The world is filled with smart, talented, educated and gifted people．We meet them every day A few days ago, my car was not running well．I pulled it in to a garage and the young mechanic had it fixed in just a few minutes．He knew what was wrong by simply listening to the engine．I was amazed．The sad truth is that great talent is not enough．
　I am constantly shocked at how little talented people earn. I heard the other day that less than 5 percent of Americans earn more than $100,000 a year. A business consultant who specializes in1 the medical trade was telling me how many doctors and dentists struggle financially. It was this business consultant who gave me the phrase, “They are one skill away from great wealth．”
There is an old saying that goes, "Job means 'just over broke（破产）’"．And unfortunately, I would say that the saying applies to millions of people．Because schools do not think financial intelligence is intelligence, most workers "live within their means"．They work and they pay the bills．Instead I recommend to young people to seek work for what they will learn, more than what they will earn．
When I ask the classes I teach, “How many of you can cook a better hamburger than McDonald's?” almost all the students raise their hands. I then ask, “So if most of you can cook a better hamburger, how come McDonald's makes more money than you?” The answer is obvious: McDonald's is excellent at business systems. The world is filled with talented poor people. They focus on perfecting their skills at building a better hamburger rather than the skills of selling and delivering the hamburger

1. 1.

   The author mentions the mechanic in the first paragraph to show that      ．

   1. A.
      he is just one of the talented people
   2. B.
      he is ready to help others
   3. C.
      he has a sharp sense of hearing
   4. D.
      he knows little about car repairing
2. 2.

   The underlined part in the third paragraph can be best replaced by____   ．

   1. A.
      spend more than they can afford
   2. B.
      do in their own way
   3. C.
      1ive in their own circle
   4. D.
      1ive within what they earn
3. 3.

   Why do talented people earn so little according to the author?

   1. A.
      They don’t work hard enough
   2. B.
      They lack financial intelligence．
   3. C.
      They don't make full use of their talents
   4. D.
      They have no specialized skills．
4. 4.

   The main purpose of the author is to tell us____      ．

   1. A.
      how young people can find a satisfactory job
   2. B.
      What schools should teach about finance
   3. C.
      why so many talented people are poor
   4. D.
      how McDonald's makes much money

The world is filled with smart, talented, educated and gifted people．We meet them every day A few days ago, my car was not running well．I pulled it in to a garage and the young mechanic had it fixed in just a few minutes．He knew what was wrong by simply listening to the engine．I was amazed．The sad truth is that great talent is not enough．

　I am constantly shocked at how little talented people earn. I heard the other day that less than 5 percent of Americans earn more than $100,000 a year. A business consultant who specializes in1 the medical trade was telling me how many doctors and dentists struggle financially. It was this business consultant who gave me the phrase, “They are one skill away from great wealth．”

There is an old saying that goes, "Job means 'just over broke（破产）’"．And unfortunately, I would say that the saying applies to millions of people．Because schools do not think financial intelligence is intelligence, most workers "live within their means"．They work and they pay the bills．Instead I recommend to young people to seek work for what they will learn, more than what they will earn．

When I ask the classes I teach, “How many of you can cook a better hamburger than McDonald's?” almost all the students raise their hands. I then ask, “So if most of you can cook a better hamburger, how come McDonald's makes more money than you?” The answer is obvious: McDonald's is excellent at business systems. The world is filled with talented poor people. They focus on perfecting their skills at building a better hamburger rather than the skills of selling and delivering the hamburger.

1.The author mentions the mechanic in the first paragraph to show that       ．

A．he is just one of the talented people

B．he is ready to help others

C．he has a sharp sense of hearing

D．he knows little about car repairing

2.The underlined part in the third paragraph can be best replaced by____    ．

A．spend more than they can afford

B．do in their own way

C．1ive in their own circle

D．1ive within what they earn

3.Why do talented people earn so little according to the author?

A．They don’t work hard enough

B．They lack financial intelligence．

C．They don't make full use of their talents

D．They have no specialized skills．

4.The main purpose of the author is to tell us____       ．

A．how young people can find a satisfactory job

B．What schools should teach about finance

C．why so many talented people are poor

D．how McDonald's makes much money

单词拼写 （共8小题，每题0.5分，共4分）

1.As the hazy（雾霾）weather in China is getting worse, I a________ to the public to protect our environment starting with what we can do in our daily life.

2.If most people d__________ a day’s pay to the Hope Project, it will make a real difference to the children in need.

3.A government official was murdered last Friday and the police are collecting information that is r____________ to the case.

4.Former South African president Nelson Mandela passed away peacefully in the c_________ of his family around 20:50 p.m. on Dec. 5.

5.C_________ to many people’s belief, highly intelligent children are not necessarily certain to achieve academic success at high school.

6.It is a truth universally a_____________ that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.

7.My English teacher has offered lots of suggestions and comments on my paper and p_______ every page of my draft.?

8.She was still angry with him, so she did not listen to what he was explaining and d___________ ignoring him all day.

Most people think that the older you get, the harder it is to learn a new language. That is, they believe that children learn more easily and efficiently than adults. Thus, at some point in our lives, maybe around age 12 or 13, we lose the ability to learn languages well. Is this idea a fact or myth(悬念)？

Is it true that children learn a foreign language more efficiently than adults? On the contrary, research studies suggest that the opposite may be true. One report, on 2,000 Danish children studying Swedish, concluded that the teenagers learned more, in less time, than the younger children. Another report, on Americans learning Russian, showed a direct improvement of ability over the age range tested; that is, the ability to learn increased as the age increased, from childhood to adulthood.

There are several possible explanations for these findings. For one thing, adults know more about the world and therefore are able to understand meanings more easily than children. Moreover, adults can use logical(逻辑的) thinking to help themselves see patterns in the language. Finally, adults have more self-discipline (self-control) than children.

All in all, it seems that the common idea that children are better language learners than adults may not be a fact, but a myth.

1.The main idea of the passage is that         .

2. If most people’s idea of learning languages is true, people may lose ability to learn languages well         .

3.According to the passage, teenagers can learn a foreign language __________ than younger children.

4.The reason why adults understand meanings more easily than children is that         .

5.The explanation for older student’s better achievement not mentioned in the above passage is that       .

If most breadwinners ________ a day’s pay to the Hope Project, then it will be hopeful.

A. leave                                B. present                           C. donate                             D. give