Knowing about yourself means not only you find what you are good at and what you like，it 1  means you find what you are not good at and what you don’t like．Both help you to  2  your aim（目标）in life．

Although most students would be  3  if they found they always failed a maths exam，they have learned a lot about  4  ．They know they should not become engineers  5  physical scientists，and they should not be good at  6  work．So failure（失败）can help a student have a much happier life if he or she draws the  7  conclusion（结论）from the failure．They may then make a decision  8  their aims and choose the kind of work they would like to do．

It is impossible to decide  9  or not you like something until you have tried it If you decide that you would like to play  10  ，you need to take  11   one lesson before you know whether you have any interest or ability．  12  is not enough to want to be a violinist．You also have to like the hard and long training  13  you become one．If you enjoy being a great violinist but  14   the work，forget it，please．It’s a good plan to try more when you are still young．And then you will come to a clever  15  ．

（    ）1．A．also         B．too                      C．either                     D．ever

（    ）2．A．look         B．see                      C．seem                     D．watch

（    ）3．A．excited       B．happy                  C．sad                        D．interested

（    ）4．A．himself      B．themselves           C．yourself                  D．herself

（    ）5．A．and         B．with                    C．or                          D．but

（    ）6．A．draw       B．drawing               C．count                     D．counting

（    ）7．A．right        B．wrong                 C．properly               D．bad

（    ）8．A．in            B．with                    C．on                         D．to

（    ）9．A．what        B．if                         C．where                    D．whether

（    ）10．A．basketball    B．the basketball   C．violin                     D．the violin

（    ）11．A．more than    B．less than       C．many more            D．no more than

（    ）12．A．These     B．Those                  C．It                          D．One

（    ）13．A．after      B．before                  C．when                     D．while

（    ）14．A．like        B．hate                     C．enjoy                     D．unlike

（    ）15．A．way      B．idea                     C．hope                      D．decision

These days，it is easier for us to travel to other countries than ever before．However，there is a big difficulty that most of us   1    when we meet people in other countries—we cannot communicate with them．There are   2   where English is still not spoken，though it is the most widely known language．So，wouldn't it be   3   if there was one language that could be understood by anyone anywhere in the world?

Esperanto that was created in 1887 may be the world's  4  truly international language．In fact，although   5   artificial（人造的）languages have been already created，only Esperanto has had much success．Its learners say that it is about four times   6    to learn than other languages．Spelling and pronunciation are both easy，too．For example，it does not have silent __7_ like the “h” in “honest”．If you   8   a word，you can spell it without any difficulty．The grammar is also as simple as possible：only sixteen basic   9   ，no irregular verbs（不规则动词），only six verb endings．

In short，Esperanto should be attractive（有吸引力的）as a language to learn，  10   there is a problem：how many people have met anyone who can really speak it? Anyway，we hope that some day one language can be mastered easily by anyone．

1．A．need                      B．miss                    C．face                       D．touch

2．A．offices                     B．schools                 C．cities                     D．places

3．A．safe                     B．nice                     C．funny                    D．difficult

4．A．first                     B．another                  C．last                        D．other

5．A．little                 B．a little                    C．few                       D．a few

6．A．better                      B．easier                    C．slower                    D．shorter

7．A．marks                     B．parts                    C．words                    D．letters

8．A．hear                     B．see                      C．watch                    D．notice

9．A．subjects                   B．sentences                      C．rules                      D．lessons

10．A．and                       B．but                      C．so                         D．because

阅读理解

　　You'll see a new doctor at a hospital near London if you go there. He is very clever, but he never speaks and doesn't go to medical school. He can work 24 hours and never be tired. He is one metre tall with a face like a TV screen. He has no arms or legs, although he has a lot of buttons （按钮） and switches. The new doctor is, of course, a computer. Doctors often need to ask their patients about their health in the past. But busy doctors can only spend a few minutes with each patient. The new machine, however, can ask a patient questions for an hour if necessary. So when the doctor meets his patient he already has a lot of helpful information.

　　Several clinics and hospitals in Britain are using these computers now. The computers show each question on TV screen. Then the patient pushes one of the three buttons：“Yes”, “No”, or“I don't know”. The computer is really quiet human If a very personal question is asked, it will be followed by “I hope these questions aren't upsetting （使……烦恼） you.” Or if you answer “No” to the question “Is your father alive”, the machine will reply “I am sorry to hear that.”

　　Most patients like the metal doctor. Some patients even prefer it. They can answer very personal questions more comfortably.

　　There are plans for better computers-perhaps ones that can speak. But the machine will never do the doctor's job. They will help doctors to give their patients better service.

1．The computer doctor can speak ________.

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2．The metal doctor's face is, in fact, a ________.

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3．In that hospital, the busy doctors can get a lot of information about the patients ________.

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4．Many patients like to talk with the metal doctor because it ________.

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A．never feels tired

B．works hard

C．makes them comfortable

D．is very friendly with them

5．The computers in the future will ________.

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A．take the place of human doctors

B．do everything for us

C．help people become doctors

D．help doctors serve patients better

The Greens could not speak any English when they first visited New York． They wanted to walk around to see the   1   , so they thought up a great idea．   2   they left the hotel, they walked to the first street corner and wrote a note in their notebook．   3   they went on．They   4   the notebook would help them find their   5   back if they got lost．

After they walked for hours, they   6   that they had lost their way． They asked a policeman for   7   , but the policeman didn’t speak their language．

Later, they found a man who understand their   8   ．They told him that they couldn’t find their hotel, but they remembered   9   corner the hotel was on． They showed the man the words in the notebook．The man began to   10   ．

The words were “STOP” and “ONE WAY STREET”．

1．A．school                   B．country                   C．city                   D．factory

2．A．Before                    B．After                       C．But                   D．Because

3．A．Then                      B．So                          C．Although           D．As well

4．A．read                       B．thought                   C．liked                 D．looked

5．A．street                      B．road                        C．way                  D．hotel

6．A．remembered                                        B．thought of

C．looked                                                D．found

7．A．help                        B．money                    C．bus                   D．food

8．A．news                      B．situation（处境）  C．word                 D．language

9．A．what                      B．why                        C．which               D．where

10．A．talk                       B．cry                         C．speak                D．laugh