A famous foreign company in China wanted a Clerk for its public relation department (公关部).
A beautiful girl with a master's degree(硕士学位) went through a lot of challenges and her name was on the list. In the final stage she faced an interview together -with another girl. Both of them were outstanding,
not only in looks but also in education.
The girl was successful in the interview. It seemed that she would get the chance. At last the examiner asked her, "Can you come to the office next Monday?" Shocked by the unexpected question, the beautiful girl couldn't make a decision at the moment, so she said, "I have to talk with my parents before I give an answer. " The examiner felt surprised but said calmly, "If so, let' s wait till you are ready. "
The next day, the girl came to tell the examiner that her parents had agreed to let her begin work next Monday. But the examiner said regretfully (遗憾地), "Sorry, another suitable candidate (选手)has got the job. You had better try another place. "The beautiful girl was surprised. She asked for an explanation(解释) and was told, "What is needed here is a person who knows her own mind. "
That was how a good opportunity right under the nose of a beautiful girl ran away.
【小题1】 The beautiful girl wanted to ask her parents for advice because_________

A．she didn't like the job	B．she didn’t expect the examiner would ask such a question
C．she didn't want to answer the question	D．her parents would be angry if she didn't ask them

【小题2】 We can learn from the passage that__________

A．the company lost its best clerk	B．no girl got the job
C．the other girl who failed at the last interview might get the job
D．the examiner was very pleased with the girl

【小题3】The examiner regarded_________as the most important.

A．a person's confidence	B．a person's knowledge
C．a person's age	D．a person' s beautiful looks

【小题4】 The underlined phrase "right under the nose of" probably means________

A．就在鼻子下

B．想要得到的

C．没有把握的

D．就在眼前的

【小题5】 The best title for the passage above might be___________

A．Make Decisions With Your Parents	B．A Successful Interview
C．Use Your Own Mind	D．Answer the Examiner's Question Quickly

A famous foreign company in China wanted a clerk for its public relation department(公关部).
A beautiful girl with a master’s degree(硕士学位) went through a lot of challenges and her name was o  67 【小题1】 the list. In the final stage she had an i  68  【小题2】together with another girl. B  69  【小题3】of them were excellent, not only in looks but also in education.
The girl was s  70 【小题4】in the interview. It seemed that she would get the c 71  .【小题5】At last the examiner asked her, “Can you come to the office n  72  【小题6】Monday?” Shocked by the unexpected question, the beautiful girl couldn’t make a d  73  【小题7】
at the moment, so she said, “ I have to talk with my parents before I give an answer. “ The examiner felt surprised but said calmly, “ If so, let’s wait u  74 【小题8】 you are ready.”
The next day, the girl came to tell the examiner that her parents had a  75 【小题9】 to let her begin work next Monday. But the examine said regretfully(遗憾地), “Sorry, another suitable candidate(候选人) has got the job. You had b  76 【小题10】 try another place.” The beautiful girl was surprised. She asked for an explanation and was told, “What is needed here is a person who knows her own mind.”
That was how a good chance right under the nose of a beautiful girl ran away.

A Brown University sleep researcher has some advice for people who run high schools: Don’t start classes so early in the morning. It may not be that the students who nod off at their desks are lazy. And it may not be that their parents have failed to enforce(确保) bedtime. Instead, it may be that biologically(生物学上)these sleepyhead(贪睡者)students aren’t used to the early hour.
　　“Maybe these kids are being asked to rise at the wrong time for their bodies,” says Mary Carskadon, a professor looking at problem of adolescent (青春期的)sleep at Brown’s School of Medicine.
　　Carskadon is trying to understand more about the effects of early school time in adolescents. And, at a more basic level, she and her team are trying to learn more about how the biological changes of adolescence affect sleep needs and patterns(方式).
　　Carskadon says her work suggests that adolescents may need more sleep than they did at childhood, no less, as commonly thought.
　　Sleep patterns change during adolescence, as any parent of an adolescent can prove. Most adolescents prefer to stay up later at night and sleep later in the morning. But it’s not just a matter of choice---their bodies are going through a change of sleep patterns.
　　All of this makes the transfer(迁移)from middle school to high school---which may start one hour earlier in the morning----all the more difficult, Carskadon says. With their increased need for sleep and their biological clocks set on the “sleep late, rise late” pattern, adolescents are up against difficulties when they try to be up by 5 or 6 a.m. for a 7:30 a.m. first bell. A short sleep on a desktop may be their body’s way of saying. “I need a timeout.”
【小题1】Carskadon suggests that high schools should not start classes so early in the morning because _______.

A．it is really tough for parents to enforce bedtime

B．it is biologically difficult for students to rise early

C．students work so late at night that they can’t get up early

D．students are so lazy that they don’t like to go to school early

【小题2】The underlined phrase nod off most probably means _______.

A．turn around

B．agree with others

C．fall asleep

D．refuse to work

【小题3】What might be a reason for the hard transfer from middle school to high school?

A．Adolescents depend more on their parents.

B．Adolescents have to choose their sleep patterns.

C．Adolescents sleep better than they did at childhood.

D．Adolescents need more sleep than they used to.

【小题4】What is the test mainly about?

A．Adolescent health care.

B．Problems in adolescent learning.

C．Adolescent sleep difficulties.

D．Changes in adolescent sleep needs and patterns.

A thief entered the bedroom of the 30^th President of the United States, who met him and helped him escape punishment.
The event happened in the early morning hours on one of the first days when Calvin Coolidge came into power, late in August,1923. He and his family were living in the same third-floor suite (套房) at the Willard Hotel in Washington that they had moved in several years before. The former President’s wife was still living in the White House.
Coolidge woke up to see a stranger go through his clothes, remove a wallet and a watch chain.
Coolidge spoke, “I wish you wouldn’t take that.”
The thief, gaining his voice, said, “Why?”
“I don’t mean the watch and chain, only the charm (表坠). Take it near the window and read the words on its back, ” the president said.
The thief read, “Presented to Calvin Coolidge.”
“Are you President Coolidge?” he asked.
The president answered, “ Yes, and the House of Representatives（众议院）gave me the watch charm. I’m fond of it. It would do you no good. You want money. Let’s talk this over.”
Holding up the wallet, the young man said in a low voice, “I’ll take this and leave everything else.”
Coolidge, knowing there was 80 dollars in it, asked the young man to sit down and talk. He told the President he and his college roommate had overspent during their holiday and did not have enough money to pay their hotel bill.
Coolidge added up the roommate two rail tickets back to the college. Then he counted out 32 dollars and said it was a loan (借款).
He then told the young man, “There is a guard in the corridor(走廊).” The young man nodded and left through the same window as he had entered.
【小题1】What caused the thief to meet the President?

A．He knew the president had lots of money.

B．He knew the president lived in the suite.

C．He wanted to be a rich businessman.

D．He wanted to steal some money.

【小题2】Why did Calvin Coolidge live at the Willard Hotel in those days?

A．Because the former president was still in the White House.

B．Because the former First Lady hadn’t left the White House.

C．Because the hotel was suitable for the First Family to live.

D．Because the First lady liked to live there.

【小题3】Coolidge counted out 32 dollars______.

A．in order to be out of danger

B．to make more money from the loan

C．in order not to be killed by the thief

D．so that the student could overcome his difficulty

【小题4】The young man’s roommate went back to college _____.

A．by bus

B．by water

C．by train

D．by air

【小题5】Which of the following might happen afterwards?

A．The thief was put into prison.

B．The young man repaid the 32 dollars.

C．The President told many reporters the thief’s name.

D．The President ordered the young man to repay the money.

A famous building in New York City is turning 100 years old. A year-long celebration is planned for Grand Central Terminal, which is usually called Grand Central station, the sixth most-visited place in the world.
The huge building has not changed much since it opened in February, 1913. About 750,000 people pass through Grand Central every day. Some just come to look at it, others to visit the stores. But most are there to catch the trains that enter and leave from the station. It is the largest train station in the world. There are 67 train tracks, all of them underground.
The main part of the building has large, arched windows, a jeweled four-sided clock and ticket windows. Grand Central has been seen in many movies through the years. Dan Brucker is with the New York Transit Authority, which operates the station. Dan Brucker has worked for the transit authority at Grand Central for 30 years. In all those years, he has not lost his interest in the building.
Justin Ferate, a historian, has been giving tours of Grand Central Station for 30 years. He says the station was designed to make travel a pleasure.
“Why people don't run into each other in Grand Central is simple: each block of stone in Grand Central is the length of your leg. Each block of stone in Grand Central is the length of your arm. Each block of stone is a different color, so it’s a checkerboard, based on you.”   
A ten-year-long fight against plans to build a huge office building over Grand Central in 1968 helped create the modern preservation（保护） movement. Now, no one would think of changing the beauty of the station.
【小题1】How long has Grand Central been in service ?

A．For 30 years.

B．For 10 years.

C．For 45 years.

D．For a century.

【小题2】A lot of people can’t ___________ in Grand Central.

A．enjoy the beauty of the buliding	B．visit the stores
C．take the trains	D．see movies

【小题3】Which of the following statements about the station is WRONG?

A．It’s in New York City.

B．It’s one of the most-visited places in the world.

C．It’s the largest train station in the world.

D．It has been changed much over the years.

【小题4】Both Dan Brucker and Justin Ferate ___________.

A．have worked for the station for 30 years

B．have given tours of the station for 30 years

C．show interest in the station

D．create the modern preservation movement for the station

【小题5】Which of the following statements can we infer（推断）according to the passage?

A．The station won’t be changed.

B．People will spend one month celebrating its anniversary.

C．More and more people will catch the trains in the station

D．The station will become larger and larger.