Years ago ,when I started looking for my first job ,wise advised,“Barbara, be enthusiastic! Enthusiasm will take you further than any amount of experience. ”How right they were!

“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson. It is the inner voice that whispers,  “I can do it!”when others shout, “No, you can’t !”It took years and years for the early work of  Barara  McClintock, a geneticist who won the 1983 Nobel  Prize in medicine , to be generally accepted. Yet she didn’t stop working on her experiments. Work was such a deep pleasure for her that she never thought of stopping.

We are all born with wide-eyed, enthusiastic wonder and it is this childlike wonder that gives enthusiastic people such youthful air, whatever their age was. At 90,cellist（大提琴家） Palblo Cassls would start his day by playing Bach.  As the music flowed through his fingers his stooped shoulders would strengthen and joy would reappear in his eyes . As author and poet Samuei Ulman once wrote ,“ Years wrinkle（使-------變皺） the skin ,but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.”

Enthusiastic people also love what they do, regardless of money or power . Patricia  Mellrath, retired director of the Missouri  Repertory  Theatre in Kansas City, was once asked where she got her enthusiasm. She replied, “My father ,a lawyer long ago told me , I never made a dime until I stopped working for money.”

If we cannot do what we love as a full-time career, we can as a hobby. Elizabeth  Layton was 68 before she began to draw. This activity ended periods of depression that had troubled her for at least 30 years ,and the quality of her led one critic（評(píng)論家） to say, “I’m tempted to call Layton a genius（天才）.”

We can’t afford to waste tears on “might-have-been”. We need to turn the tears into sweat as we go after “what-can-be ”.We need to live each moment whole-heartedly, which all our senses-including pleasure in the sweet smell of a back-yard garden, the simple picture of a six-year –old ,the beauty of  a  rainbow.

1. What is the Chinese for “Enthusiasm”?

   A.熱情                B. 色彩                                 C. 惰性                  D.金錢(qián)

2. Which of the following can best explain the underlined sentence in the second paragraph?

   A. Enthusiasm can give you courage and strength in difficult times.

   B. If you don’t have enthusiasm, you can achieve nothing.

   C. Enthusiastic people never consider money and fame.

   D. Enthusiastic people can gain great fame and honor.

3. The author mentions cellist Pablo Casals in the third paragraph to show that____

   A. music can arouse people’s enthusiasm

   B. enthusiasm can give people inspiration needed to succeed

   C. enthusiasm can keep people feel young

   D. enthusiasm can keep people healthy

4. How many examples are given in the passage to show the importance of enthusiasm?

   A. Three              B. Two                             C. Four                      D.  Five

5. The author mainly wants to say that _________

   A. enthusiasm people never get old               

   B. enthusiasm can make you succeed and enjoy life

   C. enthusiasm is more important than experience

   D. enthusiasm can give people more success and fame .

Indians are the world’s biggest bookworms, reading on average 10.7 hours a week, twice as long as Americans, according to a new survey.
The NOP World Culture Score Index surveyed 30,000 people in 30 countries from December 2004 to February 2005.
Analysts said self-help and desirable reading could explain India’s high figures.
Time spent on reading meant fewer hours watching TV and listening to the radio—India came fourth last in both.
The NOP survey of 30,000 consumers aged over 13 saw China and the Philippines take second and third place respectively in average hours a week spent reading books, newspapers and magazines.
Britons and Americans scored about half the Indians’ hours and Japanese and Koreans were even lower—at 4.1 and 3.1 hours respectively.
R. Sriram, chief executive officer of Crosswords Bookstores, a chain of 26 bookshops around India, says Indians are extremely entrepreneurial (有開(kāi)創(chuàng)精神的) and reading “is a fundamental part of their being”.
“They place a great deal of emphasis on reading. That’s the reason why they do well in education at home and in universities abroad,” he said.
“People educate themselves and deal with change throughout their lives. And the way to do that is to update themselves with books.”
Mr. Sriram says social changes have also made a difference: “Earlier people could turn to their parents and grandparents for advice．Now they turn to books.”
1. According to the time spent on reading, which of the following answers is right?
A. Indians>Americans>Chinese>Koreans
B. Americans>Chinese>Philippines>Japanese
C. Chinese>Indians>Americans>Philippines
D. Indians>Chinese>Philippines>Americans
2. The sentence “India came fourth last in both.” in paragraph four means_____.
A. Indians have no time to watch TV and listen to the radio
B. Indians are busy with their work every day
C. Indians spent more time on reading so that they have fewer hours watching TV and listening to the radio
D. People in other countries spent more time watching TV and listening to the radio
3. The time that Chinese spent on reading may be______ a week.
A. 5.35 hours                             B. less than 10.7 hours but more than 5.35 hours      
C. more than 10.7 hours         D. 10.7 hours
4. The Indians do well in education and universities abroad because_____.
A. they have excellent teachers in every school
B. they have qualities that are needed to succeed
C. they put much emphasis on reading
D. they live in a developed country
5. Which of the following is not mentioned in this passage?
A. Indians live a very rich life in their homeland.
B. Indians are those who spend much time on reading or studying.
C. Indians are those who spend fewer hours watching TV and listening to the radio.
D. Now the Indians turn to books for advice.

Indians are the world’s biggest bookworms, reading on average 10.7 hours a week, twice as long as Americans, according to a new survey.

    The NOP World Culture Score Index surveyed 30,000 people in 30 countries from December 2004 to February 2005.

    Analysts said self-help and desirable reading could explain India’s high figures.

    Time spent on reading meant fewer hours watching TV and listening to the radio—India came fourth last in both.

    The NOP survey of 30,000 consumers aged over 13 saw China and the Philippines take second and third place respectively in average hours a week spent reading books, newspapers and magazines.

    Britons and Americans scored about half the Indians’ hours and Japanese and Koreans were even lower—at 4.1 and 3.1 hours respectively.

    R. Sriram, chief executive officer of Crosswords Bookstores, a chain of 26 bookshops around India, says Indians are extremely entrepreneurial (有開(kāi)創(chuàng)精神的) and reading “is a fundamental part of their being”.

    “They place a great deal of emphasis on reading. That’s the reason why they do well in education at home and in universities abroad,” he said.

    “People educate themselves and deal with change throughout their lives. And the way to do that is to update themselves with books.”

    Mr. Sriram says social changes have also made a difference: “Earlier people could turn to their parents and grandparents for advice．Now they turn to books.”

1. According to the time spent on reading, which of the following answers is right?

A. Indians>Americans>Chinese>Koreans

B. Americans>Chinese>Philippines>Japanese

C. Chinese>Indians>Americans>Philippines

D. Indians>Chinese>Philippines>Americans

2. The sentence “India came fourth last in both.” in paragraph four means_____.

   A. Indians have no time to watch TV and listen to the radio

   B. Indians are busy with their work every day

   C. Indians spent more time on reading so that they have fewer hours watching TV and listening to the radio

   D. People in other countries spent more time watching TV and listening to the radio

3. The time that Chinese spent on reading may be______ a week.

   A. 5.35 hours                               B. less than 10.7 hours but more than 5.35 hours        

C. more than 10.7 hours           D. 10.7 hours

4. The Indians do well in education and universities abroad because_____.

A. they have excellent teachers in every school

B. they have qualities that are needed to succeed

C. they put much emphasis on reading

D. they live in a developed country

5. Which of the following is not mentioned in this passage?

   A. Indians live a very rich life in their homeland.

   B. Indians are those who spend much time on reading or studying.

   C. Indians are those who spend fewer hours watching TV and listening to the radio.

D. Now the Indians turn to books for advice.

Indians are the world’s biggest bookworms, reading on average 10.7 hours a week, twice as long as Americans, according to a new survey.

    The NOP World Culture Score Index surveyed 30,000 people in 30 countries from December 2004 to February 2005.

    Analysts said self-help and desirable reading could explain India’s high figures.

    Time spent on reading meant fewer hours watching TV and listening to the radio—India came fourth last in both.

    The NOP survey of 30,000 consumers aged over 13 saw China and the Philippines take second and third place respectively in average hours a week spent reading books, newspapers and magazines.

    Britons and Americans scored about half the Indians’ hours and Japanese and Koreans were even lower—at 4.1 and 3.1 hours respectively.

    R. Sriram, chief executive officer of Crosswords Bookstores, a chain of 26 bookshops around India, says Indians are extremely entrepreneurial (有開(kāi)創(chuàng)精神的) and reading “is a fundamental part of their being”.

    “They place a great deal of emphasis on reading. That’s the reason why they do well in education at home and in universities abroad,” he said.

    “People educate themselves and deal with change throughout their lives. And the way to do that is to update themselves with books.”

    Mr. Sriram says social changes have also made a difference: “Earlier people could turn to their parents and grandparents for advice．Now they turn to books.”

1. According to the time spent on reading, which of the following answers is right?

A. Indians>Americans>Chinese>Koreans

B. Americans>Chinese>Philippines>Japanese

C. Chinese>Indians>Americans>Philippines

D. Indians>Chinese>Philippines>Americans

2. The sentence “India came fourth last in both.” in paragraph four means_____.

   A. Indians have no time to watch TV and listen to the radio

   B. Indians are busy with their work every day

   C. Indians spent more time on reading so that they have fewer hours watching TV and listening to the radio

   D. People in other countries spent more time watching TV and listening to the radio

3. The time that Chinese spent on reading may be______ a week.

   A. 5.35 hours                              B. less than 10.7 hours but more than 5.35 hours      

C. more than 10.7 hours              D. 10.7 hours

4. The Indians do well in education and universities abroad because_____.

A. they have excellent teachers in every school

B. they have qualities that are needed to succeed

C. they put much emphasis on reading

D. they live in a developed country

5. Which of the following is not mentioned in this passage?

   A. Indians live a very rich life in their homeland.

   B. Indians are those who spend much time on reading or studying.

   C. Indians are those who spend fewer hours watching TV and listening to the radio.

D. Now the Indians turn to books for advice.

C
Years ago ,when I started looking for my first job ,wise advised,“Barbara, be enthusiastic! Enthusiasm will take you further than any amount of experience. ”How right they were!
“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson. It is the paste that helps you hang on there when the going tough. It is the inner voice that whispers, “I can do it!”when others shout, “No, you can’t !”It took years and years for the early work of  Barara  McClintock, a geneticist who won the 1983 Nobel  Prize in medicine , to be generally accepted. Yet she didn’t stop working on her experiments. Work was such a deep pleasure for her that she never thought of stopping.
We are all born with wide-eyed, enthusiastic wonder and it is this childlike wonder that gives enthusiastic people such youthful air, whatever their age was. At 90,cellist Palblo Cassls would start his day by playing Bach.  A s the music flowed through his fingers his stooped shoulders would strengthen and joy would reappear in his eyes . As author and poet Samuei Ulman once wrote ,“ Years wrinkle the skin ,but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.”
Enthusiastic people also love what they do, regardless of money or power . Patricia  Mellrath, retired director of the Missouri  Repertory  Theatre in Kansas City, was once asked where she got her enthusiasm. She replied, “My father ,a lawyer long ago told me , I never made a dime until I stopped working for money.”
If we cannot do what we love as a full-time career, we can as a hobby. Elizabeth  Layton was 68 before she began to draw. This activity ended periods of depression that had troubled her for at least 30 years ,and the quality of her led one critic to say,“I’m tempted to call Layton a genius.”
We can’t afford to waste tears on “might-have-beens”. We need to turn the tears into sweat as we go after “what-can-be ”.We need to live each moment whole-heartedly, which all our senses-including pleasure in the sweet smell of a back-yard garden, the simple picture of a six-year –old ,the beauty of  a  rainbow.
66. What is the Chinese for “Enthusiasm”?
A.熱情               B. 色彩                                C. 惰性                 D.金錢(qián)
67. Which of the following can best explain the underlined sentence in the second paragraph?
A. Enthusiasm can give you courage and strength in difficult times.
B. If you don’t have enthusiasm, you can achieve nothing.
C. Enthusiastic people never consider money and fame.
D. Enthusiastic people can gain great fame and honor.
68. The author mentions cellist Pablo Casals in the third paragraph to show that____
A. music can arouse people’s enthusiasm
B. enthusiasm can give people inspiration needed to succeed
C. enthusiasm can keep people feel young
D. enthusiasm can keep people healthy
69. How many examples are given in the passage to show the importance of enthusiasm?
A. Three             B. Two              C. Four                     D.  Five
70. The author mainly wants to say that _________
A. enthusiasm people never get old                            
B. enthusiasm can make you succeed and enjoy life
C. enthusiasm is more important than experience
D. enthusiasm can give people more success and fame .