Many people go to school for a good education . They learn languages ,history ,maths and other lessons . School education is very important and useful . Yet no one can learn everything from school . No matter how much a teacher knows , he cannot teach his students everything they want to know . His work is to show his students how to learn . He teaches them how to read and how to think . So , much more is to be learned outside school by the students themselves .

　　 It is always more important to know how to study by oneself . It is quite easy to learn something in a language or a formula in maths , but it is difficult to use a formula in finding the answer to a maths problem . Great inventors do not get everything from school but they can invent many things and change the world a lot . Though Thomas Edison invented many things he didn’t have much school education . How do they do all these ? Because they know how to study . A lot of things are not taught in the classroom . They get knowledge from books outside school . They work hard all their lives , and the most important thing is that they know how to use their head .

1. What do many people go to school for ?

　　　 A. To make friends　　　　　　　　 B. To get everything

　　　 C. To get a good education　　　　　 D. To study by themselves

2. What should a student learn to do from school ?

　　　 A. Try to remember more knowledge and formulas .

　　　 B. Try to learn how to read and how to think .

　　　 C. Try to remember what the teachers teach .

　　　 D. Try to invent the world .

3. How can an inventor invent things ? The most important thing is how

　　 to　　　　 .

　　　 A. be a great inventor　　　　　　　 B. study by himself

　　　 C. use his head well　　　　　　　　 D. remember what he’s been taught

4. The word formula in this passage means　　　　 .

　　　 A. 数学题　　　 B. 公式　　　 C. 几何图形　　　 D. 数学用表

　 5. Which of the following shows the most important idea of this passage ?

　　　 A. School education is important for a person .

　　　 B. A student can not learn everything from school .

　　　 C. A student should learn how to remember a formula .

　　　 D. Inventors can invent things and change the world a lot .

 

I went into Harrods in London (a huge department store I am sure you have heard of) to buy some Minton china plates for a wedding anniversary which was to be a group gift from friends to other friends in Geneva.

Having only 30 minutes between meeting. I whizzed there in a taxi from the office and battled through the milling people on the 2^nd day of the sales on the ground floor up to the 5^th to the china department. There was a man standing there who was obviously a sales person who I rushed up to and asked if he had this particular china in stock and if it would take long to wrap, etc. He was amazing. He got the plates in seconds, wrapped them up and asked me if I wanted a store card, to which I replied no, because I lived in Switzerland, to which he replied asking if, as I lived abroad, would like a tax rebate form(退税表). After that he showed me what to do, produced a map of the store and told me where I should go for the formalities(程序). That was fabulos! I thanked him and said what wonderful service he had given me. I even asked if he gave this to everyone, to which he answered: “I’m just doing what is required at Harrods”. With that, a tall man in a grey suit approached me and offered his hand to shake mine saying, “Can I introduce myself? I am the Chief Executive of Harrods and what an interesting conversation I have just heard…” He had been wandering through the store (as you should do as a hands-on CEO) and had overheard me thanking this salesman, whose face, I can hardly

describe, was frozen in a mixture of delight awe and astonishment!

Can you imagine the salesman going home to his family and friends recounting what the CEO spoke to him after overhearing him being praised by a customer?

56. The writer went to Harrods to __________.

A. kill time　　　 B. buy some gifts　 C. go sightseeing　　 D. shop for her wedding

57. What does the underlined word “whiz” in Paragraph 2 most probably mean?

A. drive　　　　 B. arrive　　　　 C. rush　　　　　　 D. leave

58 Which of the following sentences can best replace “I’m just doing what is required at Harrods” in th second paragraph?

A. “I’m an honest man.”　　　　　　　　　　 B. “I must obey the rules.”

C. “Harrods is strict with its employees.”　　　 D. “Anybody will receive our good service.”

59. As soon as she bought what she wanted, the writer________.

A. went to a meeting.　　　　　　　　　　　 B. flew back to Geneva

C. visited one of her friends D. attended a wedding ceremony

60. The writer wrote the above passage because she thought what she had experience was so ______.

A. pleasant　　　　　 B. strange　　　　　 C. exciting　　　 D. amusing