【正文】 ited States. That39。t swim in it without special permission (d) the water is clean drinking water and you are not allowed to swim in it 2. The experience changed Danson39。s not too late to turn the tide, Danson says. You can help by conserving water and working to keep it clean. (321 words) 1. The sign Water Polluted － No Swimming Allowed means ________.( B ) (a) the water is for special use and you can39。s temperature in balance. Microscopic plants (微生物) that live on the ocean’s surface take in carbon dioxide to make food － and the precious oxygen we need to breathe. Yet each day, billions of gallons of sewage (污水), pesticides (殺蟲劑，農(nóng)藥), and industrial chemicals flow into the sea, Danson says. According to a United Nations report on the marine environment, about 80 percent of all marine pollution es from human activities (like farming and driving) on land. Even if you live hundreds of miles from the nearest seashore, Danson adds, each day, Earth39。s not joking. Fish are the main source of dietary protein (營養(yǎng)蛋白質(zhì)) for nearly 1 billion people － most of them in developing nations. Oceans absorb and radiate the Sun39。s what happened to actor Ted Danson in 1984. The experience changed his life. Worried that his daughters (then aged 5 and 10) couldn39。s invention first appeared, people ________.( B ) (a) had expected it for a long time (b) were very much surprised (c) didn39。s research showed that ________.( D ) (a) the potential worldclass performers had spent more years practicing in school (b) the students in the good group had not worked very hard (c) the students in the good group were college freshmen while the potential worldclass performers were college juniors (d) the students in the top group spent much more time practicing 14. The word drudgery in the last paragraph means ________.( C ) (a) laziness (b) light work (c) dull work (d) interesting work 15. A good title for the passage is: ________.( D ) (a) Ericsson and His Research (b) The Difference Between Hard Work and Effective Work(c) Practice Makes Perfect (d) The Importance of Hard Work Unit 2 P291No one thought of anything even a little bit like the zipper until Whiteb L. Judson came along. There were buttons and buttonholes, hooks and eyes, laces and buckles. They all took an irritatingly long time to do up, especially when men wore highlaced boots and fashionable ladies squeezed themselves into long corsets. Whiteb L. Judson39。s not just the hours that count. For hard work to really pay off, you need to work effectively. (276 words) 11. According to the author, the most important quality for one desiring the greatest achievements is ______.( D )(a) ambition (b) drive (c) the greatest natural talent (d) hard work 12. It can be learned from the passage that the aim of Ericsson39。s a difference between hard work and drudgery. Keeping your nose mindlessly to the grindstone will only get you abraded nostrils. It39。s the difference between a college freshman and a junior, Ericsson says. Moreover, the top group39。t necessarily the ones with the greatest natural talent. They39。s important to have ambition and drive. But having worked as a psychologist with athletes, executives, artists and young people, I39。s father about ________ years to be able to do every job in the big factory. ( B ) (a) two (b) three (c) five (d) six 9. The veteran workers in the factory liked the author39。s father applied for a job at the Martin Aircraft Company and his goal was ________.( C )(a) to be a good worker with a special knowledge about his work (b) to do everything assigned him willingly (c) to be able to do whatever job there was in the factory (d) to be a good supervisor himself in the future 7. The request made by the author39。d made his way through the huge factory and was working in experimental design for a fantastic salary. Whenever he went to a new department, he looked for the guys who had been around forever. These were the people novices usually avoided, afraid that next to them they39。s, he39。t know air travel is safer than highway travel (b) he knew he was reluctant to fly but was unable to do anything about it (c) he read too much about plane crashes and tried to avoid flying unconsciously (d) he wanted to take a private plane instead of a public one 5. A good title for the passage is ________.( A ) (a) Define Your Goals (b) Visualize Rewards of Success (c) Overe the Fear of Air Travel (d) Sleepwalking Through Life 2 My father was 17 when he left the farm in Cameron, ., and set off for Baltimore to apply for a job at the Martin Aircraft Company. When asked what he wanted to do, he said, Everything. He explained that his goal was to learn every job in the factory. He39。t want to miss out on a great vacation. So I spent two weeks imagining a smooth flight on a beautiful sunny day and an easy landing. When the day arrived, I was eager to go. To everyone39。ve seen it among athletes, entrepreneurs and public speakers. I39。re doing because they lack goals. Goalsetting is a focusing of the will to move in a certain direction. Begin with a clear conception of what you want. Write down your goals and date them － putting them into words clarifies them. Rather than concentrating on objects to acquire and possess, focus on fulfilling your desires to do, to produce, to contribute － goalsetting that yields the true sense of satisfaction we all need. It39。re going, because you might not get there. Too many people wander through life like sleepwalkers. Each day they follow familiar routines, never asking, What am I doing with my life? and they don39。英語泛讀教程2 Testing: Fast Reading (Unit 115) ants05Unit 1 P81The quest for success always begins with a target. 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