_____ in a poor family made Jack very hardworking when he was still young.
A. Brought up B. Bringing up C. Having brought up D. Being brought up
To my mind, the secret to happiness__________ your successful work and your contribution towards others’ happiness.
A. results in B. consists in C. brings in D. takes in
Will you see to _____ that my children are taken good care of while I am away?
A. it B. me C. yourself D. them
作为一名高三学生，你或许经常跟你的父母就看电视问题闹矛盾。你的父母以学业繁重和影响视力等为由阻挠你看电视，而你又认为电视能满足你的兴趣爱好同时繁重的学业下也需要放松，最后你们之间相互妥协达成了一致意见。请你以该话题写一篇字数120左右的短文。
注意：1. 就双方的理由可以进行适当的扩充，协议自己想象。
2. 开头已写好，不计入字数
I am a Senior 3 student. I often quarrel with my parents over whether I can watch TV after school.
Sense of humor is just one of the many things shared by Alfred and Anthony Melillo, 64-year-old twin brothers from East Haven who made history in February 2012. On Christmas Eve, 2002, Anthony had a heart transplant(移植)from a 21-year-old donor(捐赠者). Two days before Valentine’s Day in 2012, Alfred received a 19-year-old heart, marking the first time on record that twin adults each received heart transplants.
“I’m 15 minutes older than him. But now I’m younger because of my heart and I’m not going to respect him, ”Alfred said with a smile, pointing to his brother while talking to a roomful of reporters, who laughed frequently at their jokes.
While the twins knew that genetics(遗传学)might have played a role in their condition, they recognized that their bad eating habits might have also contributed to their heart problems. “We’d put half a pound of butter on a steak. I overdid it on all the food that tasted good, so I guess I deserved what I got for not dieting properly. ”
The discussion moved to Anthony’s recovery. In the five years since his heart transplant, he had been on an exercise program where he regularly rode a bicycle for five miles, swam each day, and walked a couple of miles. He was still on medication(药物治疗)but not nearly as much as Alfred, who was just in the early stage of his recovery.
Alfred said his goal, of course, was to feel even better than his brother. “But”, he added, “I love my brother very much. We’re very close and I’m sure we’ll do just fine. ”
1.What is this passage about? (within 10 words)
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2.What did Alfred and Anthony have in common in character according to Paragraph 1? (within 7 words)
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3.Why did Alfred say he was younger than Anthony? (within 8 words)
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4.What were the most probable two causes of the brothers’heart problem? (within 6 words)
5.What did Anthony do for five years after his operation? (within 7 words)
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When your parents advise you to “get an education” in order to raise your income, they tell you only half the truth. What they really mean is to get just enough education to provide manpower（人力资源）for your society, but not so much that you prove an embarrassment to your society.
Get a high school diploma, at least. Without that, you will be occupationally dead unless your name happens to be George Bernard Shaw or Thomas Alva Edison, and you can successfully dropout in grade school.
Get a college degree, if possible. With a B. A., you are on the launching pad. But now you have to start to put on the brakes. If you go for a master’s degree, make sure it is an M.B.A., and the famous law of diminishing(逐渐减少的) returns begins to take effect.
Do you know, for instance, that long-haul truck drivers earn more per year than full professors? Yes, the average salary for those truckers was $24000 while the full professors managed to earn just $23030.
A doctorate is the highest degree you can get. Except for a few specialized fields such as physics or chemistry where the degree can quickly be turned to industrial or commercial purposes, if you pursue such a degree in any other field, you will face a future which is not bright. There are more doctors unemployed or underemployed in this country than any other part of the world.
If you become a doctor in English or history or anthropology or political science or languages or—worst of all—in philosophy, you run the risk of becoming overeducated for our national demands. Not for our needs, mind you, but for our demands.
Thousands of doctors are selling shoes, driving cars, waiting on table, and endlessly filling out applications month after month. They may also take a job in some high school or backwater(闭塞) college that pays much less than the doorkeeper earns.
You can equate the level of income with the level of education only so far. Far enough, that is, to make you useful to the gross national product, but not so far that nobody can turn much of a profit on you.
1. According to the writer, what the society expects of education is to turn out people who ______.
A. will not be a disgrace to society
B. will become loyal citizens
C. can take care of themselves
D. can meet the nation’s demand as a source of manpower
2. Many doctors are out of job because ______.
A. they are improperly educated
B. they are of little commercial value to their society
C. there are fewer jobs in high schools
D. they prefer easier jobs that make more money
3.The nation is only interested in people ______.
A. with diplomas
B. who specialize in physics and chemistry
C. who are valuable to the gross national product
D. who receive little education
4. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Bernard Shaw didn’t finish high school, nor did Edison.
B. One must think carefully before pursuing a master’s degree.
C. The higher your education level, the more money you will earn.
D. If you are too well-educated, you’ll be overeducated for society’s demands.
5. The writer sees education as ______.
A. a means of providing job security and financial security and a means of meeting a country’s demands for technical workers
B. a way to broaden one’s horizons
C. more important than finding a job
D. an opportunity that everyone should have
