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Some years ago I took on a task in a southern county to work with people on public welfare. What I
wanted to do was to show that everybody has the capacity to be self sufficient and all we have to do is to
activate (激励)them. I asked the country to pick up a group of people who were on public welfare, people
from different racial groups and different family groups. I would then see them as a group for three hours
every Friday. I also asked for a little petty cash to work with, as I needed it.
The first thing I said after I shook hands with everybody was, "I'd like to know what your dreams are."
Everyone looked at me as if I were kind of fool.
One woman said to me,"I don't know what you can do with dreams. The rats are eating up my kids."
"Oh," I said,"That's terrible. No, of course, you are very much involved with the rats and your kids. How
can that be helped?"
"Well, I could use a new screen door because there are holes in my screen door." I asked, "Is there
anybody around here who know how to fix a screen door?"
There was a man in the group and he said,"A long time ago I used to do things like that but now I have
a terribly bad back, but I'll try."
I told him I had some money if he would go to the store and but some screening and go and fix the
lady's screen door. "Do you think you can do that?"
"Yes, I'll try."
The next week, when the group was seated. I said to the woman, "Well, is your screen door fixed?"
"Oh, yes." she said.
"Then we can start dreaming, can't we?" she sort of smiled at me.
I said to the man who did the work,"How do you feel?"
He said,"Well, you know, it's very funny thing. I'm beginning to feel a lot better."
That helped the group to begin to dream. These seemingly small successes allowed the group to see
that dreams were not insane. These small steps began to get people to see and feel that something really
could happen.
Everyone found something. The man who put in the screen door became a handyman. In 12 weeks,
I had all those people off public welfare. I've not only done that once, I've done that in many times.
B. Everyone should not have depended on public welfare.
C. Everyone has the ability to live on without getting public welfare.
D. The county should gather people from different racial groups together.
B. The people the author worked with were very wealthy.
C. The author usually met the people four times a month.
D. The people the author worked with had no dreams at all.
B. The rats are crazy and have the children as food.
C. The rats are giving the kids and the mother much trouble.
D. The kids are too weak and even are nearly eaten by the rats..
B. Small success can be parts of your dream.
C. I have had those people off public welfare.
D. Your dream comes before it becomes a reality
Cloze Test
Read the following passage, choose the one that best fits into the passage.
Nowadays most people decide quite early what kind of work they would like to do. I was at 1 , we had to choose what to study when we were fifteen. I chose scientific subjects. “In the future, 2 will earn a lot of money,” my parents said. For three years I 3 to learn physics and chemistry, but in the end I 4 that I would 5 be a scientist. It was a long time 6 I told my parents that I wasn't 7 at school. “I didn't think you were,” said my mother. “I didn't either,” said my father. “Well, the 8 thing to do is to 9 a job.”
I talked about it with my friends Frank and Lesley. 10 of them could suggest anything, but they 11 that they would ask their friends. A few days later while I was still in bed. Someone telephoned, “Is 12 Miss Jenkings?” a man's voice asked. “I 13 your hobby is photography and I've got a job that might 14 you in my clothes factory. My name is Mr Brown.”
He seemed 15 on the phone so I went to see him right away. I was so excited that I almost 16 to say good－bye. “Good luck!” my mother said to me.
I arrived a bit 17 and when Mr Brown came, he said “Good morning” to me, and asked if I had been 18 a long time. “No, not long,” I replied. After 19 to me for about twenty minutes he offered me a 20 not as a photographer, though, as a model!
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There were red faces at one of Britain's biggest banks recently. They had accepted a telephone
order to buy ￡100,000 worth of shares(股票) from a fifteen-year-old schoolboy (they thought he
was twenty-one). The shares fell in value and the schoolboy was unable to pay up. The bank lost
￡ 20,000 on the deal which it cannot get back because, for one thing, this young speculator(投机者)
does not have the money and, for another, being under eighteen, he is not legally liable for his debts.
If the shares had risen in value by the same amount that they fell, he would have pocketed ￡ 20,000
profit. Not bad for a fifteen-year-old. It certainly is better than delivering the morning newspaper. In
another recent case, a boy of fourteen found, in his grandmother's house, a suitcase full of foreign
banknotes. The clean, crisp, banknotes looked very convincing but they were now not used in their
country of origin or anywhere else. This young boy headed straight to the nearest bank with his
pockets filled with notes. The cashiers did not realise that the country in question had reduced the
value of its currency by 90%. They exchanged the notes the notes at their face value at the current
exchange rate. In three days, before he was found out, he took ￡ 200,000 from nine different banks.
Amazingly, he had already spent more than half of this on taxi-rides, restaurant meals, concert tickets
and presents for his many new girlfriends (at least he was generous!) before the police caught up with
him. Because he is also under eighteen the banks have kissed goodbye to a lot of money, and several
cashiers(出纳员) have lost their jobs.
Should we admire these youngsters for being enterprising(有创业精神的) and showing initiative
(主动精神) or condemn them for their dishonesty? Maybe they had managed for years with tiny
amounts of pocket money that they got from tight-fisted parents. Maybe they had done Saturday jobs
for peanuts. It is hardly surprising, given the expensive things that young people want to buy, such as
fashionable running shoes and computer games, if they sometimes think up more imaginative ways of
making money than delivering newspapers and baby-sitting. These lads saw the chance to make a lot
of money and took it.
Another recent story which should give us food for thought is the case of the man who paid his
six-year-old daughter ￡ 300 a week pocket money. He then charged her for the food she ate and for
her share of the rent and household bills. After paying for all this, she was left with a few coins for her
piggy bank. "She will soon learn the value of money," he said. "There's no such thing as a free lunch.
Everything has to be paid for and the sooner she learns that the better." At the other extreme there are
fond parents who provide free bed and board for their grown-up children. While even the most
hard-hearted parents might hesitate to throw their children out on the streets, we all know people in
their late twenties who still shamelessly live off their parents. Surely there comes a time when everyone
has to leave the parental nest, look after themselves and pay their own way in life. But when is it?
B. lost a lot of money because the shares they bought fell in value
C. bought quite a lot of shares for a customer and caused him to lose money
D. lost money as its young customer did not have the money to pay his debts
B. paid his debts, if he had had the money to do so
C. continued to cheat banks, if he had not been found out
D. to go to prison, if he did not pay the money back
B. questioning
C. neutral
D. negative
for her living expenses was that he wanted her to learn _________.
B. how to live comfortably on her own pocket money
C. the value of money
D. how to save money
B. children should leave the parental nest as soon as possible
C. grown-up children should support themselves
D. children should learn to be economical
There were red faces at one of Britain’s biggest banks recently. They had accepted a telephone order to buy ￡100,000 worth of shares from a 15-year-old schoolboy (they thought he was 21). The shares fell in value and the schoolboy was unable to pay up. The bank lost ￡20,000 on the deal which it cannot get back, because, for one thing, the young boy does not have the money, for another, being under 18, he is not legally liable for his debts. If the shares had risen in value by the same amount that they fell, he would have pocketed ￡20,000 profit. It certainly is better than delivering the morning newspaper. In another case, a boy of 14 found, in his grandmother’s house, a suitcase full of foreign banknotes. But they were now not used in their country of origin or anywhere else. This young boy headed straight to the nearest bank with his pockets filled with notes. The cashiers did not realize the country in question had reduced the value of its currency by 90%. They exchanged the notes at their face value at the current exchange rate. In three days, before he was found out, he took ￡200,000 from nine different banks. Amazingly, he had already spent more than half of this before the police caught up with him. Because he is also under 18 the banks have kissed goodbye to a lot of money, and several cashiers have lost their jobs.
Should we admire these youngsters for being enterprising and showing initiative or condemn them for their dishonesty? Maybe they had managed for years with tiny amounts of pocket money that they got from tight-fisted parents. Maybe they had done Saturday jobs for peanuts. It is hardly surprising, given the expensive things that young people want to buy, such as fashionable running shoes and computer games, if they sometimes think up more imaginative ways of making money than delivering newspapers. These youngsters saw the chance to make a lot of money and took it.
Another recent story which should give us food for thought is the case of the man who paid his six-year-old daughter￡300 a week pocket money. He then charged her for the food she ate a few coins for her piggy bank（存钱灌）“She will soon learn the value of money, ” he said. “There’s no such thing as a free lunch. Everything has to be paid for and the sooner she learns that the better.” At the other extreme there are fond parents who provide free bed and board for their grown-up children, While even the most hard-hearted parents might hesitate to throw their children out on the streets, we all know of people in their twenties who still shamelessly live off their parents. Surely there comes a time when everyone has to leave the parental nest, look after themselves and pay their own way in life. But when is it?
【小题1】.
Recently one of Britain’s biggest banks _____.
| A．bought a lot of shares for a customer and brought him a great loss |
| B．lost money as its young customer had no money to pay his debts |
| C．lost much money because the shares they bought fell in value |
| D．received a telephone order to buy shares for a 21-year-old boy |
. The author’s attitude to the example of the two boys who cheated the banks is _____.
| A．objective | B．subjective | C．questioning | D．negative |
The man paid his daughter ￡300 a week pocket money and then required her to pay for her living expenses because _____.
| A．he wanted her to know making money was not easy |
| B．he wanted to save money for her future education |
| C．he thought it useful for family members to bear life hardships together |
| D．he wanted her to learn the value of money |
It can be concluded from the passage that the author believes that _____.
| A．children should leave the parental nest as soon as possible |
| B．grown-up children should live on their own |
| C．children should be taught not to cheat others |
| D．parents should give more pocket money to their children |
There were red faces at one of Britain’s biggest banks recently. They had accepted a telephone order to buy ￡100,000 worth of shares from a 15-year-old schoolboy (they thought he was 21). The shares fell in value and the schoolboy was unable to pay up. The bank lost ￡20,000 on the deal which it cannot get back, because, for one thing, the young boy does not have the money, for another, being under 18, he is not legally liable for his debts. If the shares had risen in value by the same amount that they fell, he would have pocketed ￡20,000 profit. It certainly is better than delivering the morning newspaper. In another case, a boy of 14 found, in his grandmother’s house, a suitcase full of foreign banknotes. But they were now not used in their country of origin or anywhere else. This young boy headed straight to the nearest bank with his pockets filled with notes. The cashiers did not realize the country in question had reduced the value of its currency by 90%. They exchanged the notes at their face value at the current exchange rate. In three days, before he was found out, he took ￡200,000 from nine different banks. Amazingly, he had already spent more than half of this before the police caught up with him. Because he is also under 18 the banks have kissed goodbye to a lot of money, and several cashiers have lost their jobs.
Should we admire these youngsters for being enterprising and showing initiative or condemn them for their dishonesty? Maybe they had managed for years with tiny amounts of pocket money that they got from tight-fisted parents. Maybe they had done Saturday jobs for peanuts. It is hardly surprising, given the expensive things that young people want to buy, such as fashionable running shoes and computer games, if they sometimes think up more imaginative ways of making money than delivering newspapers. These youngsters saw the chance to make a lot of money and took it.
Another recent story which should give us food for thought is the case of the man who paid his six-year-old daughter￡300 a week pocket money. He then charged her for the food she ate a few coins for her piggy bank（存钱灌）“She will soon learn the value of money, ” he said. “There’s no such thing as a free lunch. Everything has to be paid for and the sooner she learns that the better.” At the other extreme there are fond parents who provide free bed and board for their grown-up children, While even the most hard-hearted parents might hesitate to throw their children out on the streets, we all know of people in their twenties who still shamelessly live off their parents. Surely there comes a time when everyone has to leave the parental nest, look after themselves and pay their own way in life. But when is it?
1..
Recently one of Britain’s biggest banks _____.
A. bought a lot of shares for a customer and brought him a great loss
B. lost money as its young customer had no money to pay his debts
C. lost much money because the shares they bought fell in value
D. received a telephone order to buy shares for a 21-year-old boy
2..
. The author’s attitude to the example of the two boys who cheated the banks is _____.
A. objective B. subjective C. questioning D. negative
3..
The man paid his daughter ￡300 a week pocket money and then required her to pay for her living expenses because _____.
A. he wanted her to know making money was not easy
B. he wanted to save money for her future education
C. he thought it useful for family members to bear life hardships together
D. he wanted her to learn the value of money
4..
It can be concluded from the passage that the author believes that _____.
A. children should leave the parental nest as soon as possible
B. grown-up children should live on their own
C. children should be taught not to cheat others
D. parents should give more pocket money to their children
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