3、In Western society, three out of five people think once we’ve got our college degree, the learning phase is over – it’s time to work. In fact, we carry on learning after we’ve left school approached the right way, learning can be process of exploration, growth and enrichment.

For me, the primary reason to keep learning new things is not that it can give me the same enjoyment that I get from watching a movie. There are always frustrating （受挫） moments in the process, but I’m happier in the long run. Instead of chasing （追求） quick entertainment that fails to satisfy, you’ll have the pure pleasure of those moments when something finally clicks （成功）. The more you learn, the more you can make connections between pieces of knowledge, the more creative you’ll be.

I left my day job （如意的工作） last year because I was bored. The first month was fairly novel: it was my first experience of real work and I was learning a lot of new thins, some of them stretching me beyond my comfort zone （适温范围）. But after that, the routine （例行公事） was the same day after day. Now, I am working for myself, which enables me to learn all sorts of new things: both hard skills （including some higher degrees） and soft skills （like knowing how to interact well with clients 客户）. This keeps me interested and motivated. Learning has another benefit. Studies have shown older people who stay mentally active are much less likely to suffer from illnesses like Alzheimer’s disease （阿尔茨海默氏病）. Besides, in your personal life, you’ll want to learn how to bring up your kids well.

Learning about personal finance and money management – something that we’re rarely taught in school – can turn your life around. The final reason is because that’s what successful people do. If you decide that you’ve learnt everything you need to know about running a business or about competitors who have a passion for learning.

1．Over half Westerners think that learning         .

       A．should last a whole life                         B．happens only at school

       C．is a process of exploration                    D．stops once there are no exams

2．The greatest benefit the writer gets from learning is that        .

       A．he has read a great many interesting books

       B．he has got the desired quick entertainment

       C．he can escape frustrating moments in life

       D．he can enjoy himself in the learning process

3．What does the underlined word “novel” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

       A．Interesting.          B．Frightening.         C．Demanding.         D．Difficult.

4．We can conclude from the passage that        .

       A．degrees will be of no importance if you keep learning

       B．learning should be based on proper learning methods

       C．the writer gave up his own business to keep learning

       D．the writer is satisfied with school education

5．What is the purpose of the passage?

       A．To tell us how to succeed in school

       B．To explain the right attitude towards learning

       C．To prove the importance of lifelong learning

       D．To introduce some good ways of learning

2、此题要求改正所给短文中的错误.对标题号的每一行做出判断：如无错误，在该行右边的横线上划（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：

此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

A French writer was invited to give talk at a university                 1．       

to a large group of students while he visits Japan. Because                  2．       

none of them could understand the French language, so he had             3．       

to have a man translate what he said in to Japanese. He spoke              4．       

a funny story went on for quite a long time during his talk.                   5．       

At last he stopped to let the man translate them into Japanese.               6．       

Much to his surprising, the man did this in a few seconds,                   7．       

and after that all the students laughed loudly. Before the talk,                8．       

when asked how he could manage to change that long story                 9．       

into such short a Japanese one, they young man said, “I just                10．       

said, ‘The writer has just told a funny story. Please laugh.’”

1、假定你是李华，你班最近就“北京大学授权少数中学校长推荐学生上北大”一事进行了讨论。请根据以下信息用英语写一篇短文，投给某英文报社的“学生习作”专栏。

注意：

1．词数：100左右；

2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3．短文的开头已给出，但不计入总词数。

Recently we have had a heated discussion in our class about the news that Peking University allows a very small number of headmasters to recommend suitable students for it.

27、This village appears _______ to mine, but I’m not _______ with it at all．

A．similar; familiar                                           B．similar; similar

C．familiar; similar                                    D．familiar; familiar

26、Jack drove his newly-repaired car home but it broke down halfway．He should have bought a new one _______．

A． in the place           B．in place       C．in first place        D．in the first place

25、Having failed my French exams, I decided to _______ science subjects．

A．stick to         B．insist on         C．concentrate on          D．adapt to

24、Better _______ academically, he returned home to continue his experiment．

A．furnished       B．equipped       C．provided          D．installed

22、Generally speaking, the music of one country is quite a lot in ______ with its culture．

A．use       B．common          C．order       D．same