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　　What personal qualities are desirable （理想的） in a teacher? Probably no two people would write exactly 1 lists, but I think the following would be generally 2 .

　　First, a teacher should be pleasant and 3 . This does not rule out （排除） people who are not 4 or even ugly, because many such have great personal charm. But it does rule out such types as the over-excitable , dull, sad , cold-mannered , or 5 with other undesirable qualities.

　　Secondly, it is not only desirable but 6 for a teacher to have a real capacity for 7 a capacity to understand the minds and feelings of other people , and 8 , since most teachers are school teachers, the minds and feelings of 9 . Closely, related with this is the capacity to be tolerantnot indeed, of what is wrong, but of 10 of human nature which induce （引诱） people, and again especially children, to 11 . I find it necessary for a teacher to be a bit of 12 . That is part of the technique of teaching, which 13 that every now and then a teacher should put on an act to 14 his lesson interesting and vivid. Children, especially young children live in a 15 that is rather larger than real life.

　　A teacher must be capable of great 16 . This , I may say , is largely a matter of self-training. We are none of us 17 like that. Teaching greatly demands nervous 18 and one should be able to deal with countless small things that make you 19 which any adult has to endure （忍耐） 20 dealing with children.

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　　The clock had just struck eleven when I first heard a noise coming from the lift. I opened the door of our room and listened; someone was 1 against the door of the 2 and calling out at the same time. “What's wrong?” I 3 “The door has been 4 and I can't get out,” the answer came back. The 5 , which sounded like that of a girl, came from several 6 below.

　　My wife had now joined me and she went 7 directly in search of the night porter. After calling to the girl that 8 was on its way , I went back into the 9 to get some tools. Then I too hurried 10 the stairs 11 I reached the place where the lift was stuck.

　　I tried my hand at 12 to open the lift door, talking all the while to the girl trapped inside, but my tools were of no use for this 13 . Very 14 , however, my wife returned. 15 to find the porter, she had called the police, who agreed to send an engineer. 16 , she has also got in touch with the fire service.

　　In a short time the engineer appeared , followed by two 17 . Almost immediately 18 the firemen arrived, too. With his special tool it 19 the engineer only a short while to get the door open. In spite of her experience , the girl was in good 20 “I'm hungry ,” was her only remark as she stepped out of her cage.

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　　Last evening I was watching the evening news on television. The news was about a prize for scientific 1 ; I forgot what it was. The announcer, whose name was Ralph Story, said something that caught my 2 . “All great discoveries ,” he said , “are made by people between the ages of twenty-five and thirty.” 3 a little over thirty myself, I wanted to disagree with him. 4 wants to think that he is past the age of making any discovery. The next day I happened to be, in the public library and spent several hours looking up the 5 of famous people and their discoveries. Ralph was right.

　　First I looked at some of the 6 discoveries. One of the earliest discoveries , the famous experiment that proved that bodies of different 7 fall at the same speed, was made by Galieo when he was 26. Madam Curie started her research that 8 to Nobel Prize when she was 23. Einstein was 26 when he published his world-changing theory of relativity. Well, 9 of that. Yet I 10 if those “best years” were true in other 11 .

　　Then how about the field of 12 ? Surely it needed the wisdom of age to make a good leader. Perhaps it 13 , but look when these people 14 their career. Winston Churchill was elected to the House of Commons at the age of 26. Abraham Lincoln 15 the life of a country lawyer and was elected to the government at what age? Twenty-six.

　　But why 16 best years come after thirty? After thirty , I 17 , most people do not want to take risks or try 18 ways. Then I thought of people like Shakespeare and Picasso. The former was writing wonderful works at the ripe age of fifty, while the latter was 19 trying new ways of painting when he was ninety!

　　Perhaps there is still 20 for me.

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　　It was a freezing day, when I picked up a wallet in the street. There was nothing 1 but a letter that was 2 Hellen. On the torn 3 I found the return address, so I called information. The operator asked me to 4 on , and she came back on the 5 soon , she told me that Hellen's family had 6 their house years ago. Hellen had to 7 her mother in a nursing home.

　　I called and found out that Hellen's mother had 8 . The woman who answered 9 that Hellen herself was 10 living here.

　　The director waited for me at the 11 of the nursing home. I went up to the third floor. Hellen was an old woman with a warm smile and 12 eyes. I told her about finding the wallet and showed her the letter. She took a deep 13 “Young man ,” she said , “this was the 14 letter I had written to Mike

60 years ago. I loved him very much. I guess no one ever 15 up to him. I still think of him….”

　　I thanked Hellen and came back to the director. His secretary looked at the wallet 16 and said, “Hey, that's Mr. Goldstein's. He's always losing it. He's 17 here on the 8th floor. That's his wallet, for 18 .”

　　We hurried to him and asked 19 he had lost his wallet. Mike felt his back pocket and then said “Goodness, it's missing.”

　　When I returned him the wallet and told him where Hellen was, he grew 20 “When the letter came ,” he said , “my life ended. I never married.”

　　We took him to Hellen's room. They stood , looked at each other for a minute and embraced （拥抱）.

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　　Building a house costs quite a lot of money. 1 you plan to build a house , your first step will be to find a right piece of land. Your 2 will depend on many different things. You will probably try to find a sunny place, with 3 surroundings （环境） near shops and bus stops, not too far from your friends and the 4 where you work.

　　Next you will find an excellent 5 , and together with the builder you will work out a plan. The builder will draw the plan. It will 6 the number or rooms , their position and size , and other 7 which must be noticed, 8 windows, doors, and electric outlets. The 9 will work out how much money is 10 to build your house. He will work out the 11 of the wood, bricks, the glass, and 12 else that must be used in building the house. Later on, when he starts to build , this estimate （预算） must he corrected and revised （修正） . His estimate is based on existing 13 , but prices of such things may 14 , and many other things may happen between the time when he 15 the estimate and the time when he builds the house.

　　When the builder gives his estimate , you may wish to 16 your plan. （ You may also wish to change your builder, if his estimate is too 17 !） You may find that some of the features （特征） you wanted at first 18 too much , or that you can spend a little more and 19 something to your plan. The builder's estimate depends on the plan, 20 the final plan depends on the builder's estimate.

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　　Do you know insurance （保险）? Buying insurance is a 1 by which people can protect themselves 2 large losses. Protection against fire is one kind of insurance. Large numbers of people pay 3 sums of money 4 an insurance company. Although thousands of people have paid for fire insurance, only 5 will lose their homes by fire. The insurance company will pay for these homes 6 the sums of money it has collected.

　　The first modern fire insurance company was 7 in London, England, in 1666. A great fire had just 8 most of the city, and people wanted to protect against 9 losses. The fire company grew rapidly. 10 other companies were founded in other areas.

　　Benjamin Franklin helped form the first fire insurance company in America in 1752. He also 11 a new kind of insurance for 12 . The new insurance would offer protection against the loss of crops 13 storm.

　　In 1759 , Benjamin Franklin helped start 14 new insurance company in America. This company , which offered 15 insurance , collected some money 16 from different men. Although a man died , his family was given a large sum of money. Today , this company is 17 in business.

　　Over the years, people have 18 from many new kinds of insurance when they have suffered from 19 accidents as car and plane crashes. Tomorrow , almost everyone has 20 kind of insurance.

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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案.

　　A library is place to find out about almost anything. In it there are mostly 1 , but there are also pictures, papers, magazines, maps and records. Special science and art shows, story hours, films, plays, and contest（竞赛）may also be 2 in a library.

　　 3 a library had only books, and these were 4 to get. There were so 5 books that no one was 6 to take them out of library. After the printing machine was 7 , books could be made 8 and libraries got more books.

　　To borrow a book to 9 home today, a person just 10 a library card.

　　The person goes to the main desk to 11 a library helper check the book out. The helper prints the card with the 12 by which the book must be returned to the

　　library. If the book is returned 13 , the person most usually pay money for having broken the 14 .

　　Books in a library are put in a certain 15 to help people to find 16 they want. In some libraries, all books about animals might be placed together. In 17 libraries, all books 18 by the same person may be placed together. Cabinets（柜子）of cards list each book and 19 where it can be found.

　　People who live in the country may have trouble talking to a city library. For these people there are libraries on wheels that 20 from place to place.

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　　Like most July days, it was hot. I stepped into a tiny icecream shop to 1 with a chocolate ice-cream. It was an oldtime store with little round tables and chairs.

　　As I entered, I found a very old woman 2 a table near the door. Her back was so badly twisted （扭弯） by some sadness that her face nearly 3 the tabletop. I sat down facing her two 4 away.

　　“Poor woman ,” I thought , “what does she 5 life? Why does God let people live so 6 past their top?”

　　As I thought another 7 lady entered the shop and sat down with her. Soon the two of them were talking about childhood days. They talked of how 8 the shop had changed in 70 years…. In minutes the two women were 9 with laughter.

　　I looked again at the first woman, then in the mirror on a nearby wall, watching the 10 of myself. I was wearing a dirty shirt.

　　She was 11 dressed in white, 12 gold ear-rings.

　　I was in 13 spirits. She was laughing.

　　I was putting the 14 of my life together. She had millions of wonderful memories to recall.

　　I sat 15 . She was sharing the day with a good friend.

　　I was 16 worried about getting old. She was old, and it wasn't 17 her.

　　As I left the shop, I thought of my 18 question about God letting people live past their top. Why that woman was more alive, more sensitive （敏感的） to life than I was?

　　Age had not 19 her spirit. But I'm always filling my mind with something 20 .

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　　One bright summer day , a number of little boys and girls were out walking with their teacher. They walked two by two, singing happily.

　　In their walk they came to a 1 over the river, and they turned to go across it. They had just reached the middle 2 there came a great shout behind them. The teacher told them to stop , and she 3 and listened. When she 4 the cry “Mad dog !” she knew 5 was happening. Before she could do 6 she saw the dog running to the bridge.

　　“Children,” said the teacher, “keep 7 the wall of the bridge. Don't 8 or cry.” Then she went and stood before the boys and girls 9 the dog would meet her first.

　　The animal came , his mouth widely open. The animal ran up 10 , and seemed to be going by, but when he had just passed the 11 , he made a snap （猛咬） at 12 of the little girls. At this moment, the teacher saw a man running up with a gun to 13 the dog. The children must be kept 14 until the man could come up. So she ran to the dog, and put her right hand into the animal's 15 . When the man came near enough, he shot the animal 16 .

　　The dog had bitten her so 17 that the brave lady died soon after the doctors came. She had given 18 her own life to save the lives of the children. When people 19 it , they loved her for her bravery. They said, “The 20 of this brave lady should never be forgotten.”

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　　By the time that a student reaches his senior year in high school, he is likely to believe that he is an expert in reading. No matter how (1) he is ,he can still improve. How do you read an article in a text book? Do you have a certain (2) of doing it or do you just (3) at the be- ginning and keep reading (4) you come to the end?

　　 (5) students say that they use the“slow and sure”method. By this they mean they read every sentence slowly and (6) . Every time they come to an (7) word they stop (8) what it means and if necessary, looking it up in the (9) . In this method a person (10) has no time left for (11) what he has read, for he has used all his

　　 (12) in trying to get the meaning of each word to (13) that he (14) everything.

　　Other students use what has been (15) the review method. A person tries to arrange his time (16) he can read his lesson (17) twice. This type of reading is (18) than the slow and sure method, for the lesson (19) be read rapidly or there will not be (20) time left for a second reading. Which method do you think better?

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