【正文】 e what we want!‖ After this week, I asked for his personal address and sent him sharing my views and dreams. He kindly ed back simple encouragement such as ―Keep thinking and playing bigger。 it’s much more fun that way. Love, Jack.‖ Then I got busy with other things in life and I stopped ing Jack. A year later, my dream gradually died away. I had this idea if I got back in touch with Jack. I ed him again and again but got no response. As I sat down at my puter to check my for the fifth time in 15 minutes, an inspiration came like lighting: What was I doing? Was I waiting for the prize of life? I knew I needed to do something about all this waiting. I was going to write a book, which I would call ―Waiting for Jack‖! It all sounded good, but then reality hit. Some nights I cried and wanted to give up. I wrote and rewrote. Even though I could feel the fear, I did it anyway. Fortunately, three years later, Waiting for Jack turns out a bestseller on Amazon! We all have a ―Jack‖ for whom we wait — whether it’s a person, a place or a thing. Now I would like to ask you: what are you waiting for? 24. From the first paragraph we can learn that the author __________. A. wanted Jack to autograph(親筆簽名 ) her book B. wanted to make friends with Jack C. wanted to get help from Jack D. wanted to be as successful as Jack 25. It can be inferred from the passage that Jack Canfield is probably a person who __________. A. enjoys playing a lot B. weles challenges in life C. seldom takes risks D. likes showing off his wealth 26. Why did the author stop ing Jack? A. Because she and Jack had an argument. B. Because Jack was too proud to get along with. C. Because she was too upset with her broken dream. D. Because she had no time to get in touch with Jack. 27. What might be the theme of the book Waiting for Jack? A. The disappointment of waiting for her hero Jack. B. The need to keep waiting for the prize of our life. C. The importance of taking action to achieve a goal. D. The harm of blindly admiring others as heroes. C Eton College is a British independent school for boys aged between 13 and 18. All the pupils board(寄宿 ). Founded in 1440 by King Henry VI, the schools lies in Eton, near Windsor in England, north of Windsor Castle, and is one of the original nine English public schools as defined by the public Schools Act 1868. The school has a very long list of famous former pupils, including 20 former prime ministers. Eton has been referred to as ―the chief nurse of England’s statesmen(政治家 )‖, and has been described as the most famous public school in the world. Most of Eton’s 1,300 students enter the school at age 13. All candidates(參加考試的人 ) go through a preassessment at age 11. The assessment includes an interview, a reasoning test and a report from the boy’s school he is in. Those offered conditional places must then pass the qualifying examination at age 13, or do well in the more challenging King’s Scholarship examination. The school is usually able to offer conditional places to about one third of the candidates at age 11. Others are placed on a waiting list to substitute anyone who may give up later. A small number of boys who have not got conditional places may enter at age 13 by winning a King’s Scholarship or Music Scholarship — both scholarships are highly petitive. The school’s major aim is to encourage each Etonian to be a self–confident, inquiring, positive young man, a wellrounded character with an independent mind, and someone who respects the differences of others. By the time he leaves school, the school wants each boy to have a purpose greater than himself, and in doing so to be of value to society. 28. Paragraph 2 is meant to show Eton College’s _______. A. differences B. achievements C. background D. teaching methods 29. What should one do in order to enter Eton at 13? A. Take a reasoning test. B. Go through a preassessment. C. Provide a report from his school. D. Take a qualifying examination. 30. What does the underlined word ―substitute‖ in Paragraph 4 mean? A. Remove. B. Compare. C. Replace. D. Educate. 31. What does Eton expect its students to be? A. Useful to society. B. Proud of themselves. C. Good at earning money. D. Humorous and positive. D Most children have ever heard their parents yell ―sit up straight!‖ or ―don’t slouch(腦袋耷拉 )!‖ when they eat dinner. Nowadays, it is also heard around another activity — video games. Tenyearold Owaish admits it takes him three to four hours a day to play games on his tablet puter. In addition, he plays for about two hours on the smart phone every day. As a result, he started suffering a severe pain in the neck around June or July. What’s worse the pain has spread to the hand and back gradually, which makes his mother Mehzabin bee concerned. The doctors note the number of young children with the chronic pain(慢性病 ) in their necks, arms and shoulders is on the increase sharp in recent years . They are not aging, they haven’t had an accident, the blood reports are fine, their Xrays are fine, and their MRIs are fine. Facts have proved that the pain is from the poor posture while they are playing video games on smart phones or other electronic devices. 19year –old student Nida feels pain in the finger which holds the weight of her smart phone most of the day. Ni