Brazil and Barcelona forward Ronaldinho has been named the 50th European Footballer of year at a great party in Paris held towards the end of 2005.

       Ronaldinho, 25 years old ,became the third Brazilian to win the title after Ronaldo, who won it in 1997 and 2002 ,and Rivaldo ,who won it in 1999.

       “To be here with all those great players is a dream .This gives me huge encouragement to keep working and try to do well. I have the chance to do for a living what I like most in my life, and that’s playing football. I can make people happy and enjoy myself at the same time,” said Ronaldinho after receiving the golden cup at the party.

       There was no way Ronaldinho could not succeed ,as he was always full of uncontrollable desire for football. He would play on the dirt ,in the wood ,even in his living—room—nothing else stayed in his mind. He began to shine on the international games when he was 17 ,helping Brazil win the Under—17 World Championship（锦标赛）.He was on his way to becoming one of the world’s greatest players, with his role in Brazil’s World Cup victory in 2002. With 22 goals in his first year in Barcelona , he received football’s most valuable honor in 2004 : the FIFA World Player of the Year.

       “He isn’t only able to win games on his own ,he keeps our spirits high because he is always in a good state of feelings,” says his captain. “You can challenge him , push him ,trip him and even prevent him on purpose—nothing can stop him .And it shows in his games. He’s not satisfied with moving the ball from one point to another; he has to dance it away. And with every match , Ronaldinho creates a new signature move. When nothing seems possible , he can do.”

1．The nationality of Rivaldo is         .

       A．French                B．English                C．Brazilian              D．Spanish

2．How old was Ronaldinho when he first joined Barcelona?

       A．17 years old.                                       B．25 years old.       

       C．20 years old.                                       D．Less than 25 years old.

3．We can conclude from the passage that the author wants to give us an introduction of       .

       A．the great honors he received in recent years

       B．a great and gifted Brazilian football player

       C．a famous sportsman in the world

       D．European Footballer of Year

4．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

       A．At the age of 17 Ronaldinho helped his country to win the World Cup.

       B．Ronaldo won the title—European Footballer of Year twice.

       C．He is more interested in football than in anything else.

       D．His fans want to get his signature after every game .

5．In the opinion of his captain, Ronaldinho         .

       A．has to sign his name before every football game

       B．is not satisfied with every match he played in

       C．is able to do almost everything possible

       D．can make his teammates in high spirits

At the age of 11, Peter Lynch started caddying(当球童) at Brae Burn Country Club in Newton, Mass. “It was better than a newspaper carrier, and much more profitable,” the Fidelity vice chairman recalls. He kept it up during the summers for almost a decade. “You get to know the course and can give the golf players advice about how to approach various holes,” he says. “Where else, at age 15 or 16, can you serve as a trusted adviser to high-powered people?”

One of those people was George Sullivan, then president of Fidelity’s funds, who was so impressed with Lynch’s smarts that he hired him in 1966. “There were about 75 applicants for 3 job openings,” Lynch says now. “But I was the only one who had caddied for the president for 10 years.”

In between caddying and managing money, Lynch went to Boston College on a scholarship from a program called the Francis Ouimet Fund. Named after the 1913 winner of the U.S. Open, the fund launched in 1949 which is open to Massachusetts kids only. Ouimet executive director Robert Donovan says, “Help with college is a logical extension of friendly relation between golfers and their favorite caddies, because there is a close tie to train up them to be excellent that happens between the players and the kids who carry their golf poles. And for the teens, caddying is all about being around successful role models.”

It is obvious that caddies who are finally successful include all kinds of outstanding personnel, from actor Bill Murray, to New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, to former GE chairman and CEO Jack Welch.

Of course, the great number of financial giants who caddied in their youth might be coincidence, but Dick Connolly thinks not. “Caddying life teaches you a lot about business, and about life,” he says. “You learn to show up early and look people in the eye when you shake their hand, and you learn how to read people -- including who’s likely to cheat and who isn’t.” Connolly is a longtime investment advisor at Morgan Stanley’s Boston office, a former Ouimet scholarship student and, along with Peter Lynch and Roger Altman, one of the program’s biggest supporters. He wants to share the most important lesson he learned on the links, so he says: “One golfer I caddied for told me that if you want to succeed in any field -- golf or business -- you have to spend a lot of lonely hours, either practicing or working, when you’d rather be partying with your friends. That’s true, and it stuck with me.”

 1.Which of the following may Peter Lynch agree about caddying?

A. He could have a relaxing job as a caddie.

B. He could make more money from the golf players.　　

C. His duty was to advise the players how to play golf.

D. His caddying experiences contributed to his later career.

2.Why was the Francis Ouimet Fund set up to support Massachusetts kids only?

A. Because of the advice from the rich golf players.

B. Because of those giants with caddying experiences.

C. Because of the great success the caddies have achieved.

D. Because of the friendly relation between golfers and their caddies.

3.According to Dick Connolly, caddying experience in your youth_____.

A. helps you learn to live with loneliness

B. teaches you a lot about business and life

C. makes it possible to meet with great people

D. offers you chances to communicate with others

4.Which of the following may be the best title for the passage?

A. Legend of Peter Lynch.

B. An introduction of Golf Caddying.

C. Golf Caddying into Future Success.

D. Five Giants with Caddying Experiences.

I want to make the most of every day. And, like most people, I've      that the best way to do it is (to) let go of past failures. But that's not all. One can never fully      today while thinking too much about past successes, either. People never      while resting comfortably on their laurels (荣誉). The      is that sometimes our successes hold us back more than our failures!

I once       a story about the Oscar owner, actor Clark Gable. A friend      Gable one afternoon at the actor's home. She brought along her      son, who was playing happily with toy cars on the floor. He      he was racing those cars around a great track, which in      was an imaginary circle around a golden statue. The small statue the boy played with was actually the Oscar Clark Gable      for his performance in the 1934 movie It Happened One Night.

When his mother told him the time had come to      , the little boy asked the actor, “Can I have this？”      to the Oscar.

“Sure,” he smiled. “It's yours.”

The horrified mother       . “Put that back immediately！”

Giving the child the golden statue, Clark Gable said, “Having the Oscar around doesn't mean anything to me;       it does.” The actor seemed to know that past success could be a       hammock (吊床) upon which he may be tempted to     , rather than a springboard setting him to begin a new start.

You may have learned to let go of past       and mistakes in order to free the present. But will you forget past successes and achievements in order to free the      ？Will your past be a springboard or a restful hammock?

“I like the       of the future better than the history of the past，” said Thomas Jefferson. I      . After all, the future, not the past, is where the rest of your life will be lived.

1.A.discovered　               B. inferred                  C. preferred             D. worried

2.A.spend                           B. live                         C. affect                    D. enjoy

3.A.struggle             B. work                       C. succeed                D. concentrate

4.A.story                             B. fact                        C. idea                       D. figure

5.A.wrote                           B. told                        C. knew            D. heard

6.A.saw                      B. recognized   C. met              D. visited

7.A.careful                B. small                        C. lonely                    D. clever

8.A.pretended                  B. believed                 C. insisted                 D. suggested

9.A.fact                      B. case                        C. turn             D. need

10.A.cared                         B. asked                       C. won                       D. looked

11.A.act                              B. leave                       C. play                        D. wait

12.A.running            B. getting                     C. pointing                D. shouting

13.A.shouted                     B. noticed                  C. suffered                D. breathed

14.A.selling               B. keeping                   C. earning                 D. sharing

15.A.special              B. comfortable          C. expensive  D. necessary

16.A.rest                            B. cheat                       C. stop                       D. sit

17.A.difficulties                 B. events                     C. failures              D. achievements

18.A.time                           B. future                      C. body             D. brain

19.A.idea                            B. meaning                  C. dreams                  D. thoughts

20.A.obey                          B. permit                    C. wish              D. agree

People used to say, “The hand that rocks the cradle（摇篮）rules the world ” and “Behind every successful man there’s a woman.”

Both of these sayings mean the same thing. Men rule the world, but their wives rule them. Most of the American women like making their husbands and sons successful, but some of them want more for themselves. They want good jobs. When they work, they want to be better paid. They want to be as successful as men.

The American women’s liberation movement was started by women who don’t want to stand behind successful men. They want to stand beside men, with the same chance for success. They don’t want to be told that certain jobs or offices are closed to them. They refuse to work side by side with men who do the same work for a higher pay.

A liberated woman must be proud of being a woman and believe in herself. If somebody says to her, “You’ve come a long way, baby,” she’ll smile and answer, “not nearly as far as I’m going to go, baby!”

The movement is quite new, and many American women do not agree. But it has already made some important changes in women’s lives---in men’s lives, too.

1．“The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world” here means          .

       A．the world is now ruled over by women

       B．women play an important role in men’s lives and work

       C．a man can’t succeed without a woman in his office

       D．a woman used to rule her husband

2．Those American women wish to         .

       A．have the same chance for success as men

       B．get better jobs than the men working together

       C．earn more money than their husbands

       D．devote more to their work than to their family

3．A liberated woman must          .

       A．take pride in her husband’s success

       B．be fond of and devote herself to her children

       C．be proud of being a woman and trust herself

       D．stand before or beside her husband

4．“You’ve come a long way, baby” here probably means          .

       A．you’ve come quite a long way to see your baby

       B．your baby is far from where you work

       C．there is still a long way for women to go

       D．you’ve achieved great success in freeing yourself

　　People used to say, “The hand that rocks the cradle (摇篮) rules the world” and “Behind every successful man there's a woman．” Both of these sayings mean the same thing．Men rule the world, but their wives rule them．Most of the American women like making their husbands and sons successful, but some of them want more for themselves．They want good jobs．When they work, they want to be better paid．They want to be as successful as men．

　　The American women's liberation movement was started by women who don't want to stand behind successful men．They want to stand beside men, with the same chance for success．They don't want to be told that certain jobs or offices are closed to them．They refuse to work side by side with men who do the same work for a higher pay．

　　A liberated woman must be proud of being a woman and believe in herself．If somebody says to her, “You've come a long way, baby．” She'll smile and answer, “Not nearly as far as I'm going to go, baby!”

The movement is quite new, and many American women do not agree．But it has already made some important changes in women's lives in men's lives, too．

1．The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world here means ________．

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A．the world is now ruled over by women

B．women play an important role in men's lives and work

C．a man can't succeed without a woman in his office

D．a woman used to rule her husband

2．American women wish to ________．

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A．have the same chance for success as men

B．get better jobs than the men working together

C．earn more money than their husbands

D．devote more to their work than to their family

3．A liberated woman must________．

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A．take pride in her husband's success

B．be fond of and devote herself to her children

C．be proud of being a woman and trust herself

D．stand before or beside her husband

4．“You've come a long way, baby” here probably means ________．

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A．you've come quite a long way to see your baby

B．your home is far from where you work

C．there is still a long way for you to go

D．you've achieved great success in freeing yourself