Paul had just left college and was offered an interview for a position in a company in New York. As he needed to move from Texas to New York if he got the job, he wanted to talk about the decision with someone before accepting it. But his parents had died. He remembered that his father had suggested he should turn to an old friend of his family if he needed advice.

The older man said, “Go to New York and have the interview. But I want you to go on a train and I want you to get a private compartment(车厢). Don’t take anything to write with, anything to listen to or anything to read, and don’t talk to anybody except when you order the meal. Call me when you get to New York and I will tell you what to do next.”

At first, Paul followed the advice closely. The trip took two days. As he had brought along nothing to do, he quickly became bored. He realized he was being forced into quite time – he could do nothing but think. About three hours outside New York City he broke the rules, asked for a pencil and paper and kept writing down the thoughts until the train arrived in New York.

Paul called the family friend from the train station.

“Thank you, Uncle I know what you wanted. You wanted me to think. And now I know what to do.” “I guessed you could understand my idea, Paul,” came the reply, “Good luck.”

Now, years later, Paul runs a company in New York. And he always spends a couple of days being alone with no phone, no television and no people to think quietly.

1.Paul would go to New York for __________.

A. a conference     B. a visit          C. education            D. an interview

2.We can know from the passage that _______.

       A. Paul had worked in Texas for three years.

       B. the older man advised Paul to go by air

       C. Paul broke the rules before arriving in New York.

       D. Now Paul runs companies both in New York and Texas.

3.According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

       A. Paul had a talk with a clever man during the trip.

       B. The older man’s advice influenced Paul greatly.

       C. Paul only brought a pencil and paper with him.

       D. The older man lived in New York.

4.What would be the best title for the passage?

       A. Time to be quiet                  B. You’re not alone

       C. Studying in the Journey           D. Friends are useful

阅读下面短文，根据短文完成表格中所缺信息，每空一词.（共10小题，每小题1分，计10分）

Are people less happy or happier when they get older? If your answer is “happier”, then you are right, based on a study published five years ago. It found that people generally become happier and experience less worry after age fifty. In fact, it found that by the age of eighty-five, people are happier with their life than they were at eighteen.

The findings came from a Gallup survey of more than three hundred and forty thousand adults in the United States in 2008. At that time, the people were between the ages of eighteen and eighty-five.

 Arthur Stone in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stony Brook University in New York led the study. His team found that levels of stress were the highest among adults between the ages of twenty-two and twenty-five. Stress levels dropped sharply after people reached their fifties.

 Levels of happiness were the highest among the kids and those in their early seventies.

The survey also found that men and women have similar emotional patterns as they grow older. However, women at all ages reported more sadness, stress and worry than men did.

So why would happiness increase with age? One theory is that, as people get older, they become more thankful for what they have and have better control of their emotions. They also spend less time thinking about bad experiences.

Title: Relationship Between Age and     1.      

Look at the following train timetable. According to the information in the timetable and complete the sentences with the right words.　(每空一词)

1.The first train to London on a Saturday leaves Leeds at _______ to seven.

2.The nine ten train runs only on _______.

3.The trains at 6:45 and _______ arrive in London before ten o'clock.

4.There are _______ trains to London every Monday morning.

5.The ten thirty train on a Saturday is the _______ one.