Many years ago，when I was fresh out of school and working in Denver，I was driving to my parents’ home in Missouri for Christmas. I stopped at a gas station(加油站) about 50 miles from Oklahoma City，where I was planning to stop and visit a friend. While I was standing in line at the cash register(收款台)，I said hello to an older couple who were also paying for gas.
I took off，but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car. I stopped and wondered what I should do. A car pulled up behind me. It was the couple I had spoken to at the gas station. They said they would take me to my friend’s. We chatted on the way into the city，and when I got out of the car，the husband gave me his business card.
I wrote him and his wife a thankyou note for helping me. Soon afterward，I received a Christmas present from them. Their note that came with it said that helping me had made their holidays meaningful.
Years later，I drove to a meeting in a nearby town in the morning. In late afternoon I returned to my car and found that I’d left the lights on all day，and the battery(电池) was dead. Then I noticed that the Friendly Ford dealership—a shop selling cars—was right next door. I walked over and found two salesmen in the showroom.
“Just how friendly is Friendly Ford？” I asked and explained my trouble. They quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it. They would accept no payment，so when I got home，I wrote them a note to say thanks. I received a letter back from one of the salesmen. No one had ever taken the time to write him and say thank you，and it meant a lot，he said.
“Thank you” — two powerful words. They’re easy to say and mean so much.
1.
The author planned to stop at Oklahoma City________.
A．to visit a friend B．to see his parents
C．to pay at the cash register D．to have more gas for his car
2.
The words “took off” underlined in Paragraph 2 mean “________”．
A．turned off B．moved off C．put up D．set up
3.
What happened when the author found smoke coming out of his car?
A．He had it pulled back to the gas station.
B．The couple sent him a business card.
C．The couple offered to help him.
D．He called his friend for help.
4.
The battery of the author’s car was dead because________.
A．something went wrong with the lights
B．the meeting lasted a whole day
C．he forgot to turn off the lights
D．he drove too long a distance
5.
By telling his own experiences，the author tries to show ________.
A．how to write a thankyou letter
B．how to deal with car problems
C．the kindheartedness of older people
D．the importance of expressing thanks
Not many years ago, a rich and rather strange old man called Johnson lived alone in a village in England. He 26__________ (make) lots of money in doing business with foreign countries. At seventy-five, he gave 12,000 pounds 27_________ the village school to build a children’s playground. Because of his 28__________ (kind), many people came to visit him. 29__________them was a newspaperman. During their talk, Johnson said he wanted to live to be a hundred. The newspaperman asked him 30_________he could be so healthy at seventy-five. Johnson, 31 __________had a sense of humour, liked whisky and 32__________(drink) some each day.“I have an injection in my neck each evening,” he said, 33__________(think) of his evening glass of whisky.
The newspaperman did not understand 34___________Johnson meant. In his newspaper he reported that Johnson had had an injection in his neck everyday. Soon Johnson received thousands of letters from all over Britain, asking him for 35_________ secret of his injection every day.
In some cities, workaholism(工作狂)is so common that people don’t consider it unusual, they accept the lifestyle as ____11____. Government worker in Washington D.C, ____12___, frequently work sixty to seventy hours a week. They don’t do this because they have to; they do it because they ___13___to. Workaholism can be a ___14___problem. Because true workaholism would rather work than do anything else, they___15___have no idea of how to relax; that is, they might not ___16___movies, sports, or other types of entertainment. Most of all, they ___17___ to sit and do nothing. The lives of workaholics are usually stressful, and this tension (紧张) and worry can cause___18___problems such as heart attacks and stomach disease. ___19___, typical workaholics don’t pay much attention to their families. Their marriages may end in___20___ as they spend little time with their families.
Is workaholism___21___dangerous? Perhaps not. There are, certainly, people who work ___22___under stress. Some studies show that many workaholics have great energy and interest in work. They feel ___23___ is so pleasurable that they are actually very happy. For most workaholics, work and entertainment are the same thing. Their jobs___24___them with challenge; this keeps them busy and creative.
Why do workaholics enjoy their jobs so much? There are several factors to work. Of course, it provides people with paychecks. But it offers more than financial security. It provides people with self-confidence; they have a feeling of satisfaction ___25___ they have produced a challenging piece of work.
1. A. strange B. boring C. pleasant D. normal
2. A. for example B. on the other hand C. what’s more D. after all
3. A. agree B. promise C. dare D. want
4. A. slight B. serious C. obvious D. difficult
5. A. still B. probably C. certainly D. mostly
6. A. afford B. enjoy C. watch D. allow
7. A. dream B. decide C. intend D. hate
8. A. physical B. cultural C. social D. mental
9. A .Therefore B. However C. Anyway D. Besides
10. A. happiness B. silence C. failure D. surprise
11. A. sometimes B. always C. seldom D. hardly
12. A. sadly B. differently C. efficiently D. slowly
13. A. study B. family C. life D. work
14. A. equip B. pack C. provide D. fill
15. A. when B. before C. unless D. until
The fire destroyed all _______ was in the building.
A. what B. that C.which D.who
______ people have become masters of their country ____ science can really serve the people.
A.It is only then ;that B.It is that;when
C.It is only when; that D.It is when;when
The government is trying to reduce people’s fear _________ they are likely to be affected by the nuclear radiation.
A. whether B.what C.that D.how
