Of all the things that have effects on your future, I believe that personal growth is the greatest. Many people talk about sales growth, profit growth, and possession growth, but none of these will happen without personal growth. In fact I’d like to have you memorize a most important sentence. It is “The key to your future is you yourself.”

There are many things that will help you better your future. If you belong to a strong, dynamic（充满活力的）and progressive company, that will help. Good training will help. Strong leadership will help. If the neighbors stay civil（文明的）, that will help. If your relatives don’t trouble you, that will help…All these things will help. We can go on and on with the list; but remember, the things that I’ve covered above just play minor（次要的）roles in helping you reach a good future. The major cause doesn’t lie outside. It lies inside.

Strangely enough, when two different men work in the same company, the first person may earn $1,000 a month, while the second may earn $10,000 a month. What causes the difference when they have the same job, use the same tools, and get the same training?

The cause of the difference lies in believing, in trying, in accepting failures, in thinking, in a smile at people around, and in the ways of dealing with problems. All of these can be major causes of your good future. You can see all these come from inside. In fact, the real difference is you yourself. You are the key to your future. Teens are the most wonderful and important period in life. If you want a great future, begin to improve yourself from now on!

72. Among all the things mentioned, which one is the most important in the author’s opinion?

  A. Sales growth.           B. Profit growth.               C. Possession growth.     D. Personal growth

73. Which of the following may play a main role in influencing you future?

  A. Being determined.                     B. Working in good companies.

C. Having rich relatives.           D. Getting leaders’ help.

74. All may cause the two men’s different earnings EXCEPT that_______.

A. the second person buys expensive houses or cars.

B. the first person treats others badly.

C. the second man has a positive attitude to problems.

D. the first man gives up after failures.

75. The passage is mainly written for_____.

  A. old people                  B. adults                     C. teenagers             D. babies

----Why not turn to your uncle for help?

  ---- ____________.

A. That I’m too busy.                                             B. I’m terribly sorry.        

C. That’s a good idea.                                           D. It doesn’t work at all.

______ his knowledge of the mountainous country, John Smith was appointed as our guide.

A. In spite of    B. On account of       Regardless of     D. Instead of

Children start out as natural scientists, eager to look into the world around them. Helping them enjoy science can be easy; there’s no need for a lot of scientific terms or expensive lab equipment. You only have to share your children's curiosity(好奇). Firstly, listen to their questions. I once visited a classroom of seven-year-olds to talk about science as a job. The children asked me “textbook questions” about schooling, salary（薪水） and whether I liked my job. When I finished answering, we sat facing one another in silence. Finally I said, “Now that we're finished with your lists, do you have questions of your own about science?”

　　After a long pause, a boy raised his hand, “Have you ever seen a grasshopper (蚱蜢) eat? When I try eating leaves like that, I get a stomachache. Why?”?

　　This began a set of questions that lasted nearly two hours. ?

　　Secondly, give them time to think. Studies over the past 30 years have shown that, after asking a question, adults typically wait only one second or less for an answer, no time for a child to think. When adults increase their “wait time” to three seconds or more, children give more logical(符合逻辑的), complete and creative answers.

　　Thirdly, watch your language. Once you have a child involved in a science discussion, don't jump in with “That’s right” or “Very good”. These words work well when it comes to encouraging good behavior(行为). But in talking about science, quick praise can signal that discussion is over. Instead, keep things going by saying, “That’s interesting” or “I’d never thought of it that way before”, or coming up with more questions or ideas.?

　　Never push a child to “Think”. It doesn’t make sense, children are always thinking, without your telling them to. What’s more, this can turn a conversation into a performance. The child will try to find the answer you want, in as few words as possible, so that he will be a smaller target (目标) for your disagreement.?

　　Lastly, show; don’t tell. Real-life impressions of nature are far more impressive than any lesson children can learn from a book or a television program. Let children look at their fingertips through a magnifying glass(放大镜), and they’ll understand why you want them to wash before dinner. Rather than saying that water evaporates (蒸发), set a pot of water to boil and let them watch the water level drop.

46. According to the passage, children are natural scientists, and to raise their interest, the most important thing for adults to do is              .??

　　 A. to let them see the world around

　　 B. to share the children's curiosity?

　　 C. to explain difficult phrases about science

　　 D. to supply the children with lab equipment?

47. In the last sentence of the first paragraph, the word “lists” could best be replaced by                       .

　　 A. any questions 　　　　　　　　　　B. any problems ?　

　　 C. questions from textbooks　　　　　　D. any number of questions?

48. According to the passage, children can answer questions in a more logical, complete and creative way if adults                      .?

　　 A. ask them to answer quickly.

　　 B. wait for one or two seconds after a question.?

　　 C. tell them to answer the next day.

　　 D. wait at least for three seconds after a question.?

49. In which of the following paragraph(s) does the author tell us what to say to encourage children in a science discussion? ?

　　 A. The second and third. 　　　　　　　B. The fourth and fifth.?

　　 C. The fifth and sixth. 　　　　　　　　D. The seventh.

50. The author mentions all of the following techniques for adults to share with their children's curiosity except that adults should                      .?

　　 A. tell their children stories instead of reciting(背诵) facts?

　　 B. offer their children chances to see things for themselves?

　　 C. be patient enough when their children answer questions?

　　 D. encourage their children to ask questions of their own?

In 1831, Faraday discovered that electricity moves through a wire ________ a magnet（磁铁） is moved near the wire.  

  A. where            B. so             C. when           D. but

Are some people born clever，and others born stupid? Or is intelligence developed by our environment and our experience? Strangely enough, the answer to these questions is yes. To some extent our intelligence is given to us at birth, and no amount of education can make a genius out of a child born with low intelligence. On the other hand, a child who lives in a boring environment will develop his intelligence less than one who lives in rich and varied surroundings. Thus the limits of person’s intelligence are fixed at birth, whether or not he reaches those limits will depend on his environment. This view, now held by most experts, can be supported in a number of ways.

    It is easy to show that intelligence is to some extent something we are born with. The closer the blood relationship between two people, the closer they are likely to be intelligent. Thus if we take two unrelated people at random from population, it is likely that their degree of intelligence will be completely different. If, on the other hand, we take two identical twins, they will very likely to be as intelligent as each other. Relations like brothers and sisters, parents and children, usually have similar intelligence, and this clearly suggests that intelligence depends on birth.

    Imagine now that we take two identical twins and put them in different environments. We might send one, for example, to a university and the other to a factory where the work is boring. We would soon find differences in intelligence developing, and this indicates that environment as well as birth plays a part. This conclusion is also suggested by the fact that people who live in close contact with each other, but who are not related at all are likely to have similar degree of intelligence.

46. The writer is in favor of the view that man’s intelligence is given to him______.

       A. at birth                      

       B. through education

       C. both at birth and through education

       D. neither at birth nor through education

47. If a child is born with low intelligence, he can______.

   A. become a genius

   B. still become a genius if he should be given special education

   C. reach his intelligence limits in rich surroundings

   D. not reach his intelligence in his life

48. In the second paragraph, the underlined sentence means“if we ___________.”

       A. pick any two persons              

       B. take out two different persons

       C. choose two persons who are relative

       D.choose two persons with different intelligence

49. The example of the twins going to a university and to a factory separately shows______.

       A. the importance of their intelligence 

       B. the role of environment on intelligence

       C. the importance of their positions     

       D. the part that birth plays

50. The best title of the passage can be______.

   A. Surroundings                           B. Intelligence

   C. Dependence on Environment             D. Effect of Education

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注意：1、短文的开头已给出，不记入总词数。

2、不要表格中的内容，但不要逐翻译。

3、可以适当增添合乎情理的过渡性语言。

．—What do you wear when you go out?

      —Well, it ____.

A．changes    B．charges    C．turns            D．varies

. Little     about her own safety, though she was in great danger herself.

A. did Rose care  B. Rose did care   C. Rose does care    D. does Rose care5u