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In the early stages of skill or character development, imitation（模仿） is helpful. When I first learned to cook, I used recipes (菜谱) and turned out some tasty dishes. But soon I grew bored. Why follow someone else’s way of cooking when I could create my own? Imitating role models is like using training wheels on a child’s bicycle; they help you get going, but once you find your own balance, you fly faster and farther without relying on them.
In daily life, imitation can hurt us if we subconsciously (下意识地) hold poor role models. If, as a child, you observed people whose lives were bad, you may have accepted their fear and pain as normal and gone on to follow what they did. If you do not make strong choices for yourself, you will get the results of the weak choices of others.
In the field of entertainment, those stars look great on screen. But when they step off screen, their personal lives may be disastrous. If you are going to follow someone, focus on their talent, not their bad character or unacceptable behaviors.
Think of the movies, books, teachers, and friends that have affected you most deeply. The world is changed not by those who do what has been done before them, but by those who do what has been done inside them. Creative people have an endless resource of ideas. The problem a creator faces is not running out of material; it is what to do with the material knocking at the door of imagination.
小题1:
.Imitation proves useful when you .

A．know you are unique	B．lose the balance of life
C．begin to learn something new	D．get tired of routine practice

小题2:
To avoid the bad result of imitation, we should________.

A．forget daily fear and pain	B．choose the right example
C．ask others for decisions	D．stay away from stars

小题3:
According to the author, the world moves on because of those who are .

A．eager to influence others with their knowledge

B．ready to turn their original ideas into reality

C．eager to discover what their ancestors did

D．willing to accept others’ ideas

小题4:
The trouble a creator faces is .

A．the lack of strong motivation	B．the absence of practical ideas
C．how to search for more materials	D．how to use imagination creatively

小题5:
The author’s purpose in writing this passage is to __________.

A．emphasize the importance of creativity.

B．criticize the characters of role models.

C．compare imitation with creation.

D．explain the meaning of success.

In the earliest stages of man’s development he had no more need of money than animals have. He was content with very simple forms of shelter, made his own rough tools and weapons and could provide food and clothing for himself and his family from natural materials around him. As he became more civilized, however, he began to want better shelter, more efficient tools and weapons, and more comfortable and more lasting clothing than could be provided by his own neighborhood or by the work of his own unskilled hands. For these things he had to turn to the skilled people such as smiths, leather workers or carpenters. It was then that the question of payment arose.
At first he got what he wanted by a simple process of exchange. The smith who had not the time to look after land or cattle was glad to take meat or grain from the farmer in exchange for an axe or a plough (犁). But as more and more goods which had no fixed exchange value came on the market, exchange became too complicated to be satisfactory. Another problem arose when those who made things wanted to get stocks of wood or leather, or iron, but had nothing to offer in exchange until their finished goods were ready.
Thus the difficulties of exchange led by degree to the invention of money. In some countries easily handled things like seeds or shells were given a certain value and farmer, instead of paying the smith for a new axe by giving him some meat or grain, gave him so many shells. If the smith had any shells left when he had bought his food, he could get stocks of the raw materials of his trade. In some countries quite large things such as cows or camels or even big flat stones were used for trade. Later, pieces of metal, bearing values according to the rarity (稀有) of the metal and the size of the pieces, or coins were used. Money as we know it had arrived.
小题1:What does the first paragraph mainly tell us?

A．Man needed little in the earliest stages of development.

B．Man preferred to make tools by himself.

C．How the simple process of exchange arose.

D．What the early man needed from others.

小题2:As men became more civilized they __________.

A．all learnt to make by themselves the things needed

B．had to travel a lot to look for what they wanted

C．wanted better things than those they themselves could provide

D．no longer provided food and clothing for themselves

小题3:Exchange of goods became difficult because __________.

A．man became more civilized

B．there was not a marketplace for farmers and smiths to exchange their goods

C．farmers hadn’t enough grain or meat to provide for skilled workers

D．more and more goods which had no fixed exchange values appeared on the market.

小题4:Money was not used until __________.

A．paper was invented

B．nothing could be offered in exchange

C．people practiced a simple process of exchange

D．the exchange of one thing for another became too complicated

小题5: What was used for trade according to the text?

A．Shells

B．Tea

C．Salt

D．Horses

Do you know the stages every inventor must ________ before they can have their invention________ .

A．go through; approve	B．go through; approved
C．get through; approval	D．look through; approved

Dreams can happen in any of the four stages of sleep. The most memorable and clearest dreams happen in the last stage of sleep (also known as REM sleep). The sleep cycle repeats about four to five times every night. So you can see how a person has several different dreams in one night. Most people only remember dreams that happen closer to the morning when they are about to wake up. That you can’t remember those dreams does not mean they never happened.
The stages in the sleep cycle are organized by the changes in different brain activities.

Stage 1: You are entering into light sleep. In this stage, your eyes move rapidly. We call this NREM. The body gets relaxed and your body temperature lowers. Your heart rate lowers, too. The body is preparing to enter into deep sleep.
Stage 2: Also characterized by NREM. In this stage, the body temperature and heart rate drop again. You are completely asleep.
Stage 3: Still in the NREM stage, this is a deeper sleep still.
Stage 4: In this stage of sleep, your eyes move back or forward. We call it REM sleep. This stage happens at about 90-100 minutes after the beginning of sleep. Your blood pressure rises, heart rate speeds up. The majority of your dreams happen in this stage.
These stages repeat themselves throughout a night’s sleep.
小题1: Dreams can happen in ___________.
A. Stage 1 and 2 B. Stage 3 and 4 C. every stage
小题2:Which of the following sentences is TRUE according to the passage?
A. These stages will happen once or twice one night.
B. Most people only remember the dreams that happen when they are about to wake up.
C. If one can’t remember his dreams, he never dreams at all.
小题3:What will happen in Stage 2?
A. Eyes move rapidly. B. People enter into light sleep. C. Heart rate drops.
小题4:The first REM sleep happens about ___________ after the starting of sleep.
A. 1 to 2 hours B. 2 to 3 hours C. 10 minutes
小题5:The passage is mainly about ___________.
A. the stages of sleep B. types of dreams C. remembering dreams