阅读下面的短文，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

　　“Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity,” said the American talk show host Oprah Winfrey．I’ve never watched her show, but when a self－made billionaire gives life advice it's probably worth listening to．

　　Her point is that blind luck is very rare．You may have to be lucky to find a good job these days but that does not mean you should sit at home waiting for the opportunity to come to you．If you’re a Chinese, you may already be familiar with the tale of a farmer waiting by a tree stump(树桩)for a rabbit to run out and break its neck．

　　A book by the UK psychologist Richard Wiseman, called The Luck Factor, argues we can all make ourselves luckier．It's not about going to a temple to burn some incense(香)hopes that the gods will give you good fortune; it's practical advice you can follow each day．

　　Wiseman conducted an experiment as part of his studies．First he divided volunteers into two groups; those who said they were lucky in life and those who said they were not．He gave everyone a newspaper and asked them to look through it to count how many photographs it had inside．On average, the unlucky people took about two minutes to count the photographs while the lucky people took just seconds．Why? On the second page of the newspaper, a command, “Stop counting．There are 43 photographs in this newspaper,” was written in big letters．The unlucky people mostly did not spot the message．

　　It's easy to compare this situation to a young person looking for jobs in a local paper．They might search so hard for one type of position that they miss an even better opportunity．People who are “lucky”, in fact, keep an open mind and don't go through the same routine every day．

　　I first came to China in 2002 when it was considered a rather strange thing to do．Like many foreigners, my plan was to teach English for one year．Seven years later, and still here, I’ve had many great opportunities such as writing for newspapers and magazines．I did not dream these would have been possible．I’ve also never been sick, had an accident, got into a fight or had problems with the police．Coincidence? After reading about Professor Wiseman's studies I think not．

　　As Wiseman advises, I usually trust my own judgment．Your friends and parents may give you advice based on rational thinking, but it's important to consider how you feel about each choice you make．Your feeling acts as a warning for a potential problem．

　　Finally, try to turn bad luck into good．Even if you do fall down and break a leg, the time spent at home can be used wisely to study English．

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阅读短文，从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　In the kitchen of my mother's houses there has always been a wooden stand(木架)with a small notepad(记事本)and a hole for a pencil．

　　I'm looking for paper on which to note down the name of a book I am recommending to my mother．Over forty years since my earliest memories of the kitchen pad and pencil, five houses later, the current paper and pencil look the same as they always did．Surely it can't be the same pencil? The pad is more modern, but the wooden stand is definitely the original one．

　　“I'm just amazed you still have the same stand for holding the pad and pencil after all these years．” I say to her, walking back into the living－room with a sheet of paper and the pencil．“You still use a pencil．Can't you afford a pen?”

　　My mother replies a little sharply．“It works perfectly well．I’ve always kept the stand in the kitchen．I never knew when I might want to note down an idea, and I was always in the kitchen in those days．”

　　Immediately I can picture her, hair wild, blue housecoat covered in flour, a wooden spoon in one hand, the pencil in the other, her mouth moving silently．My mother smiles and says, “One day I was cooking and watching baby Pauline, and I had a brilliant thought, but the stand was empty．One of the children must have taken the paper．So I just picked up the breadboard and wrote it all down on the back．It turned out to be a real breakthrough for solving the mathematical problem I was working on．”

　　This story－which happened before I was born－reminds me how extraordinary my mother was, and is, as a gifted mathematician．I feel embarrassed that I complain about not having enough child－free time to work．Later, when my mother is in the bathroom, I go into her kitchen and turn over the breadboards．Sure enough, on the back of the smallest one, are some penciled marks I recognize as mathematics．Those symbols have travelled unaffected through fifty years, rooted in the soil of a cheap wooden breadboard, invisible(看不到的)exhibits at every meal．

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D顼中，选出最佳选项。

　　In the kitchen of my mother's houses there has always been a wooden stand with a small notepad and a hole for a pencil．

　　I'm looking for paper on which to note down the name of a book I am recommending to my mother．Over forty years since my earliest memories of the kitchen pad and pencil, five houses later, the current paper and pencil look the same as they always did．Surely it can't be the same pencil The pad is more modern, but the wooden stand is definitely the original one．

　　"I'm just amazed you still have the same stand for holding the pad and pencil after all these years．" I say to her, walking back into the living-room with a sheet of paper and the pencil．"You still use a pencil．Can't you afford a pen? "

　　My mother replies a little sharply．"It works perfectly well, I've always kept the stand in the kitchen．I never knew when I might want to note down an idea, and I was always in the kitchen in these days．

　　Immediately I can picture her, hair wild, blue housecoat covered in flour, a wooden spoon in one hand, the pencil in the other, her mouth moving silently．My mother smiles and says, "One day I was cooking and watching baby Pauline, and I had a brilliant thought, but the stand was empty．One of the children must have taken the paper．So I just picked up the breadboard and wrote it all down on the back, It turned out to be a real breakthrough for solving the mathematical problem I Was working on．"

　　This story, which happened before I was born, reminds me how extraordinary my mother was, and is also a gifted mathematician．I feel embarrassed that I complain about not having enough child-free time to work．Later, when my mother is in the bathroom, I go into her kitchen and turn over the breadboards．Sure enough, on the back of the smallest one, are some penciled marks I recognize as mathematics．Those symbols have traveled unaffected through fifty years, rooted in the soil of a

　　cheap wooden breadboard, invisible exhibits at every meal．

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阅读理解，阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项。

Don't talk to me; I'm busy with my iPhone

　　Riding a London subway, a person from China will notice one major difference： in London, people do not look at each other．In fact, eye contact is avoided at all times．That's not rudeness-people are just too busy to bother looking．

　　Busy doing what, you ask? Well, they’re certainly not using the time for a moment of quiet reflection, nor are they reading a book．New technology has replaced quiet habits．Today the only acceptable form of book on the London underground is an e-book．

　　Apple must earn a fortune from London commuters(乘车上下班的人)．Since the launch of the iPhone in 2007, over 40, 000-yes, that's 40, 000-“apps”(programs downloaded for the iPhone)have been designed．

　　Commuters love them because they are the perfect time-fillers．One “app”, called iShoot, is a game that features tanks．Another one, Tube Exits, tells passengers where to sit on the train to be closest to the exit of their destination．ISteam clouds the iPhone screen when you breathe into the microphone．You can then write in the “ steam” on your phone screen．

　　For those without an iPhone, another Apple product, the iPod, may be another choice．It's not just teenagers who “plug in” to their music-iPods are a popular way to pass the time for all ages．

　　And if games, e-books and music aren't enough to keep you occupied．Then perhaps you would prefer a film．The development of palm DVD technology means many commuters watch their favorite TV show or film on the way to work．With all this entertainments, it's amazing that people still remember to get off the train．

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