Recently in the hope of earning both money and social experience, I became a door-trw door salesman.

  I once read a saying. “If somebody wants something of yours, you will be treated as warmly as spring, but if they don’t you may be treated as coldly as winter.” You may consider this an exaggeration (夸张), but if you are a salesman, it is clearly correct.

   You would never have found it to be so true if you hadn’t been a salesman. You needn’t stand doubtful looks and unfriendly comments; you needn’t listen to something completely wrong and nod to say that it was quite right, you needn’t worry about being refused time after time; you needn’t always keep patience and a smile; you needn’t repeat the same sentences over and over again; you needn’t talk to somebody you dislike ....

  I did this work for a month, then I decided to give it up; Apart from the reasons above, I found I was paying too much attention to the job and thus sacrificing my study time. The latest test result proved that my grades were getting worse.

  Even worse, I hadn’t enough time to join my classmates in college activities. Some times 1 felt lonely and unhappy because of both my study and my part-time job. Now I don’t think it is worth doing such a thing for even though I was earning money it came at great cost.

  Newspapers and magazines often publish stories about excellent students who do part-time work while also keeping high scores in class. But according to my experience, park-time work can have some strong negative influences on study.

  Most students don’t view the relationship between study and work correctly. In my opinion, if it isn’t a must for financial reasons, students should be careful about taking up a part-time job.

1． From the text, we can tell that the writer is _____.    

  A. an unemployed man                  B. a middle-school student

  C. a college student                    D. a door-to-door salesman

2．Which of the following words has the closest meaning to the underlined word “sacrificing”? 

  A. Losing            B. Wasting        C. Using              D. Getting

3．The writer thought_____. 

 A. doing a part-time job was unnecessary

 B. part-time jobs had good effect upon study

 C. it was hard to deal with the relationship between study and work

 D .part-time jobs would be good for every college student

4．What would be the best title for the text _____.

 A. Part-time Jobs Are Useful             B. Part-time Jobs Can Cost Dear

 C. Students Shouldn’t Take Part-time Jobs  D. Part-time Jobs Are Important to Many Students

I am a strong believer that if a child is raised with approval, he learns to love himself and will be successful in his own way.
Several weeks ago，I was doing homework with my son in the third grade and he kept standing up from his chair to go over the math lines．I kept asking him to sit down, telling him that he would concentrate better. He sat but seconds later, as if he didn’t even notice he was doing it, he got up again．I was getting frustrated, but then it hit me．I started noticing his answers were much quicker and accurate when he stood up．Could he be more intent while standing up？
This made me start questioning myself and what I had been raised to believe. I was raised to believe that a quiet, calm child was a sure way to success．This child would have the discipline to study hard, get good grades and become someone important in life．
Now those same people perhaps come to realize that their kids are born with their own sets of DNA and personality traits，and all you can do is loving and accepting them．As parents，throughout their growing years and beyond that, we need to be our kids' best cheerleaders，guiding them and helping them find their way.
I have stopped asking my son to sit down and concentrate．Obviously, he is concentrating just in his own way and not mine．We need to learn to accept our kids' ways of doing things．Some way may have worked for me but doesn't mean we need to carry it through generations．There is nothing sweeter than being individual and unique．It makes us free and happy and that's just the way I want my kids to live their own life．
【小题1】 At the beginning, the author tried to keep his son seated in order to make him________.

A．pay more attention to his study	B．keep silent in the room
C．finish his homework on time	D．get right answers

阅读理解

　　Some think that people are not so polite as they used to be．Of course customs change, but the most important thing about politeness is that you should do nothing to make other people uncomfortable．

　　Here is a story about two soldiers and a boy．

　　The two soldiers who had just finished a long journey were on the way to their village．They decided to have a few drinks in the bar near a market-place．Having drunk enough, they came out into the street to look for something funny to do．But it was a very quiet place．Nothing interesting ever happened there．But at last, while standing in the market-place, they saw a village boy coming slowly with a donkey(驴) by a rope(绳子), so the two soldiers decided to play a joke on him．

　　“Hello,” one of the soldiers said to the boy,“Why does your brother have to rope round his neck when he goes for a walk with you?”

　　“To stop him joining the nave(海军)．” the boy answered at once．

　　What do you think of the story?Ｗｈｅｎsomeone does something impolite to you, do you think it correct to treat(对待) him in the same way? Can two wrongs make a right?

1．The writer says that______．

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A．people are less polite now because custom have changed

B．politeness in more important than anything else

C．the change of custom makes people uncomfortable

D．to be polite, one shouldn't make others uncomfortable

2．When they had drunk enough, the two soldiers______．

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A．went on their journey

B．wanted to find something to enjoy themselves

C．looked for a place to have a rest

D．left the market for their village

3．The two soldiers saw a village boy______．

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A．walking slowly on his donkey's back

B．walking together with his donkey

C．coming to the bar with his donkey

D．and wanted to know if he was clever or not

4．The writer ends the article with a question“Can two wrongs make a right?” This means that______．

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A．one should be polite even if he is treated impolitely

B．the two soldiers were wrong and they made the boy do them right

C．the boy's answer served the two soldiers right

D．one should be polite to others when they are polite to him

5．The best title for this article is______．

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A．What is Politeness　　　　B．Was the Boy Right?

C．A Clever Village Boy　　　D．The Two Impolite Soldiers