ninth .”  4 he died .

　　Now,  5 man had seventeen camels, and the three brothers were puzzled to know how to share them as their father  6 . They thought a long time about the  7 , and it seemed that they must  8 kill some of the camels and cut them into pieces, or  9 their father. At last they went to their father's old friend and asked his  10 . As soon as he heard  11 story he said, “I  12 you. I honored (尊敬) your father, I am old . I have only one camel , but take it——it is yours . ”

　　Gratefully  13 sons took the old man' s camel,  14 that it was now easy to divide the camels  15 their father had wished. The oldest took  16 —— that was nine camels; the second took one-third , which was  17 ; and the youngest took  18 , which was two .

　　Only when  19 had received his share of camels did they discover that  20 a camel to share . So , out of gratitude (感激) to their father's friend , they returned the camel.

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