In every school there is a "top" crowd that sets the pace (领先), while the others follow their lead. Let's say the top crowd decides that it is smart to wear bright red sweaters. Pretty soon everybody is wearing a bright red sweater.
There is nothing wrong with that, except the fact that on some people bright red sweater is extremely unbecoming (不得体的). This situation can even become dangerous, if the top crowd decides that it is smart to drink or to drive cars at seventy miles an hour. Then the people who follow the lead are endangering their lives. They are like the sheep being led to the butcher(屠夫).
Now, chances are that you have come across situations like these more than once in your life; chances are that one time or another you probably did something you knew to be wrong. You may have excused yourself by saying, "Gee, the crowd does it. "Well, let the crowd do it, but don't do it your- self. Learn to say, " No".
Develop your own standards and your own judgments. If you know the crowd is planning some- thing you disagreed to, have the courage to bow(鞠躬) out mannerly. You'll have the satisfaction of standing on your own two feet.
Which is the best title for this text?
A. Follow the Lead.
B. Top Crowd.
C. Being Yourself.
D. Being Red.
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第二节 完型填空
阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
When a person is curious about something, it means he is 【B1】 in it and wishes to know something about it. We can say he has curiosity about that thing. There is nothing wrong with curiosity in itself. Whether it is good or bad 【B2】 on what people are curious about.
Curiosity 【B3】 can be silly or wrong. Some people with nothing to do are 【B4】 of curiosity about what their neighbours are doing. They are anxious to know what they are eating or drinking, what they are 【B5】 home or taking outside, or why they have come home so early or late. To be interested in these things is silly because they are not important. It is none of their 【B6】 to know what their neighbours do or are doing. Such curiosity is not only foolish but also 【B7】 . For most probably, it may 【B8】 to small talk which often brings harm, shame or disrespect to 【B9】 , and thus 【B10】 their feelings.
On the other hand, there is a 【B11】 curiosity—the curiosity of wise men, who 【B12】 at all the great things and try to find out all they 【B13】 about them. Columbus could 【B14】 have found America if he had not been 【B15】 James Watt would not have made the steam engine 【B16】 his curiosity about the rising of the kettle lid. All the discover les in human history have been made 【B17】 a result of curiosity, 【B18】 the curiosity is never about unimportant things which have 【B19】 —or nothing 【B20】 the happiness of the public.
【B1】
A. engaged
B. pleased
C. interested
D. excited
听力原文: My friend, David kept birds. He loves his birds very much. One day he phoned me, and told me that he was going away for a week. He asked me to feed the birds for him and said that he would leave the key to his front door in my mailbox. Unfortunately, I forgot all about the birds until the night before David was going to return. What was worse, it was already dark when I arrived at his house. I soon found the key David gave me could not unlock either the front door or the back door. I was getting hopeless. I kept thinking of what David would say when he came back. I was just going to give up when I noticed that one bedroom window was slightly open. I'm very happy. I found a stone and pushed it under the window. As the stone was very heavy, I made a lot of noise. But in the end, I man- aged to climb up and open the window. I actually had 'one leg inside the bedroom when I suddenly realized that someone was shining a flashlight up at me. I looked down and saw a policeman and an out lady, one of David's neighbors. "What are you doing up there?" asked the policeman. Feeling like a complete fool, I replied, "I was just going to feed Mr. David's birds. "But I don't think they can believe me.
Who is the speaker?
A policeman.
B. David's neighbor.
C. David's friend.
Why did not the speaker go through the door into house?
A. Because he lost the key.
Because he can't find the key.
C. Because the key could not open the door.
第一节 单项填空
从A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
-- Tom, I'm afraid you should improve your English. You need some time to practice. --______.
A. OK, I will.
B. Thank you. I need.
C. I hope too.
D. I will have a good practice.