______France, on travaille 7 heures par jour.

23 Chestnut Ave. ,

Wellington, Shropshire.

Wednesday, 5th October

Dear Joe,

I'm afraid this won't be a very cheerful letter because at the moment I'm feeling absolutely fed up. It's the usual story; this morning I had another quarrel with my mother. Well, to tell you the truth, it wasn't really a quarrel, because I just shut up and didn't say a word, which always angers her. Anyway, what happened was that she came into my bedroom and started shouting at me because I had thrown my dress over the chair instead of hanging it up properly. Well, she is right of course, but on the other hand I'm so busy at the moment with exams and one thing and another that I really haven't got time to do everything right. I know I'm not the world's tidiest person, but it seems that at the moment I cannot do anything right as far as she is concerned. Do you know what I mean? Anyway, when I didn't reply, she really lost her temper and started going on about all sorts of things, bringing up every single thing that I've done wrong in the last few years. To listen to her, you'd think I was the laziest, the most selfish and the most thoughtless person in the world, and I don't know what else. I know she doesn't really mean it, and in her own funny way she is trying to do her best for me.

Anyway, as if all that wasn't enough, my father lost his temper with me at lunchtime, just because I asked him a perfectly reasonable question. Honestly, Joe, it's at times like this that I can hardly wait to get away from home, find a place of my own, and start living my own life in my own way.

Sorry to sound so gloomy. I'll write to you again when I'm in a better mood. Please write to me when you have time. I always look forward to your letters.

Love,

Anna

P.S. As always, give my love to your pretty daughter, Claire. Tell her I'm coming to see her next summer.

According to the passage, ________annoys Anna's mother most.

A．her quarrel with her mother this morning

B．her throwing her dress all over the chair

C．her keeping silence facing her mother's scolding

D．her asking her father an unreasonable question

23 Chestnut Ave. ,

Wellington, Shropshire.

Wednesday, 5th October

Dear Joe,

I'm afraid this won't be a very cheerful letter because at the moment I'm feeling absolutely fed up. It's the usual story; this morning I had another quarrel with my mother. Well, to tell you the truth, it wasn't really a quarrel, because I just shut up and didn't say a word, which always angers her. Anyway, what happened was that she came into my bedroom and started shouting at me because I had thrown my dress over the chair instead of hanging it up properly. Well, she is right of course, but on the other hand I'm so busy at the moment with exams and one thing and another that I really haven't got time to do everything right. I know I'm not the world's tidiest person, but it seems that at the moment I cannot do anything right as far as she is concerned. Do you know what I mean? Anyway, when I didn't reply, she really lost her temper and started going on about all sorts of things, bringing up every single thing that I've done wrong in the last few years. To listen to her, you'd think I was the laziest, the most selfish and the most thoughtless person in the world, and I don't know what else. I know she doesn't really mean it, and in her own funny way she is trying to do her best for me.

Anyway, as if all that wasn't enough, my father lost his temper with me at lunchtime, just because I asked him a perfectly reasonable question. Honestly, Joe, it's at times like this that I can hardly wait to get away from home, find a place of my own, and start living my own life in my own way.

Sorry to sound so gloomy. I'll write to you again when I'm in a better mood. Please write to me when you have time. I always look forward to your letters.

Love,

Anna

P.S. As always, give my love to your pretty daughter, Claire. Tell her I'm coming to see her next summer.

According to the passage, ______ annoys Anna's mother most.

A．her quarrel with her mother this morning

B．her throwing her dress all over the chair

C．her keeping silence facing her mother's scolding

D．her asking her father an unreasonable question

If you were to begin a new job tomorrow, you would bring with you some basic strengths and weaknesses. Success or【67】in your work would depend, to a great【68】, on your ability to use your strengths and weaknesses to the best advantage.

【69】the utmost importance is your attitude. A person who begins a job【70】that he isn't going to like it or is sure that he is going to fail is【71】a weakness which can only【72】his success. On the other hand, a person who is【73】in his belief that he is probably as【74】of doing the work as anyone else and who is willing to make a cheerful【75】at it possesses a certain strength of purpose. The【76】are that he will do well.

Having the prerequisite (先决条件，前提) skills for a particular job is strength.【77】those skills is obviously a weakness. A bookkeeper who can't add【78】a carpenter who can't cut a straight line with a saw are hopeless【79】.

This book has been designed to help you capitalize (利用] ) on the strength and【80】the weakness that you bring to the job of learning. But you must first take stock of somewhere you stand now.【81】we get further along in the book, we'll be dealing in【82】with specific processes for developing and strengthening learning skills.【83】, to begin with, you should【84】to examine your present strengths and weaknesses in three areas that are【85】to your success or failure in school: your【86】, your reading and communication skills, and your study habits.

(68)

A．improvement

B．victory

C．failure

D．achievement

If you 【C1】______ to begin a new job tomorrow, you would bring with you some basic strengths and weaknesses. Success or failure in your work would depend, to 【C2】______ great extent, on your ability 【C3】______ your strengths and weaknesses to the best advantage. 【C4】______ the utmost importance is your attitude. A person 【C5】______ gins a job convinced that he isn't going to like it or is sure that he is going to ail is 【C6】______ a weakness which can only hinder his success. On the other hand, a person who is 【C7】______ in his belief that he is probably as capable 【C8】______ doing the work as anyone else and who is willing to make a cheerful attempt 【C9】______ it possesses a certain strength of purpose. The chances are that he will do well. Having the prerequisite skills for a particular job is strength. 【C10】______ those skills is obviously a weakness. A bookkeeper who can't add or a carpenter who can't cut a straight line with a saw 【C11】______ hopeless cases. This book has been designed to help you 【C12】______ on the strength and overcome the 【C13】______ that you bring to the job of learning. But in order to measure your development, you must first 【C14】______ stock of somewhere you stand now. 【C15】______ we get further along in the book, we'll be 【C16】______ in some detail with specific processes for developing and strengthening learning 【C17】______ . However, 【C18】______ begin with, you should pause 【C19】______ examine your present strengths and weaknesses in three areas that ate 【C20】______ to your success or failure in school: attitude, reading and communication skills, and study habits.

【C1】

A．should

B．are

C．were

D．might