I met him first in 1936. I rushed into his ugly little shop to have the heels of my shoes repaired. I waited when he did it. He greeted me with a cheerful smile. “You’re new in this neighborbood, aren’t you?”
I said I was. I had moved into a house at the end of the street only a week before.
“This is a fine neighborhood,” he said. “You’ll be happy here.” He looked at the leather covering the heel sadly. It was worn through because I had failed to have the repair done a month before. I grew impatient, for I was rushing to meet a friend. “Please hurry,” I begged.
He looked at me over his spectacles. “Now, lady, we won’t be long. I want to do a good job. You see, I have a tradition to live up to.”
A tradition? In this ugly little shop that was no different from so many other shoe repair shops on the side streets of New York?
He must have felt my surprise, for he smiled as he went on. “Yes, lady, I inherited a tradition. My father and my grandfather were shoemakers in Italy, and they were the best. My father always told me, ‘Son, do the best job on every shoe that comes into the shop, and be proud of your fine work. Do that always, and you’ll have both happiness and money enough to live on.’”
As he handed me the finished shoes, he said: “These will last a long time. I’ve used good leather.”
I left in a hurry. But I had a warm and grateful feeling. On my way home I passed the little shop again. There he was, still working. He saw me, and to my surprise he waved and smiled. This was the beginning of our friendship. It was a friendship that came to mean more and more to me as time passed.
Every day I passed his shop, we waved to each other in friendly greeting. At first I went in only when I had repair work to be done. Then I found myself going in every few days just to talk with him.
He was the happiest man I’ve ever known. Often, as he stood in his shopwindow, working at a pair of shoes, he sang in a high, clear Italian voice. The Italians in our neighborhood called him la luce alla finestra—“the light in the window”.
One day I was disappointed and angry because of poor jobs some painters had done for me. I went into his shop for comfort. He let me go on talking angrily about the poor work and carelessness of present-day workmen. “They had no pride in their work,” I said. “They just wanted to collect their money for doing nothing.”
He agreed. “There’s a lot of that kind around, but maybe we should not blame them. Maybe their fathers had no pride in their work. That’s hard on a boy. It keeps him from learning something important.” He waited a minute and said “Every man or woman who hasn’t inherited a prideful tradition must start building one.”
“In this country, our freedom lets each of us make his own contribution. We must make it a good contribution. No matter what sort of work a man does, if he gives it his best each day, he’s starting a tradition for his children to live up to. And he is making lots of happiness for himself.”
I went to Europe for a few months. When I returned, there was no “l(fā)ight in the window”. The door was closed. There was a little sign: “Call for shoes at shop next door.” I learned the old man had suddenly got sick and died two weeks before
I went away with a heavy heart. I would miss him. But he had left me something—an important piece of wisdom I shall always remember: “If you inherited a prideful tradition, you must carry it on; if you haven’t, start building one now.”                                            
小題1:The shoemaker looked sadly at the shoes because __________
A．they were of poor quality.
B．he didn’t have the right kind of leather
C．he thought they were too worn to be repaired
D．the author hadn’t taken good care of them.
小題2:The author was surprised when she heard that the shop had a tradition because the shop ________.
A．looked no different from other shoe repair shops
B．had a light in the window
C．was at the end of a street
D．was quite an ugly and dirty one
小題3:What does the underlined word “inherit” mean in paragraph 6 mean?
A．develop B．receiveC．learnD．a(chǎn)ppreciate
小題4:The author later frequently went into the little shop __________.
A．to repair her worn shoes
B．only to chat with the shoemaker
C．to look at the new shoes there
D．only to get comfort from the shoemaker
小題5:Why was the shoemaker called “the light in the window” by his neighbors?
A．Because he always worked late at night.
B．Because he always put a light in the window.
C．Because he was always guiding the others.
D．Because he was always happy and cheerful.
小題6:What’s the best title of this passage?
A．A Proud ShoemakerB．A Prideful Tradition
C．The Light in the WindowD．Treasure Your Shoes

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:B
小題5:D
小題6:C

試題分析：文章介紹了主人公有一天去修鞋，我急著有事兒，而這個鞋匠說可能要持續(xù)的時間要長一點兒，我感覺有點兒著急，然后鞋匠告訴我，他從他的祖父還有他的曾祖父那里繼承了一種傳統(tǒng)，就是無論做什么工作，都要盡最大努力，不但能獲得金錢還能得到快樂，經(jīng)歷了這件事之后，我們就成了朋友，會經(jīng)常在一起聊天，等我去了歐洲幾個月回來的時候，這個鞋匠去世了，我很難過，但也會永遠記住他所說的，如果你繼承了一種引以自豪的傳統(tǒng)，那你就繼續(xù)傳下去，如果沒有，你就建立一種好的傳統(tǒng)。
小題1:D細節(jié)理解題。He looked at the leather covering the heel sadly. It was worn through because I had failed to have the repair done a month before.句意為：他很傷心的看著我的鞋，它被我穿破了，因為我一個月前，我沒有把它修好。所以這里是指我沒有照管好我的鞋。故答案應為D。
小題2:A細節(jié)理解題。  A tradition? In this ugly little shop that was no different from so many other shoe repair shops on the side streets of New York?句意為：一個傳統(tǒng)？這個丑陋的小店和對面的修鞋店沒有什么不同啊。所以我感到吃驚，故答案應為A。
小題3:B細節(jié)理解題。He must have felt my surprise, for he smiled as he went on. “Yes, lady, I inherited a tradition. My father and my grandfather were shoemakers in Italy, and they were the best. My father always told me, ‘Son, do the best job on every shoe that comes into the shop, and be proud of your fine work. Do that always, and you’ll have both happiness and money enough to live on.’”大意為：他一定感覺到我吃驚了，笑著對我說：“是的，太太，我---了一種傳統(tǒng)，我的父親和曾祖父在意大利是鞋匠，他們都是最棒的，他們總是告訴我，凡是來這個店里的每一又鞋都要好好的修，你會以你的漂亮的工作而自豪，你不但會獲得報酬，還會得到幸福。故這里是從祖父，父親那里得到了好的傳統(tǒng)，故應為B。
小題4:B細節(jié)理解題。Then I found myself going in every few days just to talk with him.意思為：我發(fā)現(xiàn)自已每隔幾天都要進去，僅僅是和他聊天。故答案應為B。
小題5:D細節(jié)理解題。   He was the happiest man I’ve ever known. Often, as he stood in his shopwindow, working at a pair of shoes, he sang in a high, clear Italian voice. The Italians in our neighborhood called him la luce alla finestra—“the light in the window”.句意為：他是我見到過的最快樂的人，他經(jīng)常站在櫥窗前修鞋，又清晰聲音又高的唱著歌，我們社區(qū)的意大利人把他叫著窗戶里的亮光。這里是指樂觀的人。故答案應為D。
小題6:C細節(jié)理解題。The light in the window,這里的light是指人的精神，即有從父親，祖父那里繼承來的對工作認真負責的精神，也有樂觀的態(tài)度，所以答案應為C。
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Science Daily (May 1S, 2012) - People who rate themselves as having high emotional    intelligence (El) tend to overestimate (高估) their ability to detect deception(欺騙) in others.      This is the finding of a paper published in the journal Legal and Criminological Psychology on 18 May 2012.
Professor Stephen Porter. director of the Centre for the Advancement of Psychological     Science and Law at University of British Columbia Canada along with colleagues Dr. Leanne Brinke and Alysha Baker used a standard questionnaire to measure the EI of 116 participants.
These participants were then asked to view 20 videos from around the world of people     pleading （祈求） for the safe return of a missing family member. In half the videos the person     making the plea was responsible for the missing person's disappearance or murder.
The participants were asked to judge whether the pleas were honest or deceptive say how much confidence they had in their judgments, report the clues (線索) they had used to make those judgments and rate their emotional response to each plea.
Professor Porter found that higher EI was associated with overconfidence in assessing the sincerity of the pleas and sympathetic feelings towards people in the videos who turned out to be responsible for the disappearance.
Although EI, in general, was not associated with being better or worse at telling the difference between truths and lies. people with a higher ability to notice and express emotion (a component of EI) were not so good at spotting when people were telling lies.
Professor Porter says: "Taken together, these findings suggest findings features of emotional     intelligence and the decision-making processes they lead to may nave the paradoxical (適得其反的) effect of weakening people's ability to detect deception."
"These findings are important because El is a well-accepted concept and is used in a variety of fields, including the workplace"
小題1:Which of the following is true about the study and its findings?
A．EI has something to do with telling truths and 1ies.
B．The participants were asked to identify liars on the spot.
C．The participants had to tell reasons for their judgments.
D．Those confident participants all made wrong judgments.
小題2:According to Professor Porter's finding, people with higher EI
A．were actually less confident
B．were easy to be cheated for their kindness
C．had sympathy for the missing people
D．were good at spotting deception
小題3:What does the underlined word "they" refer to?
A．Features of EIB．People with high EfC．The findingsD．The researchers
小題4:Workplace is specially mentioned in the last paragraph to ______.
A．indicate that people with high EI are mostly adults
B．indicate that EI is very important in the workplace
C．warn employers not to trust employees with high EI
D．warn people with high EI of deception in the workplace
小題5:What is the best title for the passage?
A．How to detect deception in our daily life.
B．The disadvantages of high emotional intelligence.
C．The relationship between one's El and recognition.
D．Emotionally intelligent people are less good at spotting liars.

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Travel can be a lifesaver. But in today’s economy (經(jīng)濟) with airlines adding new fees almost daily and ticket prices sharply on the rise, many have written off travel as too expensive. However, with a few saving tricks and a little research, there are still lots of great deals to be had on airline tickets and more.
Early Bird Gets the Deal.
Travel experts say that there are certain times of day when more deals are available. Airfares can change three times a day as airlines adjust their prices to fill up flights. Early morning is when the fares tend to be lowest.
What Wouldn’t a Business Traveler do?
Flying when business travelers don’t can save you big money. Most business travelers fly on Mondays and Fridays, so Tuesday and Wednesday are the best days. Airlines will usually lower their prices on these days to aggressively try and fill empty seats.
 
                                
Fly to popular places at unpopular times. The slowest time of the year for travel is in the Fall between Labor Day and Thanksgiving. Again, to try and fill more empty seats, the airlines will lower prices and offer better deals to get people to fly during this time of the year.
Package Deals
Many times the best deals on airfare can be found as part of a package rate. Most travel sites have package rates available. Often, the entire package (hotel, airfare, rental car) is cheaper than just the plane ticket on another site. Even if you don’t need the rental car, with the money you’ve saved on the flight, you can afford to take a taxi. These deals are especially good on last minute bookings.
With a little inside knowledge and some good timing, you can get yourself a steal on a ticket to the vacation you thought was out of reach.
小題1:Which would be the best title for the text?
A．Tips on Vocation Travelling
B．Advice for Business Travelers
C．The Effect of Economy on Airlines
D．Tricks of Finding the Cheapest Flights
小題2:Many people have to cancel their travel plan because they _____.
A．have no saving tricksB．consider economic reasons
C．seldom do researchD．can’t have great deals
小題3:Which of the following can be filled in the blank in the text?
A．Fly to popular places.
B．Don’t Miss the Holydays.
C．Better Avoid the Crowds.
D．Lose No Chance for Travelling.
小題4:What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A．Saving tricks can make the seemingly impossible vacation possible.
B．Inside knowledge and good timing help you to steal tickets from airlines.
C．Vacation will be out of reach without inside knowledge and good timing.
D．Who thinks the vacation is out of reach never grasps the tricks of saving.

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