One afternoon after school, Mary and her brother, Keith, were eating at a cafe near their home. That afternoon, they had to share their table with another person. That person was a young lady in her twenties. After eating, she went to the restroom. Without realizing, she had left her cellphone on the table. Five minutes later, she came out and walked out of the cafe without looking back.
Mary saw the cellphone on the table. She quickly told Keith, “Keith, the girl left behind her cellphone.”Keith looked at the cellphone. It took his breath away. It was one of the latest models on the market. Keith had always wanted a cellphone. But his parents had told him, “You don’t need one. You can always use the house phone.” He stared at it for some minutes. Then, he said slowly, pausing on every word, “I want to take the cellphone.” Mary could not believe her ears. She only stared at her brother, “You can’t! What if the owner comes to look for it?”
After making the decision, Keith quickly got the cellphone and put it in his schoolbag. Then, he took Mary’s hand and led her out of the cafe quickly.
Once back home, Keith locked his room door with trembling (颤抖的) hands. Inside his room, he took out the piece of beauty. Oh, he liked it so much. He had his own cellphone. Soon, he was polishing it happily. But Mary told him, “Keith, you cannot keep the cellphone. What will you tell our father about this? He will ask you how you got the cellphone.” Keith said quickly, “I will say a friend lent it to me.” Mary said, “Now you are lying too. Oh dear! When had Keith turned so dishonest?”
Then, Mary saw a house phone number on the cover of the cellphone. “This is the girl’s phone number. Why don’t we just call this number? We will talk to her and ask her to come and take back her cellphone,” she was trying to talk some sense into him.
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That night, Keith turned over in bed from time to time.
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___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________In 1989, fresh out of high school, I had the difficult task of choosing a career path before college started in three months. In those days in Pakistan, there were limited choices: becoming a doctor or an engineer, or entering the financial world after getting a business degree. I wasn’t interested in engineering, so that I was left with medicine or business. I couldn’t decide.
My uncle suggested that I do a work placement(实习) to experience it for a month in an international company followed by a month in a hospital. After that, I could make a decision. It seemed like a good idea.
I was accepted for a month’s placement at a foreign bank in Karachi. I got a feel of how the world of finance functioned, made new friends, and generally enjoyed the mostly easygoing work surroundings.
The month passed rapidly, and soon I began working at a leading hospital in Karachi. The experience couldn’t have been more different. The hospital had a stressful environment. The days started early (at 7 am, compared to 9 am at the bank), and were filled with endless duties. And the night calls! This was crazy, working all day, through the night, and again the next day.
I began thinking about my two experiences. The bank had offered a more relaxing atmosphere, better working hours and less stress. The hospital was full of excitement, but studying and training were difficult. It seemed that the business choice was going to win out.
Near the end of my month at the hospital, I was driving home after an especially busy night call. In front of me was a public bus, with college students sitting on the top. As the driver weaved through (穿梭) traffic, I could see the boys shaking from side to side.
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Suddenly, a boy fell off the back of the bus.
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The next day, when I went to the hospital to see the boy, all his family got up, with grateful smiles on their faces.
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Dear Dave,
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Yours,
Li hua
Finding and keeping the right balance between progress and the
A committee
When the project ended in 1980, it was considered a great success. Not only had the countries found a path to the future that did not run over the relics of the past, but they had also learnt that it was possible for countries to work together to build a
Fifteen years ago, Mark moved out of his mother’s house upon landing a well-paying job in another city. He planned to visit her monthly and he had stuck to his visiting schedule during the first three years. However, with the increasing workload, he couldn’t find time to visit her monthly. He only spoke to her on the phone, updating her about his life. Soon, his relationship with her came to a point where he rarely called her.
It was ten years since Mark has last seen his mother, and he didn’t remember the last timethey spoke on the phone. One day, the reminder on his phone read, “Mom’s 80th birthday!”
“Oh, God! How can I forget her birthday again?” Mark shook his head as he turned the reminder alarm off. “I can’t keep disappointing her like this. Let me see how quickly I can get to her place.” After looking at his work schedule, Mark realized he could make it to his mother’s house by the evening if he left the office in an hour. He quickly finished his work and left the office without wasting even a minute.
On his way, he stopped at a bakery and bought his mother’s favorite cheesecake. “My mother turned 80 today!” he cheered, telling the shop keep er how happy he was. He also bought her balloons and a few gifts.
Excited to see her after a decade, Mark drove towards his mother’s house. Although he wanted to call her, he thought it would be better to surprise her because he was sure she wasn’t expecting him to visit her. After all, this was the first time he had done something like this in years.
Mark finally arrived at his mother’s house after driving for hours across the country, but it did not look the same anymore. The lights inside were all off and the fence was covered in wild vines (藤). It seemed like no one had been living in the house.
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Mark realized the house was abandoned.
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Finally, Mark found his mother in a local retirement community.
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My hometown Zibo, a once glorious and later faded
On April 28, I went to the Badaju market, a popular local market
Haiyue Longgong, a barbecue market,
“Not just for the mouthwatering barbecue, perhaps
8 . In 1970, Alan Ayers was preparing for a skydiving competition in Gainesville, Florida. It wasn’t the first time he’d jumped out of a
Ayers would be jumping out of a Cessna 172, a small four-seat passenger plane. In
“I was
“And what happened next was
After landing, he wasn’t able to
| A．window | B．tower | C．plane | D．train |
| A．preparation | B．comparison | C．conclusion | D．reward |
| A．repaired | B．checked | C．decorated | D．removed |
| A．surviving | B．observing | C．remaining | D．practicing |
| A．treat | B．honor | C．turn | D．right |
| A．head | B．hand | C．chest | D．foot |
| A．eventually | B．completely | C．deliberately | D．constantly |
| A．visible | B．familiar | C．appealing | D．relevant |
| A．ambitious | B．innocent | C．impressive | D．desperate |
| A．complicated | B．incredible | C．reasonable | D．meaningless |
| A．twisted | B．freed | C．raised | D．cured |
| A．comfort | B．pay | C．find | D．aid |
| A．empties | B．crosses | C．changes | D．records |
| A．reaching out of | B．knocking at | C．breaking away from | D．lifting up |
| A．simplest | B．gentlest | C．smartest | D．bravest |
9 . Whether you’re just starting your own business or thinking about beginning one, keeping costs down is important.
·Repurpose when possible
Before you spend money on a business, look around your home to see if you have something that could be repurposed to fill the need you have at work. For example, you could use some of your paint in the garage to make an old table and chairs look new. This is another form of recycling.
·Simplify your needs
·Give and take
Sharing advertising space on local posters or booths at trade shows can also help keep expenses down but your community recognition up.
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Always keep your eyes and ears open to new opportunities not just for clients and work, but also for ways to improve on services you need as part of your business. If a new local business is offering good service at a reduced rate, support it and save money. Research each addition to your work until you find the best deal. Taking time to do this now will save money in the long run.
| A．Never stop learning |
| B．Know your numbers |
| C．Partnerships can take many forms |
| D．Examine your expenses line by line |
| E．After all, every dollar saved will lead to a better future |
| F．Moreover, it keeps materials in circulation and your costs down |
| G．There are various free services and goods your business can make use of |
10 . Bees are important to agriculture. But useful as they are, bees do not receive the same care and concern over their emotional well-being as other agricultural animals.
Ecologist Buchmann’s recent book, which collects the work of bee scholars as they work to explain what goes on in their brains, suggests bees can learn, think and even likely feel, much like animals. Buchmann’s work also suggests bees should hold a special place in our ethical scheme (道德体系). For Buchmann and some other scientists, what they have learned about bees changes their research strategies to be more ethical, on par with (相当于) the standards set for animals such as mice and monkeys.
Experiments, the outcomes of which are addressed in the book, illustrate the secret life of bees. Lars Chittka, a University College of London professor, did an experiment 16 years ago where he hid a robotic spider in flowers. The spider would grab a careless bee that came too close and then release it after giving it a scare. Chittka observed how the released bees learned to look for the spider and to avoid it. Some would be too scared to approach even unoccupied flowers.
Other studies proved that bee brains saw rushes in chemicals that could bring happiness when they were presented with sucrose (sugar). These happy bees then found more food than their unrewarded bees. By contrast, stress from poor handling lowered the levels of these happy chemicals.
“Many of my colleagues do experiments where bees have some devices placed into various body parts without considering their feelings,” Chittka says. “The current care free situation that researchers live in with no legal framework needs to be re-evaluated.” There are few laws regarding bee welfare. Buchmann thinks the “unhappiness” of bees might be a contributing factor to the decreasing numbers of bees.
Bees are critical to feeding the world and to plant survival. But the bees need care too. The first step in safeguarding the precious bees is to learn more about them and their lives. “These unique minds, regardless of how much they may differ from ours, have as much justification to exist as we do,” says Chittka.
1. What can we learn about Buchmann’s new book?| A．It focuses on the ethical scheme. | B．It records some research on bees. |
| C．It teaches people how to protect bees. | D．It introduces some famous scientists. |
| A．Once bitten, twice shy. | B．Practice makes perfect. |
| C．Never offer to teach fish to swim. | D．Kill two birds with one stone. |
| A．Bees are well-received. | B．Bees are precious. |
| C．Bees can have emotions. | D．Bees can handle stress well. |
| A．New devices should be placed in bees. |
| B．People shouldn’t experiment with bees in the lab. |
| C．New rules should be made for the benefit of bees. |
| D．The function of bees should be re-evaluated. |
