Who is there among us who hasn’t dreamed of having his or her own small (maybe ,

Who is there among us who hasn’t dreamed of having his or her own small (maybe ,

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Who is there among us who hasn’t dreamed of having his or her own small (maybe , several years later , even big )business , and having wonderful freedom , both from a boss and from the time clock ; the freedom to make up our own rules for our work , and our own plans —arranging our own hours of work ? That way work would be both painless and fun. Or, so we imagine.
Well, in fact it isn’t quite as simple as that. Yes , it is true that being the boss has its satisfactions and that you can arrange your working hours freely if you own your own small business . But in those early years of starting your own business, you shouldn’t think of a free day, not to mention flying off for a month’s vacation. It is not unusual for new business owners to work seventy or eighty hours a week , and if there is a day off , that day might need to be devoted to accounting (算账).
But this negative picture doesn’t destroy the beautiful hopes. The possibility of getting something wonderful in return—both material and mental—continues to drive that large number of people who start up small businesses each year in the United States.
小题1:From the first paragraph, we know that everybody hopes  ________ .
A.to rule others B.to be his or her own boss
C.to get a time clockD.to be free from work
小题2:Most new business owners have to  ________  .
A.work more than 10 hours a day B.devote himself to accounting
C.fly to some places in the world D.have a day off in a week
小题3:The expression “negative picture” most probably means “  ________ “.
A.a terrible experience B.a poor picture
C.limited freedom D.unpleasant situations
小题4:The beautiful hopes will never be destroyed because  ________ .
A.people love beautiful things by nature
B.people have a strong desire to seek personal gains
C.small businesses make big money each year in the US
D.small businesses have advantages over big companies

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小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:B
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Have you ever stayed up late? If so, you know that not getting enough sleep can make you tried and grumpy. Not sleeping enough sleep can also make it harder to think clearly the next day.
Sleep scientists have long known that getting a good night’s sleep is very important. It helps kids be able to do their best during the day.
A recent study shows that sleep helps improve problem-solving skills and creative(创造性的) thinking. For the study, two groups of students answered a math problem. The group that slept for eight hours solved the problem correctly more often than the group that did not get enough sleep.
While you sleep at night, your brain is busy doing its “homework”. It sorts out(整理) all the information that you get in the day. Getting enough sleep each night can improve your thinking ability. That will surely help you do your best at school. Experts say that, in return, can lead to better grades.
小题1:The underlined word grumpy in the first paragraph means_______.
A.excited and happyB.active and creative
C.impatient and angryD.bored and weak
小题2:Choose the best title for this passage.
A.Sleep to SuccessB.A Recent Study
C.Do Sleep WellD.The More Sleep, the Better

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One day my teacher said, “ Life is a game of chess, and the other player is time.” From that moment, I knew I had to enjoy my life. Do not waste time, because, you know, time will not come back. You cannot buy it. It is one of those things in life that you must really, really value.
When you see an opportunity, take it. You might not get it back. Never let an opportunity pass. And if it is too hard, remember that in the middle of every difficulty lies an opportunity.
Remember, you cannot choose how you" re going to die, or when. You can only decide how you" re going to live. Study as if you were going to live forever; live as if you were going to die tomorrow. Don" t just think of the present, but also think of your future. Your future is yet another chapter in your life and another way to live it.
Every single living thing has a purpose in life. "The purpose of life is a life of purpose," said Robert Byme.   
Learn to use time wisely, take opportunities, and enjoy life. We can discover the meaning of life in three different ways: (1) by doing a deed;  (2) by experiencing a value;  (3) by suffering life. So, what are you buying with yours?                               
小题1:The underlined part suggests that___________.
A.if life is a game of chess, time is also a game of chess
B.if life is a game of chess, both you and time are the players
C.if life is one player in a game of chess, time is the other player
D.if time is a game of chess, both life and you are the players
小题2:According to the author, what can you decide?
A.How you die.B.How you live.C.When you die.D.When you succeed.
小题3:This article is most probably from__________.
A.an explanation of time in the universe
B.an essay about time and life
C.an argument that time is the most important thing in life
D.a description of an important class

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Ask three people to look out the same window at a busy street comer and tell you what they see. Chances are you will receive three different answers. Each person sees the same scene, but each perceives(察觉) something different about it. 
Perceiving goes on in our minds. Of the three people who look out the window, one may say that he sees a policeman giving a motorist a ticket. Another may say that he sees a rush-hour traffic jam at the intersection. The third may tell you that he sees a woman trying to cross the street with four children in tow. For perception(感知) is the minds’ interpretation of what the senses — in this case our eyes — tell us.
Many psychologists(心理学家)today are working to try to determine just how a person experiences or perceives the world around him. Using a scientific approach, these psychologists set up experiments in which they can control all of the factors. By measuring and charting the results of many experiments, they are trying to find out what makes different people perceive totally different things about the same scene.
小题1:Perceiving is an action that takes place ______.
A.in our eyesB.only when we think very hard about something
C.only under the direction of a psychologistD.in every person’s mind
小题2:People perceive different things about the same scene because ______.
A.they see different thingsB.they can not agree about things
C.some have better eyesightD.none of these
小题3: Psychologists study perception by ______.
A.setting up many experimentsB.asking each other what they see
C.looking out of windowsD.studying people’s eyes
小题4:The best title for this article is ______.
A.How We SeeB.Learning About Our Minds Through Science
C.What Psychologists PerceiveD.How To Become An Experimental Psychologist

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Freda Bright says, "Only in opera do people die of love." It"s true. You really can"t love somebody to death. I"ve known people to die from no love, but I"ve never known anyone to be loved to death. We just can"t love one another enough.
A heart-warming story tells of a woman who finally decided to ask her boss for a raise in salary. All day she felt nervous and apprehensive. Late in the afternoon she summoned the courage to approach her employer. To her delight, the boss agreed to a raise.
The woman arrived home that evening to a beautiful table set with their best dishes. Candles were softly glowing. Her husband had come home early and prepared a festive meal. She wondered if someone from the office had tipped him off, or... did he just somehow know that she would not get turned down?
She found him in the kitchen and told him the good news. They embraced and kissed, and then sat down to the wonderful meal. Next to her plate the woman found a beautifully lettered note. It read, "Congratulations, darling! I knew you"d get the raise! These things will tell you how much I love you."
Following the supper, her husband went into the kitchen to clean up. She noticed that a second card had fallen from his pocket. Picking it off the floor, she read, "Don"t worry about not getting the raise! You deserve it anyway! These things will tell you how much I love you."
Someone has said that the measure of love is when you love without measure. What this man feels for his wife is total acceptance and love, whether she succeeds or fails. His love celebrates her victories and cure her wounds. He stands with her, no matter what life throws in their direction.
Upon receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, Mother Teresa said, "What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family." And love your friends. Love them without measure.
小题1: By saying "Only in opera do people die of love.", the writer wants to tell us that ______.
A.giving love is better than receiving love
B.love in opera is better than that in real life
C.people are too greedy to have enough love
D.to die from love is no better than to die from no love
小题2: From the passage we can infer that ________.
A.the woman must have thought about asking for a salary raise for a long time
B.the boss of the woman must be a kind person
C.the woman was a courageous person
D.the husband must have got the news before his wife got home
小题3:The husband prepared a festive meal in order to _______.
A.show how good he was at cooking
B.celebrate her wife’s success in raising the salary
C.thank her wife’s boss for raising her salary
D.show how deeply he loved his wife
小题4:What Mother Teresa said means that _________.
A.loving your family is more important than promoting world peace
B.loving your friends is to promote the world peace
C.everybody can promote the world peace by loving his own family without measure
D.no matter what life throws in our direction, our family is always our first concern

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If you look up the word “create” in the dictionary , you will find it means “to bring into being, to cause to exist something each of us does daily”.
We are creative whenever we look at or think about something in a new way First, this includes an awareness of our surroundings.It means using all of our senses to become aware of our world.This may be as simple as being aware of color and texture(质地),as well as taste, when we plan a meal.Above all, it is the ability to notice things that others might miss.
A second part of creativity is an ability to see relationships among things.If we believe the expression,“There is nothing new under the sun, the creativity is remaking or recombining(***) the old in new ways.”For example, we might do this by finding a more effective way to study or a better way to arrange our furniture, or we might make a new combination of camera lenses and filters to create an unusual photograph.
A third part of creativity is the courage and drive to make use of our new ideas, to ask for them to achieve some new results.To think up a new idea is one thing; to put the idea to work is another.
These three parts of creativity are included in all the great works of geniuses, but they are also included in many of our day-to-day activities.
小题1:Which of the following activities is NOT a creative one according to the passage?
A.To prepare for a meal.
B.To arrange the furniture in a special way.
C.To buy some books from a bookstore.
D.To“write”a letter with the computer.
小题2:“There is nothing new under the sun” really implies that _________.
A.a new thing can only be created at the basis of earlier things
B.a new thing is only a tale
C.we can seldom create new things
D.we can hardly see really new things in the world
小题3:What does the author think about the relationship between a new thought and its being put into
practice?
A.It’s more difficut to create a new thought than to use it in practice.
B.To find a new thought will clearly lead to the production of a new thing.
C.A man with an excellent ability of practice can easily become an inventor.
D.One may come up with a new thought, but can not put it into practice.
小题4:The best title for this passage is__________.
A.How to Develop One’s Creativity
B.What Is Creativity
C.The Importance of Creativity
D.Creativity, a Not Faraway Thing

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