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King Solomon, the most powerful and the most respected Israeli king, once said, “Kings take pleasure in honest lips; they value a man who speaks the truth.” He wrote a book called Proverbs, which is part of the Bible and studied carefully even today.

There was a college graduate in Wuhan who shared his own experience about being truthful. It is a good lesson for everyone who reads of his experience.

Mr. Lou went to work for a factory making electrical machines. On the first day of his job, he accidentally broke an electrical machine because of his inexperience. Since it was very expensive, it caused Mr. Lou to become frightened about what his boss might say to him. The machine was worth his six months’ salary.

He decided to try and repair it. After working on it for about 2 hours, he could make it function, but it didn’t work as well as it should.

After spending a restless night, Mr. Lou felt he must tell his boss the truth. The next morning, he showed the broken machine to his boss nervously, for he didn’t know what the result would be. To his great surprise, the boss praised him for being truthful and even later gave him a rise.

Mr. Lou never forgot this dramatic experience. He had to make the choice of hiding his mistake by saying nothing or of telling the truth. The boss had found an honest new employee who would prove later to be of great value to the company.

Being honest makes a person worthy of trust, which is so important for a family, a company, and even a country.

60. The underlined part “honest lips” (in Paragraph 1) most probably refer to “_____”.

   A. people who speak the truth                    B. lips of honest people

   C. people loyal to their king                          D. lips of people loyal to the king

61. What did Mr. Lou do first after he broke the electrical machine?

   A. He hid it in a secret place.                       B. He reported it to the boss at once.

   C. He repaired it himself.                          D. He replaced it with a used one.

62. What can we learn from the passage?

   A. Mr. Lou was excited and happy to have the machine repaired.

   B. Mr. Lou told the boss the truth in order to get a rise later.

   C. The boss was disappointed and sad about the broken machine.

   D. The boss thought honest employees were of great value to the company.

63. By telling the story of Mr. Lou, the author wants to show that _____.

   A. mistakes can sometimes bring good luck to a person

   B. being truthful is a most important character of a person

   C. employees should always be careful with their work

   D. experience is important for an employee to do his work well

 

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While football fans feel strongly angry about mistakes made by referees (裁判) because they cannot see clearly what has happened, a small German company is quietly pleased.

For Cairos Technologies, mistakes made by referees are the kind of advertising that money cannot buy. The company has developed a tiny chip(芯片) that fits inside a football and determines whether the ball has crossed the goal line, by being able to discover its exact location on the field. The world football organization, FIFA, has shown interest in the technology. It is very possible that the new technology will be used in the 2006 World Cup in Germany.

"We've been testing the technology at the main soccer stadium in Nuremberg for some time and more recently in an under-17 FIFA Cup in Peru," said Gunter Rohmer, a director of the company. "The technology has performed well, and we're pretty optimistic that it will be used at the games in Germany next year."

The chip only weighs 12 grams, and is placed in the center of the football. It sends 2,000 signals a second to a receiver network of 12 antennas(天线), placed around the field. The receivers then send information about the ball's location to a central computer, and because it works in real time, it can immediately tell the referee whether a goal has been scored. The chip even can tell when the ball crosses the line in mid-air. Oliver Braun, one of the inventors of the chip, says that feedback from German referees was generally positive. Germany sports-wear giant Adidas is also optimistic about using this kind of chip in other ball sports.

FIFA aims to test the technology later this year at another game in Japan before deciding whether or not to introduce it in all 12 stadiums in Germany for next year's World Cup.

1.Carlos Technologies is pleased because ________.

A.football fans are angry with referees

B.their new product can satisfy football fans

C.their new product will have a good market

D.they can sell a lot of football in the future

2. In the first sentence in Paragraph 2,"... mistakes made by referees are the kind of advertising that money cannot buy" means ___________.

A.Carios Technologies can't afford the high price for advertising their product

B.Mistakes in production are also a kind of advertisement

C.Carios Technologies has already spent a lot of money on advertising their product

D.Referees' mistakes will be of great help for the sale of Carlos Technologies' new product

3.The underlined word "feedback" probably means ___________.

A.information given back by a user

B.advice given by someone

C.supplying food to customers

D.food given back by consumers

 

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Alex Tawa 21?year?old student from WiltshireEngland.He spent last summer like any other high school graduate—hanging out with friendspreparing for collegeworrying about his university fees.While most of his peers gave up on their pipe dreamshe sat down with a notebook at homeand jotted down (草草记下) the questionHow can I become a millionaire?

The result was the MillionDollarHomepage.com.Alex’s initial investment was 50 pounds to buy web space and a domain (领域) name.He divided the blank homepage into one million pixels (电脑上的像点)10,000 blocks of 100 pixels each.Each pixel was worth $1 with minimum purchase 100 pixels.Within a month Alex had earned some $37,000enough for him to cover the entire cost of his forthcoming three years at university.In just a few monthshe became a real millionaire.

How did he come up with the idea of the Million Dollar Homepage?

“WellI was trying to think of a way to make some money before I started universityas I was about to take on a huge debt and I was already overdrawn (透支)Swift action was necessary”He said.

He also added“The important thing is that anything is possible—we are only limited by our imagination.I always had this belief that a good idea can be successful on its own.I think I’ve learnt that if we think deeper there are magical solutions hiding away for us to find.”

His personal philosophy around money isMoney is not everythingbut it’s an essential part of the way we live.Having_some_removes_a_certain_amount_of_stressbutunless_we_are_carefulit_can_create_a_new_type_of_stress.

He also said“I still want to go to university.Aside from gaining knowledge about businessthere are other reasons—exploring your interestsmeeting new peopleand being in a creative environment.”

Besides making contributions to societyhe would try to encourage and inspire people to think of creative solutions to problemswhatever they are.

1.According to the passagewhich of the following is NOT an important factor for being a millionaire?

ALarge imagination.? BQuick action.

CGreat ambition.? DGreat investment.

2.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

AAlex Taw is an American millionaire.

BAlex Taw will graduate from university.

CAlex Taw doesn’t work hard.

DAlex Taw was not rich before.

3. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 6 mean?

AThe more money we havethe more stress we have.

BMoney can be of great help.

CWe should try our best to earn money.

DMoney is helpful in some waybut we should make full use of it.

4. What would be the best title for the passage?

ALittle Money Leads to Be a Millionaire

BThe Success Road to Be a Millionaire

CAlex TawAn Millionaire Boy

DThe MillionDollarHomepage.com

 

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