-Will you please go to her house to see if she is all right?

-________ On a night like this?

1. A.
   Who?I?
2. B.
   Who?Me?
3. C.
   There, this is a joke．
4. D.
   There, not me．

The Adventure Guides Program

New Member Information for the Adventure Guides Program （ for children aged 4—12）

What Is the Adventure Guides Program All about?

The objectives of the program are:

● Fostering companionship and setting foundation for positive, lifelong relationships between parent and child

● Increased understanding of one another

● Expanded awareness of spirit, mind and body

● Great memories

● Fun!!!

Parent and Child Will Be Joining…

The nationwide affilicated（隶属的） program sponsored by local YMCA’s and part of the National Council of YMCA’s

A smaller group of families called a “circle”

What Is the Time Commitment?

● Program runs from October to May （ending with the Memorial Day Parade）

● One “circle” activity per month （ one circle decides on fees and dates）

 Additional all participant activities （scheduled by Wilton Family Y） —additional fees and registration required．

Outing Dates: To Be Announced

What Do I Do Now?

● Registration is on-going． Registration forms are available online under “Registration”．

● You will be notified by the Wilton Family Y of which “circle” you and your child are in and who your “circle” leader is．

● You will be notified by your “circle” leader as to when your first parent/child “circle” meeting will take place．

Fees:

Participant: Full Child or Family member $110．00 / Program member $200．00

Sibling: Full child or Family member $75．00 / Program member $150．00

Adult: Family member FREE / Program member $125．00

Wilton Family Y Contact Information:

Geoff Malyszka Teen Director 762-8384 ext．224

E-mail: gmalyszka@wiltonymca． org

Kim Murphy Early Childhood Ed． Director762-8384 ext．214

E-mail: kmurphy@wiltonymca． org

Which of the following is true about “circle”?

   A． You and your children will make up a “circle”．

   B． A “circle” activity will be held once a month．

   C． You have the right of choosing your “circle” leader．

    D． You are free to choose to become a member of a “circle”．

What information can you get from the passage？

    A． There is no extra fees for additional all participant activities．

   B． The program will be held only in October and May

    C． You can register just by making a call to 762-8384 ext．224．

   D． It has not been decided yet when you will go out．

The passage is mainly written for _____．

    A． parents and their children

    B． adventurous travelers

   C． international students

    D． children with bad memories

I remember vividly the call that changed my life. It was Tuesday, February 18．When the   1    rang in the kitchen of my Los Angeles, the   2   was Marty Banderas,  a literary agent to whom I had sent a draft( 草稿 )of my novel three weeks earlier. “I have a couple of   3  .” Banderas saiD．“First, how old are you?” “I'm 48,” I replieD．“Are you in good   4    ?” “Yes, excellent. What’s this about? ” “I’ve sold your novels       5     one and a half million dollars.” I sat down in    6    . I had written fourteen novels in twenty years, but each one had been    7     by the publishers. I suppose many people would have been     8     , but not me. Each time, I just      9      writing another one. My husband advised me to find something else to do, but I refused to   10    up. Seeing this book   11    was the best thing that has ever happened to me. It's a mystery story (like all the others) and it was on the best-seller   12   two weeks after publication! I got my first lesson in story  13  from my grandmother. She used to read my stories. She was the one who gave me a    14     of words. She sparked (激发) my  15   and she has been a   16    influence on me. I always had stories running through my   17    and as soon as I could write, I   18     them down on paper. I married young and I have three children, but I never stopped writing.    19   novels between doing the diapers(婴儿的尿布) and dishes. I'm writing another novel now. Yes, my    20    has changed my life.

1．  A．phone      B．bell C．clock       D．alarm

2．  A．line B．step C．outside     D．doorway

3．  A．novels     B．things      C．questions D．problems

4．  A．wealth      B．health      C．condition  D．order

5．  A．to     B．for   C．on    D．in

6．  A．need  B．joy   C．settlements      D．shock

7．  A．rejected   B．received   C．decided     D．lost

8．  A．worried   B．encouraged      C．discouraged     D．excited

9．  A．couldn't help  B．got down to     C．got used to      D．went on

10．A．hold        B．look        C．give D．set

11．A．sold B．published        C．printed     D．passed

12．A．books      B．shops C．record      D．list

13．A．writing    B．organizing       C．telling      D．reading

14．A．use   B．love C．meaning   D．respect

15．A．hope        B．efforts      C．novels      D．imagination

16．A．lasting     B．normal     C．careful     D．general

17．A．head        B．mouth      C．voice       D．work

18．A．took        B．put   C．broke       D．added

19．A．writing    B．reading    C．developing      D．translating

20．A．friend      B．call   C．success     D．work

The other day I heard a few local musicians talking:

“ I hate all the terrible pianos in this town. I hate that rubbish they play on the radio. They can’t even understand a bit of music.”

“ I’m never playing in that club again. Too many drunks and nobody listens to us.”

But a younger musician said, “There are a few clubs that book my band a few nights a month, and I’m trying to find other places to play. I’m also looking to book a few summer festivals this year.”

I’ve heard that you are the average of the five people you spend the most time with, or to put it another way, you are who your friends are.

Attitudes are important. Whether they are positive(积极的) or negative (消极的)，they are rubbing off on you. If you are around people who complain about lack of work and about other musicians, or blame others, and you play the role of victim(受害者) , chances are you will start as well. So it’s time to take a look at the people you call “friends”.

This is an easy exercise: make a list of the people who you hand out with, and simply stop spending time with the negative people on your list. Set a new standard for yourself and don’t become friends with people who fall below that standard.

Keep successful people around you and your own chances for success will be much better. Ask them how they do it. Ask if they will help you get the work you’re looking for, or maybe give you some advice to help you on your career(职业) path.”

1.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A．A friend in need is a friend indeed

B．How to make friendship last for ever

C．You are who your friends are

D．Friends are the most important in one’s success

2.The underlined sentence “ rubbing off on you” means ________ .

A．They’ll push you ahead                  B．They will influence(影响) you

C．They’ll cover your shortcomings           D．They will help you achieve your goal

3.The musicians’ words at the beginning are written mainly to show _______ .

A．the musician’s living conditions are quite poor

B．People have poor taste in music

C．People have different attitudes towards the same thing.

D．Young people have greater chances of succeeding

4.By taking the exercise mentioned in Paragraph 7 , you can _______ .

A．improve a lot in making more friends

B．come to the right way of making friends

C．develop a better friendship with your friends

D．arrange the time with your friends properly

5.The passage is mainly written for ________ .

A．musicians         B．managers          C．negative people    D．people wanting to succeed

I had applied for the nuclear（核）submarine(潜艇) program, and Admiral Rickover was interviewing me for the job. It was the first time I met Admiral Rickover, and we sat in a large room by ourselves for more than two hours, and he let me choose any subjects I wished to discuss. Very carefully, I chose those about which I knew most at the time – recent events, seamanship, music, literature, naval tactics(海军战术), electronics, gunnery(射击学) – and he began to ask me a lot of questions that were more difficult. Every time after my answers, he soon showed that I knew rather little about the subjects I had chosen.

He always looked right into my eyes, and he never smiled. I was saturated with cold sweat.

Finally, he asked me a question and I thought it was my turn to show myself off. He said, “How did you stand in your class at Georgia Tech before entering Annapolis as a first year student?” I had done very well, and I threw my chest with pride and answered, “Sir, I stood thirty-ninth in a class of 820!” I sat back to wait for the congratulations – which never came. Instead, the question: “Did you do your best?” I started to say, “Yes, sir,” but I remembered who this was, and thought of several of my times at the Academy when I could have learned more about our allies(二战时的同盟国), our enemies, weapons strategy(战略) and so on, so I finally said, “No, Sir, I didn’t always do my best.”

He looked at me for a long time, and then turned his chair around to end the interview. He asked one final question, which I have never been able to forget – or to answer. He said, “Why not?” I sat there for a while, shaken, and then slowly left the room.

1.The passage suggests that ___.

A．the atmosphere of the interviews was very serious

B．the author always did his best in doing everything

C．the author and Admiral Rickover were good friends

D．Admiral Rickover knew the author quite well

2.The word “saturated” in the second paragraph may probably mean ___.

A．very satisfied       B．completely wet     C．rather sad         D．too excited

3.When the author said: “Sir, I stood thirty-ninth in a class of 820!’’ He meant __.

A．he did better than most of his classmates at the Academy

B．he had 820 classmates and he was Number thirty-nine

C．he was proud that the class he was in was very large

D．in the class only thirty-nine students stood in front of him