Like most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting. It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important discovery:giving-away makes life so much more exciting. You need not worry if you lack money. This is how I experimented with giving-away. If an idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store flashes to me, I step in and make the suggestion to the storekeeper. One discovery I made about giving-away is that it is almost impossible to give away anything in this world without getting something back, though there turn often comes in all unexpected form.
One Sunday morning, the local post office delivered an important special delivery letter to my home, though it was addressed to me at my office. I wrote the postmaster a note of appreciation(感谢).More than a year later,I needed a post-office box for a new business I was starting. I was told at the window that there were no boxes left, and that my name would have to go on a long waiting list. As I was about to leave, the postmaster appeared in the doorway. He had overheard(无意中听到)our conversation, “Wasn’t it you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering a special delivery to your home?” I said“yes.”“Well, you certainly are going to have a box in this post office if we have to make one for you. You don’t know what a letter like that means to us. We usually get nothing but complaints.”
28. According to the author, .
A. you don’t have to be rich in order to give
B. the excitement of giving can bring you money
C. giving means you will lack money
D. when you give away money, you will be rich
29. From the passage, we understand that .
A. the author followed other people looking upon life as a process of getting
B. the author was unlike most people who were mostly receivers rather than givers
C. the author received the same education as most people during his childhood
D. the author did not understand the importance of giving until he was in late thirties
30.When the author needed a post-office box, .
A. he had to put his name on a waiting list
B. many people had applied for post-office boxes before him.
C. he asked the postmaster to make one for him
D. he wrote the postmaster a note of appreciation
ADB
A. Profits enlarging B. Technology developing C. Education investing D. Benefits transferring E. Dominance disappearing F. A nation rising |
The following is an imaginary diary entry written by US president. This diary is part of Global Trends 2025, which was written by the US National Intelligence Council
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Global wealth and economic power will shift from West to East.
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The transition from old fuels to new will be slow, as will the development of new technologies that present feasible alternatives to fossil fuels or help eliminate food and water problems. All current technologies are inadequate, and new ones will probably not be commercially possible by 2025