Everyone knows that the Frenchmen are romantic, the Italians are fashionable and the Germans are serious．Are these just stereotypes or is there really such a thing as national character? And if there is, can it affect how a nation succeed or fail?
At least one group of people is certain that it can．A recent survey of the top 500 entrepreneurs （企业家） in the UK found that 70% felt that their efforts were not appreciated by the British public．Britain is hostile （敌意的） to success, they said．It has a culture of jealousy（嫉妒）．Jealousy is sometimes known as the “green – eyed monster” and the UK is its home．
Scientists at Warwich University in the UK recently tested this idea．They gathered a group of people together and gave each an imaginary amount of money． Those given a little were given the chance to destroy the large amount of money given to others – but at the cost of losing their own．Two thirds of the people tested agreed to do this．
．But there is also opposite evidence．The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development recently reported that the UK is now the world’s fourth largest economy．That is not bad for people who are supposed to hate success．People in the UK also work longer hours than anyone else in Europe．So the British people are not lazy, either．
“It is not really success that the British dislike,” says Carey Cooper, a professor of management at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology．“It’s people using their success in a way that seems proud or unfair or which separates them from their roots．” They set out to do things in their way．They work long hours．By their own efforts they become millionaires．
．It hardly seems worth following their example．If they were more friendly, people would like them more．And more people want to be like them．
| A．This seems to prove that the entrepreneurs were right to complain． |
| B．The one who owns most money in the end is the winner． |
| C．As a result, the survey said, entrepreneurs were “unloved, unwanted and misunderstood．” |
| D．It is not true that British people are born jealous of others` success． |
E．Some were given a little, others a great deal．
F．But instead of being happy they complain that nobody loves them．
G．Perhaps it is the entrepreneurs who are the problem．
第二节：补全对话（共5小题，满分5分）
根据对话情景和内容，从对话后所给的选项中选出能填入每一空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两个为多余选项。
Jack: Hi，Frank.
Frank: Hi, Jack.
Jack: 61
Frank: Yes. I have some books to read, but I can do it later.
Jack: I want you to do me a favor.
Frank: Go ahead. 62
Jack: Professor Smith is coming this afternoon. I am expected to meet him at the airport, but I have an important meeting to go to.
Frank: I can do it for you. 63
Jack: He’s about your age, in his early thirties. Tall and handsome.
Frank: 64.
Jack: Oh, about three o’clock. He is taking flight number 231 from Detroit. Thank you.
Frank: 65.
| A．See you this afternoon. |
| B．How can I recognize him？ |
| C．What do you want me to do? |
| D．Are you free this afternoon? |
E.When should I leave for the airport?
F.I am honored to meet the famous professor.
G.Are you going to the meeting this afternoon?
第二节摘录信息 （共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
阅读下面短文，根据所读内容在文后第65至第69小题的空格里填上适当的单词或短语，并将答案转写到答题卡上。
注意：每空不超过3个单词。
FOR many young people, Halloween is the best day of the year. The holiday has a very interesting history.
It was first celebrated in Ireland and Scotland as a festival of the dead. Families invited their ancestors (祖先) into their homes but tried to keep bad spirits (精灵) out by wearing scary costumes (服装).
Now the holiday is a time for fun and excitement. Families carve (雕刻) scary or funny faces into pumpkins and put candles inside to make them into lanterns (灯笼). These are called jack-o''-lanterns.
Children dress up in costumes and walk around their neighborhoods collecting candy. They knock on doors and when a person opens the door, the children shout, “Trick or treat!”
Once, this meant that if the person at the door did not give the children a treat, they would play a mean (坏的) trick. But today, children usually do not play tricks. They are too busy getting as much candy as they can!
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Families put 68. ____ inside the pumpkins to make them into lanterns. Children dress up 69and walk around their neighborhoods collecting candy. |
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We often hear that children wish they were grown-ups, and that old people wish they were young. __71__ The happiest people enjoy what each age gives them without wasting their time in useless regrets.
__72__ A child is fed, looked after and loved by all grown-ups like parents or grandparents. __73__ However, for older people they often lose their interest in those things.
On the other hand, a child may also have some pains with him. __74__ He is often told not to do something. He will certainly be shouted at for doing something wrong.
When a child grows up, he can no longer expect others to pay for his food, clothes and many other things. __75__ If he still spends most of his time playing as he used to in childhood, he will go hungry. If, however, he works hard and has no trouble, he can build up his own position in society with great happiness.
| A．What’s more, life is always giving new things to him. |
| B．He enjoys his life very much. |
| C．And if he wants to live comfortably, he has to work. |
| D．He is not so free to do what he wishes to do. |
E.Life is always sad for old people.
F.Each age has its own pleasures and its own pains.
G.Childhood is a time when there are few duties.
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