The Norwegian government is doing its best to keep the oil industry under control. A new law limits exploration to an area south of the southern end of the long coastline, production limits have been laid down, and oil companies have not been allowed to employ more than a limited number of foreign workers. But the oil industry has a way of getting over such problems, and few people believe that the government will be able to hold things back for long.

   Ever since the war, the government has been carrying out a program of development in the area north of the Arctic Circle. During the past few years this program has had a great deal of success. Tromso has been built up into a local capital with a university, a large hospital and a healthy industry. But the oil industry has already started to draw people south, and within a few years the whole northern policy could be in ruins.

   The effects of the oil industry would not be limited to the north, however. With nearly 100 percent employment, everyone can see a situation developing in which the service industries and the tourist industry will lose most of their workers to the oil industry. Some smaller industries might even disappear altogether when it becomes cheaper to buy goods from abroad.

72. The Norwegian Government would prefer the oil industry to _____.

  A. provide more jobs for foreign workers   B. slow down the rate of its development

  C. sell the oil it is producing abroad        D. develop more quickly than at present

73. The Norwegian Government has tried to ____.

  A. encourage the oil companies to discover new oil sources

  B. prevent oil companies employing people from Northern Norway

  C. help the oil companies solve many of their problems

  D. keep the oil industry to something near its present size

74. According to the text, the oil industry might lead in Northern Norway to ____.

  A. the development of industry              B. a growth in population

  C. the failure of the development program      D. the development of new towns

75. In the south, one effect of the development of the oil industry might be _____.

  A. a large reduction in unemployment 

  B. a growth in the tourist industry

  C. a reduction in the number of existing industries 

  D. the development of a number of service industry.

The battle for the leadership of Britain’s Labour Party ended on September 25. Five candidates competed for the top job, but it turned out to be a tale of two brothers. Victory went to Ed Miliband, 40, with his elder brother David, 45, coming a close second. Ed’s Miliband’s job will now be to try to lead his party back into power and oppose Prime Minister David Cameron.
The two Milibands were both ministers in the Gordon Brown government. David Miliband, as Foreign Secretary, held the third most important post in UK politics. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton described him as “vibrant and attractive”. Ed, who had a lesser role in government as Minister of Climate Change, was valued for his contribution to policy discussions and for his performance at the Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change last December.
The Miliband brothers were born to political parents. Their father, Ralph, was a Marxist scholar. He came to Britain from Belgium in 1940, fleeing the Nazis. Ralph Miliband was buried beside Karl Marx in London’s Highgate Cemetery. His wife Marion, the brothers’ mother, remains an active party member at 76.
The two brothers represent different wings of the Labour Party. David supported former Prime Minister Tony Blair; Ed was a follower of Blair’s great rival Gordon Brown, the last Labour PM.
“We’re determined to make sure that family comes before politics, and I don’t think there’s any chance that politics is going to get in the way,” David Miliband said before the vote.
After the result, the two embraced in front of the cameras.
In his acceptance speech, Ed Miliband said to his brother: “David, I love you so much as a brother. And I have such extraordinary respect for the campaign that you ran.”
But some feel their warm words were for the media and for the sake of party unity. There had been reports of anger on David’s part when his younger brother chose to stand against him. David may feel that the leadership was stolen from him-and by his own brother. Ed himself was reported to be concerned that he might have hurt David. According to the Guardian, after the result, Ed’s first reaction was: “what have I done to David?”
Ed suggested that he was prepared to make his brother shadow chancellor. But David has decided it is time to move on. He will not have a role in the Shadow Cabinet in the future.
In effect, he has fallen on his sword for the Party. David Miliband said the priority was to allow his brother to make a success of leading Labour: “I believe this will be harder if there is constant comparison with my comments and position as a member of the shadow cabinet.”

1. 1.

   . Ed Miliband became head of Britain’s Labour Party because ______.

   1. A.
      he played an important role in the previous British government.
   2. B.
      his arguments at political discussions and his performance at an international conference
   3. C.
      Hillary Clinton thought highly of him
   4. D.
      his brother supported him both at home and politics.
2. 2.

   . According to the passage, which is NOT TRUE?

   1. A.
      Ed and David both worked in the government.
   2. B.
      Ralph Miliband came to Britain because of the Nazis.
   3. C.
      Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and David Cameron are all Labour Party Prime Ministers.
   4. D.
      David Miliband and Ed Miliband’s mother is still alive.
3. 3.

   .What can be inferred from the passage?

   1. A.
      David Miliband and Ed Miliband fought against each other both at home and politics.
   2. B.
      Ed was concerned about David’s feelings after the election.
   3. C.
      David and Ed were born into a political family.
   4. D.
      David and Ed agreed with each other on most of the issues
4. 4.

   .What does the underlined sentence mean?

   1. A.
      David accepted his brother’s invitation to be a shadow chancellor.
   2. B.
      David was determined to fight against his brother.
   3. C.
      David was so upset that he would end his life with a sword for the Party.
   4. D.
      David refused his brother’s offer for him to be a shadow chancellor.
5. 5.

   .Which of the following can best describe the relationship between David and Ed?

   1. A.
      Brothers and political rivals
   2. B.
      Partners in the political campaign
   3. C.
      Partners in public and enemy in private
   4. D.
      Representatives of different wings of Labour Party

The Norwegian government is doing its best to keep the oil industry under control. A new law limits exploration to an area south of the southern end of the long coastline, production limits have been laid down, and oil companies have not been allowed to employ more than a limited number of foreign workers. But the oil industry has a way of getting over such problems, and few people believe that the government will be able to hold things back for long.

　 Ever since the war, the government has been carrying out a program of development in the area north of the Arctic Circle. During the past few years this program has had a great deal of success. Tromso has been built up into a local capital with a university, a large hospital and a healthy industry. But the oil industry has already started to draw people south, and within a few years the whole northern policy could be in ruins.

　 The effects of the oil industry would not be limited to the north, however. With nearly 100 percent employment, everyone can see a situation developing in which the service industries and the tourist industry will lose most of their workers to the oil industry. Some smaller industries might even disappear altogether when it becomes cheaper to buy goods from abroad.

1. The Norwegian Government would prefer the oil industry to _____.

A. provide more jobs for foreign workers　 B. slow down the rate of its development

C. sell the oil it is producing abroad　　　 D. develop more quickly than at present

2. The Norwegian Government has tried to ____.

A. encourage the oil companies to discover new oil sources

B. prevent oil companies employing people from Northern Norway

C. help the oil companies solve many of their problems

D. keep the oil industry to something near its present size

3. According to the text, the oil industry might lead in Northern Norway to ____.

A. the development of industry　　　　　　 B. a growth in population

C. the failure of the development program　　 D. the development of new towns

4. In the south, one effect of the development of the oil industry might be _____.

A. a large reduction in unemployment

B. a growth in the tourist industry

C. a reduction in the number of existing industries

D. the development of a number of service industry.

Failure, they say, is the best teacher．We learn and gain more confidence through trial and error．At one time or another we will encounter failure．You don’t have to accept your failure if what you really want to achieve is success．

For every achievement, there have been one or more failures．But those who we call successful are those who refuse to accept failure and believe success is the other side of failure．The incandescent light （白炽灯） was invented after 1000 failure．Assuming he had stopped after he tried 100 times without the desired result, what would have been the result of such effort?

Any time you see products and new inventions, think in terms of failures that are not accepted．Moreover, everything in a microform today is a result of failure that is not accepted．Any time your effort is  not bring a desired result, you don’t have to call it a failure．Call it a chanllenge．What is the difference between the two? One is negative, and the other is positive; one motivates, and the other demotivates．

What you need is positive thinking and motivation to attain success．Failure is an end thing; challenging is an open thing．Failure means there is no way out, no altermative, but challenge is a question mark asking another way out of the situation, an alternative solution to the problem, the job at hand．Keep dreaming and moving; that is the solution to success．A wise man once said if you cannot fly, run．If you cannot run, walk．If you cannot walk, crawl; just keep on moving．

If you fall down, you have to get up and start moving．If not, other people will step on you to the way to their success．What you call failure and abandon is what someone will continue with just a little additional effort to reach success．

64．Failure is the best teacher because___________．

       A．what people have learned from failure is the best

       B．people will know what failure is like after failure

       C．people can learn a lot by trying various solutions

       D．numerous failure are sure to lead to success

65．The author gave the example of the incandescent light in Paragraph 2 in order to______．

       A．show that success is the other side of failure

       B．tell people their efforts will be paid off finally

       C．advise people not to waste their time

       D．prove that every achievement is based on invention

66．What is the advantage if you regard a failure as a challenge?

       A．you will feel proud even if you fail many times．

       B．You won’t fear failure and will be ready to accept it．

       C．Failure means pain while challenge sounds good．

       D．You will continue trying your best to succeed．

67．In which part could this passage be found if it is taken from a magazine?

       A． Economy.          B． Career.              C．Culture.             D．Wealth.

People in the United States love their dogs and treat them well. They take their dogs for walks, let them play outside and give them good food and medical care. However, dogs without owners to care for lead a different kind of life. The expression, to lead a dog’s life, describes a person who has an unhappy existence.
Some people say we live in a dog-eat-dog world. That means many people are competing for the same things, like good jobs. They say that to be successful, a person has to work like a dog. This means they have to work very, very hard. Such hard work can make people dog-tired. And, the situation would be even worse if they became sick as a dog.
Still, people say every dog has its day. This means that every person enjoys a successful period during his or her life. To be successful, people often have to learn new skills. Yet, some people say that you can never teach an old dog new tricks. They believe that older people do not like to learn new things and will not change the way they do things.
Some people are compared to dogs in bad ways. People who are unkind or uncaring can be described meaner than a junkyard dog. Junkyard dogs live in places where people throw away things they do not want. Mean dogs are often used to guard this property. They bark or attack people who try to enter the property. However, sometimes a person who appears to be mean and threatening is really not so bad. We say his bark is worse than his bite.
Husbands and wives use this doghouse term when they are angry at each other. For example, a woman might get angry at her husband for coming home late or forgetting their wedding anniversary. She might tell him that he is in the doghouse. She may not treat him nicely until he apologizes. However, the husband may decide that it is best to leave things alone and not create more problems. He might decide to let sleeping dogs lie.
Dog expressions also are used to describe the weather. The dog days of summer are the hottest days of the year. A rainstorm may cool the weather. But we do not want it to rain too hard. We do not want it to rain cats and dogs

1. 1.

   To achieve success, you must ______

   1. A.
      feel dog-tired
   2. B.
      work like a dog
   3. C.
      become sick as a dog
   4. D.
      be meaner than a junkyard dog
2. 2.

   To everyone’s surprise, Jack has been employed by a big company, about which we can say, “_______”

   1. A.
      Every dog has its day
   2. B.
      Jack works like a dog
   3. C.
      His bark is worse than his bite
   4. D.
      Jack really lives in a dog-eat-dog world
3. 3.

   What kind of people live a difficult life?

   1. A.
      Those who are in the doghouse
   2. B.
      Those who have the dog days
   3. C.
      Those who lead a dog’s life
   4. D.
      Those whose bark is worse than his bite
4. 4.

   What does the article mainly talk about?

   1. A.
      Dogs’ life in America
   2. B.
      How to treat dogs well
   3. C.
      Why Americans love dogs
   4. D.
      Expressions with the word “dog”