Directions：For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, 13, C and D．Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context．

　　John and Bobby joined a wholesale company together just after graduation from college the same year．Both worked very hard．After several years, however, the boss 　　1　　 Bobby to the position of manager but John remained an ordinary 　　2　　．John could not take it anymore, tendered his resignation to the boss and complained the boss did not know how to delegate and did not value 　　3　　 staff, but only promoted those who flattered him．

　　The boss knew that John worked very hard for the years．He thought a moment and said, "Thank you for your 　　4　　, but I have a request．1 hope you will do one more thing for our company before you leave．Perhaps you will change your decision and 　　5　　 your resignation．"

　　John agreed．The boss asked him to go and find out anyone selling watermelon in the market．John went and returned soon．He said he had found out a man 　　6　　 watermelon．The boss asked how much per kg．John shook his head and went back to the market to ask and returned to 　　7　　 the boss ＄1.2 per kg．

　　The boss told John to wait a 　　8　　 and he called Bobby to come to his office．He asked Bobby to go and find anyone selling watermelon in the market．Bobby went, returned and said, "Boss, only one person selling watermelon．＄1.2 per kg, ＄10 for 10 kg, he has inventory(存货)of 340 melons．On the table 58 melons, bought from the South two days ago, they are 　　9　　 and red, good quality．"

　　John was very 　　10　　 and realized the difference between himself and Bobby．He decided not to resign but to learn from Bobby．

　　Chances exist in the daily details．For the same matter, a more successful person sees more and 　　11　　 so that he can find out an opportunity and catch it to realize his aim．If a person sees one year ahead, while another sees only tomorrow．Then, the 　　12　　 between a year and a day is 365 times!

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　　Today, the world is rapidly urbanizing．With half of the world population expected to live in cities by the early part of the 21st century, the Shanghai 2010 World Expo's focus on a better city bears profound meaning．

　　What might future cities look like 28 years from now?Here are some scenarios：things to come, things to go．

　　Zero waste

　　Waste disposal is one of the biggest headaches for cities．Apart from recyclable waste, everything is buried or incinerated, only to pollute the environment．Plastic waste remains underground for several decades．The world produces much more garbage that it can dispose of．

　　Now at the Expo, all waste is delivered to a compression station where the waste is sorted, filtered, decontaminated, deodorized and compressed before finally being disposed of at designated spots．In Beijing, people living in the Asuwei area turn their household waste into organic fertilizers which are used to grow plants at residence communities．

　　No more transportation problems during Spring Festival

　　The Spring Festival, the most important Chinese holiday when everyone returns home, has caused headaches for millions of Chinese．More than 2 billion people travel at the same time, making obtaining travel tickets and the journey difficult．

　　But in 28 years．Spring Festival travel may not be a problem at all．China plans to have more than 120,000 kilometers of railway and a rapid transportation network that will serve 90 percent of the population by 2020．And because most of China will be cities, people will not have to go to other places to find a job, so migration will no longer be so large-scale．

　　Newspapers to disappear

　　American scholar Philip Meyer predicts that newspaper will come to an end in 2043．Utagawa Reizou, former editor-in-chief of The Mainichi Daily News．believes that the newspaper will be gone in 2030．This kind of prediction may worry those in print news business．In the U．K．, the circulations of national newspapers are declining．Major Japanese newspapers have gone into debt．In the US, declining circulations and ad revenues have forced several newspapers to stop printing paper

　　Editions

　　Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch thinks the future of media relies on interaction through the Internet．In the future, digital newspapers will be sent to portal web terminals through wirelessly．Readers can discuss issues with journalists and editors．Information will move faster．

　　Oil to run out

　　In August 2009, Fatih Birol, chief economist of the International Energy Agency, said that oil is running out faster than expected and that the world will likely feel the tightness in supply in the next five years．Scientists have found substitutes for oil as fuel，coal，natural gas，solar power, nuclear power and even water can replace oil as sources of energy．Flammable ice reserves alone can support humans for the next 1,000 years．

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　　EDITOR’S note：The works of British essayist(散文家)Sir Francis Bacon(1561－1626)are well－known throughout Chinese high schools．

　　Nearly 400 years ago in April he breathed his last breath．Today, his essays on friendship, self－love and being young, for example, still remain relevant(相关的)to students throughout the world．

　　Here, the School Edition presents Sir Bacon’s essay on studying．Some of the words have been simplified．

　　Studies serve to delight, for ornament(装饰), and for ability．Their chief use for delight, is in private; for ornament, is in conversation; and for ability, is in the judgment of business．．．To spend too much time in studies is not healthy; to use them too much for ornament, is affectation(矫揉造作); to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the characteristic of a scholar(学究)．

　　Studies perfect nature, and are perfected by experience：for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning(修剪); and studies themselves, give too many general directions in life, they need to be bound(约束)by experiences．．．

　　Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention．．．

　　Reading makes a full man; discussion a ready man(明辨是非的人); and writing an exact man．

　　And therefore, if a man writes little, he has need for a great memory; if he discusses little, he has need for a ready wit(睿智); and if he reads little, he has need for much cunning(狡黠)to pretend he has more knowledge than he does．．．

　　Bowling(球类运动)is good for kidneys(肾); shooting for the lungs and breast; gentle walking for the stomach; riding for the head; and the like．

　　So if a man’s wit lacks focus, let him study mathematics．For if his mind starts wandering(走神), even a little, he must go back to the beginning of his problem again．If his wit is not able to find differences, let him study the philosophers; for they are cymini sectores(Latin for “hair－splitters”－ people who examine problems very closely)．If he is not able to use one thing to prove another, let him study the lawyers’ cases．

　　So every defect(缺陷)of the mind may have a special remedy(治疗法)．