阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I was a single parent of four small children, working at a low-paid job. Money was always tight, but we had a   41   over our heads, food on the table, clothes on our backs, and if not a lot, always   42  . Not knowing we were poor, my kids just thought I was   43 . I’ve always been glad about that.

    It was Christmas time, and although there wasn’t   44  for a lot of gifts, we planned to celebrate with a family party. But the big   45   for the kids was the fun of Christmas   46  .

They planned weeks ahead of time, asking   47   what they wanted for Christmas. Fortunately, I had saved $120 for   48   to share by all five of us.

The big   49   arrived. I gave each kid a twenty-dollar bill and   50   them to look for gifts of about four dollars each. Then everyone scattered(散开). We had two hours to shop; then we would   51   back at the “Santa’s Workshop”.

Driving home, everyone was in high Christmas spirits,   52   my younger daughter, Ginger, who was unusually   53  . She had only one small, flat bag with a few candies　— fifty-cent candies! I was so angry, but I didn’t say anything   54   we got home. I called her into my bedroom and closed the door,  55   to be angry again. This is what she told me.

    “I was looking   56   thinking of what to buy, and I   57   to read the little cards on the ‘Giving Trees.’ One was for a little girl, four years old, and all she   58   for Christmas was a doll(玩具娃娃). So I took the card off the tree and   59   the doll for her. We have so much and she doesn’t have anything.”

    I never felt so   60   as I did that day.

41. A. roof             B. hat              C. sky              D. star

42. A. little               B. less             C. enough           D. more

43. A. busy             B. serious          C. strict               D. kind

44. A. effort               B. room             C. time             D. money

45. A. improvement         B. problem               C. surprise         D. excitement

46. A. shopping         B. travelling           C. parties              D. greetings

47. A. the other            B. each other           C. one by one           D. every other one

48. A. toys                 B. clothes              C. presents         D. bills

49. A. day              B. chance               C. cheque               D. tree

50. A. forced               B. reminded         C. invited              D. begged

51. A. draw             B. stay             C. move             D. meet

52. A. including            B. besides          C. except               D. regarding

53. A. quiet                B. excited          C. happy                D. ashamed

54. A. since                B. after                C. while                D. until

55. A. waiting              B. ready                C. hoping               D. afraid

56. A. out                  B. over             C. forward          D. around

57. A. forgot               B. stopped          C. failed               D. hated

58. A. wanted               B. did              C. got              D. played

59. A. made             B. searched         C. bought               D. fetched

60. A. angry                B. rich             C. patient              D. bitter

I remember my first day here very clearly. My friend was waiting for me when my plane   21     at Kennedy Airport at 3 o’clock in the afternoon. The weather was very   22   and it was snowing. But I was too excited to   23    . From the airport my friend and I took a taxi to my   24  . On the way I saw the skyline of Manhattan    25    the first time, and I stared in astonishment at the famous skyscrapers and neon lights( 霓虹灯  ) made them   26   . My friend helped   27   at the hotel and left me because he had to go back to work. He   28    to return the next day.

    29    my friend had left I went to a   30    near the hotel to get something to eat. Because I couldn’t speak a word of English, I couldn’t tell the   31   what I wanted. I was very upset and started to make some    32    . But the waiter didn’t understand me. Finally I ordered the   33   thing the man at the next table was eating. After dinner I started to   34    along Broadway   35    I came to Time Square, with its movie theatres, neon lights, and huge crowds of people. I did not feel   36    so I continued to walk around the city. I wanted to see   37    on my first day. I knew it was impossible but I wanted to try.

  When I   38    to the hotel, I was exhausted. But I couldn’t sleep. I lay    39    and thought about New Year. It was a very big and interesting city with many tall buildings and big cars, and full of noise and busy people. I also decided right then and I had to learn to   40    .

  My father was raised in a fatherless home at a time when government assistance was unheard of. The family of five struggled hard to  41  , which caused my father to be extremely  42  with his money.
 When we children—two older brothers and myself—asked him for spending money , his face turned cold, saying “If you are old enough to ask, you are old enough to  43 ” So when the need  44 , we
tried to seek jobs in the neighbourhood or sell produce from the garden. 
His attitude didn’t  45  as we grew into adulthood and went to jobs or college. Since none of us had a car, we had to ride the bus whenever we came home. Though the bus stopped about two miles from home, father never  46  us, even in  47  weather. If someone  48 , he would say, “ That’s what your legs are for!” For me, the walk didn’t bother me as much as the  49  of walking alone along the highway and country roads. I also felt that my father didn’t seem concern about my safety. That feeling  50  one spring evening.
It had been an extremely  51  week at college. Tests and long hours in labs had left me  52 . I longed for home and a soft bed. As other students were met at their stops, I gazed  53  out of the window. Finally, the bus stopped at my destination. I  54 and walked home with my luggage.
A row of hedge(树篱) edged the driveway that climbed the hill to our house. Once I turned off the highway and saw the hedge, I was always  55  because it meant that I was almost home. On that particular evening, the hedge had just come into  56  when I saw a(an)  57  moving toward the house along the top of the hedge. Upon closer  58 , I realized it was my father. Then I knew—each time I came home, he stood  59  the hedge, watching until he knew I had arrived safely. I swallowed hard against the tears. He did care,  60 .
41. A. process    B. transform    C. exist    D. survive 
42. A. gentle    B. generous       C. mean       D. mild
43. A. worry    B. spend           C. earn    D. print
44. A. arose    B. happened    C. passed    D. counted
45. A. strengthen   B. soften     C. toughen   D. weaken
46. A met        B. greeted    C. welcomed   D. hugged
47. A. pleasant       B. fierce     C. mild    D. agreeable
48. A. hesitated   B. complained    C. questioned   D. suspected
49. A. boredom   B. delight     C. warmth   D. fear
50. A. remained     B. continued    C. disappeared   D. delayed
51. A. colourful      B. wonderful    C. stressful      D. sorrowful
52. A. awkward   B. embarrassed   C. ashamed   D. exhausted
53. A. happily    B. eagerly    C. curiously   D. crazily
54. A. stepped off   B. set out     C. came up   D. squeezed out
55. A. frightened      B. inspired    C. astonished   D. relieved
56. A. effect     B. life      C. being       D. view 
57. A. figure       B. statue     C. sculpture   D. character
58. A. examination    B. inspection     C. observation   D. experience
59. A. before         B. behind     C. above          D. off
60. A. above all      B. in all     C. at all     D. after all

    Almost everybody in America will spend a part of his or her life behind a shopping cart. They will in a lifetime, push the chrome­plated_contraptions many miles. But few will know—or even think to ask—who it was that invented them.

Sylvan N. Goldman invented the shopping cart in 1937. At that time he was in the supermarket business. Every day he would see shoppers lugging groceries around in baskets they had to carry.

One day Goldman suddenly had the idea of putting baskets on wheels. The wheeled baskets would make shopping much easier for his customers, and would help to attract more business.

On June 4, 1937, Goldman’s first carts were ready for use in his market. He was terribly excited on the morning of that day as customers began arriving. He couldn’t wait to see them using his invention.

But Goldman was disappointed. Most shoppers gave the carts a long look, but hardly anybody would give them a try.

After a while, Goldman decided to ask customers why they weren’t using his carts.“Don’t you think this arm is strong enough to carry a shopping basket?”one shopper replied.

But Goldman wasn’t beaten yet. He knew his carts would be a great success if only he could persuade people to give them a try. To this end, Goldman hired a group of people to push carts around his market and pretend they were shopping! Seeing this, the real customers gradually began copying the phony (假的) customers.

As Goldman had hoped, the carts were soon attracting larger and larger numbers of customers to his market. But not only did more people come — those who came bought more. With larger easier­to­handle baskets, customers unconsciously bought a greater number of items than before.

Today’s shopping carts are five times larger than Goldman’s original model. Perhaps that’s one reason why Americans today spend more than five times as much money on food each year as they did before 1937—the coming of the shopping cart.

28. What do the underlined words“chrome­plated contraptions” in the first paragraph refer to?

  A. Shopping carts.       B. Suitcases.     C. Private cars.      D. Baskets.

29. What was the purpose of Goldman’s invention?

  A. It was to reduce the burden of his employees’work.

  B. It was to prove him to be a good inventor.

  C. It was to make shopping easier and attract more business.

  D. It was to help the disabled make shopping easily in his market.

30. Goldman hired a group of people to push carts around his market in order to ________.

  A. attract people to buy things in his market

  B. make his market different from the others

  C. keep the groceries from being stolen

  D. encourage people to use his shopping carts

31. What can we infer from the last paragraph?

  A. Goldman will become very famous because of his invention.

  B. Supermarket business has benefited a lot from Goldman’s invention.

  C. Goldman’s invention will be regarded as the greatest one in the world.

  D. There will be nothing that can replace Goldman’s invention.

The writer is so famous that one of his novels is said          several languages.

       A．have been translated into                    B．has been translated into

C．to have been translated into                   D．to be translated into

As a general rule, all forms of activity lead to boredom when they are performed on a routine(常规) basis. As a matter of fact, we can see this   41   at work in people of all   42  . For example, on Christmas morning, children are excited about   43   with their new toys. But their   44   soon wears off and by January those   45   toys can be found put away in the basement. The world is full of   46   stamp albums and unfinished models, each standing as a monument(纪念碑) to someone’s   47   interest. When parents bring home a pet, their child   48   bathes it and brushes its fur. Within a short time, however, the   49   of caring for the animal is handed over to the parents. Adolescents(青少年) enter high school with great   50   but are soon looking forward to   51  . The same is true of the young adults going to college. And then, how many   52  , who now complain about the long drives to work,   53   drove for hours at a time when they first   54   their driver’s licenses? Before people retire, they usually   55   to do a lot of   56   things, which they never had   57   to do while working. But   58   after retirement, the golfing, the fishing, the reading and all of the other pastimes(消遣) become as boring as the jobs they   59  . And, like the child in January, they go searching for new   60  .

41. A. habit            B. principle            C. way                  D. power

42.A. parties           B. races                C. countries            D. ages

43.A. working           B. living               C. playing              D. going

44.A. confidence        B. interest             C. anxiety              D. sorrow

45.A. same              B. extra                C. funny                D. expensive

46.A. well-organized    B. colorfully-printed   C. half-filled      D. newly-collected

47.A. broad             B. passing              C. different            D. main

48.A. silently          B. impatiently          C. worriedly            D. gladly

49.A. promise           B. burden               C. right                D. game

50.A. courage           B. calmness             C. confusion            D. excitement

51.A. graduation        B. independence         C. responsibility       D. success

52.A. children          B. students             C. adults               D. retirees

53.A. carefully         B. eagerly              C. nervously            D. bravely

54.A. required          B. gained               C. noticed              D. discovered

55.A. need              B. learn                C. plan                 D. start

56.A. great             B. strange              C. difficult            D. correct

57.A. time              B. money                C. skills               D. knowledge

58.A. only              B. well                 C. even                 D. soon

59.A. lost              B. chose                C. left                 D. began

60.A. pets              B. toys                 C. friends              D. colleagues

Many people think of guys as being carefree when it comes to their appearance. But in fact, a lot of guys spend plenty of time in front of the mirror. They care just as much as girls do about their body image.

Body image is a person’s opinions and feelings about his or her own body and physical appearance. __16_. You appreciate your body for its capabilities and accept its imperfections (缺点).

     __ 17  . Here are some ideas:

Recognize your strengths. Different body types are good for different things. What does your body do well? Maybe your speed, strength, or coordination makes you better than others at a certain sport. That may be basketball, table tennis, mountain biking, dancing, or even running. Or perhaps you have non-sports skills, like drawing, painting, singing, playing a musical instrument, writing, or acting,      __18__.

Exercise regularly. Exercise can help you look good and feel good about yourself. Good shape doesn’t just happen. __ 19 __. A healthy habit can be as simple as exercising 20 minutes to 1 hour three days a week. Working out can also lift your spirits.

Respect your body! Practicing good habits ---- regular showering; taking care of your teeth, hair, and skin; wearing clean clothes, and so on ---- can help you build a positive body image.

   __ 20  . Your body is just one part of who you are. Your talent for comedy, a quick wit, and all the other things make you unique. So try not to let small imperfections take over.

 A. Use this as an opportunity to discover what you’re good at.

 B. Be yourself.

 C. Having a positive body image means feeling satisfied with the way you look.

 D. Just explore talents that you feel good about.

 E. They take hard work, regular workouts, and a healthy diet.

 F. Create your self-image.

 G. So, what can you do to develop a positive body image?

  11     People traveled in search of food and shelter or in order to flee from their enemies. Sometimes they were looking for gold or silver in order to become rich. On other occasions they were searching for rich farmland. 

    This is not to say that no one ever traveled just for fun. Even in ancient times, some pleasure travel occurred. During a typical season, 700,000 tourists. would crowd into the ancient city of Rome, where animals performed and magicians entertained them.    12     

      13  International tourist arrivals alone reached as many as 546 million in 1994 and are forecast to rise to 937 million in 2010, according to the World Trade Organization. 

      14   Probably the most common reason for traveling is related to our physical well-being. Actually, traveling to sports events is one of the fastest growing types of travel. In our fast developing, modern society where stress has become part of people’s life, people can rest and relax by having a change of environment and activities. 

      15  No one seems to doubt that travel broadens the mind. In 18th century Europe, young men would go on a Grand Tour to various countries in order to complete their education. Today the desire to travel to different countries is encouraged by modem mass media. People who travel to other countries can at the same time learn more about their own country and culture. 

A. But why do people like traveling so much?

B. Throughout history, most travel was not for pleasure. 

C. So they travel to a lake for a swim or to a park for a hike. 

D. The improvement in transportation has also encouraged people to travel. 

E. Wealthy Romans made trips to Greece to take part in the Olympic Games. 

F. The growth of tourism has become a modern phenomenon experienced by all countries in the world. 

G. Another important reason for traveling is to satisfy our curiosity about different places and cultures.

假设你是吉姆（Jim），是加拿大牛顿市（Newton City）的导游，现在某旅游团想了解你所在城市的情况并且游览该城市。请你对有关情况作120词左右的介绍。

城市名称：Newton City

所在位置：加拿大西部

情况介绍：新建城市，道路宽敞，高楼成群，遍地花草，绿树成荫，环境优美；公共设施（facilities）先进，人民生活便利，目前还在发展。而在过去这里环境很不好。这些变化得益于政府的政策和市民的努力。

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    I am Ann, a student from Canada. I was so   36    to be picked to represent Canada on this trip to visit Pompeii and Loulan, both of  37    became lost civilizations about 2,000 years ago.

  On the morning of 16^th July, we went to a lecture about Pompeii.   38    in the 8^th century BC, the city was taken over by the Romans and then became a rich city.   39   , it was destroyed by a volcano, together with all the people in the city. The next day, I was amazed to see the ancient Roman city of Pompeii  40   it was 2,000 years ago. When I walked around the city, I saw streets, stepping stones, several houses with wall paintings, and    41   the bodies of people that had been turned to stone.

    On 24^th July, we arrived in Loulan after several days of travelling. I ate    42    the noodles nor the rice because I was too tired to eat. Loulan, a small   43    wealthy commercial city, existed almost 2,000 years ago. It disappeared under the sand. No one is quite sure why. There are a few ruins left. Some   44   , such as coins and painted pots, was found.

    I am becoming very   45    in ancient civilizations. Maybe I shall become an archaeologist.

36.  A. lucky       B. scared         C. luckily        D. scaring

37.  A. who        B. that           C. which         D. whom

38.  A. Founded     B. Found        C. Find           D. Discovered

39.  A. Luckily      B. Hopefully     C. Finally         D. Unfortunately

40.  A. as          B. for           C. when          D. what

41.  A. never       B. ever          C. even           D. too

42.  A. either       B. neither        C. both           D. only

43.  A. or          B. but           C. also           D. yet

44.  A. money      B. coins          C. gold          D. treasure

45.  A. disappointed  B. interested     C. excited         D. surprised

Dr.Yuan  _36___ for a way to increase rice harvests without  expanding the area of the fields...Dr. Yuan is now __37___  his knowledge in India, Vietnam and many other less developed countries to increase their rice harvests... __38__  to his research, the UN has more tools in the battle to_39__ the world of hunger.

He made people laugh at a time __40___  they felt depressed, so they could feel more__41___ with their lives...His parents were both music hall __42___ .

However, people from places like Spain, Italy or south American countries approach others closely and are more__43___  to touch them.

In __44___ , though, studying international customs can certainly help avoid difficulties in today’s world of cultural __45___ .

Some very interesting technologies are being developed at the moment. The first is a jacket created ___41___ the Electric Wear company. The smart jacket has been developed this year. It ___42___ (include) a built-in mobile phone and an MP4 player.

The ___43___ (two) is a power-free fridge. It ___44___  (invent) by a farmer from France. To keep fruit and vegetables fresh for three weeks, only two clay ___45___ (pot) and some wet sand are used.

Scientists say that studies of natural plastic have been completed and that ___46___ (vary) plastic materials will be produced ___47___ (immediate). The natural plastic will be made from beans, thus ___48___ (mean) less rubbish.

Last but not least, it has been announced that ___49___ new kind of washing machine has been developed. Clothes are cleaned without liquid soap or washing powder. It is believed ___50___ the new products will sell well in the future.

假设你叫李华，是校学生会主席。学生会决定于2017年9月16日~22日举办第三届艺术周，请你根据以下内容写一份书面通知。

★参赛方式：以班级为单位

★活动内容：书法，绘画，歌舞，乐器表演等

★评奖方式：由专家和学生组成评奖小组，根据班级总分，评出前六名；作为奖励，前两名将有机会代表学校参加省中学生艺术节

★报名时间：本周五之前

★如有疑问，请联系学生会

注意：1. 词数120左右；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使内容连贯；

3. 参考词汇：第三届艺术周the Third Arts Week；省中学生艺术节the Provincial Arts Festival；书法 calligraphy； 乐器musical instruments；专家expert；短剧short plays。

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    When going through major life changes, like changing careers, I would change the people with whom I spent the most time. We’ve all gone through periods when the people in our lives have changed—graduation, moving to a new city, getting a new job, joining a new club, etc. I don’t think I need to convince you just how much influence other people can have over your identity. If you’ve ever experienced a major switch in your people environment, then you know that you change as well.

Most people don’t make these choices consciously though. You might consciously decide to spend more time with a certain friend, or you may ask someone out on a date to begin a new relationship. But few people choose their existing friendships deliberately.

There’s no “getting rid of people”. People are always dropping into and out of each other’s lives. Associations grow into friendships, and friendships fade into associations. You don’t get rid of anyone. The truth is that in order to make room for new people and new experiences, you may need to loosen up some of your existing connections.

What about loyalty? Shouldn’t you always be loyal to your friends? Once you have a close friend, even if their influence on you is slightly harmful, shouldn’t you stick by them?

Loyalty to a friend sometimes means having to let go. It means being loyal to their highest and best as well. If someone is destroying his health by smoking, for example, you aren’t showing loyalty by smoking right along with him. True loyally sometimes requires that you break damaging connections, get yourself back on solid ground, and then decide what you can really do to help your friend.

It can take a lot of courage to tell someone, “I’m sorry, but I can’t have you in my life anymore." But even though this might seem like a selfish act at times, it’s often the best thing for the other person too. If a relationship is holding you back in some way, understand that it is also hurting the other person. For example, if you work for a violent boss, your acceptance of that situation is considered to be silent approval, encouraging your boss to continue to behave violently.

1．When experiencing major life changes, people may ________.

A．join a new social community                       B．influence their friends around

C．choose their friendships purposely               D．have their people environment changed

2．What can be concluded from Paragraph 3 in the passage?

A．Everyone has at least one friend.

B．Friendship still exists though there’s less connection.

C．It is unnecessary to make new friends.

D．You ought to treat your old and new friend equally.

3．What is the author’s opinion on the loyalty to friends?

A．Never betray your close friends whatever happens.

B．Correct their mistakes while you guard their goodness.

C．Stick by your friends even though they do harm lo you.

D．Break up with your friends immediately if they smoke.

4．How should we behave when employed by a violent boss?

A．We should accept what we are told to do.

B．We should stay silent and be in favor of it.

C．We should bravely disobey him if he is wrong.

D．We should give our boss courage to continue.

 The traffic is heavy these days. I ______ arrive a bit late, so could you save me a seat?

   A. can       B. must        C. need        D. might

Last year I went to America and stayed there with an American family for two months.

As is said, “The best house is in America, the best wife is in Japan, and the best food is in China.” So I  41  pride and pleasure to 42 “the best food” for my American family. Each day, regardless of my poor skill of cooking, I would do something in a  43  way: changing the dishes color, the meat’s type or the soup’s style. Thus, my American friends could discover the  44  of eating Chinese food. Because of my “ 45 ” job, I was often rewarded by their  46  of thanks such as “very delicious”, “excellent”, etc.

47  something funny happened yesterday when I cooked Sichuan style fish for dinner. I was 48   with my work.

When the whole family sat round the table, they first looked 49  at the fish, then looked at me. “Why do all the fish have their 50 ？” they asked，“It’s terrible!”

 51 or terrible？I can’t understand. But I do know that fish heads are delicious. The head is the  52    part of fish; in  53  only the important guest can have the  54  of enjoying it.

Another 55  thing is: the American friends often said to me“ 56 ”as they  57 home fruits or other things. According to Chinese tradition I would simply smile in answer to their kindness  58  actually helping myself to any of the food.  59 , I said “help yourself” to them whenever I brought home fruits. Dear me! No matter how much or how often I brought home food, as long as it was nice to their taste, they  60  hesitated (犹豫) to use their hands to “help themselves” until all was finished.

41. A. took                    B. shared             C. held                   D. had  

42. A. leave              B. fetch                      C. cook           D. buy

43. A. simple              B. new                C. same                      D. magic

44. A. importance         B. joy                C. trouble           D. way

45. A. new            B. daily                C. good           D. hard

46. A. smile             B. flowers              C. talk            D. expressions

47. A. However          B. But                 C. So              D. And

48. A. surprised          B. pleased                    C. strict           D. proud

49. A. worriedly          B. excitedly                   C. surprisedly        D. happily

50. A. heads             B. skins              C. tails              D. bones

51. A. Particular          B. Wonderful          C. Comfortable     D. Beautiful

52. A. biggest            B. best                C. dearest         D. lightest

53. A. the West          B. China              C. USA           D. the East

54. A. ability                   B. safety                C. chance               D. honor

55. A. enjoyable          B. exciting            C. interesting         D. common

56. A. dear me               B. excuse me           C. help yourself       D.enjoy yourself

57. A. collected            B. wanted              C. bought               D. brought

58. A. and              B. but                  C. without         D. not

59. A. In return           B. Above all           C. After all           D. At last

60. A. always          B. often              C. never            D. usually

 Little Jim should love____ to the theatre this evening.

A. to be taken     B. to take   C.  being taken      D. taking

 ─ What do you think I can do about it?

─ Don’t worry. The information ______ be true.

        A. mustn’t       B. can’t C. wouldn’t D. might

 They wouldn’t allow him____ across the enemy line. 

A. risk   B. risking to go   C. going to risk   D. to risk going

To be successful in any aspect of life, you need to know when to use the carrot or the stick.

Here are a few tips to help you decide whether it’s better to use the carrot or the stick.

l        With the kids

The carrot

When it comes to raising a kid, the carrot or the stick dilemma is quickly disappearing as too many parents take the carrot approach to the extreme. In child raising, the carrot should never be materialistic things. If you want to ask for good behavior with a reward, it should be with something that can’t be bought, say, trust.

The stick

Nowadays, no one likes to use the stick any more, or in my father’s case, the belt. I’m not overlooking child abuse, if you ever want to call it that, but I am encouraging parents to toughen up a bit. You don’t want your kid to test your limits only to find out he can get away with it. If you want to raise a kid, raise the hand and let him know it comes down on the second offense.

l        At the office

The carrot

People need encouragement and motivation to perform well. However, the carrot only really works well with employees who have already proved themselves. If you’ve got someone who can’t show up at the office before noon, the promise of a raise isn’t going to do much. On the contrary, if there’s a guy with a good work moral, he’ll thrive (grow stronger) when you add a promotion to the picture.

The stick

When considering the carrot or the stick in the office, remember that, overall, the stick is the more practical method in the office. A wise man, who just happened to be an Italian, once said “It’s best to be both loved and feared.” It’s nice to have everyone love you, but running a business isn’t like running a family. You need to have the stick constantly raised.

l        With the wife

The carrot

When it comes to marriage, always use the carrot. I’ve had a lovely marriage for many years, and I’ve always stuck to the carrot approach.

Sometimes you catch more flies with honey, and sometimes it’s the crack of a whip (鞭子) that gets the horse moving. Try not to use too many sticks at home; the carrot is much more fun.

25. What is the best title of this passage?

A. The Carrot or the Stick?

B. The Introduction to the Carrot and the Stick

C. Tips in the Daily Life

D. The Advantages of the Carrot and the Stick

26. According to the passage, the author’s father_______.

       A. often abused him in his childhood.

       B. applied the Stick in raising the child.

       C. beat him a lot with a belt.

       D. overlooked child abuse

27. Which do you think is the best to be a good boss at the office?

A. Always using carrots.

B. Eating a lot of carrots.

C. Being both loved and feared.

D. Using too many sticks.

28. Which is NOT true according to the passage?

A. The author often gives more carrots to his wife to eat at home.

B. The carrot is much more fun when it comes to marriage.

C. On different occasions, the carrot or the stick is effective.

D. You need the stick to get your horses to move faster occasionally.