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shed, I realized that those three hours spent building that boat were first hours of mental relaxation and peace that I had had in months! I realized that it is difficult to worry while you are busy doing something that requires planning and my case,building the boat had knocked worry out of the I determined to keep busy.” “ The following night, I made a list of jobs that ought to be of items needed to be , I had made a list of 242 items that needed the last two years I have pleted most of am busy so that I have no time for worry.” No time for worry! That is exactly what Winston Churchill said when he was working eighteen hours a day at the height of the he was asked if he worried about his huge responsibilities, he said, “ I am too have no time for worry.” 1. The underlined word “ bereavement” in the second paragraph refers to________. A. having lost a loved one B. having lost a valuable article C. having lost a profit making business D. having lost a well paid job 2. Marion felt his body as if it was caught in a vice because________. A. he couldn’ t earn enough money to support his family B. he was suffering from sleeplessness disease C. he couldn’ t get out of mental pressure D. he felt tired of adult education classes 3. Marion made a list of over 200 items that needed to be repaired because________. A. he hadn’ t been able to spare time to mend them B. he wanted to kill his free time by repairing them C. the items had actually been broken and needed attention D. repairing the items helped crowd worry out of his mind 4. At the end of the passage, the author wrote about Winston Churchill in order to________. A. prove that he followed Churchill’ s example B. support his student’ s solution to his problem C. show that he was successful in his career D. clarify how his conclusion was reached People always think about “ the problem of youth” . If there is one— which I take leave to doubt— it is older people who create it, not the young us get down to fundamentals and agree that the young are after all human beings— people just like their is only one difference between an old man and a young one: the young man has a beautiful future before him while the old man a splendid future behind him and maybe that is where the rub is. When I was a teenager, I felt that I was just young and unknown— that I was a new boy in a h