One day when the famous American scientist Edison was on his way home, a young man stopped him and required to have a word with him. Edison accepted his request.

The young man asked, “How, Mr. Edison, can you invent so many things and get your fame (名声)?”

The scientist said, “It seems that you have been thinking of becoming famous every day, “

The young man nodded, “Yes. I have been dreaming of being a person as famed as you. Every minute I am thinking of how to become reputable(有声望的). I don’t know when I can achieve my fame. “

Edison told him, “Don’t worry, young man. If you want to be a famous man this way, you will have to wait until you die!”

“Why should I?” the young man was puzzled.

Edison said, “What you dream is actually a high building. You never think of how to build it with bricks. Thus the building will never come into reality. However, your story can serve as a mirror. People will remember you because of your illness and laziness. They will often speak of your name while they give warnings to their children. Aren’t you a notorious person by then?”

9. What happened to Edison when he was on his way home?

A. a beggar stopped him    

B. a robber stopped him.

C. A man wanted to speak to him.   

D. A man wanted to have words with him.

10. The man asked Edison to tell him______.

A. how to invent new things.          B. how to become famous

C. how he became a nobleman         D. how to become a scientist

11. After hearing his talk, the young man was puzzled because Edison told him ______.

A. he would die after he was famous      B. he would be famous before he died

C. he would die before he was famous        D. he would never be famous

12. The story mainly tells us ________.

a person needs high spirit    

B. one shouldn’t dream of becoming famous

C. only by hard work can one’s wish come into reality

D. one person should be idle and lazy.

The visiting Minister expressed his satisfaction with his talk,__________

that he had enjoyed his stay here.

A. having added    B. to add      C. adding      D. added

第三部分  阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

    A group of graduates，highly established in their careers，got together to visit their old university professor．

    The conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and in life．offering his guests coffee，the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and a variety of cups——plastic，glass，crystal(水晶)，some plain—looking，some expensive，some fine——telling them to help themselves to the coffee．

    When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand，the professor said：“If you noticed，all the nice—looking，expensive cups were taken up，leaving behind the plain and cheap ones．While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves，that is the source of your problems and stress．”

    “What all of you really wanted was coffee，not the cup，but you consciously went for the best cups and were eyeing each other’s cups．”

    “Now consider this：Life is the coffee and the jabs，money and position in society are the cups.They are just tools to hold and contain life，and do not change the quality of life．Sometimes，by concentrating only on the cup，we fail to enjoy the coffee．So，don’t let the cups drive you．．．enjoy the coffee instead．”

56．Why did the conversation soon turn into complaints?

    A．Because there was no coffee to drink．

    B．Because there was nothing to talk about except complaints

    C．Because life was not easy for everyone．

    D．Because there was nothing better than to complain．

57．The professor brought in a variety of cups because            ．

    A．he was richer than his students

    B．he was fond of collecting cups

    C．there were too many people to drink coffee

    D．the cups would play an important part in his talk

58．In the author’s opinion           ．

    A．it is necessary to have a variety of cups to meet the needs of different guests

    B．one should concentrate on main things in life

    C．the students liked drinking coffee mole than anything else

    D．cups are more important than coffee

59．We can infer that        ．

    A．in our daily life most people want only the best for themselves

    B．coffee was as important as a cup

    C． a teacher should have a11 kinds of cups at home

    D．whether coffee is nice to drink depends on the cup

One day when the famous American scientist Edison was on his way home, a young man stopped him and required to have a word with him. Edison accepted his request.

The young man asked, “How can you invent so many things and achieve your fame?”

The scientist said, “It seems that you have been thinking of becoming famous every day.” The young man nodded, “Yes. I have been dreaming of being a person as notable(著名的) as you. Every minute I am thinking of how to become reputable. I don't know when I can achieve my fame (名声,名望).”

Edison told him, “Don’t worry, young man. If you want to be a famous man this way, you will have to wait until you die!”

“Why should I?” the young man was puzzled.

Edison said, “What you dream is actually a high building. You never think of how to build it with bricks（砖块）. Thus the building will never come into reality（现实）. However, your story can serve as a mirror. People will remember you because of your illness and laziness. They will often speak of your name while they give warnings to their children. Aren’t you a notorious（声名狼藉） person by then?”

1.What happened to Edison when he was on his way home?

A．A beggar stopped him

B．A robber stopped him

C．A man wanted to speak to him

D．A man wanted to have words with him

2.The man asked Edison to tell him ________.

A．how to invent new things                 B．how to become famous

C．how he became a nobleman               D．how to become a scientist

3.After hearing his talk, the young man was puzzled because Edison told him ______.

A．he would die before he was famous

B．he would be famous before he died

C．he would die after he was famous

D．he would never be famous

4.The man didn’t achieve his fame because _______.

A．his wish was too high

B．he was too stupid

C．he didn’t learn from others

D．he was short of hardworking spirit (精神)

5.The story mainly tells us ________.

A．a person needs high spirit

B．one shouldn’t dream of becoming famous

C．only by hard work can one’s wish come into reality

D．one person shouldn’t be idle and lazy

6.The man and Mr. Edison had a talk _______.

A．in the classroom    B．in the street        C．in the lab          D．at home

短文改错

　　Ladies and gentlemen,

　　It give us a great pleasure to get together with a specially guest from the United States of America. First of all, I would like introduce to you Mr. John Smith, our honour guest today. Mr. Smith is an English teacher with the rich teaching experiences from a high school in New York now. He's on a visit for China and today he's going to give us a talk on how to learn English as a second language. As we all enjoy learn English, his talk will be of great helpful to us. Now let's invite Mr. Smith to make a speech.

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