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George is a rich man. He likes playing jokes. On Christmas Eve, he wanted to give his housekeeper Jack a big 1 .
He told Jack, “There are four bowls of thick soup here. I put two gold coins in one of the bowls. Dear Jack, let’s see 2 you’re lucky.”
Jack wanted the gold coins very much, 3 he was not sure which bowl was the right one. He began to eat some soup from the first bowl
Suddenly, he felt the gold coins should 4 in the second bowl, 5 he turned to it and had half the soup.
He then ate half the soup in the third bowl, too. After that he started to get 6 worried.
At last, he changed his 7 . He ate half of the soup in the fourth bowl with much difficulty—at this moment Jack was too full to eat 8 .
In the end, he didn’t get even one gold coin.
In fact, George had put two coins in 9 bowl. If Jack could finish just one bowl of soup, then he 10 find at least two gold coins
1. _____ 2. _____ 3. _____ 4. _____ 5._____
6. _____ 7. _____ 8. _____ 9. _____ 10._____
Job interviews can be very different in different countries. An interviewer’s “body language” and questions, and the forms of an interview are not the same around the world.
If you’re at a job interview in Japan, don’t look directly into the eyes of the interviewer.It is considered impolite. But if you’re at an interview in the US, you should make eye contact( 交流 ) with the interviewer. If you don’t, the interviewer may think you are not sure about your ability.
In the US and some other countries, interviewers aren’t supposed to ask questions about family and personal information. In most countries, however, personal questions are very common during job interviews.
In Germany, your interview might begin with a very short conversation followed by a formal ( 正式的 ) interview. In Mexico and many other countries, the whole interview might not be formal.
（） 1. In Japan, looking directly into the eyes of the interviewer is _____.
A. boring B. impolite
C. humorous D. dangerous
（） 2. What is suggested at an interview in the US according to the text?
A. Sitting by the interviewer.
B. Making eye contact.
C. Talking about family background.
D. Asking personal information.
（） 3. In _____, a short talk usually begins before a formal interview.
A. Japan B. the US
C. Germany D. Mexico
（） 4. In which part of a magazine can we read the text?
A. Science.B. Geography.
C. Culture.D. Sports.
“Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.” This is an old English saying. It means that when we go to bed early, we can get up early the next morning.Then we will become healthy. We will also become rich and clever.
This is true. To keep healthy, we must have enough sleep. Experts ( 专家 ) say that adults should get seven to eight hours of sleep a night. Teenagers need nine to ten hours. And schoolaged children may need more than ten hours of sleep. Children who do not have enough sleep can’t do their work very well. They won’t be wise and they may not become wealthy.
We also need exercise. Walking, running, swimming and playing games are all exercise.Exercise keeps us strong. It also helps the blood ( 血液 ) to move around the body. This is very important. Our blood takes the nutrition ( 营养 ) from food to all parts of our bodies.
The head also needs blood. So exercise that moves the blood to our heads helps us think better.
（） 1. If we get up early and go to bed early, we’ll become weak.
（） 2. Teenagers need the most hours of sleep to keep healthy.
（） 3. A child can’t study well when he does not have enough sleep.
（） 4. A person needs exercise because it can bring him much blood.
（） 5. If we have enough blood, we’ll be wise.
1. play jokes 开玩笑
2. housekeeper n. 管家
3. change one’s mind 改变主意
4. with much difficulty 非常困难地
5. in the end 最后
6. interviewer n. 面试者
7. body language 体态语
8. look directly into 眼睛直接盯着……
9. make eye contact with sb. 与某人眼神交流
10. be sure about 对……有把握
11. be supposed to do sth. 应该做某事
12. personal question 私人问题
13. expert n. 专家
14. school-aged children 学龄儿童
15. ten hours of sleep 十小时睡眠
16. nutrition n. 营养