Recently, a professor of philosophy(哲學) in the United States has written a book called Money and the Meaning of Life. He has 1._____ that how we deal with money
in our day to day life has more meaning than we usually 2._____. One of the
exercises he has asked his students to do is to keep a 3._____ of every penny
they spend for a week. From the 4._____ they spend their money, they can see
what they really 5._____ in life.
The
professor says our 6._____ with others often becomes clearly defined(明確) when money enters the
picture. You 7._____ have wonderful friendship with somebody and you think that
you are very good friends. But you will know him only when you ask him to lend
you some 8._____. If he does, it brings something to the relationship that
seems 9._____ than ever before. 10._____it can suddenly weaken the relationship
if he doesn’t.
Since
money is so important to us, we consider those who are 11._____ to be very
important. The professor 12._____some rich people in researching his book.
Question:
What is the most 13._____ thing you have discovered about being rich?
Answer:
The most surprising thing is why people give me so much 14._____. I am nothing.
I don’t know much. All I am is rich.
People just have an idea of making more and
more money, but what is it 15._____? How much money do I need for any given
16._____ in my life? In his book, the professor uncovered an important 17._____
in modern society: to bring back the idea that the money is an instrument 18._____than the end. Money plays an
important 19._____ in the material world, but 20._____ money to give happiness
may be missing the meaning of life.
1. A. pointed B.
studied C. discovered D.
noticed
2. A. imagine B. think C.
recognize D. plan
3. A. secrect B.
diary C. promise
D. record
4. A. way B.
method C. opinion
D. attitude
5. A. mean B.
value C. get
D. make
6. A. work B.
friendship C. relation D. union
7. A. should B.
must C. had to
D. might
8. A. cars B.
books C. rooms D. money
9. A. stronger B.
weaker C. worse D. looser
10. A. But B.
Otherwise C. And D. Then
11. A. rich B.
poor C. helpful
D. ordinary
12. A. saw B.
interviewed C. questioned D. knew
13. A. puzzling B.
disappointing C. surprising D. interesting
14. A. worry B.
doubt C. hate D.
respect
15. A. about B.
against C. for D. at
16. A. achievement B.
result C. purpose
D. success
17. A. need B.
discovery C. lack D. event
18. A. better B.
rather C. more D. less
19. A. action B.
performance C. role D. trick
20. A. demanding B.
hoping C. getting D. expecting
（二）
I consider myself something of an expert on
apologies. A quick temper(脾氣) has 1._____ me with plenty of opportunities(機會) to make them. In one of my earliest 2._____, my mother is telling
me, “Don’t watch the 3._____ when you say, ‘I’m sorry. Hold your head up and
look the person in the 4._____, so he’ll know you 5._____ it.
My mother
thus made the key point of a(n) 6._____ apology: it must be direct. You must
never 7._____ to be doing something else. You do not 8._____ a pile of letters
while apologizing to a person 9._____ in position after blaming him or her for
a mistake that turned out to be your 10._____. You do not apologize to a
hostess(女主人),
whose guest of honor you treat 11._____, by sending flowers the next day
without mentioning your bad 12._____.
One of the
important things you should do for an 13._____ apology is readiness to 14._____
the responsibility(責任) for
our careless mistakes. We are used to making excuses, which leaves no 15._____
for the other person to 16._____ us. Since most people are open-hearted, the
no-excuse apology leaves both parties feeling 17._____ about themselves. That,
after all, is the 18._____ of every apology. It 19._____ little whether the
apologizer is wholly or only partly at fault: answering for one’s 20._____
encourages others to take their share of the blame.
1. A. provided B.
mixed C. compared D. treated
2. A. dreams B.
courses C. memories D. ideas
3. A. side B.
ground C. wall D. bottom
4. A. mind B.
soul C. face D. eye
5. A. imagine B.
enjoy C. mean D. regret
6. A. useful B.
successful C. equal D. basic
7. A. pretend B.
forget C. refuse D. expect
8. A. hold on B.
put away C. look through D. pick up
9. A. poorer B.
weaker C. worse D. lower
10. A. fault B.
reason C. result D. duty
11. A. cruelly B.
freely C. roughly D. foolishly
12. A. manners B.
excuses C. efforts D. roles
13. A. active B.
effective C. extra D. easy
14. A. raise B.
perform C. admit D. bear
15. A. situation B.
need C. sign D. room
16. A. advise B.
forgive C. warn D. blame
17. A. wiser B.
warmer C. better D. cleverer
18. A. purpose B.
method C. end D. advantage
19. A. cares B.
matters C. depends D. remains
20. A. facts B.
states C. rights D. actions
（三）
Are
you carrying too much on your back at
school? Lots of kids(孩子) at the same age as you are.
Not only are students in
China 1_____ from this problem, but kids in the United States are 2____ fed up
with（飽受……之苦）heavy school bags.
Experts are starting to 3_____ that more and
more young students are having back and neck problems as a result of school
bags 4_____ too heavy for them.
“It’s hard for me to get up the 5_____ with
my bag because it’s so heavy,” said Rich Hammond, 6_____11-year-old student in
the US.
Rick is among the students who have 7_____
backpacks（背包）with
two straps(帶子) to carry them, 8____ a number of other
students choose rolling backpacks.
But even with rolling backpacks, 9____ up
stairs and buses with them is 10____ a problem for kids. Many of them have hurt
their knees, backs or necks because of heavy school bags.
But how much is too 11_____? Experts say
students should carry 12____ more than 10 to 15 per cent of their own body
weight.
Scott Bautch, a Wisconsin 13_____doctor, said
kids under 4th grade should 14____with 10 per cent. But it’s also important
that older kids don’t go 15____ 15 percent, because their bones are still
growing.
Bautch explained that there are other
injuries caused by backpacks. “Kids are 16_____ their balance and falling down
with these backpacks,” he said.
Parents and teachers are starting to tell the
kids to only take 17_____ library books they will be reading that night. Some
teachers are using worksheets(作業紙) or 18_____ workbooks for students to take home.
One of the best answers is, as some 19_____
themselves suggested, to have no homework 20_____!
1. A. meeting B.
facing C. experiencing D.
suffering
2. A. already B.
always C. yet D. also
3. A. explain B.
say C. worry
D. announce
4. A. being B.
be C. are
D. is
5. A. schools B.
stairs C. houses D. homes
6. A. this B.
that C. a D. an
7. A. special B.
unusual C. ordinary D. regular
8. A. when B.
then C. but D. and
9. A. getting B.
climbing C. going D. turning
10. A. only B. still C.
even D. just
11. A. more B.
very C. much D. many
12. A.no B.
not C. any D. much
13. A. children B.
student C. bag D. back
14. A. carry B.
stay C. take D. bring
15. A. about B.
under C. beyond D. before
16. A. keeping B.
missing C. losing D. making
17. A. home B.
class C. school D. city
18. A. valuable B.
thin C. important D. interesting
19. A. reports B.
teachers C. parents D. kids
20. A. at all B.
after all C. in all D. for all
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