Having returned from her round trip, the angry woman stood outside the ticket office of the station. “The railway owes me ?12,” she said to Harry Jenks, the young man working at the office. “You sold me a ticket for May 22nd, but there was no ship from Jersey that night. So my daughter and I had to stay in a hotel. It cost me ?12.” Harry was worried. He remembered selling the woman a return ticket. “Coming into the office, Madam,” he said politely. “I will just check the Jersey time table for May 22nd.”
The woman and her little girl followed him inside. She was quite right, as Harry soon discovered. There was no sailing on May 22nd. How could he have made such a careless mistake? He shouldn’t have sold her a ticket for that day. Wondering what to do, he smiled at the child. “You look sun-burnt,” he said to her. “Did you have a nice holiday in Jersey?”
“Yes,” she answered, shyly. “The beach was lovely. And I can swim too!”
“That’s fine,” said Harry. “My little girl can’t swim a bit yet. Of course, she’s only three…”
“I’m four,” the child said proudly. “I’ll be four and a half.”
Harry turned to the mother. “I remember your ticket, Madam,” he said. “But you didn’t get one for your daughter, did you?” “Er, well -” the woman looked at the child. “I mean … she hasn’t started school yet. She’s only four.”
“A four-year-old child must have a ticket, Madam. A child’s return ticket to Jersey costs…let me see… ?13.50. So if the railway pays your hotel, you will owe ?1.50. The law is the law, but since the fault was mine…” The woman stoop up, took the child’s hand and let the office.
1. The woman was angry because ______ .
A. she couldn’t use the ticket for her round trip
B. she had to return home a day earlier than she had planned
C. she spent more money than she had expected
D. Harry had sold her a ticket to Jersey where there was no sailing
2. Harry was worried ______ .
A. the woman was angry with him
B. he had not done his work properly
C. the Jersey timetable was wrong
D. the little girl didn’t have a return ticket
3. Harry started talking to the little girl ______ .
A. because he was in difficulty and did not know what to do
B. because he had a little girl about the age as this girl
C. because he wanted to be friendly to the little girl who looked so nice
D. when he suddenly realized that he could find a way out from the little girl
4. When Harry said, “The law is the law, but since the fault was mine…” he meant that _______ .
A. they must follow it without other choice, even though the fault was his
B. he had to be strict with the woman because of the law, although he didn’t want to
C. the woman had to pay him ?1.50 and the railway would pay her for the hotel
D. she should pay ?1.50, but as he had made a mistake, she could go without paying
5. The woman left the office without saying anything because ______ .
A. she wanted to go home and get money for the child’s ticket
B. she was so angry that she didn’t want to have anything more to do with the young man
C. she was moved by Harry’s kindness
D. she knew she would have to pay the railway if she insisted
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A wise man once said, “A man who makes no mistakes usually does not make anything.” It took me a long time to gather the 36 to admit that I had been making mistakes since my earliest days. 37 , many of the things that I had learned were 38 .
As a child from a poor family, I learned that when you had money, you were 39 to spend it on whatever brought you happiness 40 . I didn’t understand that even though putting money in the bank would not 41 me that quick joy, it could provide a sense of 42 — I still had that money.
One problem is that I never had an opportunity to 43 any money of my own until late in my teen years. All of my gift money 44 to my parents for “saving”, which actually 45 to be an emergency fund(风险基金) for things such as food.
On rare 46 , some relatives would give me some money, but they would 47 in my ear not to tell my mother and to spend it quickly on something fun. Their 48 was good — they wanted to bring joy to the life of a “ 49 ”boy, but it didn’t teach me any 50 skills. Soon I would go back to having no money.
Another thing is that I believed that 51 help from others was bad. My parents were strict, and in many ways I 52 their philosophy (处事原则), but their personal beliefs prevented them from ever accepting any help. 53 we often had to live on a single part-time income, we never asked 54 anything. In this way, I was led to believe that accepting a helping hand, even in 55 of great need, was a sign of weakness.
36. A. time B. power C. courage D. chance
37. A. Otherwise B. Also C. Instead D. However
38. A. different B. common C. big D. wrong
39. A. supposed B. determined C. ordered D. left
40. A. naturally B. immediately C. probably D. eventually
41. A. buy B. prove C. sell D. show
42. A. direction B. guilty C. safety D. difference
43. A. receive B. lend C. manage D. earn
44. A. gave B. went C. borrowed D. left
45. A. added up B. came up C. gave out D. turned out
46. A. states B. occasions C. situations D. moments
47. A. shout B. explain C. whisper D. insist
48. A. plan B. information C. look D. intention
49. A. naughty B. poor C. hopeless D. lovely
50. A. financial B. imaginative C. popular D. formal
51. A. offering B. accepting C. begging D. demanding
52. A. disobeyed B. ignored C. respected D. agreed
53. A. Even if B. Now that C. Unless D. Until
54. A. about B. around C. against D. for
55. A. groups B. terms C. ways D. times
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B．eager and excitedly
C．happy and satisfied
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Lack of parent willpower may contribute more to juvenile obesity than under-exercising or overeating.
Research suggests that having overweight parents is a big, influence ( 影响) upon a child' s weight, with one study finding that child ren with overweight parents were four times more likely to be overweight themselves.
The findings add heat to an already fierce political debate（争论）over childhood obesity. The Prime Minister, John Howard, last week decided that $116 million be Used for programs to deal with obesity, while the Opposition Leader, Mark Latham, recently announced that his party would move to protect children from unhealthy food advertisements
Clare Collins a senior lecturer at the University of Newcastle, believes such programs will definitely fail unless they influence the way of life of whole families. "If we can' t get parents to take action against their own weight problems, then we can' t expect to influence their kids," she said.
However, Professor, Louise Baur from the Children’ s Hospital at Westmead, doubts whether adult education programs offer any solution to weight problems. "Many parents know they need to lose weight and they know it influences their kids, but they lack the willpower to do anything about it.
The 10-year study of 150 American children found two-thirds of children with overweight parents became overweight. Only one in six children whose parents were of average weight became overweight.
The president of the Australasian Society for the .Study of Obesity, Associate Professor Gary Wittert, said parents needed help in doing their job and the Opposition Party’s policy（政策） might be on the right track.
"We know that driving without a seat belt is unsafe, so we make law against it,” he said."Obesity is a major public health concern, so why shouldn’t we change the law regarding unhealthy food ads?"
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A. Adult education. B. Childhood overweight
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A. Debates on them will become less fierce.
B. They will be effective in dealing with obesity.
C. A large sum of money will be spent on them.
D. They will influence people' s way of life.
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A. will come up with .better solutions
B. will help with their children' s education
C. should be more active in reducing weight
D. should carry out at least 10 years' study
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A. can help fight against unemployment
B. may protect kids from unhealthy food ads
C. should be brought back to the right track
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