Jason and Harry joined a wholesale company together just after graduation. They both worked very hard.

After several years, the boss made Harry sales manager but Jason   31  a salesman. One day Jason could not take it anymore. He handed in his resignation letter (辞职信) to the boss and complained that the boss did not   32  hard-working employees, but only raised those   33 tried to please him. He thought that it was really   34  .

In order to help Jason to realize the   35  between him and Harry, the boss asked Jason to do the   36  --- "Go and find out if there is anyone selling watermelons in the market." Charlie went, returned and only said, "Yes." The boss asked, "How much per kg?" Charlie went back to the market to ask and returned to   37  , "$ 12 per kg."

The boss told Jason that he would ask Harry the  38  question. Harry went, returned and said, "Boss, only one person selling watermelons. $12 per kg, $ 100 for 10 kg. He has a total of 340 melons. On the table are 58 melons, and every melon weighs about 15 kg,   39 from the South two days ago. They are fresh, red, and of good   40 ."

Jason was   41  and he realized the difference between himself and Harry. He decided not to leave but to learn from Harry.

My dear friends, you know, a more   42  person is more observant(观察力敏锐的), thinks more and understands in   43  . For the same matter, he sees several years ahead,   44  you see only tomorrow. The difference between a year and a day is 365 times, so how could you   45 ?

Think: how far have you seen ahead in your life? How thoughtful are you?

Jason and Harry joined a wholesale company together just after graduation. They both worked very hard.
After several years, the boss made Harry sales manager but Jason   31  a salesman. One day Jason could not take it anymore. He handed in his resignation letter (辞职信) to the boss and complained that the boss did not   32  hard-working employees, but only raised those   33 tried to please him. He thought that it was really   34  .
In order to help Jason to realize the   35  between him and Harry, the boss asked Jason to do the   36  --- "Go and find out if there is anyone selling watermelons in the market." Charlie went, returned and only said, "Yes." The boss asked, "How much per kg?" Charlie went back to the market to ask and returned to   37  , "$ 12 per kg."
The boss told Jason that he would ask Harry the  38  question. Harry went, returned and said, "Boss, only one person selling watermelons. $12 per kg, $ 100 for 10 kg. He has a total of 340 melons. On the table are 58 melons, and every melon weighs about 15 kg,   39 from the South two days ago. They are fresh, red, and of good   40 ."
Jason was   41  and he realized the difference between himself and Harry. He decided not to leave but to learn from Harry.
My dear friends, you know, a more   42  person is more observant(观察力敏锐的), thinks more and understands in   43  . For the same matter, he sees several years ahead,   44  you see only tomorrow. The difference between a year and a day is 365 times, so how could you   45 ?
Think: how far have you seen ahead in your life? How thoughtful are you?

Please _________ my keys here, I need them.

完形填空。 (每小题1分，共15分)

阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。

Hello, my friends, long time no see! My family and I went on a   1   trip to Europe during our recent vacation. We visited Paris, France, and London, England. Here I want to share my tour of Paris with you.

  2   we set out, we all expected (期望) a fun and interesting vacation. For my sister and me, our stay in Paris had   3   meaning. It was a golden chance(机会)   4    our French, since English and French are the two official (官方的) languages in Canada. My mom doesn’t speak French, and my sister can’t speak it very   5  (she is only in Grade Three).  So it was my duty   6   directions(方向), order food, and deal with any person-to-person communication. I was, of course, really nervous:   7    they couldn’t understand my French   8   I couldn’t understand theirs?

My   9   soon went away. The people in Paris   10   very happy to answer my questions. They listened patiently (耐心地) and carefully, and spoke slowly   11    we could understand. One gentleman was even kind enough to lead us to the hotel we were  12  .

  13   the places we visited? We visited many places in Paris. My sister liked the Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomphe (凯旋门). My mom liked the Louvre Museum(卢浮宫) most. Her favorite painting was the Mona Lisa. Which places did I like? I liked all of them.

 14   its romantic air, people’s friendly greetings (问候) and historic buildings, Paris is a city that we will   15  forget.

1.                A．two week       B．two-week       C．two-weeks D．twos-weeks

2.                A．When          B．If              C．Before   D．After

3.                A．another        B．other          C．the others D．others

4.                A．practice        B．practiced       C．to practice D．practicing

5.                A．good           B．better          C．well D．best

6.                A．ask            B．answer         C．ask about D．to ask for

7.                A．what if         B．unless          C．because  D．instead

8.                A．and            B．but            C．although D．or

9.                A．sadness        B．happiness       C．pleasure D．worries

10.               A．as if           B．sounds         C．seemed   D．smells

11.               A．so that         B．so             C．that D．such that

12.                                A．looking after B．looking for

C．looking up                        D．looking down

13.               A．Shall we        B．What about      C．Let’s    D．Why not

14.               A．With           B．Without        C．Under     D．Behind

15.               A．always         B．often          C．never D．sometimes

完型填空（共15小题，计15分）

Benjamin was  1 . He didn't know why. He was having a fever and tired and didn’t feel like eating. His stomach hurt from time to time. At first he paid very little  2 to it, thinking he would be all right in  3. But he didn't. After three weeks, he had to go to Dr. Barkley.

The doctor did a few  4 . Then he asked Benjamin if he had gone  5 and drunk dirty water. Benjamin said he hadn't been camping since he was a soldier in the army.

He asked if Benjamin had eaten at any fast food restaurants in the past month, or eaten from one of the  6 lunch trucks in the Los Angeles area. Benjamin said that he ate fast food or lunch truck food every day at noon.

“That’s probably the  7 of your illness. You have hepatitis(肝炎) A, and you most likely got it from a food worker who didn't wash his hands thoroughly after using the  8. It happens a lot.” “God! I'm not going to die, am I?”

The doctor told him not to   9 . A viral infection（病毒感染） that  10 the liver（肝脏）, hepatitis A kills only about 100 people every year in the US. He told Benjamin to see him every two weeks, and to be  11 to take three months  12 from work so that he could rest, rest, rest. There is no  13 to hepatitis A. You survive(存活), or you don’t.

“But there is one good thing about hepatitis A,” Dr. Barkley said. “  14 you get it, you’re immune（免疫） to it for the  15 of your life.”

1.                A．energetic       B．sleepy          C．sick  D．tired

2.                A．money         B．dollars          C．attention  D．focus

3.                A．a week         B．a month        C．two months    D．a year

4.                A．chores         B．tests           C．seconds  D．movements

5.                A．fishing         B．camping        C．hiking    D．sightseeing

6.                A．a lot           B．a little          C．many D．much

7.                A．resource       B．cause          C．research  D．search

8.                A．knief           B．cookers         C．restroom D．microwave oven

9.                A．think           B．eat            C．worry    D．cry

10.               A．hurts          B．breaks         C．kills  D．removes

11.               A．OK            B．ready          C．necessary  D．relaxing

12.               A．away          B．to             C．off   D．getting

13.               A．solution        B．answer         C．hope D．need

14.               A．Unless         B．Until           C．Once D．Twice

15.               A．other          B．rest           C．whole D．part