A
A young man asked Albert
Einstein ,
the great German scientist , what the secret of success is. The scientist told him that the secret of success is hard work. A few days later the young man asked the same question
again .
Einstein was very annoyed. He did not say
anything ,but
wrote a few words on a piece of paper . On it was written: A=X+Y+Z.
“
What does this mean ?” asked the young man .
“
A means
“
success
””
explained the old scientist .
“
X stands for hard work ,Y for good method (
方法
)
and Z
Z
means stop talking and get down to work.
”
1.The
young man _________.
A. wanted to meet Einstein
B. wanted to be a great scientist like Einstein
C. was eager (
渴望
) to know the secret of success
D. wanted to be a student of Einstein
2.In
Einstein’s opinion the secret of success was ________.
A. to work with great energy (
精力，活力
)
B. to study hard day and night
C. to learn from great scientists
D. to raise (
提出
)
questions
as many
as you could
3.“
Y” stands for _______.
A. hard work
B. great energy
C. great success
D. good
manner(
方法
)
4.The
word “annoyed” means ________.
A. angry
B. sad
C. lovely
D. glad
5.Einstein
was a man who ______
A. liked to talk with young people
B. liked to help others
C. liked to make friends with young people
D. liked to
work ,
but didn’t like to talk
B
British newspapers are much smaller than they used to be and their readers are often in a hurry ,so newspapermen write as few words as possible .They tell their readers at once what happened ,where ,when and how it happened and what was the result : how ma
ny people were killed ,what change was done and so on .Readers want the fact(
事实
) set out as fully and accurately as possible .Readers are also interested in the people who have seen the accident. So a newspaperman always likes to get some information (
信息
)from someone who was there, which can be given in the person
’
s own words .Because he can use only a few words ,the newspaperman must choose those words carefully ,
every one
must be effective(
有效
). Instead of
“
he called out in a loud voice
”
, he writes
”
he sho
uted
”
;
instead
of “the loose stones rolled noisily down the side of the mountain”, he will write” they thundered down the mountainside”.
Because many of the readers aren’t very clever, and most of them are in a hurry.
1.From
the text, we learn that newspapermen write as few words as possible ,because readers___.
A.
want
to know more about the news
B.
take
no interest in what has happened
C.
have
no time to read the news carefully
D.
pay
much attention to the result
2.The
underlined
word”one
” in the text refers to ______.
A.word
B.newspaperman
C.reader
D.person
3.Which
of the following would best complete the text ?
A. he will keep his writing short
B. he won’t care about his writing
C. he will give nothing but information
D. he won’t make his writing good enough.
4.In
what way do you think British newspapers have become smaller?
A. In a page size.
B. In number of readers.
C. In number of pages.
D. In number of copies
5.Which
of the following is true?
A. Readers are not satisfied with the short news.
B. Not many people have time to read the long articles in newspapers.
C. Readers find the language of the newspapers exciting.
D. Newspapermen try to report as fully as possible.
C
The story happened during the Second World War
（战争）．
An old man lived in a small town of Germany. He had three sons and they all worked in the same factory where he had worked. After the war had
begun ,
his sons were all made to join the army one after anoth
er and they all died in the frights . The old man was very
sad .
he
didn’t have enough food and was often hungry . And nobody helped him and he didn’t know how to go in
living .
It was a very cold winter
night .
The old man couldn’t go to
sleep .
He had been hung
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