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When I was a kid in Minnesota, watermelons were expensive. One of my father's friends, Bernie, was a rich businessman, who owned a large store in St. Paul.
Every summer, when the first watermelons arrived, Bernie would call. Dad and I would go to Bernie's place. We’d sit on the edge of the dock (码头), feet dangling (摇晃), and got ready for a big meal. Bernie would take his knife, cut our first watermelon, hand us both a big piece and sit down next to us. Then we'd bury our faces in watermelon, eating only the heart—the reddest, juiciest, firmest, sweetest, and most seed-free part — and throw away the rest
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Bernie was my father's ideal of a rich man. I always thought it was because he was such a successful businessman. Years later, I realized that it was not Bernie's wealth itself but his way of dealing with it that my father liked. Bernie knew how to stop working, get together with friends and eat only the heart of the watermelon.
What I learned from Bernie is that being rich is a state of mind. Some of us, no matter how much money we have, will never be free enough to eat only the heart of the watermelon. If you don't take the time to dangle your feet over the dock and enjoy life’s small pleasure, your work is probably hurting your life.
For many years, I forgot that lesson I'd learned as a kid on the loading dock. I wa
s too busy making all the money I could.
Well, I've relearned it. I hope I have time left to enjoy the success of others and to take pleasure in the day. That's the heart of the watermelon. I have learned again to throw the rest away.
1.We learn from the second paragraph the writer and his father were feeling_____.
A. hungry B. worried C. relaxed D. proud
2.How did the writer and his father eat the watermelon?
A. They ate it in a polite way.
B. They only ate its best part.
C. They ate every part of it.
D. They shared only one piece.
3.In the eyes of the writer's father, Bernie ________.
A. was just a rich businessman
B. worked hard all the time
C. lived a rich but healthy life
D. knew how to make money
4.The underlined part "the heart of the watermelon" in the last paragraph refers to ______.
A. the writer's hope of enjoying life
B. the writer's busy life
C. the writer's decision of making money
D. the best part of the watermelon
5.It can be learned from the passage that ______.
A. one has to work hard to reach his goal
B. a friend in need is a friend in deed
C. watermelon is the healthiest fruit
D. one should keep work-life balance
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the hotel and asked for rooms. Mr Black said there were no rooms ready because of a meeting. The
men were unhappy.
Mr Black wanted to help them. He remembered that Room 418,a small room, was empty(空的).
He asked them if they would like a small room. The three men said yes. Mr Black said they should pay
thirty dollars, ten for each one. Each man gave him the money and then went up to the room.
Mr Black soon began to feel sorry, so he called his assistant over,gave him five dollars and said,
"Take the money to those three men in Room 418.I asked too much for their room. "
The assistant took the money. (A)在去那儿的路上想,"How can the three men divide the five
dollars? I will give them each only one dollar and keep two dollars for myself.
The men will be happy to get something back.And Mr Black will never know." So the assistant
returned one dollar to each man.
The next morning, the three men went to thank the manager before they left. They said, "Thank
you for returning 3 dollars to us. "Mr Black was surprised but he didn't say anything.
After the three men left, Mr Black called the assistant to his office and said,"(B)I am sorry, but I
don't think you can work here any more."
1. 将划线部分(A)处翻译成英语。
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3. The underlined word "divide" means "_____"in Chinese.
A. 利用
B. 保存
C. 赚到
D. 分配
4. How much did Mr Black think the three men should pay for the room later?
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5. When did the three men leave the hotel?
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The study offered two new results from earlier findings. It said taking one aspirin pill every other day helped only healthy men over the age of fifty. It also said aspirin gave the greatest protection against heart attacks to men with low blood cholesterol（胆固醇）levels.
Earlier in the United States began a major aspirin study in the early 1980s. It included 22,000 healthy men doctors. All were between the ages of fifty and eighty-four. Almost 11,000 of the doctors took a harmless（无害的）pill that contained no drug. The men did not know which kind of pill they were taking.
The doctors who took aspirin suffered 44% fewer heart attacks than those taking the harmless pill. 139 men who took aspirin suffered from heart attacks. Ten of them died. 239 men who did not take aspirin suffered from heart attacks. Twenty-six of them died.
The researchers said the doctors’ study provided clear proof（证据）that taking aspirin could prevent a first heart attack in healthy, older men. They said, however, the result did not mean every man over the age of fifty should take aspirin. They said aspirin couldn’t help men who did not eat healthy foods, who smoked cigarettes and who were fat. The researchers said men who thought they would be helped by taking aspirin should talk with their doctors first.
小题1:The passage tells us that the new use of aspirin is ______.
| A．to treat heart disease |
| B．to reduce pain while one suffers from a heart attack |
| C．to help old people to be more healthy |
| D．to reduce the chance of a heart attack in old men |
| A．work as doctors | B．are under 40 years old |
| C．are fat and smoke cigarettes | D．are older and healthy |
| A．with care | B．as much as we like |
| C．every day | D．only considering the age |
| A．7% | B．11% | C．19% | D．44% |