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Before John Shuttleworth started his business, he ______.
A．borrowed money
B．waited for a good time to open his business
C．developed an inadequate plan
D．studied, prepared a plan, and trained himself
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People don't use their middle names very much. So" John Henry Brown" is usually called "John Brown". People never use Mr.; Mrs. or Miss before their first names. So you can say John Brown, or Mr. Brown; but you should never say Mr. John. They use Mr. , Mrs. or Miss with the family name but never with the first name.
Sometimes people ask me about my name. "When were you born, why did your parents call you Jim？" they ask. "Why did they choose that name？ The answer is they didn't call me Jim. They called me James. James was the name of my grandfather'. In England, people usually call me Jim for short. That's because it is shorter and easier than James.
Most English people have ______ name(s).
A．one
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The clock had stopped because Winthrop had put some long glass tubes he was using for an experiment into the box for safekeeping. The quake had knocked the tubes over and blocked the pendulum. Winthrop, therefore, had the exact time that the earthquake had hit Boston. He looked at the key on the floor. The quake had thrown it forward in the direction of the quake's motion by a shock coming from the northwest, perhaps in Canada.
This passage suggests that ______.
A．John Winthrop had difficulty in sleeping
B．earthquakes are common in Boston
C．Boston was a center for clock-making
D．John Winthrop was a scientist
During the hours when you labor through your work you may say that you're "hot." That's tree. The time of day when you feel most energetic is when your cycle of body temperature is at its peak. For some people the peak. comes during the forenoon. For others it comes in the afternoon or evening. No one has discovered why this is so, but it leads to such familiar monologues (自言自语) as: "Get up, John! You'll be late for work again!" The possible explanation to the trouble is that John is at his temperature-and-energy peak in the evening. Much family quarrelling ends when husbands and wives realize what these energy cycles mean, and which cycle each member of the family has.
You can't change your energy cycle, but you can learn to make your life fit it better. Habit can help, Dr. Kleitman believes. Maybe you're sleepy in the evening but feel you must stay up late anyway. Counteract (对抗) your cycle to some extent by habitually staying up later than you want to. If your energy is low in the morning but you have an important job to do early in day, rise before your usual hour. This won' t change your cycle, but you'll get up steam (鼓起干劲) and work better at your low point.
Get off to a slow start which saves your energy. Get up with a leisurely yawn and stretch. Sit on the edge of the bed a minute before petting your feet on the floor. Avoid the troublesome search for clean clothes by laying them out the night before. Whenever possible, do routine work in the afternoon and save tasks requiring more energy or concentration for your sharper hours.
If a person finds getting up early a problem, most probably ______.
A．he is a lazy person
B．he refuses to follow his own energy cycle
C．he is not sure when his energy is low
D．he is at his peak in the afternoon or evening
Schoolboys gained their skill in Latin in a bitter way.They kept in mind the rules to make learning by heart easier.They first made a word-for-word translation and then an idiomatic translation into English.As they increased their skill they translated their English back into Latin without referring to the book and then compared their translation with the original.The schoolmaster was always at hand to encourage them.All schoolmasters believed Latin should be beaten in .
After several years of study the boys began to write compositions in imitation of the Latin writers they read.And as they began to read Latin poems they began to write poems in Latin.Because Milton was already a poet at ten his poems were much better than those painfully put together by the other boys.During the seven years Milton spent at university he made regular use of his command of Latin.He wrote some excellent Latin poems which he published among his works in 1645.
1.What does the passage mainly tell about？[]
A.How John Milton wrote“Paradise Lost”
B.How John Milton studied Latin
C.How John Milton became famous
D.How John Milton became a poet
2.Which of the following is true of John Milton’s pronunciation of Latin？[]
A.It has a strong Italian accent
B.It has an uncommon accent
C.It was natural and easy to understand
D.It was bad and difficult to understand
3.It can be inferred from the passage that ________.
A.Milton’s training in Latin was similar to that of the other boys
B.Milton hadn’t learned any foreign language except Latin before going to college
C.Milton’s Italian friends helped him with Latin when talking
D.Milton's classmates learned Latin harder but worse than Milton
4.Which of the following is suggested in the passage？[]
A.The schoolmaster mainly helped those who were bad at Latin
B.The schoolmaster usually stood beside the schoolboys with a stick in his hand
C.The schoolboys could repeat Latin grammar rules from memory
D.Some of the schoolboys were quick at writing compositions in Latin
5.What is the meaning of the underlined part“Latin should be beaten in”that the writer wishes you to understand？[]
A.Schoolboys should be punished if they were lazy to learn Latin
B.Schoolboys should be encouraged if they had difficulty in learning Latin
C.Schoolboys were expected to master Latin in a short time
D.Schoolboys had to study Latin in a hard way
n rode off to a forest to see how the trees were growing.
In the aftemoon when they were about ten kilometers from their camp, It started to snow. More and more snow fell. Soon Bob could hardly see his hands before his face. He could not find the road. Bob knew there were two roads. One road went to the camp, and the other went to his house. But all was white snow. Everything was the same. How could he take his friends back to the camp？
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1.John and his two friends went to the forest to watch the trees in the forest.()
2.They could not f1nd their way back because there was only one road to their camp.()
3.It is clear that they wanted the horses to take them to the camp.()
4.The horses stopped because they were tired after running for along way.()
5.The story happened at night when nothing could be seen.()
Today, Americans are still fond of trying their hand at becoming small business people, even though only one out of two survives the first two years. Many of these people start their businesses for the wrong reasons: to get away from the paper work of their present jobs or to exchange the responsibility of their present jobs for freer life styles. But more, not less, paper work and responsibility come with ownership of a small business. John Shuttleworth, owner of the recently successful life-ecology news magazine Mother Earth, reports having had to work sixty hours straight in order to bring out the first issue.
John Shuttleworth waited years after conceiving the idea for Mother Earth before he attempted to put out the first issue. During that time, he collected as much information as he could about his proposed venture. He borrowed books about business from the library; he talked to people already established in the field; and he began planning in detail the amount of money and the kinds and numbers of supplies he would need. When he finally opened with a capital of $1,500, he set up his office in the kitchen of his home and his printing press in the garage. Due to his devotion to business his managerial skill, and his talent, Mother Earth now has a circulation of 300,000:
Not all small business succeed as well as Mother Earth has. Fifty percent of the 450,000 that start in the United States every year fail. Still, ninety-five percent businesses in the States can be described as small. Combined, these businesses account for forty percent of America's gross national product.
According to this passage, many people start their own businesses for the wrong reasons. The reasons are wrong because they do not realize that ______.
A．their own businesses will provide large income but less responsibility
B．their own businesses will not relieve them from paper work and responsibility
C．their own businesses will require longer working hours but less paper work
D．their own businesses could easily fail
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But snap decisions in reaction to rapid stimuli aren’t exclusive to the interpersonal realm. Psychologists at the University of Toronto found that viewing a fast-food logo for just a few milliseconds primes us to read 20 percent faster, even though reading has little to do with eating. We unconsciously associate fast food with speed and impatience and carry those impulses into whatever else we’re doing, Subjects exposed to fast-food flashes also tend to think a musical piece lasts too long.
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John Gottman, the marriage expert, explains that we quickly “thin slice” information reliably only after we ground such snap reactions in “thick sliced” long-term study. When Dr. Gottman really wants to assess whether a couple will stay together, he invites them to his island retreat for a muck longer evaluation; two days, not two seconds.
Our ability to mute our hard-wired reactions by pausing is what differentiates us from animals: doge can think about the future only intermittently or for a few minutes. But historically we have spent about 12 percent of our days contemplating the longer term. Although technology might change the way we react, it hasn’t changed our nature. We still have the imaginative capacity to rise above temptation and reverse the high-speed trend.
The time needed in making decisions may____ .
A.vary according to the urgency of the situation
B.prove the complexity of our brain reaction
C.depend on the importance of the assessment
D.predetermine the accuracy of our judgment
John Gottman says that reliable snap reaction are based on____ .
A.critical assessment
B.“thin sliced”study
C.sensible explanation
D.adequate information
The author’s attitude toward reversing the high-speed trend is____ .A.tolerant
B.uncertain
C.optimistic
D.doubtful
Our reaction to a fast-food logo shows that snao decisions____ .A.can be associative
B.are not unconscious
C.can be dangerous
D.are not impulsive
To reverse the negative influences of snap decisions,we should____ .A.trust our first impression
B.do as people usually do
C.think before we act
D.ask for expert advice
1.If a person finds getting up early a problem, most probably _______.
A、he is a lazy person
B、he refuses to follow his own energy cycle
C、he is at his peak in the afternoon or evening
2.Which of the following may lead to family quarrels according to the passage_______.
A、Unawareness of energy cycles.
B、Familiar monologues.
C、A change in a family member’s energy cycle.
D、A change in a family member’s energy cycle.
3.If one wants to work more efficiently at his low point in the morning, he should _____.
A、change his energy cycle
B、overcome his laziness
C、go to bed earlier
4.You are advised to rise with a yawn and stretch because it will ______.
A、help to keep your energy for the day’s work
B、help you to control your temper early in the day
C、enable you to concentrate on your routine work
D、keep your energy cycle under control all day
5.Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE_______.
A、Getting off to work with a minimum effort helps save one’s energy.
B、Dr. Kleitman explains why people reach their peak at different hours of day.
C、Habit helps a person adapt to his own energy cycle.
D、Children have energy cycles, too.
