Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. contact    B. include   C. announced    D. public     E. especially

F. growing  G. leader   H. range      I. available  J. separately

Knowledge is free on the Internet at a small but __1.___ number of colleges and universities.

About 160 schools around the world now put free course materials on the web to the ___2.___. Recent additions in the United States ___3.___ projects at Yale,  Johns Hopkins and the University of California, Berkeley.

Berkeley said it would offer videos of lectures on YouTube. Free videos from other schools are ___4.___ at the Apple iTunes store.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) became an early ___5.___with its Open Course Ware project, first ___6.___ in 2001. Free lecture notes, exams and other resources are published at ocw.mit.edu. Many exams even include the answers.

Today, Open Course Ware offers materials from 1,800 undergraduate and graduate courses. These  ___7.___ from physics to political science.

Visitors can learn the same things that M.I.T. students learn. But as the site points out, Open Course Ware is not a M.I.T. education. Visitors receive no credit toward a degree. Some materials from a course may not be available, and the site does not provide ___8.___ with teachers.

Still, M.I.T. says that the site has had forty million visits by thirty-one million visitors from almost every country. Sixty percent of the visitors are from outside the United States and Canada.

Students and educators use the site, including students at M.I.T. But the largest number of visitors, about half, are self-learners.

Some professors have become well-known around the world as a result of appearing online. Walter Lewin, a physics professor at M.I.T., is ___9.___ popular. Fans enjoy his entertaining lectures.

M.I.T. Open Course Ware now includes materials for high school. The aim is to improve education in science, technology, maths and engineering.

--- Would you please help me with the box?
--- ______ .

     A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had 36 a beautiful sports car in a dealer’s showroom, and 37 his father could well 38 it, he told him that was all he wanted.  

On the morning of his graduation day his father called him into his own study and told him how 39 he was to have such a fine son. He handed his son a beautiful gift box. 40 but slightly disappointed, the young man 41 the box and found a lovely book.  42, he raised his voice at his father and said. ” 43 all your money you give me a book?” And rushed out of the house  44  the book in the study 

He did not contact（联系）his father for a whole year  45  one day he saw in the street an old man who looked like his father. He  46  he bad to go back home and see his father.  

When he arrived at his father’s house, he was told that his father had been in hospital for a week. The moment he was about to 47   the hospital. he  saw on the desk the  48   new book , just as he had left it one  49  ago. He opened it and began to  50  the pages. Suddenly, a car key  51  from an envelope taped behind the book. It had a lag（标签）with dealer’s name, the  52  dealer who had the sports car he had 53 . On the tag was the 54 of his graduation. and the 55  PAID IN FULL. 

36.A. expected.     B. enjoyed.      C. admired.      D. owned 

37 A. finding            B. proving        C. deciding        D. knowing 

38. A. afford.      B. offer         C. keep           D. like 

39. A. encouraged.        B. comfortable     C. proud.        D. moved 

40. A. Nervous    B. Serious       C. Careful          D. Curious 

41. A. packed.      B. opened.         C. picked up       D. put aside 

42. A. Angrily     B. Eagerly             C. Calmly         D. Anxiously

43.A. At          B. From          C. With           D. To 

44 A. toasting            B. putting        C. forgetting     D. leaving 

45 A. until        B. as                   C. before          D. unless 

46 A. learned .      B. realized.         C. recognized.       D. admitted 

47 A. get to        B. search for      C. turn to       D. leave for 

48 A. much        B. still          C. hardly          D. quite 

49 A. year          B. month         C. week           D. day 

50 A. clean         B. read.            C. turn             D. count 

51 A. lost           B. came          C. appeared.     D. dropped 

52 A. old.         B. same          C. special         D. new 

53 A. remembered. B. desired.        C. found.          D. met

54. A. Picture     B. place          C. date           D. met 

55. A. word.      B. information     C. date                D. card 

I’m seventeen. I had worked as a box boy at a supermarket in Los Angeles. People came to the counter and you put things in their bags for them. And carried things to their cars. It was hard work.

While working, you wear a plate with your name on it. I once met someone I knew years ago. I remembered his name and said,“Mr Castle, how are you?"We talked about this and that. As he left, he said,“It was nice talking to you, Brett."I felt great, he remembered me. Then I looked down at my name plate. Oh no. He didn?t remember me at all, he just read the name plate. I wish I had put“Irving"down on my name plate. If he?d have said,“Oh yes, Irving, how could I forget you?"I d have been ready for him. There?s nothing personal here.

The manager and everyone else who were a step above the box boys often shouted orders. One of these was: you couldn?t accept tips(小费). Okay, I?m outside and

 I put the bags in the car. For a lot of people, the natural reaction(反应)is to take a quarter and give it to me. I?d say,“I?m ?sorry,? I can’t."They’d get angry. When you give someone a tip, you?re sort of being polite. You take a quarter and you put it in their hand and you expect them to say,“Oh,thanks a lot."When you say,“I'm sorry, I can't."They feel a little put down.They say,“No one will know."And they put it in your pocket. You say,“I really can’t."It gets to a point where you almost have to hurt a person physically(身体上)to prevent him from tipping you. It was not in agreement with the store?s belief in being friendly. Accepting tips was a friendly thing and made the customer feel good. I just could?t understand the strangeness of some people?s ideas. One lady actually put it in my pocket, got in the car, and drove away. I would have had to throw the quarter at her or eaten it or something.

I had decided that one year was enough. Some people needed the job to stay alive and fed. I guess I had the means and could afford to hate it and give it up.

1.What can be the best title for this text?

A.How Hard Life for Box Boys 

B.Getting along with Customers

C.Why I Gave up My Job

D.The Art of Taking Tips 

2.From the second paragraph, we can infer that _______ .

A.the writer didn’t like the impersonal part of his job

B.with a name plate, people can easily start talking

C.Mr Castle mistook Irving for Brett

D.Irving was the writer?s real name 

3.The box boy refused to accept tips because _______.

A.customers only gave small tips

B.some customers had strange ideas about tipping

C.the store forbade the box boys to take tips

D.he didn’t want to fight with the customers 

4.The underlined phrase“put down"in the third paragraph probably means _______.

A.misunderstood         B.defeated         C.hateful         D.hurt 

The booking notes of the play “ the Age of Innocence” .

Price: $ 10

BOOKING:

There are four ways to book seats for performance :

---In person

The Box Office is open from Monday to Saturday , 10 a.m. --- 8 p.m.

---By telephone _

Ring 01324976 to reserve your tickets or to pay by credit card (Visa , MasterCard and Amex accepted )

---By post

Simply complete the booking form and return it to Global Theatre Box Office .

---On line

Complete the on-line booking form at www.Satanfiedtheatre.com

DISCOUNTS:

Saver : $ 2 of any seat booked any time in advance for performances from Monday to Thursday . Savers are available for children who are below the age of 16 years old , over 60s and full-time students.

Supersaver: half-price seats are available for people with disabilities and one companion . It is advisable to book in advance . There is a maximum of eight wheelchair spaces available and one wheelchair space will be held until an hour before the show .

Standby: best available seats are on sale for $ 6 from one hour before the performance for people eligible (suitable ) for Saver and Supersaver discounts and thirty minutes before for all other customers .

Group Bookings : there is a ten percent discount for parties of twelve or more .

School : school parties of ten or more can book $ 6 standby tickets in advance and will get every tenth ticket free .

Please note : we are unable to exchange tickets or refund (退还) money unless a performance is cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances .

1.If you want to book a ticket , you CANNOT ___________.

A. use the Internet

B. go to the Box Office on Sundays

C. ring the booking number and pay for the tickets by credit card

D. complete a booking form and post it to the Box Office

2.According to the notes , who can get $ 2 off ?

A. A 55-year-old woman

B. An 18-year-old teenager

C. A 20-year-old full-time college student

D. The people who book the tickets on Fridays

3.If you make a group booking for a group of 16 adults , how much should you pay ?

A. $ 120         B. $ 126          C. $ 144          D. $ 150

4.From the passage we can know all the following are true EXCEPT that ___________.

A. there are only 8 wheelchair spaces in the theatre

B. a group of 12 persons can get 10 percent discount

C. the audience can’t refund money if the performance is on show

D. a school party of 15 students should pay $ 90 for the standby tickets