A person may have a false idea about himself that will stop him from doing good work..
He may have the belief that he is unable to do it. A child may think he is  36  because he doesn’t understand how to make  37  use of his mental gifts. Old people may have a false idea that they are unable to learn new things because of their  38 .
A person who believes that he is stupid will not make a real  39  because he feels that it would be useless. He won’t go at a job with confidence necessary for  40 . Besides, he won’t work his hardest way, even though he may think he is doing so.  41 , he is likely to fail, and the failure will  42  his belief in his incompetence（無能）in turn.
Alfred Alder, a famous doctor, had  43  like this. When he was a small boy, he had a poor 44  in math. His teacher told his parents he had no ability in math in order that they would not  45  too much of him. In this way, his teacher and parents  46  the idea. He  47  their false judgment of his ability, feeling that it was useless to  48 . Then, he was very poor at math,  49  as they expected.
But one day everything changed. He worked out a problem which  50  of the other students had been able to solve. He  51  in solving the problem which gave him confidence. Soon he became especially good at  52 .
Alder now  53  with interest, determination and purpose. He not only proved that he could learn math well, but luckily he learned it  54 , not too late. From his own experience, we can tell that if a person goes at a job with determination and purpose, he may  55  himself as well as others by his ability.

小題1:	A．clever B．shy C．useless D．stupid

小題2:	A．big B．full C．high D．great

小題3:	A．a(chǎn)ge B．a(chǎn)bility C．brain D．knowledge

小題4:	A．decision B．plan C．effort D．promise

小題5:	A．work B．study C．improvement D．success

小題6:	A．Truly B．Really C．However D．Therefore

小題7:	A．lead to B．strengthen C．improve D．get rid of

小題8:	A．a(chǎn)n experience B．a(chǎn)n example C．a(chǎn) thought D．a(chǎn) story

小題9:	A．state B．mind C．start D．ending

小題10:

A．blame B．expect C．get D．win

小題11:

A．developed B．organized C．discovered D．found

小題12:

A．broke B．refused C．doubted D．a(chǎn)ccepted

小題13:

A．manage B．a(chǎn)rgue C．try D．a(chǎn)ct

小題14:

A．only B．a(chǎn)lmost C．just D．then

小題15:

A．none B．a(chǎn)ll C．some D．most

小題16:

A．broke B．succeeded C．failed D．believed

小題17:

A．physics B．medicine C．English D．math

小題18:

A．studies B．works C．plays D．graduates

小題19:

A．early B．deeply C．later D．simply

小題20:

A．discourage B．love C．surprise D．disappoint

No matter how long your life is, you will, at best, be able to read only a few books of all that have been written, and the few you do read should include the best. You can be pleased with the fact that the number of such is relatively small.
It is to be expected that the selections will change over time. Yet there is a surprising uniformity (一致性) in the lists which represent the best choices of any period. In every age, the list makers include both ancient and modern books in their selections, and they always wonder whether the moderns are up to the great books of the past.
What are the signs by which we may recognize a great book? The four I will mention may not be all there are, but they are the ones I’ve found most useful in explaining my choices over the years.
Great books are probably the most widely read. They are enduring best sellers. Gone with the Wind has had relatively few readers compared to the plays of Shakespeare or Don Quixote. It would be reasonable to estimate that Homer Iliad has been read by at least 25,000,000 people in the last 3000 years.
Great books are popular, not pedantic. They are not written by specialists about specialties for specialists. Whether they are philosophy or science, or history or poetry, they treat of human, not academic problems. They are written for men, not professors. To read a textbook for advanced students, you have to read an elementary textbook first. But the great books can be considered elementary in the sense that they treat the elements of any subject matter. They are not related to one another as a series of textbooks, graded in difficulty or in the technicality of the problems with which they deal.
Great books are always contemporary, the most readable and instructive.
Great books deal with the continuously unsolved problems of human life. There are mysteries in the world that mark the limits of human knowing and thinking. Inquiry not begins with wonder, but usually ends with it also. Great minds acknowledge mysteries only honestly. Wisdom is encouraged, not destroyed, by understanding its limitations.
小題1:Which is not the criterion in the following when considering a great book?

A．Although not a best seller, it must be the most widely read．

B．A great book can be read without any effort．

C．Great books are never out of date．

D．Great books will not disappoint you if you try to read them well．

小題2:According to the author, Gone with the Wind is     .

A．a(chǎn) best seller	B．disliked by readers who like Shakespeare
C．read more often than Don Quixote	D．a(chǎn) great book

小題3:In the passage the underlined word “pedantic” means        ．

A．showing the feelings, esp., those of kindness, which people are supposed to have

B．serving as practical examples

C．being elementary

D．paying too much attention to details in books

小題4:The best title for this passage is        .

A．Great Books in Your Life	B．Great Books in Your Specialty
C．How to Find a Great Book?	D．What Is a Great Book?

Drinking Water: Bottled or From the Tap（水龍頭）?
In America, people will include a case or two of bottled water when buying the week's groceries（日用雜貨）．When they are going to a soccer game or activity, it's common for them to grab a cold bottle of water out of the fridge with them．In fact, Americans buy more bottled water than any other nation in the world, about 29 billion bottles a year．
But all these plastic bottles use a lot of fossil fuels and pollute the environment．In order to make all the 29 billion bottles, producers use 17 million barrels of crude oil, which is enough to keep a million cars going for 12 months．
So why don't people drink water straight from the tap? Some people have a strong belief that bottled water is better than water out of the tap, but that's not necessarily true．In the US, the local governments make sure water from the tap is safe．There is also growing concern that chemicals in the bottles themselves may go into the water．
People love the convenience of bottled water．But maybe if they realized the problems it causes, they would try drinking from a glass at home or carrying water in a reusable steel container instead of plastic．
Some argue that plastic bottle recycling can help．Recycled bottles can be turned into items like carpeting or clothing．Unfortunately, only one in six bottles is recycled．The rest make it to landfills（垃圾填坦場） or end as trash in other places．Plastic bottles take hundreds of years for them to disintegrate．
Water is important for you, so keep drinking it．But think about how often you use water bottles, and see if you can make a change．
And yes, you can make a difference．Remember this: Recycling one plastic bottle can save enough energy to power a 60-watt light bulb for six hours．
小題1:How many cars can be kept going for a year by the crude oil used to make 29 billion bottles?

A．100．

B．I,000．

C．100,000．

D．I,000,000．

小題2:Why do Americans prefer bottled water?

A．Bottled water is better than water from the tap．

B．Bottled water is cheaper than water from the tap．

C．Bottled water contains beneficial chemicals in it．

D．Bottled water is more convenient than water from the tap．

小題3:What does the underlined word "disintegrate" in the fifth paragraph probably mean^

A．Be well recycled．	B．Become less poisonous．
C．Break into small pieces．	D．Go down below a surface．

小題4:The author's intention of writing this passage is to recommend Americans

A．drink more water from the tap

B．send plastic bottles to landfills.

C．use water bottles to power light bulbs

D．buy bottles filled with water from the tap

After we meet people, it is up to us to make them our friends．Let us stop a moment and consider what really makes a friend. The major qualities like faithfulness, devotion, friendliness，flash through our minds. But it is the large number of very small particular qualities that make up one’s whole character, such as cheerfulness, friendliness and punctuality. After all, “to make a friend, be a friend” is not such a big and difficult order. There are particular favorable qualities, which attract others to us, and some fundamental psychological do’s and don’ts．
If you are in the presence of a shy person, talking and asking casual questions may bring him out of his shell. Think of what would be most acceptable to the other person for you to talk, or to listen. Either way, the goal is to make yourself pleasant．
Always remember to listen, but listen intelligently. To have anyone “hang on our words” is the most unnoticeably clever way in the world to please somebody．For a few extremely happy seconds we are the center of attraction，but when it is our turn to be audience，let us remember how we felt as the actor，and let’s be genuinely interested in what the other fellow is saying．
Other people will like us, if we like them. If you want friends, keep your mind and heart open to friendship. Be alive to the other person’s world．
小題1:This passage is mainly about________.

A．the way of talking to a shy person

B．some favorable qualities to be a psychologist

C．how to make yourself attractive to listeners

D．how to make a friend and be a friend

小題2: The underlined part “bring him out of his shell” in the second paragraph most probably means________.

A．make him become active	B．make him feel more nervous
C．help him understand the question better	D．help him listen intelligently

小題3:According to the passage，an important way in making friends is to________.

A．a(chǎn)ttract them

B．be attracted

C．listen attentively

D．talk widely

小題4:Of the qualities in a friend，which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A．Faithfulness.

B．Devotion．

C．Punctuality.

D．Unselfishness.

It seems that some people go out of their way to get into trouble．That’s more or less what happened the night that Nashville Police officer Floyd Hyde was on duty.
“I was on the way to a personal-injury accident in West Nashville．As I got onto  Highway 40，blue lights and sirens(警笛)going.I fell in behind a gold Pontiac Firebird that suddenly seemed to take off quickly down the highway．The driver somehow panicked at the sight of me．He was going more than a hundred miles an hour and began passing cars on the shoulder．”
But Hyde couldn’t go after him．Taking care of injured people is always more important than worrying about speeders，so the officer had to stay on his way to the accident．But he did try to keep the Firebird in sight as he drove，hoping another nearby unit would be able to step in and stop the speeding car．As it turned out，keeping the Firebird in sight was not that difficult．Every turn the Pontiac made was the very turn the officer needed to get to the accident scene.
Hyde followed the Pontiac all the way to his destination(目的地)．At that point he found another unit had already arrived at the accident scene．His help wasn’t needed.Now he was free to try to stop the driver of the Firebird，who by this time had developed something new to panic about．
“Just about that time，” Hyde said，“I saw fire coming out from under that car，with blue smoke and oil going everywhere.He’d blown his engine．Now he had to stop．”
“After I arrested him．I asked him why he was running．He told me he didn’t have a driver’s license(執(zhí)照)．”
That accident cost the driver of the Firebird plenty---a thousand dollars for the new engine---not to mention the charges for driving without a license，attempting to run away，and dangerous driving．
小題1:The underlined word“panicked”in Paragraph 2 means       .

A．feared

B．hated

C．excited

D．satisfied

小題2:The driver of the Firebird suddenly speeded down the highway because         .

A．he was racing with another driver on the road

B．he realized he had to hurry to the accident scene

C．he thought the police officer wanted to stop him

D．he wanted to overtake other cars on the shoulder

小題3:Which of the following statements is true?

A．Someone else was taking care of the injured person．

B．The Pontiac reached its destination at the accident scene．

C．Hyde knew where he was going by following the right car．

D．The policeman was running after a speeder on Highway 40

小題4:Choose the best title for the passage．

A．Going My Way?	B．Help on the Way?
C．Fun All theWay?	D．Losing His Way?

We have all experienced days when everything goes wrong．A day may begin well enough，but suddenly everything seems to get out of control．It seems as if a single unimportant event may cause a number of things to happen．Let us suppose that you are preparing a meal and keeping an eye on the baby at the same time．The telephone rings and this means your troubles are beginning．While you are on the phone，the baby pulls the table-cloth off the table，destroying your half-prepared meal．You hang up hurriedly and attend to your baby．Meanwhile，the meal gets burnt．As if this were not enough to bring you to tears，your husband arrives,unexpectedly bringing three guests to dinner．
Things can go wrong on a number of people on the road. During the rush hour one evening two cars hit each other and both drivers began to argue．The woman driver behind the two cars happened to be a learner．She suddenly got into a panic(恐慌)and stopped her car．This made the driver following her stop suddenly．His wife was sitting beside him holding a large cake．As she was thrown forward，the cake went right through the window and landed on the road．Seeing a cake flying through the air，a truck-driver had to stop his truck all of a sudden．The truck was carrying empty beer bottles and hundreds of them slid off the back of the truck on the road．This led to yet another angry argument．Meanwhile，the traffic piled up behind．It took the police nearly an hour to get the traffic on the move again．In the meanwhile，the truck-driver had to sweep up hundreds of broken bottles.Only two dogs were enjoying themselves from the accident，for they were happily having what was left of the cake．It was just one of those days!
小題1:In the writer’s opinion         .

A．a(chǎn)ccidents may happen anytime

B．troubles always come in groups

C．a(chǎn) small matter may cause great trouble

D．a(chǎn)nyone may have trouble any day

小題2:What did the police do after the accident?

A．They helped the driver clean up the road．

B．They helped the drivers to go on with their journey．

C．They tried to stop the people from arguing．

D．They would find out who should be responsible for(有責任的)the accident．

小題3:When the telephone rings        .

A．you’d better have your baby a little distant from your table before going to answer the phone

B．you’d better just let it ring all the way

C．you should never go to answer it in a hurry

D．you should answer it right away

小題4:From the story we can see_________．

A．some drivers are too careless

B．such accidents are rather strange

C．such accidents are very common

D．we don’t know why such accidents happen

In 2004,I was 22 years old and had just come back to Brazil after 14 months in England,holding my Cambridge Proficiency certificate.After nervously  21  a short training course,I began to give classes to my 12 students,all of them older than I was. I  22  hard to remain clam in class and  23  they wouldn't find out how unconfident I felt most of the time.I was quite _24_,actually,until the end of  25  and the night of the final oral test.
The test was going to start at 7 pm,and at 6:50, I_ 26  myself in the teachers bathroom to  27  all the test questions again.I really wanted to learn the 28  by heart so no one would think I was an inexperienced tester.The  29  is,I actually locked myself in the bathroom.I  30  couldn't get out!The bell rang at 7 pm and I could hear the noise in the halls  31  the students went to their rooms.I tried hard to 32  the bathroom door,but failed.
I heard the cleaning lady’s voice and asked for help as  33  as I could, However, she wasn't exactly a thoughtful person, and started  34 ：“Diana’s locked in the bathroom!”Shame had fallen upon me!  35  , the course director, the secretary and some teachers were outside the bathroom trying to get me out, and,  36  ,my students gathered outside too, happily saying things like“Aren’t we  37 ! No test today!”All I could do was 38  , and my entire  39  was waiting for me outside, naughty smiles on their faces.“ 40 ！Teacher.”They said,“We know you are human too!”
They all passed their test.True to the Brazilian style, we all went out for a beer afterwards, and laughed the whole thing off.

小題1:	A．holding B．taking C．getting D．giving

小題2:	A．performed B．learned C．worked D．tried

小題3:	A．thought B．hoped C．guessed D．realized

小題4:	A．successful B．fortunate C．happy D．satisfied

小題5:	A．the class B．the course C．the day D．the year

小題6:	A．tidied B．washed C．locked D．reminded

小題7:	A．rewrite B．a(chǎn)nswer C．go over D．put forward

小題8:	A．questions B．instructions C．a(chǎn)nswers D．steps

小題9:	A．situation B．condition C．trick D．problem

小題10:

A．probably B．simply C．sadly D．nearly

小題11:

A．a(chǎn)s B．before C．open D．push

小題12:

A．knock B．kick C．open D．push

小題13:

A．quietly B．hurriedly C．excitedly D．crazily

小題14:

A．scolding B．running C．laughing D．shouting

小題15:

A．At first B．Soon enough C．In the end D．Right now

小題16:

A．to my amazement B．to my delight C．to my surprise D．to my horror

小題17:

A．lucky B．comfortable C．a(chǎn)nxious D．regretful

小題18:

A．watch B．smile C．wait D．worry

小題19:

A．class B．staff C．group D．school

小題20:

A．Sorry B．Congratulations C．Don’t be angry D．Don’t worry

Wearing seat belt is，of course，the first step to safe driving．These additional measures might also save your life.
Count to three．Keeping up enough space between your car and others is extreme1y necessary．Jim Clark，a California driving instructor，suggests a least amount of three seconds’following distance．To figure this，pick an object on the roadside ahead．When the car in front of you passes it，start counting one-thousand-one,one-thousand-two，one-thousand-three．If you get to that object before you reach one-thousand-three，you don’t have three seconds of following time --- time needed to keep away from accidents．
Let followers pass．“If someone’s driving after you，get out of his way，”Clark advises．“You’re better of being safe than right．”
Expect the worst．In a study，the Federal Highway Administration(聯(lián)邦公路局)found that 68 percent of drivers do not come to a complete stop at stop signs．When you’re driving and see someone come near to a stop sing，assume the person’s not going to stop．
And when you stop at a crossing and another car comes near with its turn signal on，don’t take it true that the driver will turn．Instead，wait until he turns．He may have had the signal on for miles．
Stay outside．In crowd，multilane(多車道) traffic，drive in either the outside--left or outside--right lane．“That allows you somewhere to go if a problem develops,”traffic expert Francis Kenel says．“If you’re in the middle，all you can do is to pause from time to time．”
小題1:According to the text if you want to drive safely you should   ．

A．wear seat belt	B．take some additional measures
C．a(chǎn)t least take 5 steps	D．count to three

小題2:When you finish counting“one-thousand-three",you have   ．

A．driven one thousand and three metres	B．kept three seconds’distance from other cars
C．counted a lot of numbers	D．kept a long distance from the object

小題3:What does the underlined word“assume”in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

A．Maybe．

B．Guess．

C．Ask．

D．Suppose．

小題4:Mr．Kenel tells us while driving in multilane traffic_______.   

A．we’d better find somewhere to go

B．it will be better for us to drive in the outside lanes

C．it is safer to drive in the middle

D．we must drive on the left

Suppose someone gave you a pen---a sealed(密封的),solid?coloured pen. You couldn’t see how much 21 it had. It might run dry  22  the first few tentative (試探的) words or last just long and make a difference in the scheme of things. You don’t know when the ink will  24 .
Under the rules of the game, you really never know. You have to  25 a chance! Actually, no rule of the game states you must do anything.  26  picking up and using the pen, you could leave it on a shelf or in a drawer where it will dry up, 27 .But if you do decide to use it, what would you  28  it? How would you  29  the game?
Would you plan and plan before you ever  30  a word? Would your plans be so extensive that you never didn’t even start  31 ? Or would you take the pen  32 ,plunge right in and Just do it, struggling to keep up  33  the twists and turns of the torrent (急流)of words that take you where they take you?
Would you write cautiously and  34 ,as if the pen might run dry the next moment, or would you pretend to believe that the pen would write forever and go on accordingly?
And what would you write about:Love? Hate? Fun? Misery? Life? Death? Nothing? 35 ?
Would you write to  36 just yourself? Or others? Or yourself by writing about others?
Would you even write? Once you have the pen ,no  37 says you have to write. Would you sketch? Scribble(潦草地寫)？Doodle(涂鴉)or draw? Would you stay in or on the  38 ,or see no lines at all, even if they  39 there? There’s a lot to think about here, isn’t there?
Now,  40  someone gave you a life…

小題1:	A．ink B．water C．liquid D．solid

小題2:	A．before B．a(chǎn)fter C．when D．a(chǎn)s

小題3:	A．much B．very C．real D．enough

小題4:	A．cross out B．leave off C．run out D．use up

小題5:	A．bring B．take C．use D．carry

小題6:	A．Instead of B．In spite of C．Other than D．Rather than

小題7:	A．used B．useful C．unused D．using

小題8:	A．deal with B．do C．do with D．deal in

小題9:	A．do B．watch C．like D．play

小題10:

A．draw B．write C．think of D．use

小題11:

A．picture B．writing C．painting D．photo

小題12:

A．in hand B．a(chǎn)t hand C．on hand D．by hand

小題13:

A．on B．for C．with D．a(chǎn)t

小題14:

A．carefully B．deliberately C．especially D．extremely

小題15:

A．Something B．Everything C．Anything D．None

小題16:

A．like B．forgive C．please D．surprise

小題17:

A．one B．rule C．friend D．relative

小題18:

A．line B．lines C．pens D．paper

小題19:

A．a(chǎn)re B．were C．have D．had been

小題20:

A．suppose B．wish C．hope D．expect

The old shopkeeper led me through to the back of the shop. The room was filled with boxes and photographs of people dressed in old-fashioned clothes, holding packages in their hands.
“Who are these people?” I asked.
“Satisfied customers,” answered young Mr. Hopkins. “We have a very wide choice of items for sale. Whenever I serve a new customer, I always take their picture.” Mr. Hopkins pointed to an ancient camera standing next to one wall. “Now, how can I serve you?” he added.
By this time, I had started to trust Mr. Hopkins and had begun to appreciate the lovely items on sale. I needed to buy Christmas presents for my family and friends, and this seemed to be the perfect place to purchase them. I spent a very pleasant hour being shown the commodities in Mr. Hopkins’shop. No matter what I asked for, Mr. Hopkins found it for me. Finally, I bought an antique jewelry box, a pair of riding boots, a leather-bound edition of the Complete Works of Mark Twain, and a sewing machine.
I was very excited that I had found such a good little shop. I promised Mr. Hopkins that I would come back soon. “I will tell all my friends about your lovely place,” I told the shopkeeper.
“Please do not do that, sir”, said Mr. Hopkins. “This is a special place for special people. You must keep this shop a secret.” Then he took my photograph, and handed me the picture straight away.
“That was quick!” I exclaimed. I looked at the photograph. In the picture I looked proud and excited holding the presents I had bought in Mr. Hopkins’ dusty shop.
On Christmas Day, my friends and relatives were delighted with the presents I had bought for them. For weeks, my brother begged me to show him where to find this wonderful little shop. I finally agreed to take him to London to show him.
When we arrived in London, we walked along Oxford Street, past the department store and found...nothing. The little shop was no longer there. In its place was an empty space being used as a car park. I checked the area again. There was the music shop, and there was the department store. In between should have been Hopkins and Son, but it wasn’t there.
As I was staring at the place where the shop should have been, an old policeman came along. “Are you looking for something sir?” he asked.
I turned and said “I am looking for a little shop called Hopkins and Son. I thought it was here.”
“Oh yes,” said the policeman. “There was a shop here once called Hopkins and Son. It sold all sorts of things, but it was knocked down over 30 years ago.”
I looked again at the place where the shop had been. Then I reached into my pocket and took out the photograph that Mr. Hopkins had taken of me holding my presents in the little shop.
“How strange” I exclaimed.
小題1:How did the writer like the shop?

A．He found it a modern big shop.

B．He thought it a wonderful shop for all Christmas presents.

C．He thought it a good shop with an ancient camera.

D．He found it a dusty, old but friendly and lovely little shop.

小題2:Which of the following is true about the shop?

A．It was knocked down a few weeks ago.

B．It was a well-known little shop in London.

C．It was a special shop selling special presents.

D．It was between a music shop and a department store.

小題3:The word “the commodities’ in the 4^th paragraph means _____.

A．the writer’s works

B．the goods in the shop

C．Mr. Hopkins’ photographs

D．Some presents left by other customers

小題4:Which of the following is the best title of this passage?

A．Christmas Shopping

B．Hopkins and His Son

C．The Strange Little Shop

D．The Strange Experience