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We all have our own ways of sharing our life experiences with others.

Photographers use cameras, artists use brushes, musicians use songs and writers use stories.
Spencer Johnson’s story Who Moved My Cheese? Shows changes exist in (存在于) our life. Life changes and so we do. We must change ourselves to face the changing environment, or we will fail.
Just look at the cycle (循环) of the seasons. Trees bud (发芽) in spring and in summer their leaves turn green. In autumn, their leaves start to fall onto the ground. When winter arrives, there are no leaves on trees. Next spring the cycle begins again. Since we know there are cycles in nature, we can prepare for them. We know it is colder in winter and hotter in summer, so we can dress properly.
Since we accept the cycles of nature, we should also accept the changes in our life.
We can prepare ourselves for changes by becoming more flexible(灵活的). We can regard the changes in our life as chances. As we keep changing ourselves, we can keep up with the changes in our life.
【小题1】What do writers use to share their life experiences?

A．Stories

B．Newspapers

C．Basketballs

D．Pianos

【小题2】Who Moved My Cheese? Tells us that _________________.

A．changes exist in our life

B．we should move other’s things

C．we should use books to share our life experiences

D．there are difficulties in our life

【小题3】The cycle of the seasons means______________.

A．we should wear warm clothes in winter

B．we should accept the changes in our life

C．we should prepare for the weather

D．leaves turn yellow in autumn

【小题4】f you fail a test, what should you think according to the passage?

A．I have no chance to pass the test.

B．Exams are hard for me.

C．I have bad luck.

D．It’s good for me because I know there are more to learn.

【小题5】What’s the main idea of this passage?

A．Weather changes in different seasons.

B．Who Moved My Cheese? is a good book.

C．We should change ourselves when life changes.

D．We should not lose heart when meet with difficulties.

 

Questionnaire Read the questions and answer Yes or No , then you will find out how good you are. 1.  When you don’t understand something, you ask questions. 2.  You like listening to older people talk about the past. 3.  You think that you can learn something interesting from everyone around you. 4.  You are brave enough when you have to talk to people you don’t know. 5.  You enjoy reading books about famous people. 6.  You always see and talk to different people. 7.  You are interested in learning new ways of doing things. 8.  You enjoy sharing experiences with friends and learning from people of all ages. 9.  You talk a lot about yourself. 10. Even if you are often wrong, you make your own decisions. 11. You hate teaching what you are good at: sports, technology, whatever. 12. Your parents don’t understand you, so you don’t talk to them much.

SCORE NOW! Score 2 points if you answer YES to each of the first 8 questions, and 0 if you choose NO. Score 2 points if you answer NO to each of the last 4 questions, and 0 if you choose Yes. 18-24 You are friendly and open-minded. You make people feel important by listening to what they have to say. You’ll probably succeed in learning all kinds of interesting things. Good for you! 10-16 Remember that every single person you know can teach you something. You will greatly make your life rich and colorful. 0-8 About 400 years ago, a famous writer wrote , “No man is an island.” This is still true today. Try to be more open and interested in people around you.

1.If you say “YES” to all these questions , you’ll get ______ points.

A．12

B．16

C．20

D．24

2.The writer thinks you should ______.

A．always see and talk to the same people.

B．make your own decision whenever you want

C．enjoy teaching what you are good at

D．talk much about yourself when possible

3.“ No man is an island”. In the text probably means that _______.

A．the famous writer was very clever	B．everything is the same as 400 years ago
C．you will feel lonely if on an island	D．you can not live alone in the world

4.The questions are used to test whether you are willing to ______.

A．learn from others

B．help other people

C．do all by yourself

D．depend on others

 

Most American students have said goodbye to fancy(高级的) fruits these days. In school canteens across the country, cheaper fruits like apples and oranges have taken their places.
“People are afraid to spend now,” said Linda Morrow, who owns a shoe and handbag store. “They don’t know what the future will bring.”
During the financial crisis(金融危机), several of the country’s biggest banks have been forced to sell or close. This has made lots of Americans afraid to buy expensive goods.
Samira Marino, a restaurant owner in Miami, has found everyone is ordering water instead of juice and more people are sharing meals. In more than two dozen interviews with The Associated Press across the country last month, Americans talked about their concerns, from worries about small businesses to doubts about simply making ends meet.
The crisis began last year. Experts think it was because US banks lend money too easily. Last year a lot of people and companies, who borrowed money, have found themselves unable to pay it back. This left the banks, as well as the people who put their money in the banks, without money. Since the banks borrowed money between themselves and even across borders(国界), the whole world was in trouble.
This month the US government agreed on a $700 billion plan to try to save the financial market. But no one is sure whether it will help or not. President George W. Bush has warned it will take some time.
Last week top finance officials from 20 countries promised to work together to find a way out of the money trouble.
【小题1】Why are people in the US afraid to spend?

A．Because they think it’s unnecessary.

B．Because they don’t have the habit of spending money.

C．Because they worry about their future.

D．Because they don’t have enough money.

【小题2】The fifth paragraph mainly _________.

A．tells what it is like in a crisis

B．explains why there is a crisis

C．warns people of the danger of the crisis

D．asks people not to borrow money from banks

【小题3】People feel ______ about the US plan to save the market.

A．satisfied

B．doubtful

C．hopeless

D．angry

【小题4】The best title for the story is ________.

A．Ways to make ends meet

B．The money problem facing the world

C．Healthy fancy fruits

D．The art of borrowing

 

Questionnaire Read the questions and answer YES or NO, then you will find out how good you are. 1. When you don’t understand something, you ask questions. 2. You like listening to older people talk about the past. 3. You think that you can learn something interesting from everyone around you. 4. You are brave enough when you have to talk to people don’t know. 5. You enjoy reading books about famous people. 6. You always see and talk to different people. 7. You are interested in learning new ways of doing things. 8. You enjoy sharing experiences with friends and learning from people of all ages. 9. You talk a lot about yourself. 10.Even if you are often wrong, you make your own decisions. 11.You hate teaching what you are good at: sports, technology, whatever. 12.Your parents don’t understand you, so you don’t talk to them much. SCORE NOW! Score 2 points if you answer YES to each of the first 8 questions, and 0 if you choose NO. Score 2 points if you answer NO to each of the last 4 questions, and 0 if you choose YES. 18—24  You are friendly and open minded. You make people feel important by listening to what they have to say. You’ll probably succeed in learning all kinds of interesting things. Good for you! 10—16  Remember that every single person you know can teach you something. You will greatly make your life rich and colourful. 0—8    About 400 years ago, a famous writer wrote, “No man is an island.” This is still true today. Try to be more open and interested in people around you.

1.If you say “YES” to all these questions, you’ll get ____ points.

A．12

B．16

C．20

D．24

2.When you score 22 points, you are ________.

A．shy and nervous	B．silent and serious
C．open and friendly	D．brave and strong

3.“No man is an island.” in the text probably means that ________.

A．the famous writer was very clever

B．everything is the same as 400 years ago

C．you will feel lonely if on an island

D．you can not live alone in the world

4.The questions are used to test whether you are willing to ________.

A．learn from others	B．help other people
C．do all by yourself	D．depend on others

 

I was being interviewed by a senior manager for a major insurance(保险业)company. I told him honestly why I wanted the job —I needed to keep my family in Boston. My wife recently died of a heart attack. A job in Boston would help me reduce some of the extreme trauma(精神创伤) and pain of the loss for my 16-year-old daughter. It was important for me to keep her in her present high school. I could still hardly talk about the loss of my wife. Bruce, the interviewer, was politely empathetic, but he didn’t probe(彻底调查) any further. He admitted (接受)my loss and, with great respect, moved on to another subject. After the next round of the interview, Bruce took me to lunch with another manager. Then he asked me to take a walk with him. He told me that he, too, had lost his wife. And, like me, he had also been married 20 years and had three children. In his sharing, I realized that he had experienced the same pain as I had —a pain that was almost impossible to explain to someone who had not lost a beloved one. He offered his business card and home phone number and suggested that, if I need help or just want someone to talk to, I should feel free to give him a call. Whether I got the job or not, he wanted me to know that he was there if I ever needed help. When he had no idea if we would ever see each other again, he helped our family deal with one of the greatest losses. He turned the normally cold business interview into a caring support for another person in need.
【小题1】The author took part in the interview because _______.

A．he had lost his job and wanted to find a new one

B．he had to support his family in Boston

C．his wife had recently died of a heart attack

D．his daughter needed money for schooling

【小题2】 The underlined word "empathetic “in the second paragraph means _____.

A．kind

B．easy-going

C．smart

D．understanding

【小题3】 Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Bruce invited the author to lunch later.

B．Bruce shared his life experience with the author.

C．Bruce was willing to help the author.

D．Bruce finally gave the job to the author.

【小题4】 We can infer from the last paragraph that ________.

A．Bruce and the author saw each other often

B．the author got little help from Bruce

C．the author learned much from the job interview

D．the author had a better life afterwards

【小题5】 What is the best title for the passage?

A．An act of kindness

B．A pleasant interview

C．The same experience

D．An important lesson