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At the age of 11, Peter Lynch started caddying(当球童) at Brae Burn Country Club in Newton, Mass. “It was better than a newspaper carrier, and much more profitable,” the Fidelity vice chairman recalls. He kept it up during the summers for almost a decade. “You get to know the course and can give the golf players advice about how to approach various holes,” he says. “Where else, at age 15 or 16, can you serve as a trusted adviser to high-powered people?”

One of those people was George Sullivan, then president of Fidelity’s funds, who was so impressed with Lynch’s smarts that he hired him in 1966. “There were about 75 applicants for 3 job openings,” Lynch says now. “But I was the only one who had caddied for the president for 10 years.”

In between caddying and managing money, Lynch went to Boston College on a scholarship from a program called the Francis Ouimet Fund. Named after the 1913 winner of the U.S. Open, the fund launched in 1949 which is open to Massachusetts kids only. Ouimet executive director Robert Donovan says, “Help with college is a logical extension of friendly relation between golfers and their favorite caddies, because there is a close tie to train up them to be excellent that happens between the players and the kids who carry their golf poles. And for the teens, caddying is all about being around successful role models.”

It is obvious that caddies who are finally successful include all kinds of outstanding personnel, from actor Bill Murray, to New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, to former GE chairman and CEO Jack Welch.

Of course, the great number of financial giants who caddied in their youth might be coincidence, but Dick Connolly thinks not. “Caddying life teaches you a lot about business, and about life,” he says. “You learn to show up early and look people in the eye when you shake their hand, and you learn how to read people -- including who’s likely to cheat and who isn’t.” Connolly is a longtime investment advisor at Morgan Stanley’s Boston office, a former Ouimet scholarship student and, along with Peter Lynch and Roger Altman, one of the program’s biggest supporters. He wants to share the most important lesson he learned on the links, so he says: “One golfer I caddied for told me that if you want to succeed in any field -- golf or business -- you have to spend a lot of lonely hours, either practicing or working, when you’d rather be partying with your friends. That’s true, and it stuck with me.”

 1.Which of the following may Peter Lynch agree about caddying?

A. He could have a relaxing job as a caddie.

B. He could make more money from the golf players.  

C. His duty was to advise the players how to play golf.

D. His caddying experiences contributed to his later career.

2.Why was the Francis Ouimet Fund set up to support Massachusetts kids only?

A. Because of the advice from the rich golf players.

B. Because of those giants with caddying experiences.

C. Because of the great success the caddies have achieved.

D. Because of the friendly relation between golfers and their caddies.

3.According to Dick Connolly, caddying experience in your youth_____.

A. helps you learn to live with loneliness

B. teaches you a lot about business and life

C. makes it possible to meet with great people

D. offers you chances to communicate with others

4.Which of the following may be the best title for the passage?

A. Legend of Peter Lynch.

B. An introduction of Golf Caddying.

C. Golf Caddying into Future Success.

D. Five Giants with Caddying Experiences.

 

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    What can a wide eyed, talking robot teach us about trust? A lot, according to Northeastern
psychology professor David DeSteno, and his colleagues, who are conducting a research to determine
how humans decide to trust strangers.
     The interdisciplinary(跨学科的)research project, funded by the National Science Foundation(NSF),
is being conducted together with Cynthia Breazeal, director of the MIT Media Lab's Personal Robots
Group, Robert Frank, an economist, and David Pizarro, a psychologist, both from Cornell.
     The researchers are examining whether gestures could affect our trustworthiness judgments. "People
tend to mimic(模仿)each other's body language, "said De Steno, "which might help them develop
intuitions(直觉)about what other people are feeling."
     This project tests their theories by having humans interact with the social robot, Nexi, in an attempt to
judge her trustworthiness. Without knowing the participants, Nexi has been programmed to make
gestures while speaking with selected participants-gestures that the team thinks could determine whether
or not she's considered trustworthy.
    During the first part of the experiment, Nexi makes small talk with them for 10 minutes, asking and
answering questions about topics such as traveling, where they're from and what they like most about
living in Boston.
    "The goal was to create a normal conversation with accompanying movements to see what the mind
would intuitively(直觉地)collect about the trustworthiness of another, "said DeSteno.
     The participants then play an economic game called "Give Some", which asks them to determine how
much money Nexi might give them at the expense of her individual profit. Meanwhile, they decide how
much, if any, they'll give to Nexi. The rules of the game allow for two distinct outcomes:higher individual
profit for one and loss for the other, or relatively smaller and equal profits for both partners.
    "Trust mightn't be determined by only one gesture, but rather a 'dance' that happens between the
strangers, which leads them to trust or not trust the other, " said DeSteno, who will continue testing their
theories by seeing if Nexi can be taught to predict the trustworthiness of human partners.

1. How many fields does the research involve?

A. Two fields.  
B. Three fields.
C. Four fields.  
D. Five fields.

2.  According to the text, the researchers focused on ________.

A. the writing communication
B. the voice communication
C. the gesturebased communication
D. the online communication

3. According to the text, the first part of the experiment is to ________.

A. create a special conversation
B. intuitively watch the trustworthiness
C. accompany the robot closely
D. play an economic game

4. The underlined word "dance" in the last paragraph means ________.

A. the gestures from each other
B. a kind of entertainment
C. a simple gesture
D. one person's gestures

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The lift in that tall building went wrong and got trapped _____ floors. People in it had no way to get out.

A. in                                                B. between

C. among                                         D. on

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Every day,the news of the world reaches people by over 300 million copies of daily papers,over 400 million radio sets,and over 150 million television sets. Additional news is  1 by motion(动作) pictures,in theatres and cinemas all over the world. As more people learn what the important events of the day are, 2 still only care for the events of their own household. Nearly four hundred years ago the English writer John Donne said,“No man is an island.”This  3 is more appropriate(恰当的)today than it was  4 Donne lived. In short,wherever he lives,a man  5 to some society;and we are becoming more and more aware(清楚的) that ? 6 happens in one particular society affects,somehow,the life of mankind.?

Newspapers have been published in the  7 world for about four hundred years. Most of the newspapers  8 today are read in Europe and North America. However,  9 they may be read in all parts of the world, 10 to the new inventions that are changing the techniques of newspaper  11 .?

Electronics and automation(自动化) have made it  12 to produce pictures and texts far more quickly than before. Photographic(照相的) copying doesn't  13 to use type(铅字) and printing machines.And fewer specialists(专家), 14 type?setters,are needed to produce a paper? or magazine by the  15 method. Therefore,the publishing of newspapers and magazines can  16 more money. Besides,photocopies can be sent over great  17 now by means of ?television channels and satellites such as Telstar. Thus(因此), 18 can be brought to the public more quickly than before.?

Machines that prepare printed texts for photocopies are being used a great deal today. Film,  19   light and small,can be sent rapidly to other places and used to print copies of the text  20 they are needed. Film pictures can also be projected(投影) easily on a movie or television screen.?

1.A. taken     B. shown     C. seen     D. known

2.A. fewer     B. higher    C. lower     D. less?

3.A. study     B. argument   C. knowledge   D. idea?

4.A. that    B. while     C. when     D. then?

5.A. moves    B. goes     C. belongs     D. comes?

6.A. it      B. whatever   C. something   D. anything?

7.A. common   B. modern    C. ordinary   D. usual?

8.A. bought   B. printed     C. found     D. discovered?

9.A. fast    B. suddenly   C. immediately   D. soon?

10.A. has    B. brings    C. thanks    D. imagines?

11.A. delivering B. making    C. selling     D. publishing

12.A. clear   B. possible   C. bright    D. successful?

13.A. want     B. need     C. like     D. hope?

14.A. including B. besides     C. such as     D. except?

15.A. advanced   B. easy     C. unusual     D. suitable?

16.A. make     B. earn     C. save     D. get?

17.A. places   B. distances    C. cities    D. villages

18.A. pictures   B. newspapers    C. letters     D. words?

19.A. becoming   B. feeling     C. turning     D. being?

20.A. where   B. there     C. which     D. because of

 

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At a primary school Manning, Carolina, second-grade teacher David Chadwell believed that segregating(隔离) elementary-age boys and girls produces immediate academic improvement—in both genders. “Although this is a tendency, we can teach boys and girls based on what we now know.”

“They see differently. Literally,” he begins. Male and female eyes are not organized in the same way, he explains. The composition of the male eye makes it attuned(协调) to motion and direction. “Boys interpret the world as objects moving through space,” he says. “The teacher should move around the room constantly and be that object.”

The male eye is also drawn to cooler colors like silver, blue, black, grey, and brown. It’s no accident boys tend to create pictures of moving objects like spaceships, cars, and trucks in dark colors instead of drawing the happy colorful family, like girls in their class.

The female eye, on the other hand, is drawn to textures and colors. It’s also oriented toward warmer colors—reds, yellows, oranges—and visuals with more details, like faces. To engage girls, Chadwell says, the teacher doesn’t need to move as much, if at all. Girls work well in circles, facing each other. Using descriptive phrases and lots of color in overhead presentations or on the chalkboard gets their attention.

Boys and girls also hear differently. “When someone speaks in a loud tone, girls interpret it as yelling,” Chadwell says. “They think you’re mad and can shut down.” Girls have a more finely tuned aural structure; they can hear higher frequencies than boys and are more sensitive to sounds. He advises girls’ teachers to watch the tone of their voices. Boys’ teachers should sound matter of fact, even excited.

A boy’s autonomic nervous system causes them to be more alert when they’re standing, moving, and the room temperature is around 69 degrees. Stress in boys, he says, tends to increase blood flow to their brains, a process that helps them stay focused. This won’t work for girls, who are more focused seated in a warmer room around 75 degrees. Girls also respond to stress differently. When they are exposed to threat and confrontation, blood goes to their guts(内脏), leaving them feeling nervous or anxious.

“Boys will rise to a risk and tend to overestimate their abilities,” he says. “Teachers can help them by getting them to be more realistic about results. Girls at this age shy away from risk, which is exactly why lots of girls’ programs began in the private sector. Teachers can help them learn to take risks in an atmosphere where they feel confident about doing so.”

Title:  Primary students learn      

David’s belief ,Once we segregate elementary-age students, they will have the   tendency  to learn     . Differences between boys and girls, Sight ,Boys’ eyes are sensitive to .            and are drawn to cooler colors.

It is textures and           of objects that   attract   girls. Hearing ,Comparatively speaking, girls can hear        and are more sensitive to sounds. They would interpret a loud tone as    .Nervous system, Stress in boys tends to increase blood flow to their   , which helps them  keep     . Boys often overestimate their abilities and are brave in face of the risk. 

When girls are exposed to             , blood goes to their guts, leaving them feeling        . Girls at this age in many cases will shyly avoid  dealing with risk. SECTION B (10 marks)

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