A 25-five-year student from Hubei was admitted into Tsinghua University, China’ most famous university, after an eight-year ___21___．Li Jun comes from a small village of Hubei Province．He first ____22____ going to college in year 2000 ___23__he was admitted by a local school after __24___ from a secondary technical school at 17．As a ___25___ art student, he passed the exam again the next year but __26_____ school due to economic pressure in September 2002．Life seemed ___27___ but Li didn’t give in．He earned a _28_____ by working part-time in Wuhan’s art rooms and tutoring students．But he never lost sight of his lifelong dream of __29___ the Academy of Arts & Design of Tsinghua University．Li __30____ the college entrance examination for five continuous years from 2003．____31___, he missed making the cut one mark last year．
In 2008, his fifth try, Li’s efforts ___32_____．He finished the qualifying exam in his province and was finally admitted as a sculpture major in Tsinghua University．Every year, Li took art __33___ in Beijing and took exams from December to March．He then took cultural courses in his school till June．The rest of the year he spent on __34____ work．Li said he hadn’t ____35___any money from his family since he graduated from the technical secondary school．Li said the reason he maintained for eight years was that he wanted to change his __36_____ through knowledge．
_____37___ by his contribution, Li Jun’s university __38____ him 9,000 yuan out of his tution fees of 11,450 yuan．An eight-year struggle may have come to an end for Li Jun, but a new ___39__ has now begun．Li said he would not worry about repaying loans at present．He wants to study well and __40___ more scholarships．

A taxi driver taught me a million dollar lesson in customer satisfaction and expectation. Motivational speakers charge thousands of dollars to pass   1   this kind of training to business managers and staff. It   2   me only a $12 taxi ride.

    I had   3   into Dallas for the sole purpose of calling on a customer. Time was of great importance and my plan included a   4   turnaround trip from and back to the airport. A spotless taxi pulled   5  . The driver rushed to open the passenger door for me and made sure I was   6   seated   7   he closed the door. As he got in the driver's seat, he mentioned that the neatly folded Wall Street Journal next to me was for my use. He   8   showed me several tapes and asked me what type of music I would enjoy. Well! I looked around for a "Watching Camera!" Wouldn't you?

     I could not believe the service I was  9  ! I took the opportunity to say, "Obviously you take great   10   in your work. You must have a story to tell" "You bet," he replied, "I used to be in Commercial America. But I   11   that, thinking my best would never be good enough. I decided to find my position in life   12   I could feel proud of being the best I could be. I knew I would never be a rocket scientist, but I love driving cars, being   13   help to others and feeling like I have done a full day's work and done it well. I evaluate my   14   possessions and… wham! I became a taxi driven. One thing I know for   15   is that to be good in my business I can simply just   16   the expectations of my passengers.   17   , to be great in my business, I have to go beyond the   18   expectations! I like both the sound and the return of being 'great'   19   than just getting by on 'average'".

Did I tip him without hesitation? You bet! Commercial America's   20   is the traveling folk's friend!

1．A．by                 B．away            C．on                    D．into

2．A．spent                B．cost             C．wasted            D．paid

4．A．quick             B．happy            C．long           D．far

5．A．up                B．out              C．about             D．back

6．A．finally            B．carefully          C．immediately      D．comfortably

7．A．after              B．when          C．before           D．as

8．A．therefore          B．then             C．indeed            D instead

9．A．receiving           B．accepting        C．suffering         D．offering

10．A．satisfaction        B．part           C．pride            D．efforts

11．A．became used to   B．got tired of         C．felt interested in   D．was filled with

12．A．when            B．how             C．where            D．that

13．A．of               B．on              C．in                D．w4th

14．A．individual          B．single           C．only               D．personal

15．A．use             B．sure             C．discussion        D．memory

16．A．welcome         B．know            C．meet             D．notice

17．A．Instead          B．However          C．Besides           D．Moreover

18．A．bosses'          B．drivers'           C．cars'                                   D．customers'

19．A．less             B．worse           C．better           D．fewer

20．A．fortune          B．luck                C．loss              D．chance

I took home a briefcase full of troubles．As I sat down on that hot and damp  1 , there seemed to be no  2   to the problems hanging around in my brain ．So I picked up a book , settled into a comfortable chair and  3 my own special therapy （疗法）:  4  reading ．

       I  5  three or four hours on two short chapters of Personal History by Vincent Sheean—tasting each paragraph, staying over a sentence, a phrase, or even a single word, building a detailed mental picture of the scene．No longer was I in Sydney, Australia, on a sticky hot night．Enjoying every word, I  6  foreign journalist Vincent Sheean on a tour to China and another to Russia．I was  7  in the author’s world．And when finally I put it down , my mind was totally  8 ．

       Next morning , four words from the book—“take the long  9 ” were still in my mind ．At my desk , I had a long-view look at my  10 ．Once more , super-slow-reading had given me not only  11  but perspective （视角），and helped me in my everyday affairs ．

       I discovered its  12  years ago．Before that , if I had been really interested in a book, I would  13  from page to page,  14  to know what came next．Now, I decided , I had to become a miser （守财奴）with  15  and stretch every sentence like a poor man spending his last dollar．

       I had started with the practical object of making my book last．But by the end of the second week I began to realize  16  I was getting from super-slow-reading itself．Sometimes just a particular phrase  17  my attention, sometimes a sentence．I would read it slowly, analyze it , read it again—perhaps changing down into an even  18  speed—and then sit for 20 minutes thinking about it before moving on．I was like a pianist  19 a piece of music , phrase by phrase , practicing it, trying to discover and  20  exactly what the composer（作曲家） was trying to convey．

1．A．day                       B．morning              C．afternoon            D．evening

2．A．solutions               B．doubt                  C．wonder               D．courses

3．A．tried on                 B．applied                C．practiced             D．managed

4．A．fast                      B．super fast            C．super slow          D．slow

5．A．spent                    B．wasted                C．cost                    D．took

6．A．united                   B．attended              C．attracted              D．joined

7．A．found                   B．lost                     C．persuaded            D．accepted

8．A．broken                  B．discouraged         C．refreshed             D．awakened

9．A．view                     B．care                    C．walk                   D．distance

10．A．therapy               B．problems             C．reading                D．work

11．A．difficulty             B．success               C．achievement        D．pleasure

12．A．use                     B．disadvantage        C．value                   D．importance

13．A．look                    B．read                    C．analyze                D．digest

14．A．worried               B．eager                   C．glad                    D．anxious

15．A．books                 B．troubles               C．words                 D．music

16．A．how well             B．how long             C．how many           D．how much

17．A．caught                B．missed                C．escaped               D．paid

18．A．faster                  B．higher                 C．lower                  D．slower

19．A．playing                B．studying              C．writing                D．singing

20．A．realize                B．recognize          C．repay           D．understand

She spent 25 dollars on the watch chain.It means ___.

A. she paid 25 dollars on the watch chain   B. the watch chain cost her 25 dollars

C. it took her 25 dollars buying the watch chain  D. she bought the watch chain of 25 dollars

 The boy ______ fifty yuan in repairing the watch yesterday.

A. cost                B. spent       C. paid                 D. took