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In the years that followed I often remembered the lesson Father taught me. “There is more than one way to the square. Life is like that. If you can’t get to the place where you want to go by one road, try another.”

I knew where I wanted to go in life. I wanted to be a fashion designer. And on the way to my first small success I found the road blocked.

I was busy getting ready to show my winter fashions. Then just 13days before the presentation the sewing girls were called out on strike. I found myself left with one tailor and woman who was in charge of the sewing room! I was as gloomy as my models and salesgirls. “We’ll never make it,” one of them cried.

Here, I thought, is the test of all tests for Father’s advice. Where is the way out this time? I wondered and worried. I was certain we would have to call off the presentation or show the clothes unfinished. Then it dawned on me. Why not show the clothes unfinished?

We worked hurriedly. And, exactly 13 days later, right on time, the Schiaparelli showing took place.

What a showing it was! Some coats had no sleeves; others had only one. Many of our clothes were still in an early stage. They were only patterns made of heavy cotton cloth. But on these we pinned sketches and pieces of material. In this way we were able to show that what colors and textures the clothes would have when they were finished.

All in all, the showing was different. Our unusual showing caught the attention of the public, and orders for the clothes poured in.

Father’s wise words had guided me once again. There is more than one way to the square always.

45．The best title of the passage is        .

       A．A Wise Father                                      B．A fashion Designer

       C．More Than One Way to the Square.       D．An Unexpected Fashion Presentation

46．What happened just before the presentation?

       A．Clothes are lost                                    B．Sewing girls refused to work for him

       C．Workers went out on strike                   D．The author fell ill

47．The underlined sentence in the third paragraph indicates       .

       A．We felt excited                                    B．We felt angry

       C．We felt satisfied                                   D．We felt unhappy

48．The presentation turned out          .

       A．a success            B．a failure               C．a shame              D．a shock

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What does Thanksgiving remind Americans of? Their families. Thanksgiving is a family time. On this holiday, families enjoy being together. What does “family” mean to Americans?

The traditional American family is a "nuclear family." A nuclear family refers to a husband and wife and their children. The average American family today has two or three children (and maybe a few pets). In some cultures, several generations may even live together. In America, only in a few cases does more than one household live under one roof.

Each family member can have a say. Instead of fearing Mom and Dad, children may think of them as good friends. Husbands and wives often share housework. In many cases, a child can enjoy privacy（隐私）in his or her own bedroom. From an early age, children can plan how to spend money. They may receive a weekly pocket money or even work part-time jobs. Often parents give children freedom to make their own decisions about what to wear or to buy or whom to marry.

The United Nations has declared 1994 the "International Year of the Family." Not just in America, but all over the world, people recognize the importance of strong families. And one more thing: be thankful for each other. If you have a family, every day should be Thanksgiving.

41．This passage is mainly about           .

       A．Thanksgiving       B．holiday                C．family                 D．culture

42．What does a nuclear family include?

       A．father, mother and pets                         B．several generations living together

       C．grandparents, parents and children         D．parents, children and pets

43．In America, children            .

       A．often fear their parents                         B．can decide whom to marry

       C．are not allowed to have jobs                  D．can’t receive pocket money until an elderly age

44．That the International Year of the Family came into being show that        .

       A．more people have realized the importance of family.

       B．more people should have a family.

       C．people all over the world should hold Thanksgiving together.

       D．people should thank each other on Thanksgiving day.

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SPORTSVENTS

◆BASKETBALL:

Central Sports Centre. City Road.

All Stars VS Rockets, Saturday 8:30 p. m. $12

Northerners VS Tigers, Sunday noon $14

◆AUTO RALLY:

Saturday 9:00 a.m. sharp for a 3-hour race. Canary Mountains. $7, phone 0800-5432.

Sunday 9:00 a. m. sharp. Wombak Valley. $5, phone 0800-8643.

    Keep off the routes.

◆FOOTBALL:

St Martins Sports Centre

St Martins VS Doonsberg, Saturday 2:00 p.m. $8

Eastside Central VS Light Hill, Sunday 2:00 p. m. $8

Neill Park Recreation Centre

Neill Park VS Robinson, Saturday 2:00 p. m. $11

Essen VS Springwood, Sunday 2:00 p. m. $11

◆LAWN BOWLS（草坪滚木球）：

Tans Town B. C

Tans Town VS White Vale, Saturday 9:00 p. m. $10

Wake Hill B. C

Wake Hill VS Colls, Saturday 2:00 p. m. $9

53．If you are a football fan, your first choice will be         .

       A．Neill Park Recreation Centre                 B．Tans Town B.C

       C．Wombak Valley                                    D．Central Sports Centre

54．The purpose of the passage is to let people         .

       A．take part in outdoor exercise.

       B．pay much more attention to football

       C．spend their money on these matches wisely

       D．know about the sports events happening at weekends

55．You may find this passage most probably        .

       A．on a shopping web                               B．on a notice board

       C．in a cartoon book                                 D．in a fashion magazine

56．If you have $18,you can go to watch both         .

      A．Wake Hill VS Colls and Essen VS Springwood

       B．St Matins VS Doonsberg and Northerners VS Tigers

       C．Neill Park VS Robinson and Eastside Central VS Light Hill

       D．All Stars VS Rockets and a car race in Wombak Valley

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Ted Turner, a strongly competitive and hardworking businessman, achieved high goals and great success by the time he was 43 years old. Ted turner is probably best known for his Cable News Network (CNN) and became the world’s best yachtsman（快艇手）when he won the America’s Cup in 1977. In 1982 Ted Turner was included in the first edition of the Forbes 400 list, naming him one of the 400 richest people in the United States. How did Ted Turner accomplish all of this at such a young age?

As a child, Ted Turner lived a very lonely life, often separated from his family. During World War II, Ed Turner, his father served in the Navy. Ed Turner left his 6-year-old son behind in a boarding school in Cincinnati, Ohio. When Ted Turner was in the fifth grade, his father sent him in an Army school. Even though Turner had friends at school, it didn’t make up for the absence of his parents and sister. He attended college off and on, because of taking part in sailboat racing, and became a member of the U.S. coast Goast Guard for a while. In his early twenties, Ted Turned became genera manager of one of his father’s branch offices-the Turner Advertising company in Macon, Georgia.

Two years later, when his father suddenly died, Ted Turner took over the company. He soon discovered that the he was more skilled than his father in managing the business.

After thinking about his father’s death, however, Ted Turner realized that is was dangerous to put too much emphasis on material possessions. Rather than devoting his energy only to building an empire, Ted Turner decided to change his life. He decided to use his hard-carned influence to serve the public. Worried about the environment, Ted Turner built the Better World Society in 1985. The purpose of this organization was to educate people about pollution, hunger, and the danger of destruction.

49．From the passage, we know        .

       A．Mr. Turner was a competitive athlete

       B．he became world famous for his Cable News Network

       C．he was ever a winner of the America’s Cup in 1982.

       D．MR. Ted was the 400th richest person in the United States

50．Which of the following statements is NOT mentioned in the text?

       A．He hoped to live up to his father’s expectations

       B．He was more skilled than his father in managing the business

       C．Ted Turner had a lonely childhood

       D．He devoted his energy to both his business and public service

51．Ted Turner did all the following except that          .

       A．he was separated from his family

       B．he served in the Navy

       C．he studied in a boarding school in Ohio

       D．he became involved in sailboat racing

52．What can we know from the last paragraph?

       A．Ted found out the cause of his father’s death

       B．Ted came to know the disadvantages of his career

       C．Ted decided to build the Better World Society to earn more money.

       D．Ted decided to educate people himself in the end

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Parents who spend time and money to teach their children music, take heart-a new Canadian study show young children who take music lessons have better memories than their nonmusical fellows.

“The research tells us that if you take music lessons your brain is getting wired up differently than if you don't take music lessons,” Laurel Trainor, professor of psychology, neuroscience and behavior at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, said.

    “This is the first study to show that brain responses in young, musically trained and untrained children change differently over the course of a year,” said Trainor .

Over a year they took four measurements in two groups of children aged between four and six -- those taking music lessons and those taking no musical training outside school -- and found developmental changes over periods as short as four months.

The children completed a music test in which they were asked to discriminate between harmonies, rhythms and melodies, and a memory test in which they had to listen to a series of numbers, remember them and repeat them back.

Trainor said while previous studies have shown that older children given music lessons had greater improvements in IQ scores than children given drama lessons, this is the first study to identify these effects in brain-based measurements in young children.

She said it was not that surprising that children studying music improved in musical listening skills more than children not studying music.

57．The main idea of the passage is           .

       A．how children like music                       

       B．whether music is good for adults

       C．that children are wiser if they are taught music                      

       D．how we leach music

58．The research is conducted on       .

       A．children under 6                                  B．children over 4

       C．adults                                                 D．children between 4 and 6

59．The experiment is to prove

      A．whether musically trained and untrained children change differently

       B．which are wiser, older children or younger children.

       C．which are wiser, children given music lessons or children given drama lessons.

       D．whether children should have music lessons.

60．What were the student asked to do in the experiment?

       A．The students only had a music test

       B．The students told the differences between music lessons

       C．The students had both a music lest and a memory test

       D．The students were asked to sing some songs