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“It’s the best…uhh…What? You don’t want it?...,”the inexpertienced young man uttered,his hope dashed.
“Again,you disappointed me,Andrew.When are you going to learn? You have to be sure and confident. And think how best to make him part with his money. Apply yourself, Son. All your college education will not help if you don’t put your mind to selling. Think on your feet. Use psychology,” Andrew spoke with diffidence overwhelmed by his father’s criticism.
“You’ve been in this shop for six months and you haven’t succeeded in selling a single computer. I tell you what. I’ll give you one more chance. I’ll give you another three more weeks. If you still can’t make one sale, I’ll call in your elder brother to replace you. He will also take over the shop when I retire. There. I’ll just give you one last chance to prove yourself,” said Mr. Whitely, his patience wearing thin.
Andrew’s heart missed a beat. This time he would have to do it. Do or Die! A sense of urgency gripped him. Somehow he must prove himself to his father.
It was now the end of the day and the shop was being closed. The assistant employed by his father, called Mike, chuckled and put his arms round poor Andrew to comfort him,“ Sort it out yourself. It’s gotta come from yourself.” he said.
The shop was located in a bustling shopping center. Andrew left the shop and walked round the complex aimlessly and by chance entered a large bookstore. He glanced at the books and was about to leave when his eyes caught some interesting titles:‘ How to increase your confidence,’‘ The art of communication,’‘How to sell well’amongst others.
The next minute he was out of the store with the shopping bag bugling with books. In his apartment (for he loves separately from his parents and little sister),he settled himself in his easy chair and devoured the contents of the books, one by one. His keen intelligence enabled him to focus the details that matter and pick out the ideas and techniques expounded.In a week his image underwent a transformation. Gone was the stubble that used to give him an untidy image likened to a heroin addict.He was also smartly dressed now. Instead of his usual slurred speech and incoherence ,he spoke with clarity, purpose and forcefulness.He was more convincing and persuasive. Above all, confidence flowed from his being and he seemed to have learned a few tricks of the selling trade. He worked hard at his sales pitch and one day he succeeded in selling a computer. His first sale. He had finally achieved the quota of one sale within the given time frame of three weeks. The job, the shop, was his. He had to thank Mike for it. And now he had to go beyond his first successs and score, consistently and persistently. Nevertheless he had proved himself at last and the future looked bright and promising.

We learn from the story that at the beginning Andrew’s father_________.

A．holds the view that Andrew is hopeless

B．has lost his patience with Andrew

C．has given the shop to Andrew

D．still hopes Andrew will improve

We learn from the story that Andrew_________.

A．has turned himself into an experienced sales manager

B．has tried in vain to get his job done in six months

C．has let his father down in the end

D．has done well with the help of Mike

What’s the most significant change of character in Andrew?

A．He’s more convincing.	B．He’s more hard-working.
C．He is more confident.	D．He is more intelligence.

What conclusion can we draw from the story?

A．Success depends on hard work,talent,and willingnesss to make changes.

B．However hard you try, you won’t achieve success without others’ help

C．It takes time to succeed, you have to try again and again and never give up

D．It’s good communication skills and some tricks that result in big business.

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You’ll have to register first if you want_________.

A．to enjoy delicious food

B．to try Tractor Ride through 600 acres

C．to enter the Europe-wide student competition

D．to watch the world go by from the beautiful terrace

You can visit Farm Wrold_________.

A．on Monday in May	B．any day in October
C．at 2 p.m.at Christmas	D．at 10:30 a.m. during school holidays

.From the advertisements above,we can learn that_________.

A．Cafe Hub is a popular place in the local area

B．families can enjoy Horse Rides on New Adventure Playground

C．Farm World provides lunches,snacks and fine dining

D．the Europe-wide student competition will be held on June 15,2010

三、阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
请阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A, B, C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。
When I get off the bus, I’m usually greeted by the sounds of news on CNN. My father welcomes me, and I help him with the usual things—changing the channel and some other tasks. My father has a disease that makes him unable to walk. Despite his disability, my father has always been my role model.
In my first year at middle school, my grades slipped greatly. My father told me I could improve. I currently maintain a B plus average, and he confidently supports me in all my academic efforts. He is against violence to the best of his ability. Love is his most important tool,and he makes sure we know that violence is never the answer.
He urges me not to fear,but to believe in what I think is right.“No matter what anyone tells me,”he says,“I believe what I choose. If someone is discriminating against you for who you are, they don’t deserve your time.”My friends are the most caring people I’ve met, because I realize that they don’t judge me, and they like me as I am.
I’ve always found it strange that people pity me because of my father’s condition. He’s not inferior(次于) to anyone. His disease doesn’t hold him back. He’s normal person.
When I see disabled people out in public, I consider them equal to any other individual. No one is superior to anyone for any physical reason. I’ve known that from that day on, thanks to my dad.
“Anything else?”I’ll ask.
“No, that’s fine.”
As I walk to my room, I think my dad who teaches me the most important things I’ll ever need to know. My father is in no way inferior to anyone else. If anything, he’s even better.

According to the passage,we learn that the author’s father is_________.

A．kind but sort of strict	B．disabled but optimistic
C．independent but violent	D．full of love but lacks confidence

It can be learned from Paragraph 3 that the author’s father gives him some advice on
_________.

A．how to make friends	B．how to help the disabled
C．how to learn from failure	D．how to improve his studies

.When the author sees disabled people in public,he feels_________.

A．embarrassed

B．sorry

C．natural

D．uncomfortable

What can we learn from the passage?

A．The author is proud of his father.

B．The author is likely to be taken in by his friends.

C．The author encourages his father to do things himself.

D．The author is looked down upon because of him disabled father.

“Humans should not try to avoid stress any more than they would shun food, love or exercise.” said Dr. Hans Selye, the first physician to document the effects of stress on the body. While here’s no question that continuous stress is harmful, several studies suggest that challenging situations in which you’re able to rise to the occasion can be good for you.
　　In a 2001 study of 158 hospital nurses, those who faced considerable work demands but coped with（设法处理） the challenge were more likely to say they were in good health than those who felt they couldn’t get the job done.
　　Stress that you can manage may also boost immune(免疫的) function. In a study at the Academic Center for Dentistry in Amsterdam, researchers put volunteers through two stressful experiences. In the first, a timed task that required memorizing a list followed by a short test, subjects believed they had control over the outcome. In the second, they weren’t in control: They had to sit through a gory(血淋淋的) video on surgical procedures. Those who did go on the memory test had an increase in levels of immunoglobulin A, an antibody that's the body’s first line of defense against germs. The video-watchers experienced a downturn in the antibody.
　　Stress prompts the body to produce certain stress hormones（荷尔蒙）. In short bursts these hormones have a positive effect, including improved memory function. “They can help nerve cells handle information and put it into storage,” says Dr. Bruce McEwen of Rockefeller University in New York. But in the long run these hormones can have a harmful effect on the body and brain.
“Sustained stress is not good for you,” says Richard Morimoto, a researcher at Northwestern University in Illinois studying the effects of stress on longevity(长寿), “It’s the occasional burst of stress or brief exposure to stress that could be protective.”
The passage is mainly about ________.

A．the benefits of manageable stress

B．how to avoid stressful situations

C．how to cope with stress effectively

D．the effects of stress hormones on memory

The underlined word “shun” (Line 1, Para.1) most probably means________.

A．cut down on

B．stay away from

C．run out of

D．put up with

We can conclude from the study of the 158 nurses in 2001 that ________.

A．people under stress tend to have a poor memory

B．people who can’t get their job done experience more stress

C．doing challenging work may be good for one’s health

D．stress will weaken the body’s defense against germs

Dr. Bruce McEwen of Rockefeller University believes that ________.

A．a person’s memory is determined by the level of hormones in his body

B．stress hormones have lasting positive effects on the brain

C．short bursts of stress hormones enhance memory function

D．a person’s memory improves with continued experience of stress

When it comes to friends, I desire those who will share my happiness, who possess wings of their own and who will fly with me. I seek friends whose qualities illuminate（照亮）me and train me up for love. It is for these people that I reserve the glowing hours, too good not to share.
When I was in the eighth grade, I had a friend. We were shy and “too serious” about our studies when it was becoming fashionable with our classmates to learn acceptable social behaviors. We said little at school, but she would come to my house and we would sit down with pencils and paper, and one of us would say, “Let’s start with a train whistle today.” We would sit quietly together and write separate poems or stories that grew out of a train whistle. Then we would read them aloud. At the end of that school year, we, too, were changing into social creatures and the stories and poems stopped.
When I lived for a time in London, I had a friend, He was in despair and I was in despair. But our friendship was based on the idea in each of us that we would be sorry later if we did not explore this great city because we had felt bad at the time. We met every Sunday for five weeks and found many excellent things. We walked until our despairs disappeared and then we parted. We gave London to each other.
For almost four years I have had remarkable friend whose imagination illuminates mine. We write long letters in which we often discover our strangest selves. Each of us appears, sometimes in a funny way, in the other’s dreams. She and I agree that, at certain times, we seem to be parts of the same mind. In my most interesting moments, I often think: “Yes, I must tell….”We have never met.
It is such comforting companions I wish to keep. One bright hour with their kind is worth more to me than the lifetime services of a psychologist（心理学家），who will only fill up the healing（愈合的）silence necessary to those darkest moments in which I would rather be my own best friend.
In the eighth grade, what the author did before developing proper social behavior was to ______.

A．become serious about her study

B．go to her friend’s house regularly

C．learn from her classmates at school

D．share poems and stories with her friend

In Paragraph 3, “We gave London to each other” probably means ______.

A．our exploration of London was a memorable gift

to both of us

B．we were unwilling to tear ourselves away from London

C．our unpleasant feeling about London disappeared

D．we parted with each other in London

According to Paragraph 4, the author and her friend _______.

A．call each other regularly

B．have similar personalities

C．enjoy writing to each other

D．dream of meeting each other

What is the best title for the passage?

A．Unforgettable Experiences

B．Remarkable Imagination

C．Lifelong Friendship

D．Noble Companions