4. What can we infer from the passage?
A. Matt loved money more than his wife.
B. Matt would like to buy everything for his wife.
C. The pilot didn't mind whether Matt's wife would pay.
D. Matt's wife enjoyed her riding in the plane.
B. Matt would like to buy everything for his wife.
C. The pilot didn't mind whether Matt's wife would pay.
D. Matt's wife enjoyed her riding in the plane.
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| The afternoon on December 25 in the waiting room, I was the nurse on duty. When I felt sad about having to 1 on Christmas Day, a woman and four small children showed up at my desk. "Are you all sick ?" I asked. "Yes." the woman said 2 and lowered her head. But when itcame to telling me about their 3 , things got a little surprising. They all seemed to be well and there was nothing 4 with their body. Why did they tell a 5 that they were all sick? I did not say anything but 6 that it might be a little time before a doctor could 7 them . The mother said, "Take your time. We can 8 here. It's so warm." When she finished the register chart, I noticed she didn't write down theiraddress- were they 9 ? I looked at the 10 around the Christmas tree. The children were excited and 11 to be healthy. The littlest one was pointing at the Christmas tree and said something to the mother. Then I wassure that they came here not because of 12 but only for warmth. I went back to the nurses' station and 13 the homeless family. The nurses, 14 about working on Christmas Day like me, turned to feel sorry for the family and decided to 15 .We bought delicious food in the hospital restaurant and 16 a big dinner for our guests. Weneeded 17 . So we put apples in a basket and collected candies and clothes. Just as we were seriously prepared to meet the physical needs of the 18 , our team worked to meet the needs of a family who just wanted to be 19 on Christmas Day. Later, as the family was to 20 , the youngest child ran to me and said, "Thank you very much.Good bye. " | ||||
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When I entered Be rkeley, I hoped to earn a scholarship.Having been a Straight－A student, Ibelieved I could_1_tough subjects and really learn something.One such course was World Literature given by Professor Jayne.I was extremely interested in the ideas he_2_in class. When I took the first exam, I was _3_to find a 77, C－plus, on my test paper, _4_E  nglish was my best subject.I went to Professor Jayne, who listened to my arguments but remained_5_. I decided to try harder, although I didn't know what that_6_because school had always been easy for me.I read the books more carefully, but got another 77.Again, I_7_with Professor Jayne.Again, he listened patiently but wouldn't change his_8_. One mo  re test before the final exam.One more_9_to imp rove my grade.So I redoubled my effortsand, for the first time, 10 the meaning of the word "thorough". But my 11 did no good and everything 12 as before. The last hurdle (障碍) was the final.No matter what 13 I got, it wouldn't cancel three C－pluses. I might as well kiss the 14 goodbye. I stopped working hard.I felt I knew the course material as well as I ever would.The night before the final, I even 15 myself to a movie.The next day I decided for once I'd have 16 with a test. A week later, I was surprised to find I got an A. I hurried into Professor Jayne's office.He 17 to be expecting me."If I gave you the A you 18 , you wouldn't continue to work as hard." I stared at him, 19 that his analysis and strategy (策略) were correct.I had worked my head 20 , as I had never done before. I was speechless when my course grade arrived:A－plus.It was the only A－plus given.The next year I received my scholarship.I've always remembered Professor Jayne's lesson:you alone must set your own standard of excellence. | ||||
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| Two teenagers who were lost at sea off the United States for six days were saved yesterday. Driscoll,15,and his best friend,18－year－old Josh Long,were_1_on Saturday about 11 km off Cape Fear in North Carolina.That was six days and more than 100 miles (161 km) from where they had_2_from Sullivan's Island,South Carolina,on April 24. The boys had_3_a lot of water and were tired,but in pretty_4_shape. They set out_5_on a 4.3－metre sailboat on a_6_day when the National Weather Service had warned small boats to stay out of the water.They_7_they were in trouble almost_8_and tried to swim bac  k to the shore,_9_the boat along with them.Within 10 ,they were far out at sea. "We lost our fishing equipment on the second day,"Driscoll said."So we couldn't 11 any fish." The boys' hopes 12 with each day.They stood on their boat 13 they saw another boat, 14 and shouting.One night they were woken up by 15 coming into the boat.A large ship was very close to them. "It was like some huge 16 in the water,"Driscoll said. At one point,the boys thought they had gone across the Atlantic Ocean and were close to Africa. 17 , they were 179 km north of their 18 point.A coast guard boat set out to look for them. The boys got up and made some 19 .This time,they were heard. "What we have is a completely surprising story of 20 that's going to be studied for years to come," said Richard Goerling,Long's uncle."I think the boys have a book to write." | ||||
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Manager told me he liked me and suggested I should start looking for a new
we were given one month to turn the situation around.This 
was our only chance to correct the situation.To achieve this, I worked day and night with
my team.I 
rking from 6 a. m.and not going home until 2 a. m.the next day.
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| When I was about five years old, I used to watch a bird in the skies of southern Alberta from the Blackfoot Blood Reserve in northern Montana where I was born. I loved this bird; I would 1 him for hours. He would 2 effortlessly in that gigantic sky, or he would come down and light on the 3 and float there beautifully. Sometimes when I watched him, he would not make a sound and liked to move 4 into the grasses. We called him meksikatsi, which in the Blackfoot language 5 "pink-colored feet"; meksikatsi and I became very good friends. The bird had a very particular significance to me 6 I desperately wanted to be able to fly too. I felt very much as if I was the kind of person who had been born into a world where 7 was impossible. And most of the things that I 8 about would not be possible for me but would be possible only for other people. When I was ten years old, something unexpected 9 my life suddenly. I found myself become an 10 child in a family I was not born into; I found myself in a 11 position that many native Americans find themselves in, living in a city that they do not understand at all, not in another culture but 12 two cultures. A teacher of the English language told me that meksikatsi was not called meksikatsi, even though that is what 13 people have called that bird for thousands of years. Meksikatsi, he said, was really "duck". I was very 14 with English. I could not understand it. First of all, the bird did not look like "duck", and when it made a 15 , it did not sound like "duck", I was even more 16 when I found out that the meaning of the verb "to duck" came from the bird. As I 17 to understand English better, I understand that it made a great deal of 18 , but I never forgot that meksikatsi made a different kind of meaning. I 19 that languages are not just different words for the same things but totally different 20 , totally different ways of experiencing and looking at the world. | ||||
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| It was the summer of 1965.DeLuca,17, visited Buck, a family friend.Buck asked DeLuca about his 1 for his future."I'm going to college, but I need a(n) 2 to pay for it, " DeLuca 3 saying, "Buck said, 'You should open a sandwich shop.'" They agreed to be 4 . And they set a 5 : to open thirty stores in ten years.After doing some research, Buck wrote a check for $1,000.DeLuca 6 a storefront (店面), and when they couldn't 7 their startup costs, Buck kicked in another $1,000. But business didn't go smoothly as they 8 . DeLuca was 9 the store and going to 10 at the same time.Buck was working at his day job as a nuclear physicist in New York.They'd 11 on Monday evenings and brainstorm ideas for keeping the business running.They 12 themselves to 13 a second store.And they did in the spring of 1966. The partners' learnasyougo approach turned out to be their greatest 14 . Every Friday, DeLuca would drive around and handdeliver the checks to pay their 15 ."It took me two hours and it wasn't 16 , but as a result, the suppliers got to know me well, and the personal 17 established really helped out, " DeLuca said. And having a goal was also important."There are so many 18 that can get you down.You just have to 19 working toward your goal, " DeLuca adds. DeLuca 20 founding Subway Sandwich, the multimilliondollar restaurant chain. | ||||
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