Years ago, when I started looking for my first job, wise advisers urged, “Barbara, be enthusiastic! Enthusiasm will take you further than any amount of experience．” How right they were! Enthusiastic people can turn a boring drive into an adventure, extra work into opportunity and strangers into friends．

       “Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm,” wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson．It is the paste that helps you hang in there when the going gets tough．It is the inner voice that whispers, “I can do it!” when others shout, “No, you can’t!” It took years and years for the early work of Barbara McClintock, a geneticist （遗传学家） who won the 1983 Nobel Prize in medicine, to be generally accepted．Yet she didn’t let up on her experiments．Work was such a deep pleasure for her that she never thought of stopping．

       We are all born with wide – eyed, enthusiastic wonder and it is this childlike wonder that gives enthusiastic people such a youthful air, whatever their age．At 90,cellist Pablo Casals would start his day by playing Bach （巴赫）．As the music flowed through his fingers, his bent shoulders would straighten and joy would reappear in his eyes．As author and poet Samuel once wrote, “Years wrinkle（使生皱纹） the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul．”

       Enthusiastic people also love what they do, regardless of money, title or power．Patricia Mcllrath, retired director of the Missouri Repertory Theater in Kansas City, was once asked where she got her enthusiasm．She replied, “My father, a lawyer, long ago told me, I never made a penny until I stopped working for money．”

       If we cannot do what we love as a full-time career, we can do it as a hobby．Elizabeth Layton of Wellsville, Kan, was 68 before she began to draw．This activity ended her depression that had troubled her for at least 30 years, and the quality of her work led one critic to say, “I am persuaded to call Layton a genius．”

       We can’t afford to waste tears on “might-have-beens”．We need to turn the tears into sweat as we go after “what-can-be．” We need to live each moment whole-heartedly, with all our senses-finding pleasure in the sweet smell of a backyard garden, the simple picture of a six-year-old, and the beauty of a rainbow．

1．The author mentions cellist Pablo Casals in the third paragraph to show that         ．

       A．music can arouse people’s enthusiasm

       B．enthusiasm can give people inspiration needed to succeed

       C．enthusiasm can make people feel young

       D．enthusiasm can keep people healthy

2．How many examples are given in the passage to show the importance of enthusiasm?

       A．Two．                B．Three．              C．Four．                D．Five．

3．The author holds the view that       ．

       A．enthusiastic people will never get old

       B．enthusiasm can make you succeed and enjoy life

       C．enthusiasm is more important than experience

       D．enthusiasm can give people more success and fame

My mom is always at work and my sisters are never around，so I have nothing to do.My house is boring.The train lets me escape and explore.

I have been taking the train for five years.I’ve learned that it’s fast and convenient.I live about two miles from the Blue Line Imperial station.I like taking the train because it gives me freedom.

My favorite place to go is downtown.I take the train to Macy’s Plaza in front of the 7th Street Station to do some shopping at Borders or Victoria’s Secret，or to get something to eat at the food court.With 25 cents，you can take the DASH bus from the station to get to the Fashion District.Since I like making accessories (首饰) like earrings，I love going there  because of all me deals on jewelry supplies.I also go to the American Apparel factory because the clothes there are cheaper and the store is huge.

I take the train to the Museum of Contemporary Art with friends on the first Sunday of every month since we can get in for free.We tour around the museum and get to do an art project at the end.I like going to the museum because there are a lot of wonderful things.

The cool thing about the train is that it connects to other train lines，which lets you see different parts of the city.The Gold Line runs from Union Station northeast to Pasadena and now east to East L．A.The Red Line goes from downtown to Hollywood.The Purple Line goes from Union Station to Koreatown and the Green Line goes from Norwalk to several beaches.When I don’t know how to get somewhere，I go to mta.net，type in my starting point and end point and get times and routes.I hardly ever get lost.

71．We can infer from Paragraph 1 that________.

A．the writer’s sisters are always busy with their work

B．the writer doesn’t get along well with her family

C．the writer doesn’t know how to kill time

D．the writer doesn’t like staying at home alone

72．What does the writer often go to downtown for?

A．To eat pizza.                                       B．To do the shopping.

C．To visit her friends.                             D．To make accessories.

73．We can know from the passage that the writer________.

A．doesn’t like spending time with her friends

B．often takes a course of art appreciation in a museum

C．goes to a museum so as to find some wonderful things

D．visits a museum with her friends once a month

74．If the writer wants to go to some beaches，she would take________.

A．the Gold Line                                    B．the Green Line

C．the Purple Line                                    D．the Red Line

75．The writer seldom gets lost because________.

A．she often takes a map with her

B．she is familiar with every line

C．she often has a travel guide with her

D．she often refers to a website for bus and train lines