【正文】 dlines to be met, appointments to keep and the press to deal with. If you’ re not successful, then life is extremely tough. I remember when I started out, I had to search the advertisement board at my drama school every day to look for acting jobs. Drama school was expensive and I needed extra cash to help pay the fees. I weled every small job. I played extras in many crowd scenes and became a confident participant in a lot of TV mercials for hair shampoo, soap and washing powder. I had been working for about two years before I got my lucky break. One day, as I was passing the drama school, I decided to go in to check the notice board. There was nothing on it and I was just leaving when the secretary came along the corridor with a piece of paper. She asked me how I was and I told her life was hard and work was difficult to find. The next moment, she put the paper in my hand and walked away. My hands were shaking as I unfolded the paper, full of expectation. To my surprise, it was an audition (試演 ) for a clown (小丑 ) for the Canadian circus. I couldn’ t stop myself from laughing. I had expected an audition with a famous director for a new film! When I was at drama school, there had been a course in acrobatics (雜技 ) and clown tricks. I had gained top marks in this course for originality and daring. Later I went to the audition feeling very strange. This was not what I’ d had in mind when I eolled in drama school. To my surprise, the job as a clown turned out to be exactly what I wanted. I loved every moment of getting dressed up and putting on the makeup. I had the opportunity to travel the world and I was more than an actor, I was an entertainer as well. I had visited over 32 different countries and entertained millions of people. 1. According to paragraph 3, the writer went into the drama school __________. A. to look for a jobB. to see the secretary C. to collect a piece of paper D. to put a notice on the notice board 2. Which of the following can best describe the author’ s feeling when he unfolded the paper? A. Extremely frightened. B. Feeling anxious and excited. C. Very worried. D. Trembling with fear. 3. From the whole passage, we can tell that the writer is ___________. A. sad that he was not a famous actor B. happy to travel the world C. feeling very strange to be a clown D. very content with his life B Enough may never be enough. As human beings, it seems that once we attain what we think will make us whole, we grow bored quickly and need something new in order to feel satisfied. We are addicted to what we don’ t have. You’ d better sit down at this very moment and make a list of all the reasons why you’ re fortunate and while you’ re writing the list, you would want nothing more. You could get together with a group of people whom you care about and discuss ideas. You would feel fortable with what you have and who you are at that moment or some hours later. The talking heads always tell you that you need to be rich and famous on your television, so your desire for more bees unquenchable (難抑制的 ). You fet that you are enough. You find yourself making parisons between your life and the life of people you assume who have figured it out, and all of your acplishments are never enough to satisfy you. The issue with this “ never enough” mentality is that we all have it to some degree. We fail to realize that even the people who have figured it out are on some level still as lost and broken as everyone else. Everyone is constantly looking for validation (確認 ) in the form of likes and ments to give meaning to our sense of self. We honestly believe that as long as we buy into the illusion (錯覺 ) when we are happy, everything is going to be great, we won’ t have to face reality. Reality is that we want all the material, social media fame, and worthless validation in order to feel accepted by others. The reason why all of those things bring only temporary satisfaction is that they aren’ t the answer. We all keep looking for other people to accept us in order to feel whole. But in fact, it is when we accept ourselves that we can feel really satisfied. We are in a universal petition for acceptance that no one wants a part of, but so few have the courage to stop peting. What will ever be enough? 4. After writing down the reasons why you’ re fortunate, you may think ___________. A. you are lucky enough B. you need something new C. you will grow bored quickly D. you should discuss ideas with others 5. According to Paragraph 2, the people who have “ figured it out” refer to those _______. A. who don’ t dare to face the reality B. who intend to pare with others C. who have achieved some kind of success D. who are unlikely to be accepted by others 6. People can only get long term satisfaction if __________. A. they can achieve great success B. they believe in their own abilities C. they can accept themselves joyfully D. they stop menting on others’ behavior 7. What’ s the writer’ s purpose of writing the passage? A. To warn people not to set longterm goals. B. To ask people to appreciate what they have. C. To teach people how to hold a positive attitude. D. To inform people of the importance of parison. C Many businesses today use conferences as a means of discussing new plans of the pany. As people are paying more attention to the environment and green problems, more businesses are looking for ways to reduce their negative effect on the environment. Many businesses do this by using Web conferencing. Web conferencing is a technology that allows people to municate more effectively over the Inter. It’ s an easy way of hosting and attending conferences without having to leave the office. Each of the people