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1、Passage 1 Professor BumbleProfessor Bumble is not only absent-minded but short-sighted as well. /His mind is always busywith learned thoughts and he seldom notices what is going on around him./On a fine day recently he went for a walk in the countryside. /But as always he read the book as hewalked.

2、/He hadnt gone far when he ran into a large cow and fell down./ He had lost hisspectacles in the fall and he thought he had stumbled over a fat lady. /quotI beg your pardonmadamquot he said politely before searching for his glasses./ As soon as he had put the glasses on， herealized his mistake./Soon

3、 he was concentrating on his book again and paying no attention to anything else./ He hadscarcely been walking for five minutes when he fell over again/ losing both his book and hisglasses. /This time he became very angry./ Seizing his umbrellas he struck the quotcowquot in anger./Then after finding

4、 his glasses he realized with horror that he had made a second mistake. /Alarge fat woman was running away from him in terror./Passage 2 TeamworkTeamwork is just as important in science/ as it is on the playing field or in the gym./ Scientificinvestigations are almost always carried out by teams of

5、people working together./ Ideas areshared experiments are designed data are analyzed /and results are evaluated and shared withother investigators./ Group work is necessary and is usually more productive than working alone./Several times throughout the year you may be asked to work with one or more

6、of your classmates./Whatever the task your group is assigned /a few rules need to be followed to ensure a productiveand successful experience/What comes first is to keep an open mind/because everyones ideas deserve consideration /andeach group member can make his or her own contribution./ Secondly i

7、t makes a job easier todivide the group task among all group members./ Thirdly always work together take turns andencourage each other by listening clarifying and trusting one another. /Mutual support and trustoften make a great difference. /Passage 3 Mistakes Are Good TeachersAfter the birth of my

8、second child I got a job at a restaurant. Having worked with an experiencedwaitress for a few days I was allowed to wait tables on my own. When Saturday night came Iwas luckily given the tables not far from the kitchen. However I still felt a little hard to carry theheavy trays. So I moved slowly mi

9、nding every step. I remember how happy I was when I saw thetray standing next the tables. It looked different from the one I was trained on. It had nice handleswhich made it easier to move around. I was pleased with everything and began to believe I was anatural at this job. Then an old man came to

10、me and said that was his wifes walker. I stood frozenas ice but my face was on fire. Since then I have learned to be more careful and not to be too sureof myself.Passage 4 Time Has the Power to Change AttitudeLast week my youngest son and I visited my father at his new home.My earliest memories of m

11、y father are of a tall handsome successful man devoted to his workand family but uncomfortable with his children. As a child I loved him as a school girl and youngadult I feared him and felt bitter about him.On the first day of my visit we did some shopping ate on the street table and laughed over m

12、ysons funny facial expressions. Gone was my fathers critical air and strict rules. Who was thisperson I knew as my father who seemed so friendly and interesting to be aroundThe next day my dad pulled out his childhood pictures and told me quite a few stories about hisown childhood. Although our time

13、s together became easier over the years I never felt closet tohim at that moment. After so many years Im at last seeing another side of my father.Passage 5 Experiences Speaktractive than just reading about it in a guidebook.Passage 6 Representatives of Civilization: PotteryAncient people made clay p

14、ottery because they needed it for their survival. They used the potsthey made for cooking storing food and carrying things from place to place. Pottery was soimportant to early cultures that scientists now study it to learn more about ancient civilizations.The more advanced the pottery in terms of d

15、ecoration materials glazes and manufacture themore advanced the culture itself. The artisan who makes pottery in North America today utilizeshis or her skill and imagination to create items that are beautiful as well as al transformingsomething ordinary into something special and unique. The potter

16、uses one of the Earths mostbasic materials clay. Clay can be found almost anywhere. Good pottery clay must be free from allsmall stones and other hard materials that would make the potting process difficult. The mostimportant tools potters use are their own hands however they also use wire loop tool

17、s woodenmodeling tools plain wire and sponges.Passage 7 Words Can Make a DifferenceOn August 26 1999 New York City was struck by a terrible rainstorm during the morning rushhour that caused the streets to flood.Many people who were going to work were forced to go home. Some battled to call a taxi ge

18、t abus or walk miles to get to work. I soon discovered most of the subway lines had stopped service.I finally found an operating line but there were so many people that I couldnt initially get to theplatform. Finally I got to my office wet through and exhausted.After an unenjoyably day Garth my Dire

19、ctor sent an e-mail to everyone:“Thanks to everyone who reported to work. It is always reassuring when employees show theirdevotion to their jobs. Thank you.” Garths email was short，but welcomed. It made me realize that even when times are tough afew words can make a big difference.Passage 8 Fairy T

20、alesTales of the supernatural are common in all parts of Britain. In particular there was a belief infairies. Not all of these fairies are the friendly people-loving sprites that appear in Disney filmsand in some folktales they are cruel and cause much human suffering. This is true in the talesabout

21、 the Changeling. These tell the story of a mother whose baby grows sick and pale and haschanged so much that it is almost unrecognizable to the parents. It was then feared that the fairieshad come and stolen the baby away and replaced the human baby with a fairy Changeling. Inthose cases there was o

22、ften a way to get the real baby back. You could place the Changeling on thefire-then it would rise up the chimney and you would hear the sound of fairies laughter and soonafter you would find your own child safe and sound nearby.Passage 9 Self-ImageSelf-image is your own minds picture of yourself. T

23、his image includes the way you look the wayyou act the way you talk and the way you think. Interestingly our self-images are often quitedifferent from the images others hold about us. Unfortunately most of these images are morenegative than they should be. Thus changing the way you think about yours

24、elf is the key tochanging your self-image and your whole world.It might be that you are experiencing a negative self-image because you cant move past one flawor weakness that you see about yourself. Well roll up your sleeves and make a change of it asyour primary task. The best way to get rid of a n

25、egative serf-image is to realize that your imageis far from objective and to actively convince yourself of your positive qualities. Changing theway you think and working on those you will go a long way towards promoting a positiveself-image.Passage 10 ShopaholicsThe word addiction usually makes you

26、think of alcohol or drugs but in modern-day society we areseeing some new kinds of addictions. Some people are compulsive shoppers. Others find itimpossible to pull themselves away from their work. Still others spend countless hours watchingTV or playing computer games.Over the years shopping has be

27、come a very common activity. Many people enjoy going to mallsor stores more and more every day but its more than a common hobby for some of them. Theyhave turned into shopaholics. They are people who simply enjoy shopping and walking aroundspending money without being able to stop doing it. They are

28、 hooked on shopping and usually buythings that they dont need. Even though they dont have enough money they buy everything theywant.Why do they have this addiction There isnt a specific answer. Some people go shopping whenthey are sad worried upset or lonely. Some even tend to have this addiction wh

29、en they feelguilty.Passage 11 Time ManagementTime is something from which we cant escape. Even if we ignore it its still going by tickingaway second by second minute by minute hour by hour. So the main issue in using your timewell is “Whos in charge” We can allow time to slip by and let it be our en

30、emy. Or we can takecontrol of it and make it our ally. By taking control of how you spend your time youll increase your chances of becoming a moresuccessful student. Perhaps more importantly the better you are at managing the time you devoteto your studies the more time you will have to spend on you

31、r outside interests. The aim of time management is not to schedule every moment so we become slaves of atimetable that governs every waking moment of the day. Instead the aim is to make informedchoices as to how we use our time.Passage 12 Charity ShopsThe charity shop is a British institution sellin

32、g everything from clothes to electric goods all atvery good prices. You can get things you wont find in the shops anymore. The thing I like bestabout them is that your money is going to a good cause and not into the pockets of profit-drivencompanies and you are not damaging the planet but finding a

33、new home for unwanted goods.Most of the people working in the charity shops are volunteers although there is often a managerwho gets paid. Over 90 of the goods in the charity shops are donated by the public.The shops have very low running costs: all profits go to charity work. Charity shops raise mo

34、rethan 110 million a year funding medical research overseas aid supporting sick and poorchildren homeless and disabled people and much more.Passage 13 Passive LearningWe can achieve knowledge either actively or passively. We achieve it actively by direct experienceby testing and proving an idea or b

35、y reasoning. We achieve knowledge passively by being told bysomeone else. Most of the learning that takes place in the classroom and the kind that happenswhen we watch TV or read newspapers or magazines is passive. Conditioned as we are to passivelearning its not surprising that we depend on it in o

36、ur everyday communication with friends andco-workers.Unfortunately passive learning has a serious problem. It makes us tend to accept what we are toldeven when it is little more than hearsay and rumor.Thats what happens in daily life. The simple fact that people repeat a story in their own wordschan

37、ges the story. Then too most people listen imperfectly. And many enjoy adding their owncreative touch to a story trying to improve on it stamping it with their own personal style. Yetthose who hear it think they know.Passage 14 Different “Styles” of DirectionsI travel a lot and I find out different

38、“styles” of directions every time I ask ”How can I get to thepost office”In Japan people use landmarks in their directions instead of street names. For example theJapanese will say to travelers “Go straight down to the corner. Turn left at the big hotel and gopast a fruit market. The post office is

39、across from the bus stop.”In the countryside of the American Midwest instead of landmarks people will tell you directionsand distances. For example people will say “Go north two miles. Turn east and then go anothermile.”People in Los Angeles California have no idea of distance on the map they measur

40、e distance intime not miles. “How far away is the post office” you ask. “Oh” they answer “its about fiveminutes from here.” You say “Yes but how many miles away is it” They dont know.Passage 15 Rain ForestsRainforests are the lungs of the planet storing vast quantities of carbon dioxide and producin

41、g asignificant amount of the worlds oxygen. Rainforests have their own perfect system for ensuringtheir own survival the tall trees make a canopy of branches and leaves which protect themselvessmaller plants and the forest animals from heavy rain intense dry heat from the sun and strongwinds.Amazing

42、ly the trees grow in such a way that their leaves and branches although close togethernever actually touch those of another tree. Scientists think this is a deliberate tactic to prevent thespread of any tree diseases and make life more difficult for leaf-eating insects.They are not called rainforest

43、s for nothing Rainforests can generate 75 of their own rain. Atleast 80 inches of rain a year is normal and in some areas there may be as much as 430 inches ofrain annually. This is real rain. In just two hours streams can rise ten to twenty feet.Passage 16 Juana Lopezs InventionOne day Juana Lopez

44、had an idea for a dish washing machine that worked without using water.She went to see several dish washer manufacturers about producing the machine but none of themwere interested. Joanna found investors to support her idea and founded her own productioncompany. She spent millions of dollars on dev

45、eloping her dish washer and it was lunched threeyears later. From then on sales were very good better even than Joanna had hopped. But GlobalDomestic one of the companies that she has been to made its own waterless dish washer. Joannaobtained one and found they use the technical ideas she had develo

46、ped. She had obtained legalprotection for these ideas so that other companies could not use them. After a long legal processglob domestic was forced to stop making its competing dish washer and to pay Joanna severalmillion dollars. Now Joannas waterless dish washer has 40of the worldwide dish washer

47、market and this is increasing every year.Passage 17 Rising Sea LevelLatest research predicts that the global sea level is expected to rise 9 to 88 centimeters by 2100with a “best estimate” of 50 centimeters. This is due to global warming which is causing the icecaps to melt.This great rise of close to one meter would threaten huge areas of low-lying coastal land as well asmajor cities such as London New York and Tokyo.In many places 50 centimeters would see entire beaches being washed away. On low-lying pacificislands the highest p