There are a great number of people in the world while few people are great.I think there is probably only one great person out of 10，000 at best，and most probably much less than that.
The reason why there are only few of them is that most people do not pay the price of greatness.There are so many people who want to be great，why only very few of them actually pay the price? The answer to the question explains the difference between the almost 100% people who want to be great and the much less than 0.01% who actually be so.The reason is that the road to greatness is full of pains.
Greatness requires sacrifices and there is no sacrifice without pain.The kind of sacrifices required for greatness is the ones that make the process continuously painful for long time.If you only want to be good it may be painful just every now and then，and many people can still handle it.But being great is a total difference.The pain is much deeper and it is continuous，so very few people can endure this kind of pain.Most people naturally choose things that bring pleasures to them.It's unnatural to choose pain over pleasure，let alone doing it continuously for long time.But that's what I believe is the secret to greatness: The secret to greatness is choosing pain over pleasures continuously for long time.
1.What is the purpose of Paragraph 1?
A．To compare. B．To list statistics.
C．To lead up to the topic. D．To give information.
2.If one person only wants to be good，what will he/she face?
A．Occasional pains. B．Continual work.
C．Constant pains. D．Various difficulties.
3.What is the main idea of the passage?
A．Pleasures mean greatness.
B．Greatness equals sacrifices.
C．What's greatness.
D．Greatness lies in continuous pains.
On June 15th，2012，millions of people watched as 33yearold Nik Wallenda walked across one of the world's greatest waterfalls on a tightrope(钢丝)．What made the 25－minute walk that was televised live and watched by over 13 million people worldwide even more amazing，is that it was done over the Niagara Falls－An action that had never been attempted before.
Even though Nik was wearing a harness(保护带)，a safety measure provided by ABC，the television network that broadcast the event，his action to keep his balance against the strong winds made for some heart－stopping(令人担忧的) moments for the audience.
Nik，however，never slowed down for even one moment.Wearing special shoes made by his mother，he remained totally focused on the job at hand.It was only when he got to the last stretch near Canada's Table Rock that he knelt down on one knee and finally broke into a smile.Waving and blowing kisses to the cheering audience，he knew he had accomplished a great task，which most people had thought impossible.
While he described the whole experience as peaceful and relaxing，Nik said his biggest challenges came from a totally unexpected source－his 40 pound balancing pole.The balancing pole was so heavy that he could hardly carry it on the tightrope.
One would think that now that Nik has realized his lifelong dream he would be ready to hang up his “balancing pole”．However，the adventurer who already has seven Guinness World Records under his belt，is just getting started－Next up? A 5，000－foot tightrope walk across the Grand Canyon.While the one across the Niagara Falls took years of planning because he had to convince the US and Canadian officials，this one should happen in the very near future.That's because，the Florida resident has already been granted(授予) a permit by the Canyon officials.
1.Why did so many people fix their attention on the event?
A．Because it was done by Nik Wallenda.
B．Because nobody had done it there before.
C．Because it was broadcast live by ABC.
D．Because it was impossible to do the event.
2.What made the audience hold their breath during Nik's performance?
A．How Nik managed to cross the Niagara Falls with safety measure.
B．What Nik would do when he lost his balance on the tightrope.
C．How Nik kept his balance against the strong winds.
D．How long Nik will take to finish the event.
3.What was the greatest difficulty for him to face in Nik view?
A．The supplied tightrope.
B．The safety belt.
C．The balancing pole.
D．The audience's noise.
4.What does the last paragraph mainly talk about?
A．Nik will go on with his dream.
B．Nik's life dream is changing.
C．Permission of governments is important.
D．The Grand Canyon is a dream for Nik.
BEIJING，Feb.5，2013(Xinhua)－Chinese health authorities on Tuesday launched a campaign to fight against assisted reproductive technology (ART：辅助生育技术) abuse.Unauthorized ART use，surrogate motherhood and the illegal collection and supply of sperm and eggs，as well as the illegal sale and abuse of ovulation induction(诱导排卵) medicine，will be targeted.
The Ministry of Health and health department of the People's Liberation Army General Logistics Department jointly announced the campaign at a conference.Both departments also ordered all of their local branches to suspend permits for new organizations that wish to offer ART treatments.That is，new organizations will not appear recently.Official figures showed that at the end of 2012，China had 358 organizations authorized to conduct ART treatment.
The health ministry also delivered a brief statement of the country's current infertility rate(不孕率) and ART use.The infertility rate in China is now between 7 and 10 percent，the ministry said.Some 70 to 80 percent of women who are suffering from infertility can be pregnant after changing their lifestyles and receiving medical treatment.Around 20 percent of infertile couples have to resort to ART to have babies.In 2011，about 350，000 people received ART treatment and more than 60，000 infertile couples successfully had children with the help of ART，the ministry said.
1.ART abuse DOSEN'T include________．
A．surrogate motherhood
B．unauthorized ART use
C．the regular usage of medicine
D．the illegal supply of sperm and eggs
2.What does the underlined word “suspend” (paragraph 2) probably mean?
A．Support. B．Pause. C．Allow. D．Ban.
3.From the last paragraph we can know________．
A．Nearly10 percent of couples could not have their own babies
B．70 to 80 percent of women could not be pregnant now
C．Over 350，000 infertile couples had their babies with the help of ART
D．About one fifth of infertile couples have to turn to ART for help
4.What's the best title of the passage?
A．China targets ART abuse
B．ART is used in China
C．ART is illegal in China
D．China increases ART using
In the past，people usually believed what newlyborn babies wanted was food and to be kept warm and dry.They thought babies were not able to ____ things until they were five or six months old.____ the researchers in the United States now believe babies begin learning on their first ____ of life.They say babies are strongly ____ by their environment and one baby will ____ if his or her mother does something that the baby likes.
A baby learns to get the best care possible by smiling to ____ her mother.This is how babies start to learn to ___ and communicate with other people.The researchers say this ability to learn ___ in a baby even before birth.They also ____ the idea that newlyborn babies can ____ and understand sounds they heard while they were still ____ inside their mothers.
Recently，an American study ____ 112 babies found babies learned better when they were ____.The babies appeared to learn well whether they were sitting up on their own，sitting in seats or __ to sit up.The researchers say keeping that kind ____ had what they called a ____ effect on the babies' ability to learn about objects.They say the body position may be linked to development in the ____．One ____ says babies can pay more attention to ___ an object if they do not have to be worried about their balance.
1.A.eat B．know C．remember D．learn
2.A.Besides B．While C．But D．Therefore
3.A.hour B．day C．week D．month
4.A.influenced B．accepted C．disturbed D．moved
5.A.cry B．smile C．eat D．sing
6.A.annoy B．love C．notice D．please
7.A.live B．connect C．speak D．smile
8.A.disappears B．informs C．exists D．happens
9.A.infer B．support C．deny D．instruct
10.A.recognize B．realize C．receive D．record
11.A.sleeping B．delivering C．shaping D．developing
12.A.helping B．raising C．involving D．containing
13.A.sleeping soundly B．lying down C．awaking clearly D．sitting up
14.A.assisted B．forced C．asked D．mentioned
15.A.hobby B．gesture C．decoration D．purpose
16.A.negative B．unmarked C．significant D．side
17.A.language B．feeling C．brain D．body
18.A.psychologist B．mother C．doctor D．researcher
19.A.exploring B．finding C．feeling D．discovering
20.A.anxious B．confident C．worried D．curious
He changed so much that only when I looked closely________he was exactly my long lost friend.
A．I realized B．did I realize
C．I did realize D．realized I
－Personally，I believe I can do it well on my own.
－________Selfconfidence is the first secret of success.
A．It's up to you. B．Take it easy.
C．Let' s get going. D．I'm with you on that.
