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B

Honesty comes in many forms. First there is self-honesty. Is what people see real or do you appear through smoke and mirrors? I find that if I try to be something I’m not, I feel unsure of myself and take out a part from my PBA (personal bank account). I love how singer Judy Garland put it, “Always be a first-class version (版本) of yourself, instead of a second-class version of somebody else.”

Then there is honesty in our actions. Are you honest at school, with your parents, and with your boss? If you have ever been dishonest, just remember that you can’t do wrong and feel right. This st ory by Jeff is a good example of that:

In my second year of study, there were three kids in my math class who didn’t do well. I was really good at it. I would charge them three dollars for each test that I helped them pass. I’d write on a little piece of p aper all the right answers, and hand them off.

At first I felt like I was making money, kind of a nice job. I wasn’t thinking about how it could hurt all of us. After a while I realized I shouldn’t do that anymore, because I wasn’t really helping them. They weren’t learning anything, and it would only get harder down the road. Cheating certainly wasn’t helping me.

It takes courage to be honest when people all around you are getting away with cheating on tests, lying to their parents, and stealing at work. Remember, however, every act of honesty is a deposit (储蓄) into your PBA and will do you good.

24. The underlined part “appear through smoke and mirrors” means “________”.

A. to be clear

B. to be unreal

C. to be honest

D. to be imaginative

25. Which of the following can best explain Judy Garland’s words?

A. Be your true self rather than just follow others.

B. Don’t copy others or you can’t be the first class.

C. Make efforts to be the first instead of the second.

D. Don’t learn from others unless they’re exc ellent.

26. What does the author expect to show by Jeff’s story?

A. Honesty can be of great help to all of us.

B. A bad thing can be turned into a good one.

C. Helping others cheat can do good to nobody.

D. One should realize the wrong in his bad deeds.

27. In the last paragraph the author mainly wants to express ________.

A. one must be brave to be honest all the time

B. it’s difficult to be honest when others are not

C. one should be honest when making a deposit

D. honesty in one’s actions can help him i n the future

C

When I was 12, all I wanted was a signet (图章) ring. They were the “in” thing and it seemed that every girl except me had one. On my 13th birthday, my Mum gave me a signet ring with my initials (姓名首字母) carved into it. I was in heaven.

What made it even more special was that it was the only thing th at wasn’t being “replaced”. We’d been burnt out in fires that swept through our area earlier that year and had lost everything —so most of the “new” stuff (物品) we got was just to take the place of what we had lost. But not my ring.

Then, only one month later, I lost it. I took it off before bed and it was missing in the morning. I was sad and searched everywhere for it. But it seemed to have disappeared. Eventually, I gave up and stopped looking for it. And two years later, we sold the house and moved away.

Years went by, and a couple of moves later, I was visiting my parents’ when Mum told me that she had something for me. It wasn’t my birthday, nor was it Easter or Christmas. Mum noticed my questioning look. “You’ll recognize this one,” she said, smiling. Then she handed me a small ring box. I took it from her and opened it to find my beautiful signet ring inside.

The family who had bought our house 13 years earlier had recently decided to do some redecorations, which included replacing the carpets. When they pulled the carpet up in my old bedroom, they found the ring. As it had my initials carved into it, they realized who owned the ring. They’d had it professionally cleaned up by a jeweler before sending it to my mother.

And it still fits me.

28. The und erlined word “in” probably means “________”.

A. popular

B. affordable

C. private

D. available

29. When she got the ring back, the writer was about ________.

A. 13 years old

B. 15 years old

C. 26 years old

D. 28 years old

30. What can we infer according to the passage?

A. The writer’s family might have moved several times.

B. The writer never stopped looking for the ring she loved.

C. The writer’s ring was cleaned up by the new house owner.

D. The writer lost her ring when she took it off in the morning.

31. What would be the best title for the passage?

A. My New Ring

B. Lost and Found

C. A Kind Couple

D. An Expensive Ring

D

When we think of leadership, we often think of power. But leadership today is not about forcing others to do things. If this is even possible, it is short-term, and tends to backfire. If you order someone to do something against their will, they may do it because they feel it a must, but the anger they feel will do more harm to them in the long term. They will also experience fear.

Fear causes the thinking brain to shut down, making the person unable to function at his or her best. If they connect you with this emotion of fear, they will become less productive around you, and you will have ended up in not only shooting yourself in the foot, but possibly making every good employee (雇员) or partner unable to work effectively. Fear has no place in leadership.

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