When a young man starts to earn his own living,he can no
longer expect others to pay _____ his food,
his clothes, or his room, but he has to work if he wants to live
_____(舒适).If he spends most of his time
p____about in the way that he used to when he
was a child,he will go h____, that is to say,he
has nothing to eat. And if he breaks the laws of
_____ (社会) like he used to break the laws
of his parents,he may go to _____. If, however,
he works hard, k_____ out of trouble and has
good health,he can have the great happiness of seeing
_____ (自己) make steady progress in his job
and of building _____ his own position in society.
Being responsible not only bring about happiness
_____ also confidence.
6. prison 7. keeps 8. himself 9. up 10. but
Today I am going to ask you to support Wikipedia with a donation.
Wikipedia is built differently from almost every other top 50 website.We have a small number of paid
staff,just twentythree.Wikipedia content is free to use by anyone for any purpose.Our annual expenses are less than six million dollars.Wikipedia is run by the nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation,which I founded in
2003.
Wikipedia is driven by a global community of more than 150,000 volunteers-all devoted to sharing
knowledge freely.Over almost eight years,these volunteers have contributed more than 11 million
articles in 265 languages.More than 275 million people come to our website every month to access
information,free of charge and free of advertising.
But Wikipedia is more than a website.We share a common cause:Imagine a world in which every
single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge.That"s our commitment.
Your donation helps us in several ways.Most importantly,you will help us cover the increasing cost of
managing global traffic to one of the most popular websites on the Internet.Funds also help us improve
the software that runs Wikipedia-making it easier to search,easier to read,and easier to write for.We are
committed to increasing the free knowledge movement worldwide,by taking on new volunteers,and
building strategic partnerships with institutions of culture and learning.
Wikipedia is different.It"s the largest encyclopedia (百科全书) in history,written by volunteers.Like a
national park or a school,we don"t believe advertising should have a place in Wikipedia.We want to keep
it free and strong,but we need the support of thousands of people like you.
Thank you,
Jimmy Wales
1. What do the second and third paragraphs mainly talk about?
A. Why you should donate to Wikipedia.
B. How much the workers are paid.
C. How Wikipedia is run.
D. How many people contribute to Wikipedia.
2. All the following are the reasons for the need of your donation EXCEPT________.
A. to keep Wikipedia free for people all over the world
B. to update the software that runs Wikipedia
C. to raise the salaries of the staff
D. to pay the cost of running the website
3. What does the underlined word "That" in Paragraph 4 refer to?
A. Free access to all human knowledge.
B. Human knowledge.
C. Every single person.
D. A common cause.
4. Which of the following is TRUE about Wikipedia?
A. It only has 23 workers at present.
B. It will run a national park or a school.
C. It has got much help from other people.
D. It may put some advertisements to earn money.
5. What"s the author"s purpose of writing this text?
A. To introduce the differences between Wikipedia and other websites.
B. To improve the software that runs Wikipedia.
C. To make Wikipedia more popular.
D. To call on people to donate to Wikipedia.
You"re out to dinner.The food is delicious and the service is fine.You decide to leave a big fat tip.Why?The answer may not be as simple as you think.
Tipping, psychologists have found, is not just about service.Instead, studies have shown that tipping can be affected by psychological reactions to a series of different factors from the waiter"s choice of words, to
how they carry themselves while taking orders, to the bill"s total.Even how much waiters remind customers of themselves can determine how much change they pocket by the end of the night.
"Studies before have shown that mimicry (模仿) brings into positive feelings for the mimicker, "wrote
Rick van Baaren, a social psychology professor."These studies show that people who are being mimicked become more generous toward the person who mimicks them."
So Rick van Baaren divided 59 waiters into two groups.He requested that half serve with a phrase such
as, "Coming up!"Those in the other half were instructed to repeat the orders and preferences back to the
customers.Rick van Baaren then compared their takehome pay.The results were clear-it pays to mimic
your customer.The copycat (模仿者) waiters earned almost double the amount of tips to the other group.
Leonard Green and Joel Myerson, psychologists at Washington University in St.Louis, found the
generosity of a tipper may be limited by his bill.After research on the 1,000 tips left for waiters, cabdrivers, hair stylists, they found tip percentages in these three areas dropped as customers" bills went up.In fact, tip
percentages appear to plateau (稳定期) when bills topped $100 and a bill for $200 made the worker gain no bigger percentage tip than a bill for $100.
"That"s also a point of tipping, " Green says."You have to give a little extra to the cabdriver for being there to pick you up and something to the waiter for being there to serve you.If they weren"t there, you"d
never get any service.So part of the idea of a tip is for just being there."
passage?
B. 2.
C. 3.
D. 4.
B. people who are being mimicked usually tip less to the person who mimics them
C. the mimic waiters can get almost twice as much money as those who don"t mimick others
D. mimicry makes the mimicker feel bad
percentages?
B. think part of Mr Green"s explanation is reasonable
C. give his generous tip to waiters very often
D. support the opinions of Mr Green and Rick van Baaren about tipping
weak.It doesn"t have to be this way.
Come home refreshed after an active trip! Don"t be too tired!
Active vacations are often the most relaxing of all.It"s all in defining (定义) what an active vacation is.We don"t expect you to run slowly, or go backpacking.Well, we ask the vacationers who are not active
not to sit too long but to spend two to four hours a day doing things, such as walking the city streets,
exploring a nature protect, going to a zoo or biking along the ocean.
These kinds of activities aren"t just good for your physical health.They improve your mental health, even your spiritual health.And they make vacations memorable and worthwhile.And after all, isn"t that what you want from your vacation? Here are some fresh ideas to make your vacations as pleasurable as they are
active and healthy.
A walk at dawn or dusk is necessary.Try to make this a daily routine of life away from home, and you will ensure yourself both physical and spiritual adding.
Don"t allow yourself to spend your entire time sitting in front of the water.Whether it is the ocean, a
swimming pool, or a treelined lake, make sure you get into the water for swimming or games or even
walking.Heck, merely standing in waisthigh water is a good exercise, thanks to the action of the water.And you will feel so much more alive!
Many of us spend a large piece of our vacations on the road, either getting to and from our destinations, or using the car for sightseeing.But no matter how beautiful the scenery is, great, memorable vacations don"t happen in a car seat.Don"t wait for tiredness or nature"s call to get you to pull over.Frequently get out
and stretch, walk, picnic, shop, visit, and have fun.It"s important for your health and energy, and it makes
traveling a lot more active and interesting.
B. tell us how to make our vacations relaxing
C. show us where we should go for our vacations
D. explain to us why we feel tired when traveling
B. Pleasant but fired.
C. Feeling less tired.
D. Feeling regretted.
B. They just can keep us feel excited and confident.
C. They can bring us more chances to get out.
D. They can save us much time and make the trip meaningful.
B. not to spend too much time on the road
C. make a trip on foot
D. get out of the car for sightseeing
Fatherhood is going to have a different meaning and brings forth a different answer from every man
who hears these words.Some feel proud when they receive the news, while others worry, wondering
whether they will be good fathers.Although there are some men who like children and may have had
considerable experience with them, others do not particularly care for children and spend little time with them.Many fathers and mothers have been planning and looking forward to children for some time.For other
couples, pregnancy was an accident that both husband and wife have accepted willingly or unwillingly.
Whatever the reaction to the birth of a child, it is obvious that the shift from the role of husband to that
of father is a difficult task.Yet, unfortunately, few attempts have been made to educate fathers in this
remobilization process.Although numerous books have been written about American mothers, only
recently has literature focused on the role of a father.
It is argued by some writers that the transition to the father"s role, although difficult, is not nearly as great as the transition the wife must make to the mother"s role.The mother"s role seems to require complete
transformation in daily routine and highly innovative adaptation;on the other hand, the father"s role is less demanding and immediate.However, even though we mentioned the fact that growing number of women
are working outside the home, the father is still thought by many as the breadwinner in the household.
B. has a different meaning for those who have daughters
C. makes some men feel proud and others uneasy
D. means nothing but more responsibilities
B. young couples do not like children at all
C. young couples do not have much time to take care of their children
D. many couples look forward to having a boy as their first child
B. make a complete change in her everyday life to deal with the new situation
C. stay at home to take care of the baby
D. help her husband in his remobilization process
B. have to make more difficult adaptations
C. have an easier job to do
D. can usually do a better job
we want to be,what we want to do,what makes us proud and happy and what we will become.
We grew up,and everything seemed like having its own way.We accept our success or failures and we
move on.The change,the need to do the important things,the jobs,the pressures and the failures,all kill part
of our dreams.
Things have changed,but they cannot really take away the dreams.We still have to dream on,to realize
our desires,our wants, our future,even when we are considered too old for such things . Cornel Sanders
started his business when he was sixty,and started the whole successful KFC business.The main thing is
not the age-whether being too old,or too young,but it is the desire to dream on,and the courage to realize
it.
Having a dream,taking it to sleep,thinking about it,planning it,and adding all the fun to our dreams will
make us a bit closer to the realization of our dreams.
Businessmen start with a dream, a simple wish of small restaurant operation, or a huge business of
realestate (房地产) development,or a training center for English education,or just any other selfemployed
money earning fun.
The ability to dream on is one of the fine qualities of human race that other animals do not have.So
dream on,and put a deadline:make it a giant dream,a small one,an old one,a newfound one,a hobby related
one,a change of life one,a religious one,a stupid one,or just whatever...just continue to dream on...Then,
Just Go and Do It!
B.Jobs.
C.Pressures.
D.Working hard.
B.KFC is quite popular with all the young people in the world
C.It is not the age but the desire and courage that makes your dream come true
D.Cornel Sanders the founder of KFC had a dream when he was young
B.Small.
C.Wise.
D.Common.
B.Dream and Facts.
C.KFC and Dream.
D.One World,One Dream.
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