A boy of 14 has become the youngest student to win a place at Cambridge University. Arran Fernandez, who was  16 at home by his father, Neil, will 17  a mathematics degree at Fitzwilliam College next month and he hopes to have a career as a research mathematician to 18  the Riemann hypothesis(黎曼猜想) that has confused the brightest minds. It will make him the youngest Cambridge student  19 14-year-old William Pitt the Younger studied there in 1773.

Last night the child genius said: “I am looking forward to going to the  20  . I have started the first-year books  21   and it is all right, not too  22  . I can understand it. I am excited about going to Cambridge,  23  I am used to making records about being the youngest in education. It isn’t the youngest moment that is so important to me--  24  I’m more interested in going to Cambridge than comparing   25  with other people who go there.”

But  26 his age he will not be able to    27  many of the alcohol-fuelled festivities(庆典) traditionally  28  to Freshers’ Week. “I don’t think I’m missing too much fun,” he insisted. “Even if I was 18, I wouldn’t want to go out  29 . ”

Arran,  30   plans to join the bird-watching society instead and go boating while at university, was five when he  31  the youngest person to be  32   a GCSE (General Certificated of Secondary Education), after passing maths. He was offered the   33  to learn at Cambridge in 2010, when he was 14, on the condition he gained an A-level in physics, which he  34  with an A+ grade. Arran had already gained an A grade in further maths last year.

Cambridge also asked him to attend three GCSEs in subjects which were not related to maths and physics to  35   his knowledge. He gained A+s in English literature and French and an A in English language this summer.

A young and successful executive was traveling down a neighborhood street, going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. He was  1  for kids playing out from between parked cars and  2  down when he thought he saw  3  . As his car passed, no children appeared． 4  , a brick smashed into the Jag's side door! He slammed（猛踩）on the brakes and drove the Jag back to the spot  5  the brick had been thrown. The angry driver then jumped out of the car,  6  the nearest kid and pushed him up against a parked car,  7  “Just what the hell are you doing? That's a new car and that brick you threw is going to  8  a lot of money.  Why did you do it?”

The young boy was  9  "Please mister ... please, I'm sorry... I didn't know what else to do," he pleaded．"I threw the brick because no one else would  10  ..."

With tears  11  down his face and off his chin, the boy  12  to a spot just around a parked car.

"It's my brother," he said．"He rolled off the sidewalk and fell out of his wheelchair and I can't lift him up."

Then he asked, "Would you help me get him back into his wheelchair? He's too  13  for me."

Moved beyond words, the driver tried to swallow the rapidly swelling lump（哽咽）in his throat. He  14 lifted the disabled boy back into the wheelchair, then took out his fancy handkerchief and dabbed（轻擦） at the  15  scrapes and cuts. A quick look told him everything was going to be okay.

"Thank you and  16  God bless you," the grateful child told the stranger.

Too shook up for words, the man simply watched the little boy   17 his wheelchair-bound brother down the sidewalk toward their home. It was a long, slow walk back to the Jaguar. The damage was very  18  , but the driver never 19  to repair the dented（有凹痕）side door. He kept the dent there to remind him of this  20  : Don't go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at you to get your attention!

1．A．looking                    B．watching               C．caring             D．waiting

2．A．slowed                     B．came                      C．turned                    D．broke

3．A．everything                B．anything                  C．nothing            D．something

4．A．Finally                   B．Immediately                   C．Instead            D．Therefore

5．A．that                          B．when                           C．where              D．how

6．A．grabbed                    B．drew                      C．threw                     D．carried

7．A．saying                      B．speaking                 C．crying             D．shouting

8．A．spend                       B．cost                        C．offer                      D．charge

9．A．shy                              B．apologetic               C．disappointed     D．surprised

10．A．stop                       B．help                        C．appear             D．drive

11．A．pouring                   B．flowing                   C．dripping           D．dropping

12．A．walked                   B．moved                    C．pointed            D．rushed

13．A．important                B．heavy                     C．strong             D．difficult

14．A．hurriedly                 B．slowly                    C．unwillingly       D．painfully

15．A．fresh                      B．recent                     C．original            D．serious

16．A．should                    B．must                       C．may                D．would

17．A．lead                        B．lift                                 C．pull                        D．push

18．A．invisible                  B．noticeable                C．significant        D．attractive

19．A．bothered                 B．considered              C．applied             D．minded

20．A．word                      B．announcement         C．message          D．suggestion

A Glass of Milk

One day, a poor boy who was trying to pay his way through school by selling goods door to door found that he only had one dime left．He was__1___ so he decided to beg for a meal at the next house.

__2__ , he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the door．__3___ of a meal he asked for a drink of water．She thought he looked hungry so she __4___ him a large glass of milk．He drank it slowly, and then asked, “How much do I ___5__ you?”

“You don’t owe me anything,” she replied．“Mother had taught me never to __6__ to pay for a kindness.” He said, “Then I thank you from the __7___of my heart.” As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt stronger __8___ , but it also increased his faith in the human race．He was about to give up and ___9__ before this point.

Years later the young woman became seriously ill．The__10___doctors were completely confused．They finally sent her to the big city, __11__specialists can be called in to study her rare disease．Dr．Howard Kelly, now ___12__, was called in for the consultation (会诊)．When he heard the__13___ of the town she came from, a strange light filled his eyes．__14___ , he rose and went down through the hospital hall into her room.

He ___15__ her at once．He went back to the consultation room and __16___ to do his best to save her life．

After a long struggle, the __17___ was won．Dr．Kelly requested the business office to pass the final bill to him for approval．He looked at it and then__18___ something on the side．The bill was sent to her room．She was afraid to open it because she was sure that it would take the__19____of her life to pay if off．Finally she looked, and the note on the side of the bill caught her attention．She read these words…

“ __20____ in full with a glass of milk.”

(Signed) Dr．Forward Kelly

1．A．angry　 B．hungry C．unhappy D．uncomfortable

2．A．And　　　　 　 B．Therefore　 　 C．However　　 D．Meanwhile

3．A．Instead　　　 B．Despite　　 　 C．Plenty　 　 D．Indeed

4．A．provided 　 B．supplied C．took 　 D．brought

5．A．pay　 B．owe　 C．thank D．offer

6．A．receive B．accept　　 C．get　　　　　 D．donate

7．A．level　 B．surface 　 C．bottom D．middle

8．A．apparently B．mentally　 C．spiritually 　 D．physically

9．A．quit　 B．stop 　 C．abandon D．drop

10．A．experienced　 B．excellent C．national　 　 D．local

11．A．where B．when 　 C．who D．which

12．A．proud　 B．famous C．smart　 D．generous

13．A．place B．location　 C．destination　 D．name

14．A．Immediately　 B．Fortunately　 C．Surprisingly　 D．Finally

15．A．reminded B．recognized C．remembered D．reacted

16．A．declined　 B．determined C．declared　 D．dedicated

17．A．war B．conflict　 C．battle D．campaign

18．A．wrote B．saw C．read　 D．noticed

19．A．whole B．entire C．half　 D．rest

20．A．Included　 　 B．Paid　 C．Repaid D．Gained

       A．Use cash．Instead of paying things with credit cards, use cash for non-bill spending such as eating out, gas and groceries．Spending cash makes the spending more real, and there’s an added advantage of knowing when you’re out of cash.

       B．Small weekly savings transfers．I got this idea from my friend, who automatically deducts(扣除) $20 a week from his check to savings．I decided that I could live with the deduction of $40/week without really feeling it — it’s a relatively small transfer that I barely notice, and I save about $2,000 a year!

       C．Stay at home．Going out makes you spend money unnecessarily．You eat at restaurants, go to the mall, and stop at the gas station for snacks．It’s hard to avoid spending when you’re on the road．Instead, stay at home and find free entertainment．It’s also a great way to bond with your family.

       D．Don’t get catalogs(商品宣传册)．Their announcements of sales or cool new products make it very temting(引诱人的) to buy something you don’t need．Instead, stop getting the catalogs, and you’ll spend less.

       E．Keep a 30-day list．If you have an impulse(冲动) to buy something you don’t absolutely need, put it on a 30-day list．You can’t buy anything but necessities — everything else goes on the list．When the 30 days are up, you can buy it — but most likely, the strong urge to buy it will be gone, and you can evaluate it more calmly.

       F．Cook at home．I know it seems more difficult than eating out．But it doesn’t have to be hard．Make home-made pizza with a ready-made crust, some sauce, cheese and veggies．Put some spices on something and throw it in the oven while you cook some brown rice．Not only is this much cheaper than eating out, but it’s healthier.

阅读下面几位消费者的情况介绍，并为他们匹配合适的建议。

1.Mr．And Mrs．Brown are a newly-married couple who work in the same company．They don’t earn much in their work, but they have to spend a larger part of their income to pay for their rent and daily necessities．Furthermore, they seldom eat at home because neither of them cooks well．Therefore, they have to pay a lot more extra money for food.

2.Mrs．Wang enjoys shopping very much because she is free all day long．Whenever she is wandering in the shops or stores, she will have a strong impulse and find it difficult for her to get back home with her hands empty．But it is quite often that she will find what she has bought is almost useless when she gets home.

3.Tony is a university student in New York, who is far away from his parents．He pays everything with his credit card．He finds it very cool for him to purchase with his credit card．However, he often finds his money has already run out in the middle of the month.

4.Miss Betty is a high school girl whose parents give her some money every week．As her parents don’t earn much money, she wants to save some money secretly so that she can buy a digital camera.

5.Miss Catherine is a young girl who is easily to be persuaded into buying something useless．She will get encouraged to buy something when she sees an advertisement．Her parents have warned her many times against doing such stupid things, but it doesn’t work much.

                                 B

Fear and its companion pain are two of the most useful things that man and animals possess if they are used. If fire didn’t hurt when it burned, children would play with it until their hands were burned away. Similarly, if pain existed but fear didn’t, a child could burn itself again and again because fear would not warn it to keep away from the fire that had burnt it before. A really fearless soldier—and some do exist—is not a good soldier because he is soon killed; and a dead soldier is of no use to his army. Fear and pain are therefore two guards without which man and animals might soon die out.

In our first sentence we suggested that fear ought to be properly used. If, for example, you never go out of your house because of the danger of being knocked down and killed in the street by a car, you are letting fear rule you too much. The important thing is not to let fear rule you, but instead, to use fear as your servant and guide. Fear will warn you of dangers; then you have to decide what action to take.

In many cases, you can take quick and successful action to avoid the danger. For example, you see a car coming straight towards you; fear warns you, you jump out of the way, and all is well.

In some cases, however, you decide that there is nothing that you can do to avoid the danger. For example, you cannot prevent an airplane crashing into your house, and you may not want to go and live in a desert where there are no airplanes. In this case, fear has given you its warning, you have examined it and decided on your course of action, so fear of the particular danger is no longer of any use to you, and you have to try to overcome it.

60. Children would play with fire until their hands are burnt away if _________.

A. they were not well educated at school   B. they had never played with fire before

C. they had no sense of pain             D. they were fearful of pain

61. People sometimes succeed in timely avoiding danger because _________.

A. they have gained experience     B. they are warned of the danger and take quick action

C. they jump out of the way in time  D. they are calm in face of danger

62. What is implied but not stated in the passage?

A. Too much fear is harmful              

B. Fear is always something helpful

C .Fear is something that can be avoided     

D. Fear ought to be used as our guide in our life

63.The best title for this passage should be __________.

A. No Pains, No Gains          B. Pain and Actions

C. The Value of Fear          D .The Reason Why People Fear