虎妈，美国耶鲁大学的华裔教授蔡美儿Amy Lynn Chua，出版了一本名叫《虎妈战歌》Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother的书，在美国引起轰动。在接受采访时，回答了记者的5个问题。请从下列提问(A、B、C、D、E和F)中选出与她的回答相匹配的问题。选项中有一项是多余选项。

Questions

A．What do you think of the competition between China and the US?

B．What do you think of the image of “tiger mom? ”

C．How do your daughters take the criticism about you after your book was published?

D．You said you would not get her Christmas gifts or anything when your daughter refused to repeatedly practice the music．How did your husband respond?

E．What do you think makes a good mother?

F．What does your husband think of your method of bringing up kids?

　　Chua's answer：Well, actually I think there are many ways of being a good mother．In my book my focus is just a memory about my own family story, me trying to raise my own children in a kind of traditional Chinese way．I make mistakes and I make fun of myself．It's amazing the way the book has been received internationally, because．I didn't intend my book to be telling other people of view and I am a proud strict “tiger mom”．But I'm not trying to tell other people what are the best ways to teach or raise their children．

　　Chua's answer：Well, the title may sound a little frightening．Let me tell you why I chose the title．I was born in the year of the tiger．And “battle Hymn” in the United States comes from “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”．The book is really about finding some sort of balance：how can we find the balance between the eastern way of parenting and the western way of parenting．In mays the book as been misunderstood maybe because of the title．

　　Chua's answer：I didn't write this book to have any foreign policy implications．But it's been taken into the foreign policy realm．It is of course true that there is a connection between child-raising and the future of nations．We are raising, as parents, the next generation．So I think Henry is right．We tapped into this thing of insecurity, American's fear about the rising power of china．A friend of mine told me that if the book hasd been called The Battle Hymn of an Italian Mother or The Battle Hymn of a Mexican Mother, nobody would have cared．It's really “China”．you know．

　　Chua's answer：I don't think he opposes my idea of raising children．I'd like to think we have a combination, which is the right solution．You need a balance．From my perspective, what I give my kids is something that I thought was lacking in the US educational system．You know, they hate memorization, while in China you have too much of it．In the US, learning should be fun, a lot of games,．So I b rought hard work and disciplines．My husband and I think this is a great thing always teaching them to question the authority and to ask why．Don't accept everything just because somebody tells you．Figure it out yourself．I really think you need to combine both these qualities if you want creativity and dynamism．

　　Chua's answer：They both are stronger than I am．I am really proud of them．Their friends and communities supported them．At a time, I couldn't even look at the Internet because there are so many negative comments．And they would find the good ones and text them to me, saying “here's a good one mommy, hang in there．” This experience has actually brought my family together．Believe it or not, not just my kids, also my parents and my three younger sisters have supported me．

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　　Everyone knows that the Frenchmen are romantic, the Italians are fashionable and the Germans are serious．Are these just stereotypes(模式化观念或形象)or is there really such a thing as national character? And if there is, can it affect how a nation succeed or fail?

　　At least one group of people is certain that it can．A recent survey of the top 500 entrepreneurs(企业家)in the UK found that 70％ felt that their efforts were not appreciated by the British public．Britain is hostile(敌意的)to success, they said．It has a culture of jealousy．(嫉妒)　　1　　．Jealousy is sometimes known as the “green eyed monster” and the UK is its home．

　　Scientists at Warwich University in the UK recently tested this idea．They gathered a group of people together and gave each an imaginary amount of money．　　2　　．Those given a little were given the chance to destroy the large amount of money given to others－but at the cost of losing their own．Two thirds of the people tested agreed to do this．

　　　　3　　．But there is also conflicting evidence．The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development recently reported that the UK is now the world's fourth largest economy．That is not bad for people who are supposed to hate success．People in the UK also work longer hours than anyone else in Europe．So the British people are not lazy, either．

　　“It is not really success that the British dislike,” says Carey Cooper, a professor of management at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology．“It's people using their success in a way that seems proud or unfair or which separates them from their roots．”

　　　　4　　．They set out to do things in their ways．They work long hours．By their own efforts they become millionaires．　　5　　．It hardly seems worth following their example．If they were more friendly ,people would like them more．And more people want to be like them．

A．This seems to prove that the entrepreneurs were right to complain．

B．The one who owns most money in the end is the winner．

C．As a result, the survey said, entrepreneurs were “unloved, unwanted and misunderstood．”

D．It is not true that British people are born jealous of others success．

E．Some were given a little, others a great deal．

F．But instead of being happy they complain that nobody loves them．

G．Perhaps it is the entrepreneurs who are the problem．

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　　Choosing the right job is probably one of the most important decisions we have to make in life, and it is frequently one of the hardest decisions we have to make．One important question that you might ask yourself is：“How do I get a good job?”　　1　　．

　　There are people who can answer an insignificant advertisement in the local paper and land the best job in the world; others write to all sorts of places all over the country, and never seem to get a reply at all．Still others believe that the in person, door－to－door approach is by far the best way to get a job; and then there are those who, through no active decision of their own, just seem to be in the right place at the right time．　　2　　．He used to spend a lot of his free time down by the sea watching the tall ships, but never thinking that he might one day sail one of them．His father was a farmer, and being a sailor could never be anything for the boy but an idle dream．One day, on his usual wandering, he heard the captain of the ship complaining that he could not sail because one member of his crew was sick．Without stopping to think, the lad(少年)offered to take his place．　　3　　

　　　　4　　．If the lad had gone home to ponder(考虑)his decision for a week, he may have missed his chance．It is one thing to be offered an opportunity; it is another thing to take it and use it well．

　　Sometimes we hear stories about people who break all the rules and still seem to land plum jobs(美差)．When you go for a job interview or fill out an application, you are expected to say nice things about the company to which you are applying．　　5　　．And within a year this person had become general manger of the company．

A．This story also illustrates the importance of seizing an opportunity when it presents itself．

B．People find jobs in an infinite number of ways．

C．it's almost impossible to find a good job by answering advertisement in newspapers

D．Take for example the young man who wanted to be a sailor．

E．But there was one person who landed an excellent job by telling the interviewer all the company's faults．

F．He spent the rest of his life happily sailing the ships he had always loved．

G．It is very important to seize an opportunity when it presents itself．