Do you want to be successful in everything you do? If so, then        ? Here is an example.

      There was a farmer who       corn （玉米） all his life. Each year he took his corn to the market. Then each time his corn was chosen as the       and won the first prize.

      One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something         about how he grew it. The farmer      his seed（做种子的) corn to his neighbors.

       "How can you share your best seed corn with your neighbors?" the reporter asked.  "You know they are taking part in the       with you each year. "

      "Why, sir," said the farmer, "didn't you know? The       picks up pollen {花粉)from the corn and moves it quickly from field to field. If nay neighbors grow       corn, cross-pollination (异花传粉) will affect the quality of my corn. So if I want to grow good corn, f must       my neighbors to grow good corn. "

      The farmer knows much about the connection of life. His corn cannot improve       his neighbor's corn improves.

       As a great man says, "We make a living by what we       ; we make a life by what we give." We can't      without food, clothes, and many other things. However, a meaningf~I1 life is not decided by how much we can get,       by how much we can give others. Giving, instead of taking, makes us         from other animals.  So those who choose to live well must help others to live well and those who choose to be happy must help others to find       in their life.

1.A. why          B. how              C. when            D. where

2.A. grew          B. bought            C. sold             D. collected

3.A. cheapest          B. prettiest           C. best              D. shortest

4.A. popular            B. serious            C. terrible           D. surprising

5.A. lent              B. showed                  C. offered           D. recommended

6.A. game       B. fight              C. experiment        D. competition

7.A. wind        B. water             C. farmer            D. neighbor

8.A. tasty            B. bad                    C. tall               D. unusual

9.A. teach       B. remind            C. help                       D. require

10.A. unless            B. though            C. because           D. when

11.A. do              B. own              C. get                   D. grow

12.A. cheer             B. move            C. work              D. live

13.A. and        B. but                    C. or               D. so

14.A. different    B. free                 C. safe                     D. far

15.A. hope              B. success                 C. friendship          D. happiness

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Several years ago，a television reporter was talking to three of the most important people in America. One was a very rich banker，another owned one of the largest companies in the world，and the third owned many buildings in the center of New York.

The reporter was talking to them about being important. “How do we know if someone is really important？” the reporter asked the banker.

The banker thought for a few moments and then said， “I think anybody who is invited to the White House to meet the President of the United States is really important. ”

The reporter then turned to the owner of the very large company. “Do you agree with that？” she asked.

The man shook his head， “No. I think the President invites a lot of people to the White House. You‘d only be important if while you were visiting the President， there was a telephone call from the president of another country，and the President of the US said he was too busy to answer it. ”

The reporter turned to the third man. “Do you think so？”

“No， I don‘t，” he said. “I don’t think that makes the visitor important. That makes the President important. ”

“Then what would make the visitor important？” the reporter and the other two men asked.

“Oh， I think if the visitor to the White House was talking to the President and the phone rang， and the President picked up the receiver， listened and then said， ‘It’s for you. ‘ ”

1.This story happened in _______.

A．England           B．America           C．Japan             D．Australia

2.There are _______ in this passage.

A．three men and one woman                B．two men and two women

C．three women and one man                D．four women

3.The following is true EXCEPT_________.

A．The banker thought any visitor to the White House was really important.

B．The owner of the very large company thought the visitor would be important if while he was visiting the President, the President would not answer any telephone call

C．The owner of many buildings thoughtthe visitor was really important if he was talking to the President and the President received a telephone call for the visitor.

D．the reporter knew the way to find out who was the most important.

Do you want to be successful in everything you do? If so, then how? Here is an example.

There was a farmer who   36   corn（玉米）all his life. Each year he took his corn to the market. Then each time his corn was chosen as the   37   and won the first prize.

One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something surprising about how he grew it. The farmer   38   his seed（做种子的) corn to his neighbors.

"How can you share your best seed corn with your neighbors?" the reporter asked. "You know they are taking part in the   39   with you each year."

"Why, sir," said the farmer, "didn't you know? The   40   picks up pollen (花粉) from the corn and moves it quickly from field to field. If my neighbors grow   41   corn, cross-pollination (异花传粉) will affect the quality of my corn. So if I want to grow good corn, I must help my neighbors to grow good corn. "

The farmer knows much about the connection of life. His corn cannot improve unless his neighbor's corn improves.

As a great man says, "We make a living by what we grow; we make a life by what we give." We can't   42   without food, clothes, and many other things. However, a meaningful life is not decided by how much we can get,   43   by how much we can give others. Giving, instead of taking, makes us    44    from other animals.

So those who choose to live well must help others to live well and those who choose to be happy must help others to find   45   in their life.

1.A. grew                           B. bought                                      C. sold                                  D, collected

2. A. cheapest                   B. prettiest                         C. best                                 D. shortest

3. A. lent                   B. showed                           C. offered                            D. recommended

4.A. game                          B. fight                                 C. experiment                    D. competition

5.A. wind                            B. water                              C. farmer                             D. neighbor

6.A. tasty                           B. bad                                   C. tall                                    D. unusual

7. A. cheer                         B. move                               C. work                                D. live

8.A. and                     B. but                                   C. or                                      D. so

9.A. different           B. free                                 C, safe                                  D. far

10.A. hope                         B. success                           C. friendship                       D. happiness