SulemanDawoodSchoolofBusinessB-优题课

Driving to a friend’s house on a recent evening, I was attracted by the sight of the full moon rising just above my friend’s roof-tops. I stopped to watch it for a few moments, thinking about what a pity it was that most city dwellers, myself included, usually miss sights like this because we spend most of our lives indoors.
My friend had also seen it. He grew up living in a forest in Europe, and the moon meant a lot to him then. It had touched much of his life.
I know the feeling. Last December I took my seven-year-old daughter to the mountainous jungle of northern India with some friends. We stayed in a forest rest-house with no electricity or running hot water. Our group had campfires outside every night, and indoors when it was too cold outside. The moon grew to its fullest during our trip. Between me and the high mountains lay three or four valleys. Not a light shone in them and not a sound could be heard. It was one of the quietest places I have ever known, a bottomless well of silence. And above me was the full moon, which struck me deeply.
Today our lives are filled with glass, metal, plastic and fibre-glass. We have televisions, cell phones, papers, electricity, heaters and ovens and air-conditioners, cars, computers.
Struggling through traffic that evening at the end of a tiring day, most of which was spent indoors, I thought that before long I would like to live in a small cottage. There I will grow vegetables and read books and walk in the mountains, and perhaps write, but not in anger. I may become an old man there, and wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled and measure out my life in coffee spoons. But I will be able to walk outside on a cold silent night and touch the moon.
The best title for the passage would be __________.

A．Touched by the moon.

B．The pleasures of modern life

C．A bottomless well of silence

D．Break away from modern life

The writer felt sorry for himself because _________.

A．there was too much pollution

B．he failed to see the fullest moon

C．he didn’t adapt to modern inventions

D．there were too many accidents on the road

What impressed the writer most in the mountainous jungle of northern India?

A．No modern equipment

B．Complete silence.

C．The nice moonlight.

D．The high mountains

Modern things (Paragragh 4) are mentioned mainly to ___________

A．show that the writer likes city life very much

B．tell us that people greatly benefit from modern life

C．explain that people have less chances to enjoy nature

D．show that we can also enjoy nature at home through them

The author wrote the passage to ___________.

A．express the feeling of returning to nature

B．show the love for the moonlight

C．advise modern people to learn to live

D．want to communicate longing for modern life

Metro Pocket Guide
Metrorail(地铁)
Each passenger needs a farecard to enter and go out. Up to two children under ago five may travel free with a paying customer.
Farecard machine are in every station, Bring small bills because there are no change machines in the station and farecard machine only provide up to $ 5 in change.
Get one of unlimited Metrorail rides with a One Day Pass. Buy it from a farecard machine in Metro stations. Use it after 9:30 a.m. until closing on weekdays, and all day on weekends and holidays.
Hours of Service
Open: 5 a.m Mon.-Fri. 7 a.m. Sat.—Sun.
Close midnight Sun.—Thur. 3 a.m. Fri.—Sat. nights
Last train time vary. To avoid missing the last train, please check the last train time posted in stations.
Metrobus
When paying with exact change, the fare is $ 1.35. When paying with a smatTripâ CARD, the fare is $1.25
Fares for the Senior /disabled customers
Senior citizens 65 and older and disabled customers may ride for half the regular fare. On Metrorail and Metrobus, use a senior/disabled farecard or SmarTripâ card. For more information about buying senior/disabled farecards, SmarTripR cards and passes, please visit MetroOpenDoors.com or call 202-637-7000 and 202-637-8000.
Senior citizens and disabled customers can get free guide on how to use proper Metrobus and Metrorail services by calling 202-962-1100
Travel tips(提示)
. Avoid riding during weekday rush periods –before 9:30 a.m. and between 4 and 6 p.m.
. If you lose something on a bus or train or in a station, please call Lost & Found at 202-962-1195.
What should you know about farecard machine?

A．They start selling tickets at 9:30 a.m.

B．They are connected to change machines.

C．They offer special service to the elderly.

D．They make change for no more than $5.

At what time does Metrorail stop service on Saturday?

A．At midnight	B．at 3 a.m.
C．at 5 a.m.	D．at 7 p.m.

What is good about a SmarTripâ card?

A．It is convenient for old people

B．It saves money for its users

C．it can be bought at any time

D．it is sold on the Internet.

Which number should you call if you lose something on the Metro?

A．202-962-1195	B．202-962-1100
C．202-673-7000	D．202-673-8000

Compassion （同情） is a desire within us to help others. With effort, we can translate compassion into actions. An experience last weekend showed me this is true. I work part-time in a supermarket across from a building for the elderly. These old people are our main customers, and it’s not hard to lose patience over their slowness. But last Sunday, one aged gentleman appeared to teach me a valuable lesson. This untidy man walked up to my register（收款机）with a box of biscuits. He said he was out of cash（现金）, had just moved into his room, and had nothing in his cupboards. He asked if we could let him have the food on trust. He promised to repay me the next day.
I couldn’t help staring at him. I wondered what kind of person he had been ten or twenty years before, and what he would be like if luck had gone his way. I had a hurt in my heart for this kind of human soul, all alone in the world. I told him that I was sorry, but store rules didn’t allow me to do so. I felt stupid and unkind saying this, but I valued my job.
Just then, another man, standing behind the first, spoke up. If anything, he looked more pitiable. “Charge it to me,” was all he said.
What I had been feeling was pity. Pity is soft and safe and easy. Compassion, on the other hand, is caring in action. I thanked the second man but told him that was not allowed either. Then I reached into my pocket and paid for the biscuits myself. I reached into my pocket because these two men had reached into my heart and taught me compassion.
The aged gentleman who wanted to buy the biscuits ______.

A．promised to obey the store rules

B．forgot to take any money with him

C．hoped to have the food first and pay later

D．could not afford anything more expensive

Which of the following best describes the old gentleman?

A．kind and lucky

B．poor and lonely

C．friendly and helpful

D．hurt and disappointed

The writer acted upon the store rules because ______.

A．he wanted to keep his present job

B．he felt no pity for the old gentleman

C．he considered the old man dishonest

D．he expected someone else to pay for the old man

What does the writer learn from his experience?

A．Wealth is more important than anything else.

B．Helping others is easier said than done.

C．Experience is better gained through practice.

D．Obeying the rules means more than compassion.

Newspapers in Great Britain vary greatly in their ways of carrying the news. There are serious papers for those who want to know about important happenings everywhere, both at home and abroad. There are popular newspapers for those who prefer entertainment to information.
The London newspaper that is best known outside Great Britain is probably the Times. It began in 1785, and has a high reputation for believable news and serious opinions on the news. It calls itself an independent paper, which means that it does not give its support to a particular political party. Its leading articles give the opinions of the editors, not those of the owners of the paper.
Letters to the editor are printed in the newspaper. These parts of the Times are always interesting. Most of the letters are serious subjects. But from time to time there will be long letters on the subject which is not at all serious, perhaps on a new fashion of dress, or the bad manners of the young people, compared with manners of thirty years ago.
If you want to get pleasure, please buy yourself.

A．a serious newspaper

B．foreign newspaper

C．any independent paper

D．a popular newspaper

The Times has been famous to outside Great Britain foryears.

A．19

B．85

C．221

D．229

The Times is an independent paper because.

A．it supports no political parties

B．it is not controlled by the British Government

C．it gives special support to all the political parties.

D．the editor’s opinions are not examined by the owners of the paper

The writer tells usin this passage.

A．all kinds of newspapers in Britain

B．all kinds of news in English papers

C．how Times is liked by people

D．why Times is well-known

Once upon a time when my father was in his teens, his father took him to the mosque (清真寺) to pray. My grandfather, it seems, had a habit of keeping his loose change in his shirt pocket. As they prayed side by side, during one of the prostrations (俯伏), the coins fell down onto the carpet.
My grandfather did not notice it. However, a man seated nearby as well as my father noticed the incident. The man reacted fast and picked up the coins and went off into another corner of the mosque.
My father took everything in and as soon as my grandfather finished praying, he told him what had happened. My grandfather having heard just about what happened stopped my dad from telling him who took the money.
Then he went on to tell my dad the following. “If the man has chosen to steal in the mosque, then it must be because his life is too bad. We must not be quick to judge such people,” he said.
Since they owned a grocery shop, my father was told by his father to make sure that every month he should make up a parcel of all the daily necessities required in a household and send it to that person without telling him who sent it.
Wouldn’t this world be a better place to live in if we had such wisdom spreading within our society!
What’s the author’s grandfather’s habit?

A．Giving coins to the poor in the mosque.

B．Changing his clothes before praying.

C．Keeping coins in his shirt pocket.

D．Taking the author along to the mosque.

What seems to be the author’s suggestion to us?

A．To tell people the truth some time later.

B．To help those in need in a proper way.

C．Don’t always judge (评判) people by their looks.

D．It’s wise to keep a secret for others some-times.

We can learn from the passage that ______.

A．the author was stopped by his father from telling the truth

B．nobody but the man saw the coins in the mosque

C．the man was thankful to the author’s father for helping him

D．the man who hid the coins was probably living a hard life

A．a photograph	B．a PhD certificate
C．a letter of interest	D．detailed curriculum vitae