6、Care your dream

I always have the dream to dance like a beautiful ballerina twirling around and around and hearing people applaud for me. When I was young, I would twirl in the fields of wildflowers that grew in my  1  . For hours I would dance  2 people were watching me.  3  woke me up when I heard a voice saying，I don’t know why you  4 trying to dance. Ballerinas are pretty, slender little girls.  5  , you don’t have the talent to  6 be a ballerina.” I remember how those words paralyzed（使瘫痪）every   7  in my body. I fell to the ground and wept for hours.

We lived in the country by a nearby lake and I would sometimes go there to hide I enjoyed    8    by the water. I would sit there for hours and stare at my   9    . There I was, looked     10    like a pretty ballerina dancer Reflections don’t   11   . Once the waves would come, my reflection was   12    , washed away just like my   13    . I sat there staring at the water, hoping that my reflection would reappear and be    14     .

As I grew older, I began to realize that the dream I had was never   15    , so it slowly died. It’s not that wanted it to die,   16    I allow it to die the day I started listening to the words. “You can’t do it.” When I   17   woke up from many years of dreaming, I realized that you can’t just keep    18 in the wildflowers, you have to move on to the   19    I still go to the lake sometimes and sit there. Looking at my reflection is different now too. When I was young, I looked at how others saw me, now that I am older and  20  ; I look at how God sees me.

1．A．platform               B．backyard            C．interest               D．daydream

2．A．ever since             B．in case                C．as if                   D．even if

3．A．Directors              B．Instructions        C．Awareness          D．Reality

4．A．bother                  B．remind                C．attempt               D．assume

5．A．Meanwhile            B．However             C．Besides               D．Therefore

6．A．yet                       B．ever                   C．thus                 D．still

7．A．struggling             B．feeling                C．performing         D．twirling

8．A．hanging out          B．settling down      C．looking upon       D．diving off

9．A figure                     B．status                 C．image                 D．reflection

10．A．everything          B．nothing               C．something           D．anything

11．A．hide                    B．speak                 C． lie                    D．laugh

12．A．lifted                  B．hidden                C．gone                  D．melted

13．A．childhood           B．emotion              C．thoughts             D．dream

14．A．slender               B．flexible               C．pretty                 D．different

15．A．cared for            B．brought on          C．turned out           D．given up

16．A．so                    B．but                   C．or                       D．and

17．A．instantly            B．occasionally       C．unwillingly          D．eventually

18．A．crying               B．singing             C．dancing              D．running

19．A．stage                B．school               C．crowd                D．garden

20．A．weaker             B．taller                  C．wiser                 D．smarter

5、Once while being prepared for a television interview, I was chatting with the host about stay-at-home fathers. I made the point that one reason why we’re seeing more stay-at-home dads may be that many families now take earning power into account when deciding which parent will stay home.

At that point, one of the male crew members commented, “It should be the better parent who stays home. ” A lot of guys say things like that. I was a stay-at-home father for eight years, so his declaration made me exited. It implied that our family’s choice could only have been correct if I was a “batter” parent than my wife.

I suppose an argument could have been made that when I began staying home my wife was the “better” parent: She spent more time with Ray, could read him better and calm him more quickly. And given a choice, he’d have picked her over me. But as she was the more employable one, my wife went out to work and I looked after our son.

Because of the increased time I spent with him, I soon knew Ray well, and could look after him more or less as well as my wife. Actually, the experience helped me unlock one of the world’s great secrets: Women are good at looking after children because they do it. It’s not because of any innate（先天的）female gift or a mother’s instinct. It’s because they put in the time and attention required to become good at the job.

Women obviously get a biological head start from giving birth and nursing，but over the long term experience is more important. When I got the experience myself, I was good，too. As good? I don’t know . Who cares?

1．Which of the following does the first paragraph imply?

A．Actually more men like staying at home.

B．The author has found a job at a TV station.

C．The wife earns more in more and more families.

D．The husband proves to be the better parent

2．Why did the author decide to stay at home to look after their son eight years ago?

A．Because he thought he was the better parent.

B．Because their son Ray liked him better.

C．Because he found himself better at looking after baby.

D．Because he was less likely to find a job than his wife.

3．Which of the following is NOT mentioned or implied in the passage?

A．Good parents should spend sufficient time with their children.

B．Good parents should take turns to take care of their children.

C．Good parents should try to understand their children well.

D．Good parents should help each other to support the family.

4．It is often believed women are good at taking care of children because        .

A．they devote much time and attention to them

B．they learned to do it when they were young

C．they were born with this ability

D．they have a gift to understand babies well

5．What does the author conclude finally?

A．It is difficult for a baby to make a choice between Dad and Mum.

B．It is hard for a man to take care of his baby but easy for his wife.

C．A man can take good care of children if he gets the experience.

D．A man cannot do as well as his wife no matter how hard he works.

4、It is now common to find whole pages of classified advertisements when you go through papers. Classified advertising is that advertising which is grouped in certain sections of the paper and is thus different from display advertising. Such grouping  as ‘‘Help Wanted”, “Real Estate” , “Lost and Found” are made, the rate charged being less than for display advertising Classified advertisements are a convenience to the reader and a saving to the advertiser.

The reader who is interested in a particular kind of advertisement finds all advertisements of that type grouped for him. The advertisers may, off this account, use a very small advertisement that would be lost if it were placed among larger advertisements in the paper.

It is evident that the reader approaches the classified advertisement in a different frame of mind from that in which he approaches the other advertisements in the paper. He turns to a page of classified advertisements to search for the particular advertisement that will meet his needs . As his attention is voluntary, the advertiser does not need to rely too much on display type to get the reader’s attention. Formerly all classified advertisements were of the same size and did not have display type.

With the increase in the number of such advertisements, however, each advertiser within a certain group is competing with others in the same group for the reader’s attention. In many cases the result has been an increase in the size of the space used and the addition of headlines and pictures. In that way, the classified advertisement has in reality become a display advertisement. This is particularly true of real estate advertising.

1．What is the classified advertising according to the passage?

A．It is a new method of advertising invented by readers.

B．It includes all advertisements are printed in papers.

C．It refers to the ads specially designed for those who need help.

D．It means all advertisements of a certain type are put together.

2．Which of the following is NOT the advantage of the classified advertisement?

A．It charges less money to the advertiser.

B．It attracts the reader’s attention more easily.

C．It provides more information for the readers.

D．It does not have to rely too much on display type.

3．What sort of attitude do people have when they look at classified advertisement，according to the writer?

A．They are attracted by the advisement and enjoy it.

B．They are looking carefully for something they need

C．They feel anxious with so many advertisements to read

D．They feel the same as when they look at display advertisements

4．According to the passage, in which way have the classified advertisements changed nowadays?

A．They depend more on display type        B．They become cheaper and cheaper

C．They are divided into more groups.       D．They are all of the same size.

5．Why have classified advertisements changed in appearance?

A．Because people no longer want headlines and pictures.

B．Because real estate advertising is particularly attractive now.

C．Because fewer and fewer people enjoy printed advertisements.

D．Because the competition among advertisers is more fierce.

3、Dress Down

Dress-down seems to have originated in places where people work through the heat of summer. Dress-down，restricted to Fridays, allows staff to head straight for their out-of-town retreats on Friday evenings without going home to change . But in New York it has now become a week-round state of affairs.

For me ,a manager in the head office of a bank，dress-down is a real headache for two reasons. The first is that it actually requires a new wardrobe（衣柜）. For my male colleagues in the US, it seemed to mean a change from one uniform to another. I basically only own two types of clothes—suits for working in and truly casual clothes for relaxing weekends in the countryside. 

Later in London, I was rather confused to discover that my employers had employers had started summer dress-down. At first, I tried to sidestep it in my suit as usual, but my staff complained that they then felt pressured into doing the same. So, I found myself having to buy “smart casual” clothes specifically to wear to work; a ridiculous expense. Even more annoying is the fact that I still have to prepare a suit in my office in case I’m suddenly called to a meeting, where dress-down is banned.

For the other great inconvenience of dress-down is that it makes it easier than ever to spot when colleagues are going to job interviews . For the rest of the year, it is easy enough to arrange these during the working week，but in the summer when dress-down rules, it’ s a dead giveaway to arrive in smart clothes for such a formal appointment. However, I would normally applaud this state of affairs，as most of my time used to be spent trying to prevent valued employees from moving elsewhere.

1．According to the writer. “dress-down” in New York began as a way of_________.

A．discouraging staff from taking summer holidays

B．showing concern for staff who lived out of town

C．rewarding those employees willing to work in the heat

D．making life easier for staff in the summer months

2．What was the writer’s first reaction to the idea of “dress-down” in her London office?

A．She attempted to ignore it.                   B．She argued against it.

C．She recognized the need for it.             D．She urged her staff to adopt it.

3．The aspect of “dress—down” that most annoys the writer is the fact that         .

A．her clients find it embarrassing             B．not everyone has to conform to it

C．it does not apply on all occasions          D．the clothes themselves do not suit her

4．The writer thinks “dress-down”_________ according to the passage.

A．develops her ability to make a business   B．increases her expense on clothes

C．disturbs her personal life after work       D．damages her interpersonal relationships

5．In which aspect of her work does the writer find “dress-down” an advantage?

A．Employing new members of staff.        B．Monitoring the honesty of her staff.

C．Providing her staff with feedback.       D．Ensuring her staff remain loyal.

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25、—Mike got “F” in his history test.

—           ? He has been working so hard on it.

A．How come           B．So what         C．What for        D．Why not

24、           is often the case with elder people, my grandma talked about my new hairstyle for

at least 50 minutes nonstop.

A．That         B．Which         C．As           D．It