He never told us why he was late for last meeting, ______？

You never told us why you were absent from the party, ______.

A．weren't you

B．didn't you

C．did you

D．Were you

Why was Anthony Shee, a flight attendant with US Air Inc., mistaken for a pilot？

A．Because he always wore a pilot's uniform.

B．Because he told people he was a pilot instead of a flight attendant.

C．Because he wants to be a pilot,

D．Because men in women-dominated fields sometimes find themselves mistaken for higher-status professionals.

听力原文：W: Michael told us he likes classical music.

M: But every time we invited him to the concert, he always found some excuses and he never showed up.

What can be inferred about Michael'？

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A．He wants to be invited to a concert.

B．He told them what his favorite hobbies are.

C．He doesn't really enjoy classical music.

D．He doesn't know much about classical music.

听力原文：M: Why not ask Tim to go skating with us in the mountain？

W: He'd be the last person to do such a thing.

Q: What can we know about Tim？

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A．He was very slow in doing things.

B．He was the right person to do such a thing.

C．He is expected to do such a thing.

D．He would never do such a thing.

ous, afraid of playing the fool, and be open to experience.

Next, "erase your blackboard." We all have blackboards, too—scribbled upon by other people. No one comes into the world a blank slate; there are messages in the unconscious from far back in time, imprints from ancestors lost in the misty past and from our own parents. In such a way are we programmed by our culture to provide continuity for the race. But, again, what is good up to a point can become stultifying (无用的). To be creative, we have to "erase" some of what others have written upon us and "reinvent" ourselves.

It is not easy. You have to pay attention to your unconscious, which slips messages to you much as a note is slipped under the door; to your own intuition and intelligence, and to the world around you.

Creativity, then, is first about paying attention to the unexpected. One artist told me, "If you know what you are looking for, you will never see what you do not expect to find." To pay attention means to expect without knowing what to expect. Writers say this experience happens to them all the time. "I have no idea whence (从哪里) this tide comes, or where it goes," author Dorothy Canfield once explained, "but when it begins to rise in my heart, I know that a story is in the offing (即将来临)."

It also happens to scientists. Physicist Charles Townes has told of the time he was frustrated in solving a huge problem on which he and others had worked long and hard. One Sunday morning he went to the park to sit on a bench among the azaleas (杜鹃花), "and there in the early spring morning enjoyed the freshness and beauty of these gay flowers, musing over why we had so far failed. Suddenly I recognized the fallacy in my previous thinking and that of others."

Famed Hollywood director John Huston told me that when he encountered a mental block while on location, he was careful not to "spook", not to panic. Instead, he relaxed and waited. "When the right idea comes along," he said, "you'll recognize it."

No one, of course, can pay attention to everything. All of us are bombarded (轰击) daily with stimuli pouring in from society around us. Creativity requires that we stop paying general attention to everything in order to pay particular attention to something. Then we can see what previously we missed. We can look at the commonplace in a brand-new way and discover the surprising in the familiar. In the words of one student of creativity, "If most of us tend to keep on going through the same old familiar notion, that is not because we are short on creativity but because we stifle it. Creativity demands certain leaps that we consider too daring."

There are ______ ways to unleash our creativity.

A．3

B．2

C．4

D．5

y believing that you will fulfill your ambitions, then your chances of actually fulfilling them are already increased.

My son Joey was born with club feet, (29) The doctors assured us that with treatment he would be able to walk normally, but would never run very well. The first three years of his life were spent in surgery, casts and braces. By the age of six, Joey could go to school with other neighbor children. (30) By the time he was eight, you wouldn't know he had a problem when you saw him walk.

One year later, Joey would jump right in and nun as most children do during play. We never told him that he probably wouldn't be able to run as well as the other children. So he didn't know.

In seventh grade he decided to go out for the cross-country team. Every day he trained with the team. Although the entire team runs, only the top seven runners have the potential to score points for the school. We didn't tell him he probably would never make the team, so he didn't know.

He continued to run four to five miles a day. Two weeks later, the names of the team runners were called. Joey was number six on the list. (31)He was in seventh grade, while the other six team members were all eighth-graders. We never told him he shouldn't expect to make the team. We never told him he couldn't do it... so he didn't know. He just did it.

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A．tie would never walk or run normally.

B．He would walk and run normally.

C．He would walk normally, but he couldn't run normally.

D．He would walk normally, but he couldn't jump normally.

excited about when historical events are presented in a boring manner. However, I'll never forget my American History professor, Dr. Williamson. Each event leaped from the pages of our text and became as real as the daily news report on the radio.

My favorite lecture concerned the American Revolution. Dr. Williamson set the mood for the study by imitating Paul Revere, a well-known silversmith, working in his shop. The American colonists were angry because of the British control over their lives. Revere felt that war between the British and the colonists was inevitable. Then, Dr. Williamson told us about Revere rowing across. the Charles River from Boston on April 18, 1775. I can see the professor now as he raised his hand to his forehead as if he were looking across the Charles River to the Old North Church in Boston. Suddenly, Revere spotted two lanterns, a signal which meant that the British would attack by sea. He jumped on his horse to warn the villagers of the attack. Professor Williamson reminded us that the first battles of the American Revolution were fought at Concord and at Lexington, Massachusetts, the year before the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776.

Never before had history seemed so alive to me. And all because a professor cared enough to put his heart into his teaching.

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A．Because history professors are poorly prepared.

B．Because most students are lazy.

C．Because history lectures are not delivered in an interesting way.

D．Because most students feel studying history is a waste of time.

When you start talking about good and had manners you

immediately start meeting difficulties. Many people just cannot

agree what they mean. We asked a lady, who replied that she

thought you could tell a well-mannered person on the way they 【S1】______.

occupied the space around them-- for example; when such a

person walks down a street he or she is constantly unaware of 【S2】______.

others. Such people never bump into other people.

However, a second person thought that this was more a

question of civilized behavior. as good manners. Instead, this 【S3】______.

other person told us a story, it he said was quite well known, 【S4】______.

about an American who had been invited to an Arab meal at 【S5】______.

one of the countries of the Middle East. The American hasn't 【S6】______.

been told very much about the kind of food he might expect. If

he had known about American food, he might have behaved 【S7】______.

better.

Immediately before him was a very flat piece of bread that

looked, to him, very much as a napkin(餐巾). Picking it 【S8】______.

up, he put it into his collar, so that it falls across his shirt. 【S9】______.

His Arabian host, who had been watching, said of nothing, but 【S10】______.

immediately copied the action of his guest. And that, said this

second person, was a fine example of good manners.

【S1】

A.come up

B.turn on

C.put off

D.give out

阅读理解：判断题

A passenger told an air hostess that he needed a cup of water to take his medicine when the plane just took off. She told him that she would bring him the water in ten minutes.

The air hostess was kept so busy that she forgot to give him the water. As a result, the passenger was held up to take his medicine. Thirty minutes later, when the passenger's ring for service sounded, she hurried over to him with a cup of water, but he refused.

In the following hours on the plane, each time the air hostess passed by the passenger, she would ask him with a smile whether he needed help or not. But the passenger never answered a word.

When he was going to get off the plane, the passenger asked the air hostess to hand him the passengers' booklet. She was very sad. She knew that he would write down sharp words, but with a smile she handed it to him.

Off the plane, she opened the booklet, and smiled, for the passenger put it. “On the flight, you asked me whether I needed help or not for twelve times in all. How can I refuse your twelve sincere smiles？”

That's right! Who can refuse twelve sincere smiles from a person？

操作提示：句子正确选择下拉选项框为“T”;句子错误选择下拉选项框为“F”。

* A passenger wants a cup of water because he is thirsty. {T、F}

* The air hostess forgot to give him the water on purpose. {T、F}

* The passenger refused the cup of water. {T、F}

* The passenger didn't write down any sharp words. {T、F}

* This passage tells us that a sincere smile is of no use. {T、F}