65. The underlined sentence in Paragraph Four really means “_______”.

A. I wouldn’t work unless I could make money

B. Working for money makes no money at all

C. Right attitude towards work leads to real success

D. Interest in work has a little to do with money

64. From the example of Barbara McClintock, we may find _______．

A. enthusiasm can encourage us in difficult times

B. enthusiastic people always get a deep pleasure from work

C. you can’t make any achievement if you have no enthusiasm

D. enthusiastic people are sure to gain great fame in the end

63. The passage mainly shows us _______．

A. enthusiasm is indeed the basic element of everything

B. enthusiasm helps us succeed to a greater degree

C. with enthusiasm we experience more life

D. without enthusiasm we can do nothing

62. _______ help(s) us most to handle pain.

A. Attitude                                 B. Life     

C. Our nerves                            D. The Indian fakir

C

Years ago, when I started looking for my first job, wise advisers said, “Emma, be enthusiastic! Enthusiasm (热情) will take you further than any amount of experience.” How right they were!

“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm,” wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson．It is the paste that helps you hang on there when the going gets tough．It is the inner voice that whispers, “I can do it!” when others shout, “No, you can’t!” It took years and years for the early work of Barbara McClintock, a geneticist who won the 1983 Nobel Prize in medicine, to be generally accepted．Yet she didn’t let up on her experiments．Work was such a deep pleasure for her that she never thought of stopping．

We are all born with wide-eyed, enthusiastic wonder and it is this childlike wonder that gives enthusiastic people such youthful air, whatever their age．At 90, cellist Pablo Casals would start his day by playing Bach．As the music flowed through his fingers, his bent shoulders would straighten and joy would reappear in his eyes．As author and poet Samuel once wrote, “Years make the skin old, but to give up enthusiasm makes the soul old.”

Enthusiastic people also love what they do, regardless of money, title or power．Patricia Mcllrath, retired director of the Missouri Repertory Theater in Kansas City, was once asked where she got her enthusiasm．She replied, “My father, a lawyer, long ago told me, I never made a penny until I stopped working for money.”

If we cannot do what we love as a fulltime career, we can do it as a hobby．Elizabeth Layton of Wellsville, Kan, was 68 before she began to draw．This activity ended her sadness that had troubled her for at least 30 years, and the quality of her work led one critic to say, “I am persuaded to call Layton a genius．”

We can’t afford to waste tears on “might-have-beens”．We need to turn the tears into sweat as we go after “what-can-be”．We need to live each moment whole-heartedly, with all our senses－finding pleasure in the sweet smell of a backyard garden, the simple picture of a six-year-old, and the beauty of a rainbow．

61. Which statement is TRUE according to the passage?.

    A. Indians are not at all afraid of pain.

    B. Pain is quite a pleasant sensation

    C. Some people are able to handle pain

    D. Fakirs are the best dentists in the world

60. A system of nerves enables us to ________.

    A. resist pain      B. avoid pain        C. feel pain      D. enjoy pain

59. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?

   A. The ABC of Credit Cards.                 B. Credit Cards, Checks or Cash.

   C. Why Not Credit Cards?                    D. Watch out Your Credit Cards!

B

A moment’s drilling by the dentist (牙医) may make us nervous and upset. Many of us cannot stand pain. To avoid the pain of a drilling that may last perhaps a minute or two，we demand the “needle” ― a shot of Novocain ― that deadens the nerves around the tooth.

Now it’s true that the human body has developed its millions of nerves to be highly aware of what goes on both inside and outside of it. This helps us adjust to the world. Without our nerves ― and our brain, which is a bundle of nerves ― we wouldn’t know what’s happening. But we pay for our sensitivity. We can feel pain when the slightest thing is wrong with any part of our body. The history of torture is based on the human body being open to pain.

     But there is a way to handle pain. Look at the Indian fakir（苦行僧）who sits on a bed of ails. Fakirs can put a needle right through an arm，and feel no pain. This ability that some humans have developed to handle pain should give us ideas about how the mind can deal with pain. The big thing in standing pain is our attitude towards it. If the dentist says, “This will hurt a little,” it helps us to accept the pain. By staying relaxed, and by treating the pain as an interesting sensation, we can handle the pain without falling apart. After all, although pain is an unpleasant sensation, it is still a sensation, and sensations are the stuff of life.

58. The underlined word “balance” in the last paragraph might mostly probably mean “______”.

   A. open                   B. increase                    C. check                       D. change

57. What is the disadvantage of the credit cards?

   A. They will leave you buying more than what you can really afford.

   B. They will leave you spending more than paying in cash or with checks.

   C. They can save you some money sometimes but later cost more.

   D. They can save you some money but increase interest in your bank account.

56. What is the advantage of credit cards?

   A. You can buy what you like at a lower price.  

B. You can buy what you like without paying at all.

   C. You can buy what you like more conveniently.

D. You can buy what you like more freely.