Once there was a young woman who didn’t like her job. Everyday when she came home from work, she told her husband how terrible her day had been, how tiring the work and how unreasonable her boss. “Leave that job,” her husband told her.
“Oh, I will,” she said. “But not yet. I have too many friends there for me to leave.” And so she remained unhappy at work until the years became decades and her children had children. “Leave that job,” her grandchildren told her. “Oh, I will,” she said. “But not yet. There are only seven more years until I reach thirty years of service and can retire. So I can’t just yet.”
I know this woman. And her story reminds me of an old dog half asleep on the porch of a general store, moaning and groaning in the sun. “Why is your dog acting that way?” a customer asked the store owner. “Oh,” answered the man. “He’s lying on a nail.” “Well, why doesn’t he move?” “Because it’s not hurting him bad enough.”
That’s true for people, too. We convince ourselves the pain is not bad enough to leave the workplace we know. But we’re wrong. Prolonged work pain is continuing. Some work pain damages our self-esteem, kills our passion or destroys our dreams.
Wilbur Wright once commented, “We could hardly wait to get up in the morning. I know that exhilarating feeling of being so passionate about something I was working on that I couldn’t wait to get back to work. And people who are winning at working know that kind of passion, too.”
They get excited about work. They offer their unique gifts and talents eagerly. And when things don’t change as they sometimes will, they refuse to let environment hijack(劫持) their self-esteem, passion or dreams.
小題1:The woman complained to her husband every day because   .
A．she didn’t have enough money to support her family
B．her boss criticized her for what she had done
C．she was not satisfied with her job at all
D．her work was difficult and her boss was cruel
小題2:From the second paragraph we can know that the woman   .
A．liked making friends with others
B．loved all of her children very much
C．left her tiring job at last
D．did exactly the same job all along
小題3:The underlined word “Prolonged” (in Paragraph 4) means   .
A．lastingB．slightC．seriousD．hard
小題4:People who are getting along well with their work     .
A．have to get up early every day
B．a(chǎn)re not willing to go to work
C．need more unique gifts and talents
D．a(chǎn)re likely to change with the situation

小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:A
小題4:D

小題1:細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第一行Once there was a young woman who didn’t like her job.可知她對自己的工作不滿意。
小題2:推理題。根據(jù)文章第2段可知孫子孫女都出生了，她還在做那份工作，說明她一直在做同樣的工作。
小題3:猜測詞義題。根據(jù)上下文可知A正確，是指持久的痛苦對我們有很大的影響。
小題4:總結(jié)歸納題。根據(jù)文章最后一段And when things don’t change as they sometimes will, they refuse to let environment hijack(劫持) their self-esteem, passion or dreams.可知很多人都會隨著情況的變化而變化。
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B．had trouble walking and talking
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I returned to Dixon,   47  I had finished my high school education and had   48  in the school football team. My father said that our town had opened a store and wanted a local athlete to   49  its sports department(部門). The job sounded just   50  for me but I wasn’t hired.
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A．possibleB．successfulC．rightD．important
小題11:
A．disappointmentB．delightC．pleasureD．interest
小題12:
A．woke B．a(chǎn)dvisedC．demandedD．reminded
小題13:
A．managerB．clerkC．workerD．a(chǎn)nnouncer
小題14:
A．WhileB．AsC．UntilD．So
小題15:
A．WhatB．HowC．WheneverD．Wherever
小題16:
A．becauseB．butC．ifD．once
小題17:
A．calling B．a(chǎn)nswering C．broadcastingD．a(chǎn)nnouncing
小題18:
A．make B．a(chǎn)ctC．broadcastD．play
小題19:
A．moved B．sorryC．thankfulD．satisfied
小題20:
A．future B．comingC．lastD．later

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