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“Get yourself up and make something of yourself，buddy！”Though my mother has passed away，her words are as clear in my head today as when I was a boy．
“Christ！”I said，“I have made something of myself. I want to sleep late as I like．”
“If there’s one thing I can’t stand，it’s a quitter．”Her voice in my head is more powerful than my will to refuse，so I pull myself from bed．
Before I was out of primary school，mother could see I lacked the gifts for either making millions or winning the love of crowds．So she began pushing me toward working with words．Words ran in her family．There seemed to be a word gene that passed down from her mother’s grandfather·
The greatest proof was my mother’s first cousin Edwin．He was the managing editor of the New York Times and had gained a name in his career．
In 1947 1 graduated from Johns Hopkins and applied for a job with the Baltimore Sun as a police reporter．It paid＄30 a week ．When I complained the wage was shameful for a learned man，mother refused to sympathize．“If you work hard at this job，”she said，“maybe you can make something of it．”
After a while，I was asked to cover diplomats（外交官）at various African embassies. Then，
seven years later I was arranged by the Sun to cover the White House，a task that was as close to heaven as a journalist could get．However，whatever achievement of mine only seemed insignificant in her eyes．Uncle Edwin’s success was really annoying during my early years as a reporter．What a thrill，I thought．
Then，out of my wildest childhood fantasy，the Times came knocking．It was sad that Uncle Edwin had passed away by this time．In 1979 I won the Pulitzer Prize．Unfortunately，my mother’s brain and health broke down the year before，leaving her in a nursing home，out of touch with life forevermore ．She never knew of my Pulitzer．
I can probably guess how she’d have responded．“ That’s nice，buddy．It shows if you work hand，you’11 be able to make something of yourself one day，”
1.The first three paragraphs are intended to＿＿＿＿＿＿
A．draw readers’attention to the author’s success
B．remind readers that the road to success is rough
C．serve as an introduction to the author’s mother
D．explain why the author’s mother kept blaming him
2.The underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 probably means that tier families＿＿＿＿
A. were gifted at language B．never broke their promise
C. were fond of reading D. stuck to their family belief
3.What can we learn about the author
A．He got a good salary working as a police reporter．
B．He lived a rich life with his mother in his childhood．
C．It was proud of her mother to see his winning the Pulitzer Prize．
D．It was beyond his wildest dream that he could work for the Times．
4.The author regards Uncle Edwin’s success as a thrill because＿＿＿＿＿＿．
A．he himself was less smart than Uncle Edwin
B．his mother’s family thought Uncle Edwin to be a good reporter
C．few reporters can become the managing editor of the New York Times
D．Uncle Edwin spared no effort to get the Pulitzer Prize at the cost of his life
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In the new book The Education of Millionaires，Michael Ellsberg suggests that although“there are many wonderful things you can learn in college，”few of them are applied to real life ．So Ellsberg has written the book to tell“the capabilities and attitudes that will get you improved outside the classroom．”
I welcome the kind of debate about the value of higher education.It is necessary to remember， however，that Ellsberg also tells how important it is to make money．He mentions a number of college dropouts一such as Bill Gates and Michael Dell一to show how successful they have become without the benefit of a college degree．While Ellsberg stresses the achievements of dropouts，he includes degree holders who have become wealthy and famous．For example，of the current Fortune 500 CEOs，some 99％have a college degree．Similarly，of the Forbes 400 richest people in America，81％hold postseconda.ry（高等）degrees.
But in the discussion，what is forgotten about the value is that the purpose of education is not simply to enable one to earn a living but to prepare one for living over the course of life ．What is also left out of the debate about higher education is that its purpose is not just to provide a pathway covered with gold for the nation’s elites（精英）．If we have the discussion that way，we may look down upon the people who devote themselves to other ordinary jobs that form the basic structures（结构）of our society，Though these individuals may not be reaching for the kind of stars that Michael Ellsberg and others would have them grasp，most are doing something even more important：they are involved in the useful tasks of good citizens and contributing to the common welfare，including providing for their families．
1.In the book The Education of Millionaires，Michael Ellsberg＿＿＿．
A．approves of the value of education
B．explains the reasons for dropping out
C．tells the way of getting out of college
D. discusses the practical value of college degrees
2.The second paragraph suggests a fact that＿＿＿＿
A．the value of higher education is never challenged
B．higher education ensures people making more money
C．most of the richest people received college education
D．success of dropouts proves the value of higher education
3.From the last paragraph we can learn that the author＿＿＿
A．is keen on society charity work B．calls for the equality of all man
C．speaks highly of the nation’s elites D．shows respect to common people
4.The passage is written mainly to．＿＿＿
A．persuade people to go to university
B. make a comment on a new book
C．complain about the college education
D．praise Michael Ellsberg for his hard work
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Raleigh Equipe RW Road Bike
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This machine gets you going for your first taste of fast riding on a drop bar machine．With the gear shifters（齿轮变速器）positioned to allow you easy changing，you can relax and speed off in style ．Equipped with 28 mm tyres and mudguard clearance，this bike can be perfectly adapted to suit several uses一from commuting（通勤）through to riding the smoother country trails.
Very lightly ridden and in excellent condition．Bike has about 400 miles on it，has spent most of its time hanging in garage and works great．Will show signs of normal mountain bike use．
1.What can we learn from this passage？
A．The Raleigh Equipe RW Road Bike is suitable for different purposes．
B．The Trek Supeif y World Racing Team Mountain Bike is in poor condition．
C．The Specialized Stump Jumpber Mountain Bike is the most expensive of the three．
D．It’s easy for people worldwide to buy the three bikes with the same shipping company．
2.If you ordered the Raleigh Equipe RW Road Bike，you are supposed to pay about＿＿．
A. US＄490 .17 B．US＄439.17 C．US＄419.98 D. US＄499.98
3.What do the last two bikes have in common？
A．Both were much ridden after being bought．
B．Both have the same transportation expense．
C．Both come from the UK and fit for mountain．
D．Both are second一hand and sold from the USA
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Matthew Ames returned to Brisbane from Melbourne at the weekend after experiencing one of many rounds of surgery，becoming Australia’s first bionic（仿生学的）man. Matthew Ames was at home on Monday morning，adjusting to national media attention and life with titanium rods（钦杆）in what remains of his arms and legs．If all goes to plan，later in the year he will have more surgery to fix bionic prosthetics（假肢）．
It all started 15 months ago，when the Origin Energy engineer一who lives with his wife Diane and four children in Camp Hill in Brisbane’s east一began feeling like he was coming down with the“man flu”，A week later he was in hospital，senseless and on life support，which was caused by a deadly form of bacteria．
“He had a. 99％chance of dying，”Matthew’s son Luke，9，said in a program，Sunday Night which drew more than 2．12 million viewers nationally．
Matthew’s younger sons Ben，8，and Will，7，added：“And only 1％of living.”
Proudly Will concluded：“And the 1％ won against the 99．”
Matthew’s families were told Matthew’s only chance of survival was to have his four limbs removed．For Diane，the choice was easy．She could not allow their children to grow up without a father．Eventually，Matthew came to，only to find he had no arms and legs．
On Monday，he is attending a Pride of Australia Medal ceremony for which he has been nominated（被提名）In the courage category．“The 40-year-old is slowly getting used to a few more people knowing about his story，”his sister Kate told Fairfax Media．“We told his story so that he was known to the kids，and thus people wouldn’t stop and stare，”Kate continued．“We’re not sure what to expect now that his story has aired across Australia．The effect it would have in a positive way on people is beyond our expectation．”
1.From the first two paragraphs we can learn that Matthew Ames
A．has finished all of his operations
B．is the first bionic man in the world
C．is becoming the focus of the public
D． had his arms and legs cut completely
2.From what Matthew Ames’sons say，we can conclude that
A．it was a wonder for their father to escape from death
B．most doctors refused to operate on their father
C．the sons’love is the cure of their father，s disease
D．the sons’pray moved God and saved their father
3.What was the attitude of Matthew’s wife when he was advised to cut his legs and arms？
A. Doubtful. B. Supportive. C. Cautious. D. Casual.
4.What would be the best title for the passage？
A. A Lucky Father B. A Bionic Man
C．A National Hero D'. A Reliable Husband
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Too Much Happiness was written by Alice Munro，winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature，one of our greatest contemporary writers of fiction and the owner of the Man Booker Price for Fiction．Her stories have appeared in The New Yorker，The Atlantic Monthly，and other publications，and her collections have been translated into thirteen languages．
The main character is Sophia Kovalevsky，a great Russian mathematician，writer and advocator拥护者）of women’s rights in the late nineteenth century. After visiting her lover Maxsim Kovalevsky in Riviera，she travels in Europe，ending up in Sweden，where she teaches at the only university in Europe willing to employ a female mathematician．The book writes about her journey from Riviera to Sweden．
The story tells the typical struggle of an intellectual（知识分子）woman to achieve success and happiness．However，when she is going to die，Sophia says“too much happiness”．I think it’s irony（讽*11的）．As reading the story，she has too many mental problems·First，as a woman mathematician，she was born in a wrong time ．She was married to Vladimir Kovalevsky without love，called“a white marriage”．She explained that“no a young Russian woman who was unmarried could leave the country．”She satisfied her marriage to seek her career．
Furthermore，when she sees a man look like Maxsim in the station，she says to herself，“of course，it would not be Maxsim，what could he be doing in Paris？”She doesn’t want to face the fact because she doesn’t want to lose her hope．She believes they will marry in spring．And in her letter to Julia she says：“it is to be happiness after all，happiness after all．Happiness．”She is cheating herself. In fact，the man does not want to marry her，and the happiness she expected doesn’t take place at all．
Finally, I conclude that the end must be a tragedy（悲剧）．From the very first pages the atmosphere is gloomy黯淡的）and threatening.“One of us will die this year.”“Because we have gone walking in a graveyard（墓地）on the first day of the New Year.”Some pages further，“a black cat across their path”all reflect it will be a bad ending．Not because she had some problems with her lung，but because her life does not bring her happiness，and because of these disharmony things that happen in her life．
1.We can infer from the passage that＿＿·
A．Sophia was born in a wrong time and was mentally ill
B．women were not fairly treated in Europe in Sophia’s time
C．Sophia loved travelling around Europe to meet `different people
D．unmarried women were forbidden to learn mathematics at that time
2.The underlined phrase“the fact”in Paragraph 4 most probably refers to the fact that
A．her husband refuses to divorce B．she can’t teach in university
C．she falls in love with Maxsim D．Maxsim doesn’t want to marry her
3.Why does the author name this book Too Much Happiness？
A．It is used to suggest that the story must be a comedy．
B．It’s a phrase repeatedly used by Sophia herself to her friend．
C．It’s used in an ironic way to show that Sophia isn’t happy at all．
D．It’s to show Sophia is very happy to achieve success in her career．
4.What can we conclude from Sophia’s experience？
A．It’s hard for an educated woman to achieve success in Europe at that time．
B．Russian women were not allowed to go abroad without a white marriage．
C．Married women could travel freely across Europe in the late nineteenth century．
D．Seeing a black cat across the path would bring people to death in the end．
5.In a newspaper，this passage is most probably in the section of____．
A. Entertainment B. Travel C．Career D. Culture
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