A six-year-old British girl, Mollie Price, is opening up her third candy store. She is said to be one of Britain’s youngest bosses. Her stores are called “Mollie’s.” She sells both British and American candy. The girl would like to open more candy stores. “It might sound crazy, but believe me,” Mollie says.
“It was Mollie’s idea to open up the shop. It is Mollie who runs the candy stores,” her mother Becky, her “business partner” says.
Her mother says all the stores are put together and stocked(进货)by Mollie. Mollie works in one of the stores every Saturday, then gets up early Sunday to go to the company’s product supplier(供应商). She asks her friends to test the sweets to decide which ones are good. She’s good at smart marketing. For example, if the weather is really cold, she sells the Mr Whippy ice cream cheaper than when it’s hot outside.
“Children have the best ideas. I tell my mum what I think and she always says I have good ideas. It’s just because I know what other children like,” Mollie says.
【小题1】What’s Mollie’s plan for the future?

The 2010 Shanghai World Expo has been open for several months and there are large numbers of volunteers serving there.

    Chen Chuan，a 19- year-old student at Fudan University, is usually fast asleep at 6 am. But over the May 1 holiday, he was rising early to eat breakfast and    41    answer questions like，“Where can I find the toilet?” Such is the life of a Shanghai World Expo volunteer. But Chen and his 72,000 colleagues(同事)aren't complaining,   42   ，they’re trying not to. “Volunteering is   43   work，”Chen said，“but it makes me feel happy. ”

    Other student volunteers have   44   feelings. Wang Lin an 18-year-old volunteer from Chongqing University，told us about trying to explain to a tourist why a line to visit a pavilion was so long. When the tourist suddenly got quite angry, Wang became upset   45   being shouted at. Wang said. “I didn’t expect we would have to face so many difficulties in our service. But I know serving is about giving   46  . ”Still，the very next day, Wang received a reward(嘉奖)when she helped a lost child   47   his parents. “The happy smiles and their gratitude(感谢)made me feel so   48   ，” Wang said. “That’s   49  I now always smile to others，even if they don’t look happy. Smiling makes me happy. ”

      50   their green and white clothes，people call volunteers “Little Cabbage”. Wang likes this nickname(绰号). “We’re green, we are fresh，just like the vegetable，”Wang said.

1.A. get ready to      B. get ready for        C. be ready           D. get ready

2.A. at most         B. at least           C. after all            D. at last

3.A. hardly            B. a hard              C. a hardly            D. hard

4.A. same             B. different            C. difficult             D. the same

5.A. for             B. at                      C. in             D. with

6.A. and receiving    B. not receiving        C. for receiving         D. with receiving

7.A. found             B. with finding C. to be found          D. find

8.A. sweetly         B. sweet          C. sweets            D. sweetness

9.A. what                  B. how              C. why             D. where

10.A. Because of      B. Because           C. Thank to            D. Thanks for

It is common to believe that learning just takes place in school, but much of human learning happens outside the classroom, even from birth and people continue to learn throughout their lives.
Even before they enter school, young children learn to walk, to talk, and to use their hands to use toys, food, and other objects. They use all of their senses to learn about the sights, sounds, tastes, and smells in their environments. They learn how to communicate with their parents, grandparents, siblings, friends, and other people important to their world. When they enter school, children learn subjects like reading, writing, and maths. They also continue to learn a lot outside the classroom. They learn which behaviors are likely to be rewarded and which are likely to be punished. They learn social skills for communicating with other children. After they finish school, people must learn to deal with many changes that affect their lives, such as getting married, raising children, and finding and keeping a job.
Because learning continues throughout our lives and influences almost everything we do, the study of learning is important in many different fields. Teachers need to understand the best ways to educate children. Scientists, social workers and other human service workers need to understand how certain experiences change people’s behaviors.
Learning is closely related (相关的) to memory, which is the storage(储存) of information in the brain (大脑). Scientists who study memory are interested in how the brain stores knowledge, where this storage takes place, and how the brain later offers knowledge when we need it. However, scientists who study learning are more interested in behavior and how behavior changes as a result of a person’s experiences. ?
【小题1】The underlined word “siblings” in Paragraph 2 probably means _________.

A tourist was traveling alone in the desert (沙漠). After two weeks his car stopped    （66） , so he started walking. He was lost and had no water. It was very hot and he became very （67）. After five hours he saw a small tent. There was a woman in it. The tourist said to her, “Water. Please   (68)   me some water.”

     “I’m sorry. I haven’t any water. I only sell ties (领带),”  the woman replied.

     The tourist had to walk on, and became more thirsty. Two hours later he came to （69）    tent with an old man in it.

“Water. Please sell me some water.”

“I’m sorry. I haven’t any water. I only sell ties,” the old man replied.

The tourist put his   (70)  back into his pocket and walked on. He was very, very thirsty and tired. One hour later he arrived at a third tent. There   (71)  a tall man in front of it. The tall man said, “Do you want to buy a tie? I have a lot of beautiful ties.”

“No! No! No!”   (72)  the tourist, “I need water. Please sell me water!”

“I’m sorry. I only have ties,” said the tall man.

The tourist fell to the ground   (73)  started to crawl (爬). Half an hour later he saw a large, expensive-looking hotel. He crawled to the door and took out all his money. He said to the doorman, “Water! I will pay ￡100 ___ (74)   a glass of water.”

The doorman looked at him and said, “I’m sorry, sir. You can’t come into the hotel ___ (75)   you are not wearing a tie.”