One of the keys to being successful is persistence（坚持）．Once you have determined exactly what you want to achieve, you must take active action in order to succeed.

One of the things you'll notice on your journey towards your goal are roadblocks. That is, you will come across obstacles（障碍） to discourage your progress. Actually, they are a part of life. Everyone would have every success they ever wanted if there were no obstacles. Your job is to be persistent and work through those obstacles. If you find little or no obstacles along the way, chances are that you are not really challenging yourself. And when you do reach your goal, you won't experience the feeling of "sweet success". Make your goal a challenging one!

If you take the time to study any successful person, you will learn that the vast majority of them have had more "failures" than they have had "successes". This is because successful people are persistent; the more they stumble（绊倒）and fall, the more they get right back up and get going again. On the other hand, people that don't get back up and try again, never reach success. For example, Walt Disney was turned down 302 times before he got financing for his dream of creating the "Happiest Place on Earth". Today, due to his persistence, millions of people have shared "the joy of Disney".

Having known these facts, keep in mind that you must constantly reevaluate（再评估）your circumstances and the approach you are using to reach your goal. There is no sense in being persistent at something that you are doing incorrectly! Sometimes you have to modify（修改）your approach along the way. Every time you do something you learn from it, and

therefore find a better way to do it the next time.

Today is the day to begin your journey, using consistency and persistency, towards tomorrow's successes!

1.The author seems to hold the belief that      .

2.Which can be inferred from the text?

3.What must you reevaluate constantly?

4.What’s the text mainly about?

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。（答案涂在答题卡上E=AB F=AC G=AD）

No．1 Will the economic climate improve this year?

    I don't think we will see too much improvement this year, but of course I hope so．

No．2 How important is an MBA compared to experience?

    I won't say a degree isn't important．一____1 ____．When I look at potential employees, I look at what they have done in the past that I can use to help me tomorrow．

    No．3 How can you ensure your job is safe with the economy so shaky?

No job is safe．Never will it be．The half-life of any particular skill set is, at most, five years．And that's on the long side．  2__Be curious, be willing to learn, have a moral compass and know what gives your life meaning．

    No．4 When the job market is this bad, how can you distinguish yourself as a andidate?

Know the company, its competitive position, recent announcements, stock-price history．Do a Google or Yahoo search on the person you'll be meeting with and you should be able tofind something about him or her．Then develop an "outsider's view" of their key needs and opportunities．  3___

No．5 I'm graduating from business school this spring．  4___

    If you haven't already secured an internship （职业院校证）within your chosen field, do sonow．Take any internship; forget about being paid．  5___ the experience in your field and the opportunity to check out onto a possible employee．Your connections, and your connections connections, will be the hot ticket to get you in the door for job interviews．

        A．You are after two things．

        B．Do all you can to be the solution to someone else's problem．

        C．Will technology create more jobs?

        D．Any job advice?

        E．But nothing beats experience．

        F．What will keep you alive?

        G．Different jobs needs different skills．

Every ten years there is a national census （人口普查）to count the number of people. The Census Office asks every household to answer questions on a census form.

The census counts...

● the number of people in each area

● the numbers of men and women and whether they are single, married, widowed or divorced

● how many children there are, how many teenagers, people in their twenties, thirties, forties... retired people and so on

The census counts people by...

● the kind of housing they live in

● the country in which they were born

● the kind of job they do and how they travel to work

Some uses of the census:

Housing: to work out present and future needs we must know how people are housed now, and the sizes and ages of their families.

Hospitals, schools and other local services: the size of annual grants made by the Government to these services depends largely on the numbers and needs of people in the area. Many of the figures come from the census.

Planning: the census shows how many people have moved from one area to another and how the local workforce is changing. This information is used when factories, offices, shops, public transport and places for leisure are being planned.

In strict confidence

The census is taken in order to provide figures about the nation as a whole; it does not give information about any named person, family or household.

Names and addresses are needed to take the census accurately, but they are not fed into the computer.  After the census, the forms are locked away and will not be released to anyone outside the Census Office for 100 years.

The answers you give on your census form will be treated in strict confidence. NO one outside the Census Office will see your completed form.  Everyone working on the census is sworn to secrecy and can be charged if he or she improperly reveals information.

1.The writer is mainly ________ in this passage.

A．persuading people to support census

B．giving information about the importance and practice of census

C．showing the government’s determination in conducting census

D．warning people not to provide inaccurate information

2.The census is not interested in ________.

A．how many houses you have               B．how old you are

C．what your job is                         D．how much money you have

3.The census shows the changes that have taken place regarding ________.

A．the size of hospitals in the area

B．the types of public transport in the area

C．the number of people who work in the area

D．the use of power in the area

4.The following statements are true except _________.

A．the information is not fed into a computer

B．the census gives information about the whole country

C．the people who don’t work on the census will not see the completed forms

D．it is illegal for people to disclose the confidential information on census

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。（答案涂在答题卡上E="AB" F="AC" G=AD）

No．1 Will the economic climate improve this year?

I don't think we will see too much improvement this year, but of course I hope so．

No．2 How important is an MBA compared to experience?

I won't say a degree isn't important．一____1 ____．When I look at potential employees, I look atwhat they have done in the past that I can use to help me tomorrow．

No．3 How can you ensure your job is safe with the economy so shaky?

No job is safe．Never will it be．The half-life of any particular skill set is, at most, fiveyears．And that's on the long side．  2__Be curious, be willing to learn, have a moralcompass and know what gives your life meaning．

No．4 When the job market is this bad, how can you distinguish yourself as a andidate?

Know the company, its competitive position, recent announcements, stock-price history．Do a Google or Yahoo search on the person you'll be meeting with and you should be able tofind something about him or her．Then develop an "outsider's view" of their key needs andopportunities．  3___

No．5 I'm graduating from business school this spring．  4___

If you haven't already secured an internship（职业院校证）within your chosen field, do sonow．Take any internship; forget about being paid．  5___ the experience in your field andthe opportunity to check out onto a possible employee．Your connections, and yourconnectionsconnections, will be the hot ticket to get you in the door for job interviews．

A．You are after two things．

B．Do all you can to be the solution to someone else's problem．

C．Will technology create more jobs?

D．Any job advice?

E．But nothing beats experience．

F．What will keep you alive?

G．Differentjobs needs different skills．

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。（答案涂在答题卡上E=AB F=AC G=AD）

No．1 Will the economic climate improve this year?

    I don't think we will see too much improvement this year, but of course I hope so．

No．2 How important is an MBA compared to experience?

    I won't say a degree isn't important．一____1 ____．When I look at potential employees, I look at what they have done in the past that I can use to help me tomorrow．

    No．3 How can you ensure your job is safe with the economy so shaky?

No job is safe．Never will it be．The half-life of any particular skill set is, at most, five years．And that's on the long side．  2__Be curious, be willing to learn, have a moral compass and know what gives your life meaning．

    No．4 When the job market is this bad, how can you distinguish yourself as a andidate?

Know the company, its competitive position, recent announcements, stock-price history．Do a Google or Yahoo search on the person you'll be meeting with and you should be able tofind something about him or her．Then develop an "outsider's view" of their key needs and opportunities．  3___

No．5 I'm graduating from business school this spring．  4___

    If you haven't already secured an internship （职业院校证）within your chosen field, do sonow．Take any internship; forget about being paid．  5___ the experience in your field and the opportunity to check out onto a possible employee．Your connections, and your connections connections, will be the hot ticket to get you in the door for job interviews．

        A．You are after two things．

        B．Do all you can to be the solution to someone else's problem．

        C．Will technology create more jobs?

        D．Any job advice?

        E．But nothing beats experience．

        F．What will keep you alive?

        G．Different jobs needs different skills．