“Everything happens for the best，”my mother said whenever I faced disappointment (失望)．“If you carry on，one day something good will happen．”
Mother was right，as I discovered after graduating (毕业) from college in 1932，I had decided to try for a job in radio，then work my way up to a sports announcer．I hitchhiked (搭便车) to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station and got turned down every time．In one studio，a kind lady told me that big stations couldn’t risk hiring an inexperienced person．“Go out in the sticks and find a small station that’ll give you a chance，”she said．I thumbed home to Dixon，Illinois．
While there were no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon，my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted a local sportsman to manage its sports department (部门)．Since Dixon was where I had played high school football，I applied．The job sounded just right for me．But I wasn’t hired．My mother noticed my disappointment．“Everything happens for the best．”Mom reminded me．Dad offered me the car to hunt a job．I tried WOC Radio in Davenport，Iowa．The program director, a wonderful Scotsman named Peter Mac Arthur told me they had already hired an announcer．
As I left his office，I asked aloud，“How can a guy get to be a sports announcer if he can’t get a job in a radio station?”I was waiting for the lift when I heard Mac Arthur calling，“What did you mean about sports? Do you know anything about football?’’ Then he stood me before a microphone and asked me to cover an imaginary (想象的) game．Last autumn，my team had won a game in the last 20 seconds with a 65-yard run．I did a 15-minute build-up to that play, and Peter told me I would cover Saturday’s game! On my way home，I thought of my mother’s words：“If you carry on，one day something good will happen．”
I often wonder what direction my life might have taken if I had gotten the job at Montgomery Ward．
1.When did the writer first decide to take a radio-announcing job?
A．After he applied for the job in a store．
B．Before he graduated from college．
C．After he came back from Chicago．
D．Before he was a football player．
2.The underlined phrase“turned down”probably means ．
A．refused B．accepted
C．hired D．offered
3.Why did the writermention his mother’s words over and again?
A．Because his mother liked to talk a lot．
B．Because his mother’s words made him sad．
C．Because his mother’s words encouraged him．
D．Because his mother’s words disappointed him．
4.The writer shows his by saying“．．．if I had gotten the job at Montgomery Ward．”
A．regret B．happiness
C．thankfulness D．disappointment
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A．You can sleep in tree houses．
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C．It is designed for big families．
D．Every room has a walkway．
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A．$600 B．$111 C．$182 D．$636
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A．Propeller Island City Lodge． B．Ariau Amazon Towers．
C．The Ice Hotel． D．Bahama Beach Hotel．
Are people less happy or happier when they get older? If your answer is“happier”， then you are right，based on a study published seven years ago．It found that people become happier and experience less worry after age fifty．In fact，it found that by the age of eighty-five，people are happier with their life than they were at eighteen．
The finding came from a Gallup survey of more than three hundred and forty thousand adults in the United States in 2008．At that time，people were between the ages of eighteen and eighty-five．
Arthur Stone in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stony Brook University in New York led the study．His team found that levels of stress were the highest among adults between the ages of twenty-two and twenty-five．Stress levels dropped sharply(急剧)after people reached their fifties．
Levels of happiness were the highest among the kids and those in their early seventies．
The survey also found that men and women have similar emotional patterns(情感模式)as they grow older．However, women at all ages reported more sadness，stress and worry than men did．
So why would happiness increase with age? One theory(推测)is that，as people get older, they become more thankful for what they have and have better control of their emotions．They also spend less time thinking about bad experiences．
1.How many adults were included in the survey?
A．300 B．40，000 C．340，000 D．103
2.What can you learn from the findings of the survey?
A．People become happier and feel less worried before age 50．
B．People are happier with their life at 18 than they were at 85．
C．Adults between the ages of 22 and 25 have the least stress．
D．The kids and those in their early seventies feel the happiest．
3.Why does happiness increase with age?
A．People aren’t able to control their emotions better．
B．It takes them less time to think about bad experiences．
C．People become less thankful for what they have．
D．Women feel sadder, more stressed and worried than men．
4.Which of the following is the best title of this passage?
A．Differences Between Stress and Happiness
B．Differences Between Age and Happiness
C．Relationship Between Stress and Happiness
D．Relationship Between Age and Happiness
Have you ever woken up feeling that something was wrong?
It was a day like that for me．
I sat up in bed．
A little later I opened the curtains．
It was terrible weather—the rain was pouring down．
Then I looked down into the yard．
Yes! There it was—the motorcycle．
It was just as broken as last night．
And my leg was starting to hurt．
1.Something had happened to the person in the story the night before．What was it?
A．The bad weather had broken the motorcycle．
B．The bad weather had stopped the person from going outside．
C．The person had bought a new motorcycle．
D．The person had been in a motorcycle accident．
2.“It was a day like that for me．”What kind of day did this turn out to be?
A．A good day． B．A bad day．
C．An exciting day． D．A boring day．
3.Why does the writer begin the story with a question?
A．Because the writer wants to know the answer．
B．To make the readers interested in the story．
C．Because the question is hard to answer．
D．To remind the reader that this kind of experience is rare．
Good communication skills are key to success in life and work．Without effective(有效的) communication，a message can turn misunderstanding or even disaster．
Communication is the process by which we exchange information between people．To communicate well is to understand and to be understood．Communication can be only when both the sender and the receiver understand the same information．
In today’s highly informational and technological environment，it has become more important to have good communication skills．Here are some important to communicate effectively：
Know what you to say and why．Understand the purpose of your message．Know to whom you are communicating and why．
How will you say it? We all know that it’s not always what you say, but how you say it, that ．Begin by making eye contact．You show confidence when you look at others in the eyes when you speak．Second，notice your body language， it can say so much more than your words．By with your arms easily at your side，you tell others that you are to hearing what they have to say．
Communication is a two-way street．After you have said you have to say, stop and listen．It’s also necessary for you to learn some listening skills．
1.A．against B．out C．into D．off
2.A．peaceful B．successful C．careful D．harmful
3.A．steps B．reasons C．causes D．gains
4.A．promise B．want C．offer D．refuse
5.A．simply B．highly C．quickly D．clearly
6.A．mentions B．matters C．means D．mistakes
7.A．while B．if C．since D．so
8.A．checking B．explaining C．recording D．standing
9.A．angry B．afraid C．nervous D．open
10.A．what B．why C．how D．who
—I’m going to Sydney for a couple of days． — ．I wish I could get away for a while．
A．It doesn’t matter B．Forget it
C．I really envy you D．I can’t agree more
