One young academically excellent person went to apply for a managerial position in a big company. He   36    the first interview; the director did the last interview.

   The director asked, “Did you obtain any scholarships in school?” The young man answered, “    37   .”

   “Who paid the school fees for you?”

   “My father passed away   38    I was born, so my mother paid them all.”

   “What did your mother do?”

   “A laundry woman.”

   The director   39    the youth to show his hands. They were smooth and perfect. The director asked, “Have you ever   40    your mother wash the clothes?” The youth answered, “    41   . My mother always wanted me to study and read more books.    42    , she can wash clothes faster than me.”

   The director said, “Please go and clean your mother’s hands, and then see me tomorrow.”

   The youth felt his   43    of getting the job high. When he went back, he happily asked his mother to let him clean her hands. His mother felt   44   but happy with mixed feelings.

The youth cleaned his mother’s hands   45    . He cried as he did that. It was the first time he had    46   his mother’s wrinkled hands with so many bruises (伤痕) on them. Some bruises were so painful that his mother    47   when they were cleaned. Only by then did he realize it was this pair of hands that assisted him   48    his academic years.

   After finishing cleaning his mother’s    49    hands, the youth quietly washed all the   50    clothes for his mother. That night, they talked for a very long time.

   The next morning, the director noticed the youth’s swollen    51   and asked, “Can you tell me what you have done and    52   in your house?”

   The youth answered, “I cleaned my mother’s hands and also finished washing all the remaining clothes. I know now what    53    is. Without mother, there would not have been my success today.”

   The director said, “This is what I am looking for  54   a manager. I want to hire a person who can value the help of others and who knows the    55   of others. You are hired.”

Section B  

Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once.   Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. environment        B. necessarily  C. allowed        D. cheated       E. hardly

F. admitted       G. communication   H. necessary    I. joy          J. difficulty

    A relative of mine once asked me: “Why should a Chinese take time to learn a language that is not his own?” Obviously he has ___37___ in learning a foreign language. He is not the only one who is mentally against English learning. One reason, as I suspect, is the way English is taught. The emphasis on memorization is such that no ___38___ is left in the process, only endless irritation. What students are presented in the classroom is not the language in real-world ___39___. A Chinese student with extremely high scores for American standardized tests was ___40___ into one of the most famous universities. But his professors soon found out that he could ___41___ understand them in the classroom. Suspecting that he ___42___ in the tests, the school demanded he repeat them. Again, he passed with high scores. Not till then did they realize that the student had mastered the techniques for dealing with the tests, not ___43___ the skills of using the language.

　　Many people take TOFEL, IELTS, GRE, annual Band 4 and Band 6 exams not because they work in areas where English is a ___44___ tool, but because they have to do it for job promotion or enrolment in certain programmes.

　　Must English learning be such a pain in the neck?

　　Create a(n)___45____ where learning English is natural and painless. Don't make it compulsory for people whose work or major does not require it. China will not become more international by adding millions of people who can only say a simple "Hello."