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　　Bill Robinson is on trial for murder. He 1 in a small town in Ohio and then went to Kent State University for one year. When he was nineteen years old, he was 2 to join the army and was soon 3 to fight in Vietnam. He was very 4 there as he hated the 5 and he hated killing people. Two years later he returned home and tried to 6 where he had left off (stop), but things were never quite 7 again for the young black man. For one thing, he always had 8 dreams about the war. He could not concentrate on his studies and soon he had to 9 school. Then he was 10 from one job after another. He wanted to meet someone

11 and get married, but he just couldn't seem to 12 anyone. He became 13 easily and people kept away from him. He was always

14 Finally one day, while eating at a restaurant, Bill lost 15 of himself and 16 someone for no 17 at all. Bill's lawyer hopes that he will not be held responsible（承担责任） for the shooting. He hopes that the 18 and the jury will 19 that Bill was “temporarily insane （患精神病的）” and did not really choose to 20 anyone.

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　　Bill Robinson is on trial for murder. He 1 in a small town in Ohio and then went to Kent State University for one year. When he was nineteen years old, he was 2 to join the army and was soon 3 to fight in Vietnam. He was very 4 there as he hated the 5 and he hated killing people. Two years later he returned home and tried to 6 where he had left off (stop), but things were never quite 7 again for the young black man. For one thing, he always had 8 dreams about the war. He could not concentrate on his studies and soon he had to 9 school. Then he was 10 from one job after another. He wanted to meet someone

11 and get married, but he just couldn't seem to 12 anyone. He became 13 easily and people kept away from him. He was always

14 Finally one day, while eating at a restaurant, Bill lost 15 of himself and 16 someone for no 17 at all. Bill's lawyer hopes that he will not be held responsible（承担责任） for the shooting. He hopes that the 18 and the jury will 19 that Bill was “temporarily insane （患精神病的）” and did not really choose to 20 anyone.

As I write this, I have half an eye on an old James Bond film that is showing on my computer. But this is a story about how I stopped watching TV and began reading again for pleasure, after ten years in which I hardly turned a page.

I suppose I was an enthusiastic reader of "literature" between the ages of nine and fourteen. I had enough time to be White Fang, Robinson Crusoe, and Bilbo Baggins and Jeeves. Of course there was room in the schoolboy's imagination for some real historical figures: Scott of the Antarctic, all of the Vikings, and Benjamin Franklin were good friends of mine.

Then, in adolescence, I began a long search for strange and radical (激进的) ideas. I wanted to challenge my elders and betters, and shock my fellow students with amazing points of view. Of course, the only place to look was in books. I hunted out the longest titles and the authors with the funniest names; I searched the library for completely unread books. Then I found one which became my bible for the whole of 1982, it had a title composed of eleven long words and an author whose name I didn't know how to pronounce. It was really thick and looked dead serious. Even better, it put forward a whole world-view that would take days to explain. Perfect. I took it out of the library three times, proud to see the date-stamps lined up on the empty library insert.

Later, I went to university. Expecting to spend long evenings in learned discussion with clever people, I started reading philosophy. For some reason I never found the deep-thinking intellectuals I hoped to meet. Anyway, I was ready to impress with my profound (深奥的) knowledge of post-structuralism, existentialism and situationism. These things are usually explained in rather short books, but they take a long time to get through. They were the end of my youthful reading.

Working life was hard to get used to after so much theory. It was the end of books for me. There didn't seem to be much in books that would actually get things done. To do things you had to answer the telephone and work a computer. You had to travel about and speak to people who weren't at all interested in philosophy. I didn't stop reading, you can't avoid that. I read all day. But no books came my way, only manuals (操作手册) and contracts and documents. Maybe most people satisfy their need for stories and ideas with TV and, to tell the truth, it was all I needed for ten years. In those days I only had a book "on the go" for the duration of aeroplane flights. At first I would come home and watch TV over dinner. Then, I moved the TV so I could watch it from bed. I even got a switch so I could turn it off without getting out of bed. Then, one fateful day, my TV broke and my landlady took it away.

My new TV is an extra circuit board (电路板) inside my computer. It's on a desk in front of a working chair and I can't see it from the bed. I still use it for the weather forecasts and it's nice to have it on while I'm typing this… but what to do last thing at night? Well, have another go with books.

Now, I just like books. I have a pile of nice ones by my bed and I'm reading about six at the same time. I don't want to be any of the characters. I don't care if a thousand people have already read them. I don't have to search through libraries. There are books everywhere and all of them have something to read in them. I have the strange feeling that they've been there all along, waiting for me to pick them up.

1.The writer enjoyed reading “literature” between the ages of nine and fourteen because ________.

A．he thought it was important for a schoolboy to do so

B．he was still too young to understand other books

C．he believed all the real historical figures were his friends

D．he could imagine himself being the characters in the books

2.“Existentialism” (in paragraph 4) is probably ________.

A．a library intended for teenagers            B．a kind of books on traditions

C．a philosophy theory                     D．a kind of reading skill

3.The main reason the writer stopped reading books was that ________.

A．he found watching TV was more interesting

B．he became too busy to read any books

C．he found books were of little use to his work

D．he had to read a lot of manuals, contracts and documents

4.Now the writer starts to read books again ________.

A．to find back his youth in books             B．for the pure pleasure of reading

C．so as to help kill his spare time             D．for only business purposes

5.Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

A．The Years with Books                     B．Books and TV Programs

C．Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover           D．Reading Makes One Excellent

 

It takes less than six seconds to leave a first impression. It is said that we ought not judge a book by its cover, but come on, isn’t it the color, the design, the layout, and the title that draw us to pick up a book we’ve never heard of before? Notice what your assumptions are about a person when you are first introduced to her or him.
Something that most of us don’t take notice of is how we stand or walk. Let’s say you are going for a job interview. Within seconds you have already said a lot about yourself by the way you walk. The majority of us walk around everyday without paying any attention to what we are saying even though we are not uttering a word. There is a lot that can be said about body language from the clothes you wear to the gestures you make.
I took notice of this topic recently as I recalled something about changing my posture to improve my level of confidence. I was about to venture on a new project, which would take me out of my comfort zone. My gremlins (小精灵) were having a field day with me uttering all kinds of reasons why I couldn’t do a good job with this new opportunity. I tucked in my tummy (收缩肚子) , put my shoulders back , held my head high , and took a walk. Soon thereafter, I felt so much better. I approached the project with new possibility. Wow, what a difference ! Try it !
The ability to capture your audience when you walk into a room is sure to start you off on the right foot when going on an interview. Non-verbal signals have five times the impact of verbal (言语的)signals. So you can count on losing your audience when you walk in with head down dragging your feet regardless how much you try to change it.
【小题1】In the first paragraph the author intends to tell us         .

A．we shouldn’t judge a book by its cover

B．a person’s appearance can be misread

C．the first impression really means a lot

D．we should focus more on a person’s qualities

【小题2】The author approached his project with new possibility after        .

A．his gremlins stopped talking

B．he got rid of all his negative thoughts

C．he walked out of his comfort zone

D．he changed his posture to improve his confidence

【小题3】According to the author , when we go for a job interview , we       .

A．shouldn’t say a lot about ourselves

B．shouldn’t walk with our head high up

C．should pay enough attention to our body language and gesture

D．should only pay attention to the way we walk within the first few seconds

【小题4】The author probably believes that        .

A．non-verbal signals are more important than verbal signals

B．non-verbal signals are not so easy to catch

C．we mainly rely on verbal signals during an interview

D．we shouldn’t pay too much attention to our non-verbal signals

【小题5】What is mainly talked about in the passage?

A．How to prepare for a job interview

B．The way we walk says a lot about us.

C．How to read a person from the way he walks.

D．How complicated body language is.

It takes less than six seconds to leave a first impression. It is said that we ought not judge a book by its cover, but come on, isn’t it the color, the design, the layout, and the title that draw us to pick up a book we’ve never heard of before? Notice what your assumptions are about a person when you are first introduced to her or him.

Something that most of us don’t take notice of is how we stand or walk. Let’s say you are going for a job interview. Within seconds you have already said a lot about yourself by the way you walk. The majority of us walk around everyday without paying any attention to what we are saying even though we are not uttering a word. There is a lot that can be said about body language from the clothes you wear to the gestures you make.

I took notice of this topic recently as I recalled something about changing my posture to improve my level of confidence. I was about to venture on a new project, which would take me out of my comfort zone. My gremlins (小精灵) were having a field day with me uttering all kinds of reasons why I couldn’t do a good job with this new opportunity. I tucked in my tummy (收缩肚子) , put my shoulders back , held my head high , and took a walk. Soon thereafter, I felt so much better. I approached the project with new possibility. Wow, what a difference ! Try it !

The ability to capture your audience when you walk into a room is sure to start you off on the right foot when going on an interview. Non-verbal signals have five times the impact of verbal (言语的)signals. So you can count on losing your audience when you walk in with head down dragging your feet regardless how much you try to change it.

1.In the first paragraph the author intends to tell us         .

A．we shouldn’t judge a book by its cover

B．a person’s appearance can be misread

C．the first impression really means a lot

D．we should focus more on a person’s qualities

2.The author approached his project with new possibility after        .

A．his gremlins stopped talking

B．he got rid of all his negative thoughts

C．he walked out of his comfort zone

D．he changed his posture to improve his confidence

3.According to the author , when we go for a job interview , we       .

A．shouldn’t say a lot about ourselves

B．shouldn’t walk with our head high up

C．should pay enough attention to our body language and gesture

D．should only pay attention to the way we walk within the first few seconds

4.The author probably believes that        .

A．non-verbal signals are more important than verbal signals

B．non-verbal signals are not so easy to catch

C．we mainly rely on verbal signals during an interview

D．we shouldn’t pay too much attention to our non-verbal signals

5.What is mainly talked about in the passage?

A．How to prepare for a job interview

B．The way we walk says a lot about us.

C．How to read a person from the way he walks.

D．How complicated body language is.