You have heard of Webster Toys. Webster’s have made good, safe, interesting toys for more than a hundred years. Now we sell them, and children play with them, in countries from New Zealand to Norway, and from Japan to Brazil. We are looking for someone to sell our toys in the Far East. He (or she) will be between the ages of thirty and forty. He will already have some years of selling in world markets behind him. He will speak good English, and at least one other language of the Far East.

   The person we are looking for will live in Singapore, and work in our office there, but he will travel for up to six months in any one year. He will know the Far East quite well already. He will know how to sell in old markets and where to find new ones. He will understand money and make more than ever before, for himself, and for Webster Toys.

   Webster’s want someone who can stand on his own feet. If you think you are the person we are looking for, write to Mr. J. Sloman at our Head Office.

60. Children play with Webster toys _____.

  A. only in countries far away from each other           B. in countries all over the world

  C. in only four countries of the world                      D. everywhere except in the Far East

61. The person will speak _____.

  A. English and only one other language                    B. English or any other language

  C. English or any other Far Eastern language            D. English and a Far Eastern language

62. “Someone who can stand on his own feet” means _____.

  A. someone who does not stand on others’ feet

  B. someone who can understand money

  C. someone who can work by himself

  D. someone who understand many language

  In one way of thinking, failure is part of life. In another way, failure may be a way towards success. The “spider-story” is often told. Robert Bruce, leader of the Scots in the 13th century, was hiding in a cave from the English. He watched a spider making a web(網(wǎng)). The spider tried to reach across a rough place in the rock. He tried six times. On the seventh time he made it and went on to make his web. Bruce is said to have been encouraged by this and to have gone on to defeat the English. Edison, the inventor of the light bulb, made hundreds of models that failed before he found the right way to make one. Once he was asked why he kept on trying to make a new type of battery when he had failed so often, he replied, “Failure? I have no failure. Now I know 50,000 ways it won’t work.”

   So what? First, always think about your failure. What caused it? Were conditions right? Were you in top form yourself? What can you change so things will go right next time?

   Second, is the goal you’re trying to reach the right one? Try to do some thinking about what your real goals may be. Think about this question, “If I do succeed in this, where will it get me?” This may help you prevent failure in things you shouldn’t be doing anyway.

   The third thing to keep in mind about failure is that it’s a part of life. Learn to “l(fā)ive with yourself” even though you may have failed.

56. This passage deals with _____.

  A. failure and success     B. two sides of failure

  C. the “spider-story”   D. the invention of light bulb

57. In the first paragraph the writer tells mainly about _____.

  A. the value of failure  B. how people fail

  C. famous failures      D. how not to fail

58. The thing the writer does not tell you to do to deal with failure is _____.

  A. check out your goals to see if they are right for you

  B. think about failure as part of your life

  C. think about failure to find out what went wrong

  D. keep away from things that are beyond you

59. Even if we have failed we should _____.

  A. learn to forget it   B. learn to remember it

  C. learn to enjoy it   D. learn to accept it

May Paxton graduated from the Missouri School for the Deaf at Fulton near the year 1909. Three years later she went to 36 Dr. Katherine B. Richardson about becoming a nurse. Dr. Richardson was one of the founders of Mercy Hospital of Kansas City, Missouri. She had never 37 of a deaf nurse. Dr. Richardson told May that her pay would be very 38 and that the work would be difficult.   39, May said that hard work did not frighten her. Dr. Richardson thought well of her, and 40   May as a student nurse.

Dr. Richardson never 41 her decision. In fact, she was so pleased with May’s work that she later accepted two other deaf women. The first was Miss Marian Finch of Aberdeen, South Dakota, who was 42 of hearing. The second was Miss Lillie “Bessie” Speaker of St. Joseph, Missouri. These three were called “the  43 angels(天使) of Mercy Hospital” during the time they worked there.

May and Marian did not 44 each other before Marian was hired by the hospital. When Marian first 45 to the hospital, Dr. Richardson introduced May to Marian. She showed them to the room they were to share. During the next two days, the two girls wrote 46 to each other. Finally, other   47 asked Marian if she knew that May was deaf. Marian ran to the bedroom and asked May in sign if she really was deaf. May answered in sign. Then, 48 the joke sunk in, the two girls burst into laughter.

May was always conscientious(認(rèn)真的) about49orders. Only once did she disobey Dr. Richardson. It took a lot of time to 50 for all the sick children. 51, Dr. Richardson asked the nurses not to take the time to hold the new babies when they were 52 . However, May hated to see the babies cry. When 53 was not around, she found time to hold them. This small change helped the nursery to run much more 54 . When Dr. Richardson discovered what May was doing, she recognized that May’s 55 had improved the nursery, and decided to overlook May’s disobedience.

The whole book _____ 12 units, _____ two mainly revisions.

   A. contains; including    B. includes; containing  

   C. contains; containing   D. includes; including

 I’ve been working for over twenty years and seldom _____ so tired as now.

   A. I have felt   B. I had felt   C. have I felt   D. had I felt

 ---Do you regret paying ten dollars for the book?

---No, I would gladly have paid _____ for it.

   A. three times as much      B. as three times much

   C. three times so much     D. as much three times

To everybody’s surprise, the fashionable young lady _____ to be a thief.

   A. found out    B. proved out   C. put out    D. turned out

I’m in a situation quite _____ yours, also lack of experience.

   A. different from   B. similar to   C. similar with   D. familiar to

Thanks for giving me _____ advice, but it’s difficult _____ me to carry it out.

   A. such good ; for   B. such a good; for  C. so good; for  D. such good; of

We _____ that a big fire had broken out in the next town.

   A. are told  B. were informed   C. were talked   D. informed