A businessman had two sons. While he gave the younger son a lot of love and gifts, he neglected (忽视) the elder son. It was completely puzzling (令人费解) and no one knew why.
When the boys grew up, they were asked to manage the father’s business. The elder son was absorbed in the business. From morning till late in the evening, he was busy working. Within a few years, he ran the business very well and even expanded (扩大) it.
What about the younger son? He didn't have much to do except have a good time. But the father believed that his favorite son would be a success. If the elder son could be a successful businessman, surely the younger one, with a higher education, would do much better.
A few years later, the results of his decision became clear. Uninterested in business, the younger son continued spending his time enjoying himself. And he went out of business. But the elder son’s far smaller share (份) of business had expanded and he had proved himself to be a good decision maker.
Ashamed at the turn of events, the father met the elder son and was angry with the younger one. The elder son, who was listening to all this quietly, suddenly said he wanted to set up an independent business and live on his own.
“Why?” asked the father.
“I blame (责备) one person for the way my brother has turned out, and it’s not him. You can’t blame children for the faults (过失) of their parents, can you?” asked the elder son.
1.. Before the younger son went into the father’s business, he______.
A. was interested in business B. had achieved great success
C. often looked down upon his brother D. was well-educated at school
2..Why did the father treat the two sons differently?
A. the elder son didn’t work hard B. no one knew why he did it
C. the younger son was hardworking D. he wanted to do an experiment
3.. Which is NOT the reason for the younger son’s going out of business?
A. he himself didn’t work hard
B. his father didn’t educate him properly
C. he was not interested in business at all
D. he was busy working every day
4... What does the text really want to teach us?
A. Parents are responsible for children’s development.
B. Once something is done, you should do it well.
C. Interest is the most important for success.
D. One has responsibility for what he himself has done.
I was waiting for a phone call from my agent. He had left a message the night before, telling me that my show was to be cancelled. I called him several times, but each time his secretary told me that he was in a meeting and that he would call me later. So I waited and waited, but there was still no call. Three hours passing by, I became more and more impatient. I was certain that my agent didn’t care about my work, and he didn’t care about me. I was overcome with that thought. I started to shout at the phone, “Let me wait, will you? Who do you think you are?”
At that time I didn’t realize my wife was looking on. Without showing her surprise, she rushed in, seized the phone, tore off the wires, and shouted at the phone, “Yeah! Who do you think you are? Bad telephone! Bad telephone! ” And she swept it into the wastebasket.
I stood watching her, speechless .What on earth?
She stepped to the doorway and shouted at the rest of the house, “Now hear this! All objects in this room-if you do anything to upset my husband, out you go!”
Then she turned to me, kissed me, and said calmly, “Honey, you just have to learn how to take control.” With that, she left the room.
After watching a crazy woman rushing in and out, shouting at everything in sight, I noticed that something in my mood（情绪）had changed. I was laughing. How could I have trouble with that phone? Her antics helped me realize I had been driven crazy by small things. Twenty minutes later my agent did call. I was able to listen to him and talk to him calmly.
1.. Why did the author shout at the telephone?
A. He was mad at the telephone.
B. He was angry with his agent.
C. He was anxious about his wife.
D. He was impatient with the secretary.
2.. What did the author’s wife do after she heard his shouting?
A. She said nothing.
B. She shouted at him.
C. She called the agent.
D. She threw the phone away.
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Dear Robert,
Thank for your letter of May 12th. How glad I was when I get it. I’d
be very happy to be your pen friends. Now allow me introduce myself to
you. I’m a boy student aging seventeen, study in Senior Three of Hongqi
High School. I’m a monitor of my class. I am about to take National
Matriculation Entrance Examination after twenty days, that is,
between June 7 and 8．You know. I want very much to be a doctor working
for poor peasants that I try to make fully use of every hour
and study far into the night every day.
Best wishes！
Yours truly
Getting your children to study can be a little like getting them to eat their vegetables.
__1__ Make a study time and have it at the same time every day. This will help your kids to learn to schedule their day and will give them a sense of control over how they spend their time.
Allow them to study in blocks of time，such as for half an hour with a five-minute break in the middle.__2__ Ideal (理想的) study times are after dinner or right after school before dinner.
Never allow your children to study in front of the television，as that will encourage passive activity.__3__
You’ll also need to help your kids find the right place to study. After you’ve set up a good study time for little learners，set up a good place where they can get those creative juices flowing.
__4__ Make sure there is a table or a desk and a comfortable chair.
__5__ This includes helping them out with their homework sometimes and being there for them with the answers to any questions. The input you give your children during study periods will help form a bond and help make studying enjoyable.
A. Pick a place where your children can study properly.
B. Hold them to the schedule (时间表) they create for themselves.
C. Finally, spend time with your kids when they're studying.
D. Keep the atmosphere light and offer lots of encouragement，too.
E. Instead，use TV as a treat or a reward when the homework is completed.
F. Try to stop this bad habit by offering some sort of reward.
G. One of the best ways to form good study habits for your kids is to design a schedule that they keep to.
People bury treasure to stop other people from taking it. They choose a quiet place, dig a deep hole and bury the treasure in it. Then they make a map of where the treasure is or write down other clues（线索）that will help them or someone else to find it again.
In Britain a few years ago, a writer wrote about some treasure that he had buried. He put clues in the story to help readers find it. Thousands of people hunted for the treasure. They dug holes all over Britain, hoping to find it.
One of the most popular adventure stories ever written is Robert Louis Stephenson's “Treasured Island”, an exciting story about a young boy, Jim Hawkins, who is captured by pirates (海盗) and later finds some buried treasure.
Then there is the true story about a man who had to travel overseas for a year. He did not trust banks, so he buried his life savings in a park. Then he went away. On his return, he went straight to the park. But the park was no longer there. In its place there was a huge building.
And then there was the man who buried his savings, all in bank notes, in a waterproof（防水的）bag. When he dug it up years later, there was nothing left. Worms and insects had eaten the bag and everything in it.
And of course, these are stories about people who bury things and either forget where they have buried them or lose the map.
Although it is true that people sometimes lose their money because a bank fails, banks are still the safest place to keep our savings and treasures.
1.
People who bury treasure usually .
A. do not trust banks
B. have a little money .
C. want to live in a quiet place.
D. expect to lose it
2.
The writer in Britain .
A. really had buried something.
B. started a nationwide treasure hunt.
C. had lost his treasure and wanted people to help him find it.
D. caused trouble because people dug holes everywhere.
3.
. “Treasure Island” .
A. is a story about pirates.
B. is about the adventures of Jim Hawkins.
C. is the most popular story ever written.
D. is a well-known fairy tale.
4.
The man who buried his money in a park .
A. thought his money was safer there than in a bank.
B. travelled on the sea for a year.
C. got his life savings back again.
D. stayed away longer than he expected.
5.
From these stories we understand that .
A. we cannot trust banks.
B. we should not trust anyone.
C. a waterproof bag is not proof against worms and insects.
D. insects eat anything.
In one way of thinking, failure is a part of life. In another way, failure may be a way towards success. The “spider story” is often told. Robert Bruce, leader of the Scots in the 13th century, was hiding in a cave from the English. He watched a spider spinning a web（蜘蛛织网）. The spider tried to reach across a rough place in the rock. He tried six times without success. On the seventh time he made it and went on to spin his web. Bruce is said to have taken heart and to have gone on to defeat the English… Edison, the inventor of the light bulb, made hundreds of models that failed before he found the right way to make one.
So what? First, always think about your failure. What caused it? Were conditions right? Were you in top from yourself? What can you change so things will go right next time?
Second, is the goal（目标）you’re trying to reach the right one? Try to do some thinking about what your real goals may be. Think about his question, “If I do succeed in this, where will it get me?” This may help you prevent failure in things you shouldn’t be doing anyway.
The third thing to bear in mind about failure is that it’s a part of life. Learn to “live with yourself” even though you may have failed. Remember, “You can’t win them all.”
1. This passage deals with two sides of failure. In paragraph 1, the author talks mainly about __ .
A. the value of failure
B. how people would fail
C. famous failures
D. the cause of failure
2.The underlined phrase “made it” means ______ .
A. succeeded
B. failed
C. gave
D. got
3.The lesson the spider taught Robert Bruce seems ______ .
A. productive
B. straight forward
C. sorrowful
D. deep
4.The author tells you to do all things except ______ .
A. The think about the cause of your failure
B. to check out whether your goals are right for you
C. to consider failure as a part or life
D. to bear in mind that you will never fail in your life
5. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Bruce and Edison were successful examples.
B. Failure may be regarded as a way toward success.
C. Edison learned a lot from the lesson the spider taught Robert Bruce.
D. One may often raise a question whether his goals are worth attempting.
