Most people know the feeling when you walk into a lift(电梯) with other people. A study has found that where people stand is based on their social position on entering the lift.
Rebekah Rousi, a Ph.D. student, did a study of lift behavior in two of the tallest office buildings in Adelaide, Australia. As part of her research, she took a total of 30 lift rides in the two buildings, and discovered there was a fixed order about where people chose to stand.
In her research paper, she wrote that more senior men seemed to walk straight towards the back of the lift. She said , “in front of them were younger men, and in front of them were women of all ages.” She also noticed there was a difference in the direction where people look during the ride. “Men watched the monitors, looked in the side mirrors (in one building) to see themselves, and in the door mirrors (in the other building) to watch others. Women would watch the monitors and avoid looking into others’ eyes (unless in conversations) and the mirrors.”
Rebekah Rousi concluded that shyer people stand toward the front, where they can’t see other passengers, while fearless people stand in the back, where they have a good view of everyone else.
1.According to the study, where people stand in a lift is decided by __________.
A. their social position
B. the monitors
C. other passengers
D. others’ position
2.Who are most likely to go to the back of the lift?
A. Shyer people. B. Senior men.
C. Younger men. D. Women.
3.Which is true according to the passage?
A. The order in which people stand in a lift is fixed.
B. Few people feel embarrassed with strangers in a lift.
C. Women like watching themselves in the side mirrors.
D. Fearless people stand in the back to avoid seeing others.
4.The passage is probably taken from __________.
A. a lift instruction B. a story book
C. a travel guide D. a newspaper
Most people know that Marie Curie was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize, and the first person to win it twice. However, few people know that she was also the mother of a Nobel Prize winner.
Born in September, 1897, Irene Curie was the first of the Curies’ two daughters. She studied in her mother’s school, and finished her high school education at the College of Sevigne in Paris.
Irene entered the University of Paris in 1914 to prepare for a degree in mathematics and physics. When World War I began, Irene developed X-ray equipment in military(军事) hospitals in France and Belgium to help save the lives of wounded soldiers. Her services were recognized in the form of a Military Medal by the French government.
In 1918, Irene became her mother’s assistant at the Curie Institute. In December 1924, Frederic Joliot joined the Institute, and Irene taught him the techniques required for his work. They soon fell in love and got married in 1926. Their daughter Helene was born in 1927 and their son Pierre five years later.
Like her mother, Irene combined family and work. Like her mother, Irene was awarded a Nobel Prize, along with her husband, in 1935. Unfortunately, also like her mother, she developed leukemia because of her work with radioactivity（辐射能）. Irene Joliot-Curie died from leukemia on March 17, 1956.
1.Irene Curie was awarded a Military Medal because she _____________.
A. won the Nobel Prize with Frederic
B. received a degree in mathematics
C. contributed to saving the wounded
D. worked as a helper to her mother
2.Where did Irene Curie meet her husband Frederic Joliot?
A. At the College of Sevigne.
B. At the Curie Institute.
C. At the University of Paris.
D. At a military hospital.
3.The underlined word “leukemia” probably refers to a __________.
A. habit B. research
C. machine D. disease
My grandmother was always encouraging me to set goals and work hard to achieve them. She would tell me not to be a follower and not to set ________on what I could achieve. She ________ believed that there were no limits that you could ________ whatever you wanted. I would never forget the following story that she once told me：A farmer won first ________at the country fair for his huge radish (小萝卜)that was the exact shape and ________of a milk bottle. Many were ________as to how the farmer was able to grow this radish that was the exact shape of a milk bottle. ________ one gentleman went up to the farmer and asked the question. The farmer replied，“It was ________. I got the seed growing and then I put it into the milk bottle. It had ________else to go.”You can use this story as an analogy (比喻) to life－our lives are________ by the kind of surroundings we place ourselves in, the people that we allow to________ us, and the goals we give ourselves.If we only________ and take no action, then we get no further. But if we ________，set a goal and take action, then our life takes a________ shape.
Goals and actions can help us accomplish more in a year than what some people will accomplish in a lifetime. To prove this________ ，read the biographies of ________ people and you will see that goals and actions________played a big role in their success.
Remember the________ of Mary Kay Ash, who said，“Don't limit yourself. ” Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go ________ your mind lets you. Whatever you believe, remember, you can achieve.”
In summary, don't put yourself in a bottle; in other words, move out of what is ________ and secure if you want to move forward.
1.A. expectations B. rules C. limits D. lines
2.A. truly B. naturally C. tightly D. partly
3.A. win B. grasp C. realize D. achieve
4.A. remark B. prize C. position D. award
5.A. size B. length C. weight D. height
6.A. doubtful B. worried C. anxious D. curious
7.A. Immediately B. Gradually C. Finally D. Actually
8.A. strange B. easy C. funny D. secret
9.A. nowhere B. everywhere C. somewhere D. anywhere
10.A. shaped B. formed C. controlled D. improved
11.A. understand B. help C. influence D. contact
12.A. dream B. refuse C. doubt D. change
13.A. struggle B. insist C. continue D. plan
14.A. beautiful B. different C. solid D. clear
15.A. theory B. lesson C. point D. evidence
16.A. successful B. brave C. friendly D. careful
17.A. as usual B. above all C. at all D. in fact
18.A. example B. wisdom C. statement D. speech
19.A. as if B. in case C. as far as D. as long as
20.A. comfortable B. valuable C. ordinary D. boring
---Alice had an accident on her way to school yesterday．
--- ? She is always careful．
A．How come B．Why not
C．So what D．What for
When I met him the other day，it was the first time we ______ each other since we graduated from school.
A. saw B. have seen
C. were seeing D. had seen
The palace caught fire three times in the last century, and little of the original building now.
A. remains B. is remained
C. is remaining D. has been remained
