At the age of 11, Peter Lynch started caddying(当球童) at Brae Burn Country Club in Newton, Mass. “It was better than a newspaper carrier, and much more profitable,” the Fidelity vice chairman recalls. He kept it up during the summers for almost a decade. “You get to know the course and can give the golf players advice about how to approach various holes,” he says. “Where else, at age 15 or 16, can you serve as a trusted adviser to high-powered people?”

One of those people was George Sullivan, then president of Fidelity’s funds, who was so impressed with Lynch’s smarts that he hired him in 1966. “There were about 75 applicants for 3 job openings,” Lynch says now. “But I was the only one who had caddied for the president for 10 years.”

In between caddying and managing money, Lynch went to Boston College on a scholarship from a program called the Francis Ouimet Fund. Named after the 1913 winner of the U.S. Open, the fund launched in 1949 which is open to Massachusetts kids only. Ouimet executive director Robert Donovan says, “Help with college is a logical extension of friendly relation between golfers and their favorite caddies, because there is a close tie to train up them to be excellent that happens between the players and the kids who carry their golf poles. And for the teens, caddying is all about being around successful role models.”

It is obvious that caddies who are finally successful include all kinds of outstanding personnel, from actor Bill Murray, to New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, to former GE chairman and CEO Jack Welch.

Of course, the great number of financial giants who caddied in their youth might be coincidence, but Dick Connolly thinks not. “Caddying life teaches you a lot about business, and about life,” he says. “You learn to show up early and look people in the eye when you shake their hand, and you learn how to read people -- including who’s likely to cheat and who isn’t.” Connolly is a longtime investment advisor at Morgan Stanley’s Boston office, a former Ouimet scholarship student and, along with Peter Lynch and Roger Altman, one of the program’s biggest supporters. He wants to share the most important lesson he learned on the links, so he says: “One golfer I caddied for told me that if you want to succeed in any field -- golf or business -- you have to spend a lot of lonely hours, either practicing or working, when you’d rather be partying with your friends. That’s true, and it stuck with me.”

 1.Which of the following may Peter Lynch agree about caddying?

A. He could have a relaxing job as a caddie.

B. He could make more money from the golf players.　　

C. His duty was to advise the players how to play golf.

D. His caddying experiences contributed to his later career.

2.Why was the Francis Ouimet Fund set up to support Massachusetts kids only?

A. Because of the advice from the rich golf players.

B. Because of those giants with caddying experiences.

C. Because of the great success the caddies have achieved.

D. Because of the friendly relation between golfers and their caddies.

3.According to Dick Connolly, caddying experience in your youth_____.

A. helps you learn to live with loneliness

B. teaches you a lot about business and life

C. makes it possible to meet with great people

D. offers you chances to communicate with others

4.Which of the following may be the best title for the passage?

A. Legend of Peter Lynch.

B. An introduction of Golf Caddying.

C. Golf Caddying into Future Success.

D. Five Giants with Caddying Experiences.

A person may have an idea about himself that will prevent him from doing good work.
He may have the  36  that he is not capable (有能力的) of it. A child may think he is stupid because he does not understand how to make  37  of his mental faculties(官能). Older people may be mistaken that they are incapable of  38  anything new because of their age.
A person who believes that he is incapable will not make a real  39 , because he feels that it  40  be useless. He won’t go at a job with the confidence(信心) necessary for success, and he won’t work his hardest, even though he may  41  he is doing so. He is  42  likely to fail, and the failure will  43  his belief in his incompetence(无能).
Alfred Adler, a famous doctor, had  44  like this. When he was a small boy, he had a poor  45  in maths. His teacher told his  46  he had no ability in maths in order that they would not  47  too much of him. In this way, they too  48  the idea. He accepted  49  mistaken thinking of his ability, felt that it was useless to  50 , and was very poor at maths,  51  as they expected.
One day he worked out a problem which  52  of the other students had been able to solve.
Adler succeeded in solving the problem. This gave him confidence. He now  53  with interest, determination and purpose, and he soon became especially good at  54 . He not only proved that he could learn maths well, but luckily he learned early in his life from his own experience that if a person goes at a job with determination and purpose, he may  55  himself as well as others by his ability. 36—40 ABBCA   41—45 BDBAC  46—50 DBADC  51—55 CABDA

So sleepy_______ that he could hardly keep his eyes______.

1. A.
   John was; open
2. B.
   was John; open
3. C.
   John was; opened
4. D.
   was John; opened

Jame’s New Bicycle  
James shook his money box again. Nothing! He carefully   36  the coins that lay on the bed . ＄24. 52 was all that he had. The bicycle he wanted was at least ＄90!   37  on earth was he going to get the   38   of the money?  
He knew that his friends all had bicycle. It was   39  to hang around with people when you were the only one without wheels. He thought about what he could do.There was no 40   asking his parents, for he knew they had no money to  41  .  
There was only one way to get money, and that was to    42   it . He would have to find a job .  43    who would hire him and what could he do? He decided to ask Mr. Clay for advice ,who usually had    44   on most things.  
“Well, you can start right here, ”said Mr.. clay. “My windows need cleaning and my car needs washing. ”  
That was the    45   of  James’ s odd-job（零工） business. For three months he worked every day after finishing his homework. He took dogs and babies for walks, cleared out cupboards ,and mended books. He lost count of the    46     of  jobs that people found for him to do. He took dogs and babies for walks, cleared out cupboards, and mended books. He lost count of the   47 of cars he washed and windows he cleaned, but the    48  increased and he knew that he would soon have   49   for the bicycle he longed for.  
The day    50     came when James counted his money and found ＄94. 32. He  51  no time and went down to the shop to pick up the bicycle he wanted. He rode   52   home, looking forward to showing his new bicycle to his friends. It had been hard   53   for the money, but James knew that he valued his bicycle far more    54    he had bought it with his own money. He had  55    what he thought was impossible, and that was worth even than the bicycle.  
36. A. cleaned B. covered        C. counted        D. checked 
37. A. How       B. Why     C. Who     D. What
38. A. amount B. part      C. sum      D. rest  
39. A. brave               B. hard     C. smart  D. unfair  
40. A. point      B. reason C. result   D. right  
41. A. split        B. spend  C. spare   D. save  
42. A. borrow  B. earn     C. raise    D. collect  
43. A. Or  B. So         C. For        D. But  
44. A. decisions        B. experience  C. opinions       D. knowledge
45. A. beginning       B. introduction         C. requirement         D. opening  
46. A. similarity        B. quality C. suitability     D. variety  
47. A. brand     B. number        C. size      D. type  
48. A. effort     B. pressure      C. money D. trouble   
49. A. all  B. enough         C. much   D. some  
50. A. finally     B. instantly       C. normally       D. regularly
51. A. gave       B. left       C. took     D. wasted  
52. A. patiently        B. proudly         C. silently          D. tiredly  
53. A. applying         B. asking  C. looking          D. working 
54. A. since      B. if  C. than     D. though  
55. A. deserved        B. benefited     C. achieved      D. learned  

An old man who lived in a small back street of my hometown had to tolerate（忍受） the nuisance（讨厌的人或事） of boys playing football and making a lot of noise outside his house at night.
One evening when the boys were particularly_21__，he went out to talk to them. He explained that he had just retired(退休) and was_22__when he could see or hear boys playing his_23_game，football. He would_24_ give them ￥25 each week to play in the street at night. The boys got_25_，for they could hardly believe_26_they were being paid to do something they__27_.
The first two weeks had passed，the boys came to the old man’s house，and went away__28__with their 25 Yuan. The third week when they came back，__29__，the old man said he hadn’t had much money__30__himself and sent them away with only 15 Yuan. The fourth week，the man said he had not yet 31  his paycheck from the government and gave them only 10 Yuan. The boys were very disappointed，but there was__32__much that they could do about it.
At the__33_of the fifth week，the boys came back and__34_at the old man’s door，waiting for their_35_.Slowly，the door opened and the old man appeared. He_36_that he could not afford to pay them 25 yuan_37_he had promised，but said he would give them  38 yuan each week without fail.
This was really too much for the boys. “You expect us to play seven days a week for only five yuan！” they yelled.“__39__！”
They stormed away and  40   played on the street again.
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