My grandfather was a teacher. He was the headmaster of a school for boys between thirteen and eighteen. I know that he was a kind and gentle man at heart, because when I was young, he gave me presents, and seated me on his knee, and told me stories. But I believe the boys at his school were afraid of him.

At school, when he walked into a room full of noisy boys, there was silence at once. When he looked at a boy with a certain look in his eyes, the boy went red in the face, and looked down at his shoes. If a boy brought him poor, careless work that was not the best the boy could do, my grandfather would pick up the boy’s book and throw it across the room, shouting, “Do it all again, and bring it back to me in the morning!” If the boy was late, or if he forgot to bring the work, he had to do it again, and again, and yet again. My grandfather never forgot.

He was a very different man at school from the man I saw day by day in his own home.

36. I knew my grandfather was kind and gentle, because _________

A.he was a teacher. 

B.he let me sit on his knee and told me stories.

C.he told me stories about how kind he was

D.he was the headmaster of a school

37. When he looked at a boy in a certain way, the boy ________

A.went red and could not return my grandfather’s look

B.looked back at my grandfather’s red face

C. looked at his shoes to see if they were dirty.

D. went red in the face because his shoes were dirty.

38.When he received poor work, my grandfather _______.

A.would become very angry.    

B.threw the work on the floor, and shouted across the room

C.threw the book at the boy.  

D.went red in the face

39.He was a different man at home because  ________.

A.he didn’t get angry at home as he did at school. 

B.he was not as gentle at home

C.he didn’t throw books about at school like he did at home

D.he did not get angry at home.

    A new enemy is threatening Japanese traditions: leisure(闲暇). As part of its attempt to increase imports, the government is trying to get people to work less and spend more. The workers are disgusted.

The figures support the western prejudice(偏见) that the Japanese are all work and no play. Trying to force workers away from their desks and machines, the government said last April that the country should cut down from its 2,100 hours average work year to 1,899 hours and a five-day week by 1992. Beginning in February, banks and stock markets will be closed on Saturdays, staff of civil service will be forced out of their offices two Saturdays a month. The government hopes that others will follow that practice.

But some persuasion will be needed. Small companies are very angry about it and they fear competitors may not cut hours. The unions are no happier: they have even advertised in newspapers arguing their case against the foreign pressure that is forcing leisure upon them. They say that shorter hours are a disguised(隐性的) pay cut. The industrialists, who have no objection to the government’s plans, admit that shorter hours will help them cut costs. Younger Japanese who are supposed to be acting against their hard-working parents, show no sign of wanting time off, either. But unlike older workers, they do spend money in their spare time. Not content with watching television, they dance, dress up, sit in cafes, go to pop concerts and generally drive the leisure-industry boom. Now that they know how to consume, maybe the West can teach them to relax and enjoy themselves, too.

68.The purpose of getting the Japanese to have more spare time is that           .

       A.the government wants to show more concern for the health of the people

       B.the government needs to get more goods from abroad

       C.the Japanese have been working too hard

       D.the Japanese hope to change the western prejudice

69.The group of people who welcome the shorter-hour system in Japan is           .

       A.the small companies B.the industrialists

       C.the unions        D.the younger generation

70.The unions think that           .

       A.the shorter hours they work, the higher pay the can get

       B.the more they work, the less leisure they can enjoy

       C.the shorter hours they work, the less pay they can have

       D.the greater pressure the government is forcing on them, the less happy they can be

71.The best title for this passage can be           .

       A.Oh no! Not Saturday Again!   B.Leisure: the Greatest Threat!

       C.Enjoy While You are Young!  D.Less Work and More Play!

I know what you’re thinking: pizza(比萨饼)?For breakfast? But the truth is that you can have last night’s leftovers in the a.m. if you want to.

     I know lots of women who skip breakfast (不吃早饭), and they have a ton of different excuses for doing it. Some say they don’t have time, others think they’re “saving” calories (卡路里),still others just don’t like breakfast food .

     But the bottom line is that eating in the morning is very important when you’re trying to lose weight.  “Eating just about anything from 300 to 400 calories would be better than nothing at all,” says Katherine Brooking, R.D., who developed the super-easy eating plan for this year’s “SELF CHALLENGE”. And even pizza can be healthy if it’s loaded with vegetables, and you stick to one small piece.

     Breakfast is one meal I never miss, and the same goes for most weight loss success stories. Research shows that eating breakfast keeps you from overeating later in the day. Researchers at the University of Southern California found that breakfast skippers have a bigger chance of gaining weight than those who regularly have a morning meal.

     So eat something in the morning, anything. I know plenty of friends who end up having no breakfast altogether, and have just coffee or orange juice. I say, try heating up last night’s leftovers – it may sound crazy, but if it works for you, do it! I find if I tell myself, “You can always eat it tomorrow.” I put away the leftovers instead of eating more that night. Try it … you may save yourself some pre-bedtime calories. And watch your body gain the fat-burning effects.

60. The word “leftovers” in paragraph I probably means  ______.

   A. things left undone                                  B. food remaining after a meal

   C. meals made of vegetables                D. pizza topped with fruit

61. What can we infer from the text?

   A. Working women usually have breakfast in a hurry.

   B. There are some easy ways of cooking a meal. 

C. Many people have wrong ideas about breakfast.

D. Eating vegetables helps save energy.

62. According to the last paragraph, it is important to _______.

   A. eat calorie-controlled food                                B. be careful about what you eat

   C. heat up food before eating it                    D. eat something for breakfast

63. The text is written mainly for those _______.

   A. who want to lose weight                                   B. who go to work early 

C. who stay up late                           D. who eat before sleep

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