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There are two types of people in the world．Although they have equal degree of health and wealth and other comforts of life, one becomes happy, while the other becomes unhappy．This arises from the different ways in which they consider things, persons, events and the resulting effects upon their minds．
People who are to be happy fix their attention on the convenience of things: the pleasant parts of conversation, the well prepared dishes, the goodness of the wine and the fine weather．They enjoy all the cheerful things．Those who are to be unhappy think and speak only of the opposite things．Therefore, they are continually dissatisfied．By their remarks, they sour the pleasure of society, offend（hurt） many people, and make themselves disagreeable everywhere．If this turn of mind was founded in nature, such unhappy persons would be the more to be pitied．The intention of criticizing and being disliked is perhaps taken up by imitation．It grows into a habit, unknown to its possessors．The habit may be strong, but it may be cured when those who have it realize its bad effects on their interests and tastes．I hope this little warning may be of service to them, and help them change this habit．
Though in fact it is chiefly an act of the imagination, it has serious results in life since it brings on deep sorrow and bad luck．Those people offend many others; nobody loves them, and no one treats them with more than the most common politeness and respect．This frequently puts them in bad temper and draws them into arguments．If they aim at getting some advantages in social position or fortune, nobody wishes them success．Nor will anyone start a step or speak a word to favor their hopes．If they bring on themselves public objections, no one will defend or excuse them, and many will join to criticize their wrong doings．These should change this bad habit and be pleased with what is pleasing, without worrying needlessly about themselves and others．If they do not, it will be good for others to avoid any contact with them．Otherwise, it can be disagreeable and sometimes very inconvenient, especially when one becomes mixed up in their quarrels．
Title: About Two Types of People

Types of People	Differences	小題1:）___________________
The happy	Fixing their attention on the （小題2:）__________             of things	Equal degree of health and wealth and other （小題3:）                  of life
The unhappy	Think and speak only of the小題4:） things．
（小題5:）               about the unhappy	Situation	（小題6:）	（小題7:）         ____
	Souring the pleasure of society	●Growing into a habit ●Having bad effects on their interests and tastes ●Nobody loves them ●No one treats them with politeness and （小題8:）	●Change this bad （小題9:）    _______ ●Be pleased with what is pleasing ●Don’t worry needlessly about themselves and others
	（小題10:）  _            many people
	Making  themselves disagreeable

Michael is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, “If I were any better, I’d be twins!” He was a natural motivator.
One day I went up to Michael and asked him, “I don’t get it. You can’t be positive all the time. How do you do it?”
Michael replied, “Each morning I wake up and say to myself ‘Mike, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or a bad mood.’ I choose the first. Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life.” Michael continued, “Life is all about choices. The bottom line is: It’s your choice how you live life.”
Several years later, Michael was involved in a serious accident, falling off 60 feet from a communications tower. I saw him about six months after the accident. I asked him what had gone through his mind as the accident took place.
He said, “I first thought of my soon-to-born daughter and then remembered I had two choices: I could choose to live or I could choose to die. I chose to live. I knew I needed to take action. So when a nurse kept shouting questions at me asking if I was allergic to anything, I took a deep breath and yelled, ‘Gravity’. Over their laughter, I told them, ‘I’m choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead’.”
Michael lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude.
小題1:Which of the following statements is true?

A．Michael is a person whom people don’t like very much.

B．Michael knows how to learn from bad things in life.

C．Doctors thought Michael was dead.

D．The author didn’t think Michael was a happy person.

小題2:According to Michael, when someone complains to you, you should ____________.

A．share your own experiences with him

B．just listen to what the person says and feel sorry for him

C．tell the person to look at the happy side of life instead of just listening

D．discuss with the person and tell him to reflect on the complaints

小題3:The author quotes Michael’s words “If I were any better, I’d be twins!” to tell us ____________.

A．Michael wants to have a twin brother

B．Michael is not satisfied with his present life

C．Michael is always optimistic

D．Michael likes to change his mood

小題4:Which of the following best summarizes the main idea?

A．Accidents will happen.

B．When God shuts a door, he opens another.

C．Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

D．Attitude is everything.

Charlie Chaplin was born on April 16, 1889 in London. Both his father and mother were entertainers and although not of big names, they were doing very well. While the family was by no means rich, the music hall provided the Chaplins with a comfortable living. Unfortunately happy life didn’t last long. Father’s alcoholism was slowly, but surely destroying his marriage. Finally it ended in divorce. His mother managed to keep Charlie and his brother Syney clean and warm, clothed and fed. She would sit at the window watching the passers-by and guess at their characters from the way they looked and behaved, making up tales to delight Charlie and Syney. Charlie took in her skills and went on using them all his life.
Charlie had always believed, even in the worst times, that he had something special locked away inside him. He took his courage and went to one of the top theater agents. With no experience at all, he was offered a plum part (意外得到的好角色) in a new production of “Sherlock Holmes”, which opened on July 27, 1903 at the famous “Pavilion Theatre”. Charlie seemed to change overnight. It was as if he had found the thing he was meant to do. By 1910, Charlie had become “one of the best pantomime (啞劇) artists ever seen ”.
Cinema was born in the same year as Charlie thought people still believed it was a passing fashion, and would never replace live shows. But after using several weeks to watch and to learn, he was determined to master this new medium. It offered him the chance of money and success—and it would set him free from the unpredictability of live audience.
Charlie’s first film, released in February 1914, was called “Making a living”. After that he made another ten. The public loved him and producers were demanding more and more Chaplin films. In an incredibly short time, Charlie had become a very important man in motion picture.
小題1:Which of the following is NOT true about Charlie Chaplin?

A．Mother had much influence on Charlie Chaplin’s career.

B．“Sherlock Holmes” made Charlie rise to fame overnight.

C．Charlie had been famous when the cinema became a fashion.

D．Charlie’s work in both the theater and the cinema was welcomed.

小題2:What can you infer from the passage?

A．Charlie Chaplin’s belief in his potential led to his success.

B．Charlie Chaplin got his first role in a film at 14.

C．Cinema was a form of art showing live performance.

D．Motion picture was a passing fashion lasting a short time.

小題3:The underlined word “unpredictability” in Paragraph 3 means____________.

A．low spirits	B．opposing attitude
C．successful performance	D．changing state

小題4:What is the passage mainly about?

A．Charlie Chaplin made the cinema industry popular.

B．Charlie Chaplin’s early success in his career.

C．Charlie Chaplin was a best pantomime artist.

D．Charlie Chaplin’s determination to do what he liked.

I am my mother’s third child. When I was born, the doctor gently explained to my mother that my left arm was     36   , below the elbow (肘). Then he gave her some     37   , “Don’t treat her any     38    from the other girls. Demand more.” And she     39   !
My mother had to work to     40    my family. There were five girls in our family and we all had to     41   . Once when I was about seven, I came out of the     42   , “Mom, I can’t peel (削……皮) potatoes. I only have one hand.”
“You get back to peel those potatoes, and don’t ever use that as a(n)     43    for anything again!”
Of course I could peel potatoes — with my good hand, while holding them down with my __44    arm. There was always a     45   , and Mom knew it. “If you try hard    46   ,” she said, “you can do anything.”
Once in the second grade, our teacher had each of us race across the monkey bars (攀爬架). When it was my turn, I     47    my head. Some kids     48   . I went home crying.
After work the next afternoon, Mom     49    me back to the school playground.
“Now,     50    up with your right arm,” she advised. She stood by     51    I practiced, and she     52    me when I made progress.
I’ll never forget the     53    time I was crossing the bars. The kids were standing there with their mouths open.
It was the way with everything. When I     54    I can’t handle (處理) things, I see Mom’s smile again. She had the heart to     55    anything. And she taught me I could, too.

小題1:	A．missing B．broken C．cut D．short

小題2:	A．warning B．medicine C．help D．a(chǎn)dvice

小題3:	A．badly B．differently C．well D．normally

小題4:	A．did B．refused C．cried D．had

小題5:	A．care B．help C．support D．live

小題6:	A．find out B．work out C．carry out D．help out

小題7:	A．kitchen B．bedroom C．house D．school

小題8:	A．idea B．change C．excuse D．tool

小題9:	A．lost B．other C．next D．longer

小題10:

A．chance B．way C．time D．success

小題11:

A．enough B．too C．a(chǎn)gain D．often

小題12:

A．hurt B．nodded C．shook D．turned

小題13:

A．cheered B．whispered C．joked D．laughed

小題14:

A．drove B．took C．sent D．carried

小題15:

A．pull B．jump C．stand D．rise

小題16:

A．before B．a(chǎn)s C．a(chǎn)fter D．until

小題17:

A．helped B．raised C．praised D．protected

小題18:

A．first B．last C．wonderful D．next

小題19:

A．a(chǎn)dmit B．fear C．find D．realize

小題20:

A．face B．teach C．learn D．solve

When Tom finished his studies at the university (大學), he began to look around for a job. He did not know what he would like to do, but one of his uncles had worked for the government for thirty years, and he advised Tom to try to get a job of the same kind, so he went for an exam one day. He was successful, and his first job was in a large government office in London.
When Tom had been working there for a few weeks, his uncle came to visit the family one Saturday evening. He was pleased that his nephew (侄子) had got a job working for the government, and he asked him a lot of questions about it.
One of the questions he asked was, “How many people work in your department (部門), Tom?”
The young man thought for a few moments and then answered, “About half of them, Uncle Jim.”
小題1:When he graduated (畢業(yè)) from university, Tom was not ________.

A．interested in getting any information from the government

B．looking for a good-paying job with excellent hours

C．good at making decisions

D．very good at science

小題2:What did Tom think of his uncle’s advice?

A．He did not like it.	B．He thought it was good
C．He refused to take it.	D．He was unable to follow it.

小題3:The uncle wanted to find out ________.

A．what his nephew was doing

B．how his nephew was getting on with his job

C．whether his nephew could understand him or not

D．what his nephew had expected

小題4:In fact Tom’s answer means that __________.

A．the people working in the government office were in many groups and they worked in turn

B．most of the government workers were not working hard

C．only half of the government workers went to work on time

D．the government office had more people than needed

I don’t often lose things and I’m always careful with money, so I was quite surprised when I reached for my wallet and it wasn’t there. At first, I thought it was possible that I could have left it at home. Then I remembered taking it out to pay the taxi, so I knew I had it with me just before I walked into the restaurant. I wondered if it was possible that it could have dropped out of my pocket while I was eating dinner. I turned and walked back to the table where I had been sitting. Unluckily, there were several people sitting at the table at that time, so I had the waiter go over to the table to see if my wallet was on the floor. While the waiter was looking for it, the head of the restaurant came up to me and asked me if anything was wrong. I told him what had happened. He asked me to report the missing wallet to the police. I told him I didn’t want to do so; I was in a hurry because I had to reach my waiting room before two o’clock, where some people were waiting to see me. I also told him that my biggest worry at the moment was how I was going to pay for the meal. He told me not to worry about that. He asked me to write down my name and address, and he said he would send me a bill (帳單).
小題1:When the writer couldn’t find his wallet, his first thought was that________

A．it had been given to the taxi-driver

B．he had dropped it in the taxi

C．he had lost his wallet again

D．it might be left at home

小題2:The writer thought he must have the wallet with him because___________.

A．he had paid the taxi-driver

B．he had paid the bill of the meal

C．the waiter had seen it on the table

D．the waiter was looking for it on the floor

小題3:Why do you think the writer turned and walked back to the table?

A．He would phone the police about the missing of his wallet.

B．He wondered if he had dropped his wallet while eating.

C．The head of the restaurant wanted to know what was wrong.

D．Several people were sitting at the table at that time.

小題4: The writer of the story is probably a _________.

A．doctor

B．cook

C．school teacher

D．newspaper reporter

One day, I happened to talk to a stranger (陌生人) on the bus. When he found out that I was from Chicago, he told me that one of his good friends lived there and he wondered if I happened to know him. At first I wanted to say that it was foolish (愚蠢的) to think like that, for from all the millions of people in Chicago, I could not possibly know his friend. But, instead, I just smiled and said that Chicago was a very big city. He was quiet for a few minutes, and then he began to tell me all about his friend.
He told me that his friend was an excellent tennis player and that he even had his own tennis court (網(wǎng)球場). He added that he knew a lot of people with swimming pools, but that he only knew two people in the country who had their own tennis courts. And his friend in Chicago was one of them. I told him that I knew several people like that, for example, my brother and my next-door neighbor. I told him that my brother was a doctor and he lived in California. Then he asked where my brother lived in California. When I said Sacramento, he said that last year his friend spent the summer in Sacramento and lived next door to a doctor. The doctor had a tennis court. I said that my next-door went to Sacramento last summer and lived in the house next to my brother’s. For a moment, we looked at each other, but we did not say anything.
“Would your friend’s name happen to be Roland Kirkwood?” I asked finally. He laughed and said, “Would your brother’s name happen to be Dr. Ray Hunter?” It was my turn to laugh.
小題1: Which of the following is true?

A．The story happened in Chicago.

B．The writer’s brother lived in Sacramento.

C．Both the writer and the stranger lived in Chicago.

D．Both the writer and his brother lived in California.

小題2: The writer said that Chicago was a very big city. That means _____________.

A．it was possible for him to happen to know the stranger’s friend

B．he didn’t want to look for the stranger’s friend

C．he didn’t know the stranger’s friend

D．it was impossible to find the stranger’s friend

小題3: How many persons does the story involve (涉及)?

A．Four.

B．Five.

C．Six.

D．Seven.

小題4:Which is the best title of the story?

A．On a bus	B．Two tennis players
C．One in a million	D．Chicago is a large city

THE BRONTE FAMILY
Yorkshire, England was the setting for two great novels (小說) of the 19th century. These were Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre and Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights. The youngest sister, Anne, was also a gifted novelist, and her books have the same extraordinary quality as her sisters’.
Their father was Patrick Bronte, born in Ireland. He moved with his wife, Maria Bronte, and their six small children to Haworth in Yorkshire in 1820. Soon after, Mrs. Bronte and the two eldest children died, leaving the father to care of the remaining three girls and a boy.
Charlotte was born in 1816. Emily was born in 1818 and Anne in 1820. Their brother Branwell was born in 1817. Left to themselves, the children wrote and told stories and walked over the hills. They grew up largely self-educated. Branwell showed a great interest in drawing. The girls were determined to earn money for his art education. They took positions as teachers or taught children in their homes.
As children they had all written many stories. Charlotte, as a young girl, alone wrote 22 books, each with 60 to 100 pages of small handwriting. Therefore, they turned to writing for income. By 1847, Charlotte had written The Professor; Emily, Wuthering Heights; and Anne, Agnes Grey. After much difficulty Anne and Emily found a publisher(出版商), but there was no interest shown in Charlotte’s book. (It was not published until 1859.) However, one publisher expressed an interest in seeing more of her works. Jane Eyre was already started, and she hurriedly finished it. It was accepted at once; thus each of the sisters had a book published in 1847.
Jane Eyre was immediately successful; the other two, however, did not do so well. People did not like Wuthering Heights. They said it was too wild, too animal-like. But gradually it came to be considered one of the finest novels in the English language. Emily lived only a short while after the publication of the book, and Anne died in 1849.
Charlotte published Shirley in 1849, and Villette in 1853. In 1854 she married Arthur Bell Nicholls. But only a year later, she died of tuberculosis(肺結(jié)核) as her sisters had.
小題1:We know from the text that      .

A．Jane Eyre was published in 1847

B．Charlotte Bronte wrote 22 books in all

C．the Bronte sisters received good education

D．Patrick Bronte helped his daughters with their writing

小題2:The underlined words “the other two” in the 5 th paragraph refer to      .

A．Shirley and Villette	B．The Professor and Agnes Grey
C．Agnes Grey and Wutheriing Heights	D．The Professor and wuthering Heights

小題3: What do we know about the Bronte sisters from the text?

A．Their novels interested few publishers.

B．None of them had more than two books published.

C．None of them lived longer than 40 years old.

D．Emily was the least successful of the three.

It is not often realized that women held a high place in southern European societies in the 10 th and 11 th centuries. As wife, the woman was protected by the setting up of a dowry (嫁妝) or decimum. Admittedly, the purpose of this was to protect her against the risk of desertion (遺棄)，but in reality its function in the social and family life of the time was much more important. The decimum was the wife’s right to receive a tenth of all her husband’s property. The wife had the right to withhold consent, in all transactions the husband would make, And more than just a right: the documents showed that she enjoyed a real power of decision, equal to that of her husband. In no case did the documents indicate any degree of difference in the legal status of husband and wife.
The wife shared in the management of her husband’s personal property, but the opposite was not always true. Women seemed perfectly prepared to defend their own inheritance(遺產(chǎn)，繼承物)against husbands who tried to exceed their rights, and on occasion they showed a fine fighting spirit. A case in point is that of Maria, Vivas, a Catalan woman of Barcelona. Having agreed with her husband Miro to sell a field she had inherited, for the needs of the household, she insisted on compensation. None being offered, she succeeded in dragging her husband to the scribe to have a contract duly drawn up assigning her a piece of land from Miro’s personal inheritance. The unfortunate husband was obliged to agree, as the contract says, “for the sake of peace.” Either through the dowry or through being hot-tempered, the Catalan wife knew how to win herself, within the context of the family, a powerful economic position.
小題1: A decimum was      .

A．the wife’s inheritance from her father

B．a(chǎn) gift of money to the new husband

C．a(chǎn) written contract

D．the wife’s right to receive one-tenth of her husband’s property

小題2: In the society described in the passage, the legal standing of the wife in marriage was      .

A．higher than that of her husband	B．lower than that of her husband
C．the same as that of her husband	D．higher than that of a single woman

小題3: What compensation did Maria Vivas get for the field?

A．Some of the land Miro had inherited.	B．A tenth of Miro’s land.
C．Money for household expenses.	D．Money from Miro’s inheritance.

小題4: Which of the following is Not mentioned as an effect of the dowry system?

A．The husband had to share the power of decision in marriage.

B．The wife was protested from desertion.

C．The wife gained a powerful economic position.

D．The husband was given control over his wife’s property.

Robert Fredy was general manager of a large hotel in Ashbury park. New Jersey. One cold day two years ago when he stopped his car at a traffic light, Stephen Pear man, an out-of-work taxi and truck driver, walked up to Fredy’s car hoping to earn some change by washing his windshield．Like many motorists who try to keep the beggars off, Fredy turned on the wipers to show he wasn’t interested．
Pearman put his head close to the window．“Come on, mister．Give me a chance．I need a job,” he said．Something in Stephen Pearman’s voice moved Robert Fredy．In the seconds before traffic started moving again, Fredy handed a business card and told him to call if he was serious．
“My friends told me he was just pulling my leg, ”said Pearman．“But I said, “ No, he’s a
businessman．I need to give it a shot．”
Two days later,29-year-old Pearman appeared in the manager's office of the big hotel．Fredy gave him a job and housing and lent him pocket money while training him．
Today, Pearman works full time setting up the hotel's dining halls for business meetings．In the past two years, he has found a flat, married and repaid Fredy’s loans．
“Mr．Fredy gave me a second chance, “says Pearman, ” And I took advantage of it．I could have just come here a while, eaten up and left．But there is no future in washing windshields．”
Ordinarily, Fredy keeps away from the street people．“But Pearman seemed so honest and open, asking for a chance rather than just money,” Fredy says, “I don’t hand my business card to just anybody．But I’m glad I did in this case．”
小題1:When Pearman first appeared before Fredy, ．

A．Fredy took him as a beggar

B．Pearman was told to do it later

C．Fredy gladly agreed to let him do it

D．Pearman knew Fredy was a kind man

小題2:When Fredy told Pearman to call if he was serious, he meant if          .

A．Pearman was really hardworking

B．Pearman was really looking for a job

C．Pearman’s conditions were truly scrious

D．Pearman was really interested in washing windshields

小題3:By saying “he was just pulling my leg (paragraph 3)”, Pearman’s friends meant.

A．Fredy knew Pearman intended to ask for a job

B．Fredy was making fun of Pearman

C．Fredy wanted to help the poor

D．Fredy was tired of being stopped

小題4:Pearman is now            .

A．in charge of Fredy’s loans

B．still washing car windshields

C．full – time employed at the hotel

D．a(chǎn)rranging dinner parties for the hotel

小題5:What can we learn about Fredy?

A．He helps those who will work hard themselves．

B．He likes to give his help to anyone in need．

C．He always gives help to the unemployed．

D．He is easily moved by poor people．