2 . “Only dorks take leadership,” Julian interrupted. “Julian, you’re being so obnoxious!” said Charlotte, which made Julian laugh.

A．unpleasant

B．steady

C．weird

D．guilty

3 . 用方框中词或词组的适当形式完成下列句子，每个词或词组只能用一次(每组有一个多余的选项)。

guilt     strive   sacrifice   breath   apart from   at risk

1. People are concerned about the quality of the air they __________.
2. I felt __________ about not visiting my parents more often.
3. Newspaper editors all __________ to be first with a story.
4. As with all diseases, certain groups will be more __________ than others.
5. __________ Germany, they also visited Italy and Austria.

6 . 根据课文内容，从方框中选择适当的单词或短语并用正确的形式填入空白处，使短文意义连贯。

furniture, fortune, measure, drop out of, dormitory, guilty, turn one’s back on, be regarded as, charity, make little sense

Sixteen years ago, Jason was a college professor with a huge six-bed room house and a     1     of two million dollars. But he     2     his millions a few years ago. He gave almost all of his money to     3     . When he had two thousand dollars left, he gave away small bank notes in the streets of local poor areas because he worried a lot and felt     4     . Many people think he must be mad. However, living in a small     5     room with second-hand     6     , Jason has finally found happiness. According to Jason, he was tired of     7     a person who had everything in a world where many people had nothing. And he has discovered that having a lot of money     8     . What he wants is to live simply and be helpful to others. In that way, he has got a kind of satisfaction and is pleased to     9     the successful lifestyle people commonly expect, Jason believes that success is not     10     by now much money you have but by how you understand the true meaning of life.