There is no doubt that much of the profit of a business—sometimes the whole of its success—depends upon the use of the odds and ends．The odds and ends are various small things，which are left over when the main things are produced．But they possess a real value of their own．

If a business，big or small，looked down upon these odds and ends，it would mean a big difference in the amount of the benefit of the business．Take a meat factory for instance， there are countless odds and ends—bones and hair，which can be made into glue and rope to increase its profit greatly．

Then，if we are college students，what about our odds and ends—the odd moments？ Take time for example．Every one of us has the exact same amount of it．Everyone's success or failure depends on the use of their time．But everyone uses the time more or less in the same way．However，why many great men in science or art have made huge successes for themselves in the world？Because they have made best use of their odd moments．Take Thomas A．Edison， he never allowed his odd moments to slip by．He thought，planned，and tried his inventions．He always worked twenty hours out of each twenty-four．His inventions made him famous all over the world，and provided valuable wealth for the human beings．

So, remember this axiom：very busy people always find time for everything．However，people with great spare time find time for nothing．Is it very strange？Not at all！The question is how to gather up fragments of time and make full use of them．As many big businesses have found，that the real profit is in using the odds and ends．We also must do in this way to make best use of our odd moments and manage to be successful in something that we do．

What are odds and ends？

    A. They are nothing useful．

    B. They are various small，but valuable things．

    C. They are the main things that factories produce．

    D. They are odd moments students deny to gather up．

Why should the odds and ends be made full use of ？Because  ____   ．

    A. lots of factors in success or in failure depend on the best use of odds and ends

    B. they control to possess a value of their own

    C. they are various small things people don't want

    D. they are useless things left over when the main things are produced

What does the word “Axiom” in the fourth paragraph mean?

    A. clear and evident without proof

    B. statement accepted as true without proof of argument

    C. statement that can be argued

    D. regulation accepted in scientific usage

“Fragments of time” equals  “____    ”in the above passage．

    A. the odds and ends     B. immense leisure

    C. the main things       D. the odd moments

What shall we use for power when all the oil in the world has _______??

A. given out B. put out

C. held up D. used up

Here are some toys. You can _______ one for your little son as a birthday gift.

       A. rule out                                         B. pick out

C. take out                                         D. carry out

完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）

    阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I went to Beijing this National holiday, and it was an interesting experience of my life.

My friends told us the taking the “hard  31 ” to Beijing would be really terrible. So we didn’t know what to   32 . But we were pleasantly surprised when we finally boarded the   33 , which was relatively modern and  34 . During the 14-hour ride we ate peanuts and talked. It was not  35 at all.

It was morning when we arrived. We stepped out of the railway station, having sat in hard seats and not getting much  36 . However, we had energy. First we tried to get return tickets to Shanghai, but the ticket seller  37  us that tickets would not be on  38  for another two days. We were a little worried about getting  39 , but we made up our minds to   40  for the hotel to put our bags down. After 41  our way past the “gypsy” taxi drivers that tried to  42  us 100 yuan for the ride, we found a taxi and it  43  cost us 30 yuan to get   44 we had planned to go. When we reached the hotel, there was a   45  for airplane and train tickets. Somehow the man behind the counter could get tickets that day, which we   46 . The most important lesson about China I ever  47  is to get someone to do your work for you, and it seems to work out much   48 . We were not able to get tickets, but the travel agents could.

While in Beijing we saw a lot of places of   49 ,  most of which were very  50 . It was fun to be with thousands of people in one place. There aren’t any words to describe it.

A. chair          B. bed          C. seat         D. bench

A. provide     B. expect           C. happen       D. think

A. plane          B. bus          C. ship         D. train

A. quick           B. clean            C. simple           D. long

A. bad            B. good         C. easy         D. happy36. A. trouble      B. food         C. sleep           D. help

A. asked          B. informed     C. advised      D. persuaded

A. time            B. show         C. duty         D. sale

A. behind     B. out          C. through      D. back

A. start           B. ask          C. see          D. pay

A. passing        B. seeing           C. looking      D. fighting

A. offer          B. charge           C. bargain      D. share

A. even            B. still            C. also         D. only

A. what           B. which            C. where            D. how

A. window     B. seat         C. chair            D. wood

A. wouldn’t       B. couldn’t        C. shouldn’t       D. needn’t

A. learned        B. taught           C. offered      D. heard

A. harder      B. earlier          C. later            D. easier

A. interests      B. interested       C. interest     D. interesting

A. interesting        B. crowded      C. famous       D. noisy

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中,选出可以填人空白处的最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

There are reasons why a middle-aged woman who has been away from the work for her children’s sake decides to go back to work. The  16  reason for me was: years ago my job was that of a bookkeeper(会计)----- it was then that I worked for  17  , and now with my children working, I wanted to do something  18  , something new and exciting.

Money wasn’t too important now, as my husband made a very  19  living for us. But what should I do? What sort of   20  should I look for? I knew I needed to be  21   as to what I became involved with. I am not a "quitter"(容易放弃的人) and so I hoped to  22   becoming responsible to an employer in a job that might turn out to be a mistake for me.

While I made painful efforts thinking over what to do, I was   23  of a past incident where I needed to replace my original engagement ring  24  the gold was wearing thin. My husband and I shopped and shopped for one,   25 we went, even when we were on vacation.  26  this nonstop searching got my poor   27  to ask, "Just what kind of ring do you want, what exactly are we looking for?" My reply was, "I honestly don’t   28, but when I see the correct setting, I will know it." That was the  29  I felt about the new career I wished to start; I didn’t have an exact idea as to what I wanted to do, but knew there was a perfect fit for me, if I would  30  be patient.

Fortunately, that summer while I  31  my twenty-fifth high school class reunion(重聚), I heard a former classmate  32  what she did for a living. She was a travel agent, and she and her husband had just  33 from a trip to Hawaii where they acted as guides for a group of travelers. WOW, that  34   like fun, considerably more fun and exciting than being a  35  : I know what to take up!

16. A. possible                   B. obvious             C. believable               D. good

17. A. money                B. fun                   C. children                   D. employers

18. A. valuable              B. reasonable         C. worthy                     D. different

19. A. interesting           B. comfortable              C. successful              D. meaningful

20. A. pleasure                     B. place                 C. job                       D. man

21. A. careful                B. useful            C. joyful                   D. painful

22. A. finish                 B. miss                  C. avoid                       D. forget

23. A. recalled                     B. reminded           C. warned                    D. robbed

24. A. where                 B. while                C. if                 D. as

25. A. nowhere             B. somewhere        C. wherever                  D. everywhere

26. A. Actually              B. However           C. Finally                     D. Once

27. A. children                     B. classmates         C. employer                  D. husband

28. A. care                    B. know                C. understand             D. find

29. A. way                    B. time                  C. style                        D. thought

30. A. really                 B. ever                  C. just                          D. certainly

31. A. joined                 B. left                   C. started                   D. attended

32. A. complaining        B. explaining         C. describing             D. considering

33. A. returned                     B. rested                C. came                        D. stayed

34. A. looked                B. seemed              C. sounded                   D. felt

35. A. travler                B. wife                  C. employer                  D. bookkeeper