1. Losers would think that________.

A. success is the result of hard work
B. working hard will lead to success
C. they fail only because of bad luck
D. they don't make efforts to succeed

2. It can be inferred from Paragraph 5 that________.

A. whether we will succeed depends on our attitudes
B. developing confidence is the key to future success
C. thoughts and beliefs are the result of creative mind
D. setting our expectations is essential before taking action

3. The last paragraph serves as________.

A. the proof of the author's point
B. the conclusion of the argument
C. an introduction to another topic
D. a comparison between two views

4. Which is the best title of the text?

A. Success is a choice
B. The secrets of success
C. Develop our confidence  
D. How to achieve success

      Children become more generous as they get older, learning the principles of equality by the age of
eight.That may not be too surprising to anyone who has kids.
     Humans are born with a sense of fairness that most other animals seem not to share, but it's not been
clear exactly when this concept starts to develop.
     Dr.Alva Zhao and her colleagues conducted a series of tests to measure just how much children care
about equality at different ages.In three different versions of a game, children were asked to choose
between two ways of sharing a number of sweets with themselves and an unfamiliar partner.They could
choose, for example, between one for me and one for you, or just having one for themselves.
      At the age of three, children were "almost completely selfish", says Zhao.
     They refused to give sweets away even if it made no difference to themselves.But by the age of eight,
children generally preferred the fair option, sharing a prize equally rather than keeping it all to themselves.
      Several other factors influenced how fair the children were.The team found that children without
brothers or sisters were 28% more likely to share than children with brothers or sisters.On the other
hand, the youngest children in a family were 17% less willing to share than children who had only
younger brother or sister.
     In addition, if children knew that their partner was from the same playgroup or school, they were
more concerned about being fair.This suggests that being nice to people you know is something that
develops a sense of equality.

1. The main idea of the first paragraph is________.

A. parents know clearly when their kids are more willing to share
B. the kids' willingness of sharing is learned from their family
C. the older the kids are, the more selfish they will become
D. kids become more generous when they reach a certain age

2. The tests conducted by Dr.Alva Zhao and her colleagues were aimed at________.

A. how kids develop a quality of fairness in games
B. children's awareness of equality at different ages
C. the reasons why children care about equality
D. children's attitudes towards other partners

3. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Children under three know little about being fair.
B. Children above eight years old become less selfish.
C. Children with brothers or sisters tend to be more generous.
D. The youngest child in a family tends to be less generous.

4. We can learn that children care more about equality while with________.

A. unknown people  
B. nice people
C. familiar people
D. fair people

     The United Nations says more than 900 million people worldwide do not have enough to eat.Officials
say 100 million more could go hungry this year because of the food and financial crises.
     To deal with the situation, the UN World Food Program has started a project to help small farmers.
These farmers are mainly women.Many cannot produce enough food even to feed and support their own
families.
     The new effort is called Purchase for Progress, or P4P.It aims to connect local farmers with
dependable markets.That way, they could get a chance to sell their surplus (剩余) at competitive prices.
P4P will be tested in as many as 21 countries during the next five years.
     The biggest contributor to the project is Bill Gates, through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Another donor (捐款者) is the Howard Buffett Foundation, led by a son of the American investor
Warren Buffett.The government of Belgium is also supporting the project in a former colony (殖民地),
now the Democratic Republic of Congo.
     Together these donors have provided more than 76 million dollars for projects in Africa and Central
America.
      Purchase for Progress will work with United Nations agencies, governments and nongovernmental
organizations to help increase crop production.The World Bank Group and other partners are to help
train farmers in better crop management and marketing skills.
      The World Food Program says it expects to buy 40,000 tons of food in the first year using methods
carried out by the project.That will be enough to feed 250,000 people.
     P4P is expected to develop food cooperatives and longterm agreements for buying corn, wheat and
other food crops.About 350,000 farmers could be assisted.
     Officials say the project will change the way the World Food Program buys food in developing
countries.  Executive Director Josette Sheeran says this is the first time her agency will buy a large
amount  of food from small farmers.The agency has traditionally bought most of its food from developing
countries, but through larger trading organizations.

1.  From the passage, we know that________.

A. in all 900 million people worldwide lack food
B. a project has been started to help women farmers
C. there are only two donors to help the project
D. some farmers still cannot support their families

2. According to the passage, ________will work hard to deal with the situation.

A. the United Nations
B. the combined efforts
C. some governments
D. some nongovernmental organizations

3. Which of the following will NOT be done to help small farmers?

A. To donate money.
B. To reform the way of food purchase.
C. To provide them with food.
D. To buy a large amount of food from them.

4. What's the best title for this passage?

A. Project to Help Small Farmers
B. Contribution to Small Farmers
C. Food Problems
D. P4P Is Being Carried Out

     I am a good mother of three children.I have tried never to let my passion stand in the way of being a
good parent.
     I no longer consider myself the center of the universe.I show up.I listen.I try to laugh.I am a good
friend to my husband.I have tried to make marriage vows (誓言) mean what they say.I am a good friend
to my friends, and they to me.Without them, there would be nothing to say to you today.
     So here's what I want to tell you today:Get a life.A real life, not a desire of the next promotion (提升),
the bigger paycheck, the larger house.
     Get a life in which you are not alone.Find people you love, and who love you.And remember that love
is not leisure (休闲), it is work.Pick up the phone.Send an email.Write a letter.And realize that life is the
best thing and that you have no business taking it for granted.
     It is so easy to waste our lives, our days, our hours, and our minutes.It_is_so_easy_to_exist_instead_
of_to_live.I learnt to live many years ago.Something really, really bad happened to me, something that
changed my life in ways that, if I had my choice, it would never have been changed at all.And what I
learned from it is what, today, seems to be the hardest lesson of all.
      I learned to love the journey, not the destination.I learned to look at all the good in the world and try
to give some of it back because I believed in it, completely and totally.And I tried to do that, in part, by
telling others what I had learned.
     By telling them this:Read in the backyard with the sun on your face.Learn to be happy.And think of
life as a deadly illness, because if you do, you will live it with joy and passion (激情) as it ought to be
lived.

1. It can be inferred from the passage that________.

A. the author is a success in personal life
B. the author didn't try her best to work well
C. the author spent all her time caring for her children
D. the author likes traveling very much

2. How did the author form her view of life?

A. Through social experience.
B. By learning from her friends.
C. Through an unfortunate experience.
D. From her children and husband.

3. By the underlined sentence "It is so easy to exist instead of to live" in the fifth paragraph, the
    author really means that people tend to________.

A. make a living rather than live a real life
B. work rather than enjoy life
C. waste a lot in life
D. forget the most important lessons in life

4. What's the author's attitude toward work?

A. Do it well to serve others.
B. Earn enough money to make life better.
C. Try your best to get a higher position and a pay raise.
D. Don't let it affect your real life.

     Busy senior managers need no longer waste time in showering themselves-an Australian company has
invented a suit that can be worn while they wash.
     The suit has been specially designed so that it can be cleaned under the showerhead.There is no need
for soaking (浸泡), dry cleaning-or even soap.
     The Japanese market has taken a liking to the "shower suit", described as "revolutionary" by its owner Australian Wool Innovation (AWI), which is the research and marketing body that represents Australian
woolgrowers.Orders have been placed for 170,000 of the woolen suits.
     The suit could be worn in the shower, although it was probably better to hang it on a clothes hanger
and carry it instead, AWI corporate affairs spokesman Stephen Feighan said."The idea is that you hang it
up and then...you give it a spray (喷雾), and it's dry the next morning, " Mr Feighan said.
     A Japanese researcher working for AWI invented the suit by combining three technologies.The secret
is the best lining (内衬), which allows the suit to dry quickly.The shower suit attracted busy corporate
people, particularly those who often traveled or stayed up late, Mr Feighan said.The airline industry was
also interested.
     Mr Feighan confessed he had not worn one of the suits yet, or tried to wash it in the shower, because
they cut to fit Japanese figures.
     AWI believes that the shower suit will spread from the Japanese market through Europe and India
.Mr Feighan hoped the suit, made from local wool, would be available in Australia in 12 to 18 months'
time.

1. What is the writing purpose of the article?

A. To introduce a newlydesigned shower suit.
B. To help the white collars arrange their life more sensibly.
C. To provide suggestions on saving time in bath.
D. To praise AWI for its important achievement.

2. Which is true about the suit according to the passage?

A. It can spare the owner's trouble of soaking, dry cleaning and applying soap.
B. It is of the quality of fast dry for its best cloth.
C. It is not suitable for hanging.
D. It has attracted more orders than any other suit.

3. The suit draws the attention from all the following groups EXCEPT________.

A. corporate people who are always on the go
B. people on occasional business trips
C. the airline industry
D. people burning the midnight oil

4. Which of the following has much to do with Mr Feighan?

A. The invention of the suit.
B. The tryon of the suit.
C. The combination of the three technologies on the suit.
D. The popularization of the suit and best wishes for it

5. It can be inferred from the passage that________.

A. Australians prefer foreign markets to the domestic one
B. wool is the most favorite material for clothing
C. westerners have different body sizes and figures from easterners
D. Australia's economy will not recover within a year

     Frankly, I appreciate myself very much.Yes, I admit I'm in many aspects not as good as other people, but I don't think I'm always not good.When I find what I've done or written is okay, I'll remain pleased
with myself for quite a few days, and if I receive praise for it, I'll even become so excited as to add a few words to reward myself.
     True, I'm not modest at all.People may call me conceited (自负的). But I think otherwise.
     I appreciate other people.I appreciate anything good.Isn't it unfair to forget appreciating myself while
appreciating others?
     We Chinese generally tend to be modest, and we take pride in being so.For example, a Chinese man
will call his own wife zhuojing, meaning"my humble wife", and his own writings zhuozuo, meaning"my
poor writings". But if you call his wife a "rustic (乡村的) woman" or his writings"trash", he would, I'm
sure, declare he would make a clean break with you angrily.As a matter of fact, there is probably no
difference at all between what is said by him and you.
     I don't think it's wrong of you to freely praise yourself if you're really worthy of praise.As we know,
there is an old Chinese saying disparaging (蔑视) a melon seller, named Lao Wang, who keeps praising
his own goods.Well, why can't he praise his melons if they are really sweet and juicy?
     Lao Wang sells melons for a living.How could he carry on business if he, by imitating the affectations (装模作样) of us intellectuals, were to show false modesty about his melons?He would sure enough die
of starvation.
     Selfappreciation is therefore a key to professional dedication and enjoyment of work.Needless to say,
the same is true of those who make a living with their pen.One will lose confidence in writing when he
stops admiring his own essays.

1. We know from the first three paragraphs that the author________.

A. is modest in some way
B. is pleased to be a good writer
C. is too conceited
D. thinks it unfair to appreciate others

2. What do we know about the author's attitude towards Chinese modesty according to Paragraph 4?

A. Supportive.  
B. Negative.
C. Neutral.  
D. Careless.

3. The author mentions the example of Lao Wang to prove that______.

A. Lao Wang is very proud of himself
B. melon sellers should praise their goods
C. reasonable selfappreciation is good
D. writers should learn from Lao Wang

4. The purpose of the passage is to encourage readers to be________.

A. modest 
B. considerate
C. respectful  
D. confident

     To some people, happiness is something to do with simplicity, and it is the ability to extract pleasure
from the simplest things-such as a peach stone (桃核). It is obvious that it has nothing to do with success.
     For Sir Henry Stewart, it was certainly successful. I remember some ten years ago when he was made King's Counsel, Amos and I went to congratulate him.We smiled happily; he merely looked as miserable
as though he'd received a punishment. He took his success as a child does his medicine. And not one of his achievements brought even a sign of a smile to his tired eyes.
     I asked him one day what it was like to achieve all one's ambitions.He looked down at his roses and
went on watering them.Then he said, "The only value in achieving one's ambitions is that you then realize
that they are not worth achieving."
     Yesterday, I was passing his house and he called me,"Come and see, Jan.Look! I have done it at last!" There he was, holding a small box of earth in his hand.I observed three tiny shoots out of it.
     "And there were only three!" he said, his eyes laughing to heaven.
     "Three what?" I asked.
     "Peach stones," he replied. "I've always wanted to make peach stones grow, even since I was a child,
when I used to take them home after a party, or as a man after a banquet. And I used to plant them, and
then forgot where I planted them. But now at last I have done it. I had only three stones, and three shoots," he counted.
     Then Sir Henry ran off, calling for his wife to come and see his achievement-his achievement of
simplicity.

1. From what fact could we see Sir Henry was successful?

A. He felt happy from the simplest things.
B. He was made King's Counsel.
C. He was able to make the peach stones shoot.
D. He didn't take his success seriously.

2. The author compares Sir Henry's attitude towards his success to a child's taking medicine _____.

A. to show that Sir Henry felt miserable when he was promoted
B. to prove that Sir Henry didn't want to be successful
C. to suggest that Sir Henry's future job would be hard to do
D. to tell us that Sir Henry took his success as a tiny thing in his life

3. According to Sir Henry Stewart, the value in achieving one's ambitions is _____.

A. that he discovers it valueless
B. that he finds it worth his efforts
C. that he has achieved it
D. that he fails to realize it

4. The writer's opinion about Sir Henry's attitude towards success is _____.

A. criticism  
B. disapproval  
C. admiration  
D. tease