When I was a kid in Minnesota, watermelon was expensive. One of my father’s friends, Bernie, was a rich businessman, who owned a large store in St. Paul.
Every summer, when the first watermelons arrived, Bernie would call. Dad and I would go to Bernie’s place. We’ d sit on the edge of the dock（码头）, feet dangling（摇晃）, and got ready for a big meal.
Bernie would take his knife, cut our first watermelon, hand us both a big piece and sit down next to us. Then we’d bury our faces in watermelon, eating only the heart—the reddest, juiciest, firmest, sweetest, most seed-free part—and throw away the rest.
Bernie was my father’s idea of a rich man. I always thought it was because he was such a successful businessman. Years later, I realized that it was not Bernie’s wealth itself but his way of dealing with it that my father liked. Bernie knew how to stop working, get together with friends and eat only the heart of the watermelon.
What I learned from Bernie is that being rich is a state of mind. Some of us, no matter how much money we have, will never be free enough to eat only the heart of the watermelon. If you don’t take the time to dangle your feet over the dock and enjoy life’s small pleasure, your work is probably hurting your life.
For many years, I forgot that lesson I’d learned as a kid on the loading dock. I was too busy making all the money I could.
Well, I’ve relearned it. I hope I have time left to enjoy the success of others and to take pleasure in the day. That’s the heart of the watermelon. I have learned again to throw the rest away.
【小题1】 We learned from the second paragraph that the writer and his father were feeling ______.

（1）从B栏中找出与A栏相对应的答语。（5分）    

A                               B

1. How are you?

2. What day is it today?

3. Could you please do me a favor?

4. How well you dance!

5. We won the basketball match.

（2）从框里选择填入对话相应空白处的适当选项（10分）

A.  Hello, Long Yulin. I know you’re one of the best graduates.    1   

B.  Yes, please.

A.  How do you feel now?

B.     2   .

A.  What are you going to do before leaving school?

B.  I’m going to take some photos with my teachers and classmates, give gifts to my teachers and write best wishes to my classmates

A.  Will you miss your teachers and classmates?

B.  Sure, and I’ll remember the past three years of my school life for ever.

A.    3       

B.  By sending e-mails, making telephone calls or writing letters.

A.  When are you going to have a get-together with your classmates?

B.  We’ll be back for our school’s 20^th anniversary ceremony.

A.   4  

B.  I’m going to be a scientist, so I’ll keep on working hard at my lessons to make my dream come true.

A.    5   .

B.  First, I want to say “Thanks” to my teachers for teaching me so well. Second, I wish my teachers and classmates health, happiness and good luck. At last, I hope our school will continue to be the top in Tongren.

Every morning, the newspaper chief editor（主编） holds a meeting with the reporters. They discuss the main events（事件） of the day. Reporters are then sent to cover the events.　　
As soon as the reporters know what to write about, they get down to work. They telephone people and fix a time for a face-to-face interview with them. Sometimes they do telephone interviews. Checking information is very important. They go to the newspaper's own library to look up any information that they need. This is called “doing one's homework”.
At the same time, the picture editor decides which photographs will be used for the next day's paper. All the people who work on a newspaper must be able to work fast. Reporters have to stop working on one story and start working at once on the important new one. They must find out the new information as quickly as possible. Later in the day, everything is put together at the news desk. Reporters return, type their stories into the computer and hand them to the editor.　　
The chief editor decides which will be the most important story on the front page. Sometimes this will have to be changed if something more important happens late in the day. Other editors read the stories which the reporters have written and make any necessary changes.　　
Finally, there is no more time left for adding new stories, and the time for printing（印刷） the newspaper has come. This is done on fast-moving printing machines. The newspapers are then delivered（发送） by truck, plane or rail. Speed is important. People want to buy the latest newspaper; nobody wants to buy yesterday's.　　
【小题1】What is the work in a newspaper office like?　

–We’ll be back for our school’s _____ anniversary ceremony(周年庆典).
--I see. That means you’ll have a get-together with your classmates in ___ years.