The young man has a wife and two children to ().
A.grow
B.rose
C.keep
D.case
A.grow
B.rose
C.keep
D.case
A.the man he used to
B.what he used to be
C.that he used to be
D.how he used to be
A.a three-year-old girl who has an earache
B.an old man who cups his ear to ear
C.a young child who does not talk
D.a rock musician who plays the drums
When I was a teenager, I felt that I was just young and uncertain—that I was a new boy in a huge school, and I would have been very pleased to be regarded as something so interesting as a problem. (34)For one thing, being a problem gives you a certain identity, and that is one of the things the young are busily engaged in seeking.
I find young people exciting. They have an air of freedom, and they don't have a dreary commitment to mean ambitions or love of comfort. They are not anxious social climbers, and they have no devotion to material things. All this seems to me to link them with life, and the origins of things. It's as if they were, in some sense, cosmic beings in violent and lovely contrast with us suburban creatures. An that is in my mind when I meet a young person. He may be conceited, ill-mannered, presumptuous or fatuous, but I do not turn for protection to dreary cliches about respect of elders—as if mere age were a reason for respect. (35)I accept that we are equals, and I will argue with him, as an equal. if I think he is wrong.
(30)
A.Old people think of the young as "a problem".
B.Old people create this "problem" of age difference.
C.Old people have a past; young people have a future.
D.Old people and young people forget they are all human beings.
In the past, women tended to assume that they would be overtaken
by men in the race to the top. And, today's young women are far less 【S1】______.
philosophical about their status and are more aggressive in their 【S2】______.
resentment in being treated as in some way inferior than men. On the 【S3】______.
other hand, since lack of drive is one of the criticisms leveled with 【S4】______.
women, perhaps this aggression is a positive advantage. Some young
women, though, find it very difficult to come to term with the feeling that 【S5】______.
characteristics of authority which are acceptable in men are often not
acceptable in women. A reason often advanced for women fail to reach the 【S6】______.
top is their desire for balance between work and a life outside work.
Employers know this and tend, when a woman with young children
applies for promotion, treat the fact that she has young children as an 【S7】______.
important factor and, giving the choice, are more likely to give promotion 【S8】______.
to. a man than to her.
What about women whose children are almost grown up? Well, the
writers of the study recommend a far much more positive approach to 【S9】______.
women who want to return to their careers before their children are off 【S10】______.
their hands.
【S1】
Youth is a time when there are few tasks to make life difficult.If a child has good parents, he is fed, looked after and loved.It is impossible that he will again in his life be given so much without having to do anything in return.In addition, life is always presenting new things to the child— things that have lost their interest for older people.But a child has his pains: he is not so free to do what he wishes to do; he is continually being told not to do things, or being punished for what he has done wrong.
When the young man starts to earn his own living, he can no longer expect others to pay for his food, his clothes, and his room, but has to work if he wants to live comfortably.If he breaks the laws of society as he used to break the laws of his parents, he may go to prison.If, however, he works hard, keeps out of trouble and has good health, he can have the great happiness of building up his position in society.
1.People can experience happiness if they ________.
A.always think of the past and regret it
B.value the present
C.are no longer young
D.become old and have much experience
2.When people were young, they used to _______.
A.be in charge of many business
B.have few things to think about and take on
C.look after their younger sisters and brothers
D.face a lot of difficulties
3.The pains of children lie in the fact that _______.
A.no one helps them make right decisions
B.they are not allowed to do what they like to do
C.they cannot be accepted and praised by others
D.they are often beaten by their parents
4.Children are usually happy because _______.
A.old people lose interest in them
B.they are free to do wrong
C.they are familiar with everything going on around them
D.things are new to them
5.The author presents the passage in a(n) _____ tone.
A.hostile
B.enthusiastic
C.critical
D.instructive
Socrates himself always felt free to teach what he thought was right; however, this might make him unpopular with the powerful people in Athens. Some of the rulers in Athens did not like people to be encouraged to ask too many questions; they feared that people would begin asking questions about what their rulers were doing. So they accused Socrates of teaching young men evil things. At last they had him arrested and sentenced him to death. During the 30 days that lay between Socrates' trial and execution, his friends and pupils were allowed to spend a great deal of time with him in his prison. They were astonished to find that he was calm and cheerful and seemed to have no fear of dying. He talked to them and taught them just as he used to in the streets and market places of the city.
The Greeks' way of executing people was to make them drink a cup of deadly poison. When the poison was brought to Socrates, his friends were in tears, but Socrates took the cup quietly and drank it as if it were a glass of wine at a banquet.
(33)
A.A man w. ho is courageous.
B.A man who knows his faults.
C.A man who knows his weakness.
D.A man who has a clear knowledge of himself.
Of course, some people have remarkable chances which lead to fame and success without this long and tedious training. Connie Pratt, for example, was just an ordinary girl working in a bicycle factory. A film producer happened to catch sight of her one morning waiting at a bus stop, as he drove past in his big car. He told the chauffeur to stop, and he got out to speak to the girl. He asked her if she would like to go to the film studio to do a test, and at first she thought he was joking. Then she got angry and said she would call the police. It took t he producer twenty minutes to convince Connie that he was serious. Then an appointment was made for her to go to the studio the next day. The test was successful. They gave her elocution lessons and within a few weeks she was playing the leading part opposite one of the most famous actors of the day. Of course, she was given a more dramatic name, which is now world-famous. But chances like this happen once in a blue moon!
1).Why is an assistant stage manager's job difficult?()
A、Because he has to do everything.
B、Because he has to work long hours every day.
C、Because he will not be happy.
D、Because he has to wait for another chance.
2).Usually only students who ()are accepted.
A、have received good education
B、are hard-working
C、are talented and promising
D、are good-mannered
3).The reason why young people should be discouraged from becoming actors is that ().
A、actors are very determined people
B、the course at the drama school lasts two years
C、acting is very hard work
D、there are already too many actors
4)."Then she got angry and said she would call the police". This sentence shows that ().
A、She totally disbelieved the proposal
B、The man acted with an ill purpose
C、The man forced her into his big car
D、She was a nervous woman
5).The phrase "once in a blue moon" refers to().
A、once in a full moon
B、once for a while
C、once for a long time
D、once and for all
According to the author, conversation is by and large a grim effort to ______.
A.prevent men thinking they are failures
B.eradicate man's fear of silence
C.avoid silence
D.make a man feel he has value in other's eyes
The young man was very proficient at operating computer.
A.Y
B.N
C.NG
A.any
B.no
C.none
D.not any