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I've worked all my life. I've done men's jobs. I've done everything. I've used screw drivers, electric drills, and punch presses. I really know what it means to do man's work. What gets me is, you work all your life like a dog. You pay your taxes into these government programs. But still, when you need help, the people that are paid to help you, they act like it's coming out of their own pockets. My husband George had a stroke not long ago. I've always worked all my life and I never had to do this before, but when George had the stroke I knew I needed some help. After all, I had to quit my job to take care of him. So I went down to the welfare and told them I needed help. We were living with my son at the time. The welfare people said that since we were staying there, he had to take care of us. If we wanted help, we'd have to move out. The trouble was we didn't have anything at all, and George was in the hospital. When I knew I needed some help, I went up here to this place called Hub Center where they're supposed to help people. Well. I told this young kid that was working there that we were starving and didn't have the money to pay our rent or buy our medicine. Well. He started writing something down on a slip of paper, and he wrote for the longest time. Then he gave it to me and said. “Take this paper to 163l Vine Street and they'll give you a sandwich.” I said, “Thanks for nothing, kid.” I never was so embarrassed in all my life. I thought, well, I know I have to be going crazy. I just have to be, this just can't be happening. 61. The best title for the passage would be __________. A. I Really Know Man's Work.B. Applying (申请) for Welfare. C. Where Are They When You Need Them?D. Where Do Our Taxes Go? 62. The writer went to the welfare office because ________. A. She wanted to apply for welfare there B. She was tired of doing a man’s job C. She was in bad health D. She wanted the office to find a place for them to stay 63. We can infer from the passage that the writer thought she should get help from the government because she _____. A. was too old to work B. had paid taxes C. had worked hard D. had no children 64. What is the tone of the passage? A. angry and puzzledB. sad but hopeful C. light and thankful D. joking and pitiful 65. What does the underlined word “this” refer to? A. being ill B. work hard C. ask for help D. quit her job C Don’t go to Kauai. Go to any of the other Hawaiian Islands—Maui, Lanai, the Big Island—but leave Kauai for us. The weather on Kauai is so unpredictable that sometimes it rains all day—in fact, it’s the second –wettest spot on the earth. Yes, there are giant double rainbows all the time, and the sunlight through the clouds is magical. But if you are not interested in these, go somewhere else. You just can’t control the nature on Kauai, and who wants to surrender to the nature when you could be at a fine hotel, lying in a comfortable chair next to a swimming pool, with food served upon request? So what if Kauai produces surf champions the way Texas produces cowboys? Most of its 300 white-sand beaches are unmarked. Unless you connect with the local people, the hidden spots are hard to find. While Hanalei is the most beautiful town you’ve ever dreamed of, you can forget about discos and clubs. Worse, it doesn’t have one single four-star restaurant. What it does have is the original drive- through places where you pass by a rambutan tree (红毛丹树)，and pick a piece of fruit. Shopping in Kauai? Forget it—unless you are interested in shell necklaces and beautifully carved wood bowls. Kauai is not about pampering. It’s about going natural and finding the nature within you. It’s a do-it-yourself place that offers walking along the coast, driving and swimming in the Pacific Ocean, and lying on the beach. Don’t go to Kauai unless you have a lot of time, because there’s only one road, which can be slightly dull. It winds through the beautiful scenery of waterfalls, rivers flowing into the ocean, and taro(芋头)fields. You have no choice but to look at everything, because the speed limit is 35 m.p.h. If you’re not interested in color, don’t bother with Kauai, because that’s what you get—red roads, blue oceans, and a hundred different shades of green. It’s like diving on land. Many people on Kauai believe that this is Lemuria—a lost island in the Atlantic. Can you imagine? Those Hawaiians, surfers, New Agers, and people who love nature and beauty and want a different quality of life—what do they know, anyway? Forget about it—you’re not going to like it. Go somewhere else. Leave Kauai for us. 66. After reading the text, we come to know that it is . A. a piece of shocking news B. an exciting story C. an angry complaint about a tourist attraction D. a moving advertisement 67. It can be learned from the text that . A. Kauai is an island near the Hawaiian IslandsB. Kauai is another name of the Hawaiian Islands C. Kauai is one of the Hawaiian IslandsD. Kauai doesn’t belong to the Hawaiian Islands 68. In the writer’s opinion, Kauai . A. is not worth visiting at allB. is well worth visiting C. is not a beautiful islandD. is a dangerous island 69. Who would like to visit Kauai? A. Those who love nature. B. Those who love city life. C. Those who love the comfort in a fine hotel. D. Those who love going shopping. 70. Which of the following statements is false? A. Many more people will probably come to Kauai after reading the passage. B. You can practice in Kauai if you want to win a championship in surfing. C. The weather in Kauai is changeable. D. In Kauai there are top class hotels where food is served upon request. D In the same way that a child must be able to move his arms and legs before he can learn to walk, the child must physically be able to produce and experiment particular feelings before these feelings can be modified through learning. Psychologists have found that there are two basic processes by which learning takes place. One kind of learning is called ‘classical conditioning”. This take places when one event or stimulus(刺激) is always paired with, or followed by, a reward or punishment. It is through classical conditioning that a child learns to connect his mother’s face and voice with happiness and love, for he learns that this person provides food and comfort. Negative emotions are learned in a similar way. The second kind of learning is called “operant conditioning”. This takes place when a person learns to do things that produce rewards in his environment and learns not to do things that produce punishments. For example, if a mother always attends to her baby when he cries and comforts him until he is quiet, she may teach him that if he cries he will get attention from mother. Thus, the baby will learn to increase his crying in order to have his mother more. (责任编辑：admin) |