Here are six questions about your approach to life. Try to answer them as honestly as you can.

Are you hard driving and competitive?

Are you usually pressed for time?

Do you want to control others?

Do you have a strong need to do better than others in most things?

Do you eat too quickly?

Do you get upset when you have to wait for anything?

If you have answered “yes” to most of these questions, then I can make a few predictions about you, based on a recent eight-year study of nearly two thousand people who live the way that you do.

You likely find that life is full of challenges and you often need to keep two or more projects moving at the same time. The chances are that you have been to college, that you have a management job and that you bring work home at night. You think that you put more effort into your job than many of the people you work with, and you certainly take your work more seriously than most of them. You get angry easily, and if someone is being long-winded, you help them get to the point. You also have trouble finding the time to get your hair cut.

And there’s one other thing. You are about twice as likely to have a heart attack as someone who takes a more easygoing approach to life.

The beginnings of your hard-driving behavior go right back to childhood. In school you got recognition and perhaps prizes for being quick and bright, for being an achiever, for competing with others and for winning. You likely went on from school to get a series of increasingly better jobs against pretty stiff competition. They were jobs where you had to care about the results, where you constantly had to push things forward and get things done. In your present job you also feel some conflict, either with time or with other people. Some of those you work with don’t seem able to understand the simplest ideas, and they often put a brake on what you’re trying to achieve. The conflict may not take place every day. You pride yourself on being able to keep the lid on. But it’s always there, under the surface.

71. Which of the following people probably have the hard-driving character?

A. People who want to control others and have a strong need to do better than others.

B. People who usually think of others and get along well with others.

C. People who don’t seem able to understand the simplest ideas.

D. People who don’t care about their appearance and the results of their jobs.

72. It can be concluded from the last paragraph that this hard-driving character ____.

A. has been developed since childhood　　

B. may be changed by your experiences

C. will place no influence on your work　　　　　　

D. will cause you more conflicts

73. Which of the following words is NOT proper to describe this type of people?

A: Competitive.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. Nervous.　　

C. Easygoing.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. Ambitious.

74. What does the author mean by the last sentence of the passage?

A. The lid will always remain in place. 　　　　　　

B. The conflict may occur any moment.

C. The situation is always under your control.

D. You are able to solve the problem.

75. We can infer from the passage that hard-driving character ____.

A. does good to your health　　　　

B. helps you fit in with the new situation quickly

C. gets you more prizes　　　　　　　

D. contributes a lot to your career success

Not long ago,the only time you could see a robot was when you were reading a novel or watching a movie such as Star Wars(《星球大战》).Today,however,a lot of things in science stories have been science facts.Robots?are starting to appearin our everyday lives.These robots have different sizes,shapes,and colors.But they all have the same type of man?made “brain”.Leading the robot revolution are industrial(工业的) robots that work in factories.Industrial robots can do different kinds of jobs that are often boring and sometimes dangerous. Robots are also coming to American homes,though not as quickly as they are entering factories.These robots aren't as friendly and bright as those you saw in ?Star Wars?.But,their makers say,today's home robots “walk”,sense objects(感知物体) in their way (and sometimes knock into them),and even carry objects (which they sometimes drop).Well,nobody is perfect.

We may laugh at home robots today,but some day they may see and hear better than humans do.We humans can only see certain wavelengths(波长) of light,and hear certain sounds.That's because the abilities of our eyes and ears are limited(有限的).Robots,?however,?need not have the same limits as we have.Robots may also?be equipped with devices that pick up information humanscan't.Tounderstand what their sensing devices(传感器) pick up is a hard job.Remember,manmade brains handle information, including all kinds of data(数据),as zeroes and ones.Imagine the difficulty in trying to explain to a robot what a football looks like—using only zeroes and ones.?

1.Which of the followings about robots is true??

A.They can be used in many ways,acting in the movies,for example.?

B.Robots are coming into the families as quickly as into the factories.?

C.Today's robots are so perfect that they can do almost anything for us.?

D.Many boring or sometimes dangerous work are now being done by robots in industry.

2.From the passage,we can see that factory robots _________.?

A.help to improve other types of robots?

B.are most active in industrial revolution?

C.are playing a more important role than other types of robots?

D.are the tallest type among robots

3.It seems that home robots are __________.?

A.more widely used than factory robots?

B.less common than factory robots?

C.capable of doing any kind of housework?

D.free from making mistakes while performing(执行) duties

4.The development of robots suggests that __________.?

A.science and technology are developing fast?

B.people are interested in new inventions?

C.machines are more capable than humans?

D.robots can be very interesting

5.The biggest difficulty in making a robot working like a human being is to_______.

A.shape it the exact like a real man?

B.have it has the same intelligence as human beings?

C.make it think the same way a man does?

D.transform the real matters in the form of zeros and ones?

Preparing for the Next Job Market

The latest spike in the unemployment rate is being felt across the board ?in 98 percent of metropolitan areas, in high-wage and low-wage jobs, among young and old, women and men, but especially men．

This landscape means that young Americans who are trying to plan their futures right now have some hard choices．Do they go to college and take on debt without hope of getting a job? And what about high school students? Do they have any chance of securing a job without a college degree? Perhaps the education system needs to react to this rapidly moving economic crisis．

In our current economic collapse, the connection between education and employment could not be more different than it was during the Depression．Education must now hold center stage, not because of an enemy abroad but because of the global economy．The jobs of the future will demand levels of education, particularly skills in mathematics, technology and science, which exceed those now taught in high school．

A healthy society should strive for full employment．In our times, that goal cannot be realized, or even approximated by creating jobs for the unskilled．The long-term prospect for economic recovery depends on the extent to which we improve our educational system．And this is where America is now at its weakest．

Our high schools produce graduates who do not write well enough, have limited reasoning skills and are unable to use the tools of mathematics．Their command of science is far inferior to that of their counterparts in other nations．And all too many young people drop out．We may still have the best university system, but it benefits only a minority．

We will need more engineers, scientists and service providers, particularly in the health professions, with a quality of education that cannot be obtained in the current system．Radical change, not reform, is called for．

What should be done? First, high school should be cut short and end when students are 16．Second, a new generation of two-year college programs tied to a wide range of specific skills that the economy needs should be created．Third, access to four-year colleges should be expanded, giving more Americans the chance to acquire the deep learning that makes breakthroughs in technology possible．Fourth, we need to recruit more public school teachers and train them better, particularly in physics, chemistry, biology and mathematics, so that our children can be prepared to compete．

68．Nowadays, students graduating from high school____．

       A．write well enough

       B．have limitless reasoning skills

       C．can't use the tools of mathematics

       D．command science as much as their counterparts in other nations

69．What should we do to improve the quality of education?

       A．Students shouldn't study in high school until 16．

       B．We should create a new generation of two-year college programs tied to a wide range of specific skills the economy needs．

       C．We should limit access to four-year colleges．

       D．We ought to recruit more private school teachers and train them better．

70．What does the word "collapse" in the third paragraph mean?

       A．success              B．failure         C．development  D．booming

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

       A．Young Americans planning their futures have difficult choices．

       B．Education must hold center stage due to the global economy．

       C．The best university system benefits a majority．

       D．A health society should struggle for full employment．