[填空题]His initial broadcasting success as a young man was due at least as much to his considerable professional________as it was to his father’’s broadcasting connections.
A. A．aplomb
B．uncertainty
C．hubris
D．seniority
E．nepotism

[填空题]His initial broadcasting success as a young man was due at least as much to his considerable professional________as it was to his father’’s broadcasting connections.
A. A．aplomb
B．uncertainty
C．hubris
D．seniority
E．nepotism

[单项选择]Ten days ago the young man informed his boss of his intention to （）
A. resign
B. reject
C. retreat
D. replace

[填空题]He owed his success to his wife’s (encourage) ______.

[单项选择]A young man gazes intently at his mobile device, to which he is listening through earphones. He is so engrossed in his film, his television show, his computer game or whatever he is watching that he does not notice he is blocking the door of the train. Other passengers glare at him. "Do it at home," counsels the bright yellow poster on the Tokyo metro.
In 2009 some 43 % of Japan’s population watched TV on mobile phones. It is the only country apart from South Korea where the platform has become commonplace. But mobile television in Japan is not all that mobile. When broadcasts began in 2005, people were expected to use their toys to while away long commute by train or to kill time while waiting for the bus.^① Instead they mostly choose to play with them at home.
Imagine a teenage girl who wants to watch an episode of her favourite soap opera. The living-room television is being monopolised by her father, who is watching sport. Her brother is using the computer. What
A. one absorbed in a mobile device might get in others’ way
B. the young man is aware of other passengers’ unpleasure
C. passengers dislike such a man absorbed in a mobile device
D. the young man is warned that he should not block the door

[简答题]When the young man starts to earn his own living, he can no longer expect others to pay for his food, his clothes, and his room, but has to work if he wants to live comfortably. (Passage 1)

[单项选择]The young man promised to his parents, "I would never（　） again."
A. let you down
B. let you out
C. let you in
D. let you by

[单项选择]Long long ago, there was a young man who made his living by making tofu. One day, the tofu was not sold out. In order to keep the tofu fresh, he cut it into pieces and mixed some flavors (香料)in. Then he put it into a crock (瓦罐). Several days later, he opened the crock and found that the smell was terrible, but he tasted a piece. To his surprise, the taste was nice. An idea came into his mind (脑海) —maybe the smelly (臭的) tofu would be a kind of special food. As expected, the smelly tofu became popular with local people. Soon it was well-known all over the whole nation.
Now smelly tofu is the most special food in Hunan. And it is recommended (推荐) to all the people around the world.

Soon the smelly tofu became famous in the whole nation.
A. Right.
B. Wrong.
C. Doesn’t say.