Enthusiasm leads to success 　　We have all had to work and do things that we did not especially enjoy. Usually, some chirpy（活泼的）person would tell us to be more enthusiastic. “You’ll have more fun,” they would say. Well, they were partly right. Being enthusiastic about something means being excited about a given project. Enthusiasm entails having a strong interest in the task at hand. If you decided to learn a new language, which is not easy by any account, you would have to dedicate yourself wholehearted to the cause. Anything less would result in failure. 　　What is real enthusiasm? In your quest for success, enthusiasm means that you believe deeply in what the company is doing. You also believe that your job is important and contributes to the cause. It means that you’re willing to work your butt off（努力做某事）to achieve the company’s goals. Real enthusiasm is when you leap out of bed in the morning and attack your day with gusto（热忱）. You have zeal for the work you do and the people you work with. This pushes you to improve and become a better person. Enthusiasm means that you are stimulated by your work, and are able to find new challenges and keep growing professionally. Furthermore, most jobs have some elements that are less fun and more difficult to carry out. This is where passion really comes into play. When you love what you do, it isn’t too difficult to get psyched up and get the job done. The hard part is performing equally well in those less interesting tasks. 　　Passion helps you get ahead. Enthusiasm about a job or project usually translates into positive energy. That is, if you are excited about a project, you will be anxious to get started and get results. The mere fact of looking forward to your work will help make you more productive and effective. You will plan more effectively and pay careful attention to detail. You will carry out your plan more carefully and aim for the best results possible. Another important point is that passionate people are usually those that are thrust into positions of leadership. A leader must have zest if people are to follow him and achieve the corporate mission. A leader must inspire his troops. To inspire them, he needs to exude enthusiasm. In leaders, this translates into charisma（领袖人物的超凡魅力）. Being fervent about your work shows a willingness to do more and learn more. This will definitely help you stand out from the crowed and get to management’s attention. Increasing your enthusiasm. Most men aren’t born great－they become great. Similarly, not everyone is the enthusiastic type that falls in love with their work. However, do not despair; there are ways to become more passionate. One good way to boost your gusto is by reading about successful people, it will help you realize that you too can make it happen. Reading about real success stories often illustrates that people much like yourself have become business leaders. In most cases, they all share one trait: enthusiasm. If you want to succeed, you should be excited about your work, your life and your co-workers. Decide whether the following statements are true（T）or false（F）according to the information given in the text. （　）3. Passion means working with more efficiency but less accuracy.

Enthusiasm leads to success 　　We have all had to work and do things that we did not especially enjoy. Usually, some chirpy（活泼的）person would tell us to be more enthusiastic. “You’ll have more fun,” they would say. Well, they were partly right. Being enthusiastic about something means being excited about a given project. Enthusiasm entails having a strong interest in the task at hand. If you decided to learn a new language, which is not easy by any account, you would have to dedicate yourself wholehearted to the cause. Anything less would result in failure. 　　What is real enthusiasm? In your quest for success, enthusiasm means that you believe deeply in what the company is doing. You also believe that your job is important and contributes to the cause. It means that you’re willing to work your butt off（努力做某事）to achieve the company’s goals. Real enthusiasm is when you leap out of bed in the morning and attack your day with gusto（热忱）. You have zeal for the work you do and the people you work with. This pushes you to improve and become a better person. Enthusiasm means that you are stimulated by your work, and are able to find new challenges and keep growing professionally. Furthermore, most jobs have some elements that are less fun and more difficult to carry out. This is where passion really comes into play. When you love what you do, it isn’t too difficult to get psyched up and get the job done. The hard part is performing equally well in those less interesting tasks. 　　Passion helps you get ahead. Enthusiasm about a job or project usually translates into positive energy. That is, if you are excited about a project, you will be anxious to get started and get results. The mere fact of looking forward to your work will help make you more productive and effective. You will plan more effectively and pay careful attention to detail. You will carry out your plan more carefully and aim for the best results possible. Another important point is that passionate people are usually those that are thrust into positions of leadership. A leader must have zest if people are to follow him and achieve the corporate mission. A leader must inspire his troops. To inspire them, he needs to exude enthusiasm. In leaders, this translates into charisma（领袖人物的超凡魅力）. Being fervent about your work shows a willingness to do more and learn more. This will definitely help you stand out from the crowed and get to management’s attention. Increasing your enthusiasm. Most men aren’t born great－they become great. Similarly, not everyone is the enthusiastic type that falls in love with their work. However, do not despair; there are ways to become more passionate. One good way to boost your gusto is by reading about successful people, it will help you realize that you too can make it happen. Reading about real success stories often illustrates that people much like yourself have become business leaders. In most cases, they all share one trait: enthusiasm. If you want to succeed, you should be excited about your work, your life and your co-workers. Decide whether the following statements are true（T）or false（F）according to the information given in the text. （　）4. For leaders, great enthusiasm for work may add to their charisma.

Enthusiasm leads to success 　　We have all had to work and do things that we did not especially enjoy. Usually, some chirpy（活泼的）person would tell us to be more enthusiastic. “You’ll have more fun,” they would say. Well, they were partly right. Being enthusiastic about something means being excited about a given project. Enthusiasm entails having a strong interest in the task at hand. If you decided to learn a new language, which is not easy by any account, you would have to dedicate yourself wholehearted to the cause. Anything less would result in failure. 　　What is real enthusiasm? In your quest for success, enthusiasm means that you believe deeply in what the company is doing. You also believe that your job is important and contributes to the cause. It means that you’re willing to work your butt off（努力做某事）to achieve the company’s goals. Real enthusiasm is when you leap out of bed in the morning and attack your day with gusto（热忱）. You have zeal for the work you do and the people you work with. This pushes you to improve and become a better person. Enthusiasm means that you are stimulated by your work, and are able to find new challenges and keep growing professionally. Furthermore, most jobs have some elements that are less fun and more difficult to carry out. This is where passion really comes into play. When you love what you do, it isn’t too difficult to get psyched up and get the job done. The hard part is performing equally well in those less interesting tasks. 　　Passion helps you get ahead. Enthusiasm about a job or project usually translates into positive energy. That is, if you are excited about a project, you will be anxious to get started and get results. The mere fact of looking forward to your work will help make you more productive and effective. You will plan more effectively and pay careful attention to detail. You will carry out your plan more carefully and aim for the best results possible. Another important point is that passionate people are usually those that are thrust into positions of leadership. A leader must have zest if people are to follow him and achieve the corporate mission. A leader must inspire his troops. To inspire them, he needs to exude enthusiasm. In leaders, this translates into charisma（领袖人物的超凡魅力）. Being fervent about your work shows a willingness to do more and learn more. This will definitely help you stand out from the crowed and get to management’s attention. Increasing your enthusiasm. Most men aren’t born great－they become great. Similarly, not everyone is the enthusiastic type that falls in love with their work. However, do not despair; there are ways to become more passionate. One good way to boost your gusto is by reading about successful people, it will help you realize that you too can make it happen. Reading about real success stories often illustrates that people much like yourself have become business leaders. In most cases, they all share one trait: enthusiasm. If you want to succeed, you should be excited about your work, your life and your co-workers. Decide whether the following statements are true（T）or false（F）according to the information given in the text. （　）5. There are different ways to develop passion. One good way to achieve this is to read about successful persons.

Pandora's Box A very long time ago,in the Golden Age,everyone was good and happy.It was always spring; the earth was covered with flowers,and only gentle winds blew to set the flowers dancing.People lived on mountain strawberries,wild grapes and sweet acorns(橡树上的橡果），which grew plentifully in the oak forests.River flowed with milk and nectar(甘甜的饮品）。Even the bees did not need to lay up honey,for it fell in tiny drops from the trees.There was abundance everywhere. In all the whole world, there was not a sword,nor any weapon by means of which men might fight with one another.No one had ever heard of any such thing.All the iron and the gold were buried deep underground. Besides,people were never ill; they had no troubles of any kind and never grew old. The two brothers,Prometheus and Epimetheus,lived in those wonderful days.After stealing the fire for man,Prometheus,knowing that Zeus would be angry,decided to go away for a time on a distant journey; but before he went,he warned Epimetheus not to receive any gifts from the gods. One day,after Prometheus had been gone for some time,Hermes came to the cottage of Epimetheus,leading by the hand of a beautiful young woman,whose name was Pandora, She was made by Zeus to punish Prometheus for stealing fire to man.Every god contributed something to perfect her.Aphrodite gave her beauty,Hermes persuasion,Apollo music,etc. Hermes presented her to Epimetheus,saying the gods had sent this gift that he might not be lonesome(孤独）。 Pandora had such a lovely face that Epimetheus could not help believing that the gods had sent her to him in a good faith. So he paid no heed to the warning of Prometheus,but took Pandora into his cottage,and found that the days passed much more quickly and pleasantly when she was with him. Soon,the gods sent Epimetheus another gift. This was a heavy box,which the Satyrs brought to the cottage, with directions that it was not to be opened.Epimetheus let it stand in a corner of his cottage; for by this time he had begun to think that the caution of Prometheus about receiving gifts from the gods was altogether unnecessary. Often,Epimetheus was away all day, hunting or fishing or gathering grapes from the wild vines that grew along the river banks. On such days,Pandora had nothing to do but wonder what was in the mysterious box. One day her curiosity was so great that she lifted the lid a very little way and peeped in. The result was similar to what would have happened had she lifted the cover of a beehive(蜂箱）。Out rushed a great swarm of little winged creatures,and before Pandora knew what had happened,she was stung(螯）。She dropped the lid and ran out of the cottage,screaming.Epimetheus,who was just coming in at the door,was well stung,too. The little winged creatures that Pandora had let out of the box were Troubles,the first that had ever been seen in the world. They soon flew about and spread themselves everywhere,pinching and stinging whenever they got the chance. After this,people began to have headaches,rheumatism(风湿），and other illnesses; and instead of being always kind and pleasant to one another,as they had been before the Troubles were let out of the box,they became unfriendly and quarrelsome. They began to grow old,too. Nor was it always spring any longer, The fresh young grasses that had clothed all the hillsides,and the gay-coloured flowers that had given Epimetheus and Pandora so much pleasure,were scorched by hot summer suns,and bitten by the frosts of autumn.Oh,it was a sad thing for the world,when all those wicked little Troubles were let loose! All the Troubles escaped from the box,but when Pandora let the lid fall so hastily,she shut in one little winged creature,a kind of good fairy whose name was Hope.This little Hope persuaded Pandora to let her out. As soon as she was free,she flew about in the world,undoing all the evil that the Troubles had done,that is,as fast as one good fairy could undo the evil work of such a swarm.No matter what evil thing had happened to poor mortals,she always found some way to comfort them.She fanned aching heads with her gossamer(纤薄的）wings;she brought back the colour to pale cheeks; and,best of all,she whispered to those who were growing old that they should one day be young again. So this is the way that Troubles came into the world,but we must not forget that Hope came with them. Decide the answer that best completes the following statements according to the in formation provided in the text. 1.In the Golden Age,( ).

Pandora's Box A very long time ago,in the Golden Age,everyone was good and happy.It was always spring; the earth was covered with flowers,and only gentle winds blew to set the flowers dancing.People lived on mountain strawberries,wild grapes and sweet acorns(橡树上的橡果），which grew plentifully in the oak forests.River flowed with milk and nectar(甘甜的饮品）。Even the bees did not need to lay up honey,for it fell in tiny drops from the trees.There was abundance everywhere. In all the whole world, there was not a sword,nor any weapon by means of which men might fight with one another.No one had ever heard of any such thing.All the iron and the gold were buried deep underground. Besides,people were never ill; they had no troubles of any kind and never grew old. The two brothers,Prometheus and Epimetheus,lived in those wonderful days.After stealing the fire for man,Prometheus,knowing that Zeus would be angry,decided to go away for a time on a distant journey; but before he went,he warned Epimetheus not to receive any gifts from the gods. One day,after Prometheus had been gone for some time,Hermes came to the cottage of Epimetheus,leading by the hand of a beautiful young woman,whose name was Pandora, She was made by Zeus to punish Prometheus for stealing fire to man.Every god contributed something to perfect her.Aphrodite gave her beauty,Hermes persuasion,Apollo music,etc. Hermes presented her to Epimetheus,saying the gods had sent this gift that he might not be lonesome(孤独）。 Pandora had such a lovely face that Epimetheus could not help believing that the gods had sent her to him in a good faith. So he paid no heed to the warning of Prometheus,but took Pandora into his cottage,and found that the days passed much more quickly and pleasantly when she was with him. Soon,the gods sent Epimetheus another gift. This was a heavy box,which the Satyrs brought to the cottage, with directions that it was not to be opened.Epimetheus let it stand in a corner of his cottage; for by this time he had begun to think that the caution of Prometheus about receiving gifts from the gods was altogether unnecessary. Often,Epimetheus was away all day, hunting or fishing or gathering grapes from the wild vines that grew along the river banks. On such days,Pandora had nothing to do but wonder what was in the mysterious box. One day her curiosity was so great that she lifted the lid a very little way and peeped in. The result was similar to what would have happened had she lifted the cover of a beehive(蜂箱）。Out rushed a great swarm of little winged creatures,and before Pandora knew what had happened,she was stung(螯）。She dropped the lid and ran out of the cottage,screaming.Epimetheus,who was just coming in at the door,was well stung,too. The little winged creatures that Pandora had let out of the box were Troubles,the first that had ever been seen in the world. They soon flew about and spread themselves everywhere,pinching and stinging whenever they got the chance. After this,people began to have headaches,rheumatism(风湿），and other illnesses; and instead of being always kind and pleasant to one another,as they had been before the Troubles were let out of the box,they became unfriendly and quarrelsome. They began to grow old,too. Nor was it always spring any longer, The fresh young grasses that had clothed all the hillsides,and the gay-coloured flowers that had given Epimetheus and Pandora so much pleasure,were scorched by hot summer suns,and bitten by the frosts of autumn.Oh,it was a sad thing for the world,when all those wicked little Troubles were let loose! All the Troubles escaped from the box,but when Pandora let the lid fall so hastily,she shut in one little winged creature,a kind of good fairy whose name was Hope.This little Hope persuaded Pandora to let her out. As soon as she was free,she flew about in the world,undoing all the evil that the Troubles had done,that is,as fast as one good fairy could undo the evil work of such a swarm.No matter what evil thing had happened to poor mortals,she always found some way to comfort them.She fanned aching heads with her gossamer(纤薄的）wings;she brought back the colour to pale cheeks; and,best of all,she whispered to those who were growing old that they should one day be young again. So this is the way that Troubles came into the world,but we must not forget that Hope came with them. Decide the answer that best completes the following statements according to the in formation provided in the text. 2. Epimetheus began to think that( ).

Pandora's Box A very long time ago,in the Golden Age,everyone was good and happy.It was always spring; the earth was covered with flowers,and only gentle winds blew to set the flowers dancing.People lived on mountain strawberries,wild grapes and sweet acorns(橡树上的橡果），which grew plentifully in the oak forests.River flowed with milk and nectar(甘甜的饮品）。Even the bees did not need to lay up honey,for it fell in tiny drops from the trees.There was abundance everywhere. In all the whole world, there was not a sword,nor any weapon by means of which men might fight with one another.No one had ever heard of any such thing.All the iron and the gold were buried deep underground. Besides,people were never ill; they had no troubles of any kind and never grew old. The two brothers,Prometheus and Epimetheus,lived in those wonderful days.After stealing the fire for man,Prometheus,knowing that Zeus would be angry,decided to go away for a time on a distant journey; but before he went,he warned Epimetheus not to receive any gifts from the gods. One day,after Prometheus had been gone for some time,Hermes came to the cottage of Epimetheus,leading by the hand of a beautiful young woman,whose name was Pandora, She was made by Zeus to punish Prometheus for stealing fire to man.Every god contributed something to perfect her.Aphrodite gave her beauty,Hermes persuasion,Apollo music,etc. Hermes presented her to Epimetheus,saying the gods had sent this gift that he might not be lonesome(孤独）。 Pandora had such a lovely face that Epimetheus could not help believing that the gods had sent her to him in a good faith. So he paid no heed to the warning of Prometheus,but took Pandora into his cottage,and found that the days passed much more quickly and pleasantly when she was with him. Soon,the gods sent Epimetheus another gift. This was a heavy box,which the Satyrs brought to the cottage, with directions that it was not to be opened.Epimetheus let it stand in a corner of his cottage; for by this time he had begun to think that the caution of Prometheus about receiving gifts from the gods was altogether unnecessary. Often,Epimetheus was away all day, hunting or fishing or gathering grapes from the wild vines that grew along the river banks. On such days,Pandora had nothing to do but wonder what was in the mysterious box. One day her curiosity was so great that she lifted the lid a very little way and peeped in. The result was similar to what would have happened had she lifted the cover of a beehive(蜂箱）。Out rushed a great swarm of little winged creatures,and before Pandora knew what had happened,she was stung(螯）。She dropped the lid and ran out of the cottage,screaming.Epimetheus,who was just coming in at the door,was well stung,too. The little winged creatures that Pandora had let out of the box were Troubles,the first that had ever been seen in the world. They soon flew about and spread themselves everywhere,pinching and stinging whenever they got the chance. After this,people began to have headaches,rheumatism(风湿），and other illnesses; and instead of being always kind and pleasant to one another,as they had been before the Troubles were let out of the box,they became unfriendly and quarrelsome. They began to grow old,too. Nor was it always spring any longer, The fresh young grasses that had clothed all the hillsides,and the gay-coloured flowers that had given Epimetheus and Pandora so much pleasure,were scorched by hot summer suns,and bitten by the frosts of autumn.Oh,it was a sad thing for the world,when all those wicked little Troubles were let loose! All the Troubles escaped from the box,but when Pandora let the lid fall so hastily,she shut in one little winged creature,a kind of good fairy whose name was Hope.This little Hope persuaded Pandora to let her out. As soon as she was free,she flew about in the world,undoing all the evil that the Troubles had done,that is,as fast as one good fairy could undo the evil work of such a swarm.No matter what evil thing had happened to poor mortals,she always found some way to comfort them.She fanned aching heads with her gossamer(纤薄的）wings;she brought back the colour to pale cheeks; and,best of all,she whispered to those who were growing old that they should one day be young again. So this is the way that Troubles came into the world,but we must not forget that Hope came with them. Decide the answer that best completes the following statements according to the in formation provided in the text. 3.After the Troubles were let loose out of the box,people began to ( ).

Pandora's Box A very long time ago,in the Golden Age,everyone was good and happy.It was always spring; the earth was covered with flowers,and only gentle winds blew to set the flowers dancing.People lived on mountain strawberries,wild grapes and sweet acorns(橡树上的橡果），which grew plentifully in the oak forests.River flowed with milk and nectar(甘甜的饮品）。Even the bees did not need to lay up honey,for it fell in tiny drops from the trees.There was abundance everywhere. In all the whole world, there was not a sword,nor any weapon by means of which men might fight with one another.No one had ever heard of any such thing.All the iron and the gold were buried deep underground. Besides,people were never ill; they had no troubles of any kind and never grew old. The two brothers,Prometheus and Epimetheus,lived in those wonderful days.After stealing the fire for man,Prometheus,knowing that Zeus would be angry,decided to go away for a time on a distant journey; but before he went,he warned Epimetheus not to receive any gifts from the gods. One day,after Prometheus had been gone for some time,Hermes came to the cottage of Epimetheus,leading by the hand of a beautiful young woman,whose name was Pandora, She was made by Zeus to punish Prometheus for stealing fire to man.Every god contributed something to perfect her.Aphrodite gave her beauty,Hermes persuasion,Apollo music,etc. Hermes presented her to Epimetheus,saying the gods had sent this gift that he might not be lonesome(孤独）。 Pandora had such a lovely face that Epimetheus could not help believing that the gods had sent her to him in a good faith. So he paid no heed to the warning of Prometheus,but took Pandora into his cottage,and found that the days passed much more quickly and pleasantly when she was with him. Soon,the gods sent Epimetheus another gift. This was a heavy box,which the Satyrs brought to the cottage, with directions that it was not to be opened.Epimetheus let it stand in a corner of his cottage; for by this time he had begun to think that the caution of Prometheus about receiving gifts from the gods was altogether unnecessary. Often,Epimetheus was away all day, hunting or fishing or gathering grapes from the wild vines that grew along the river banks. On such days,Pandora had nothing to do but wonder what was in the mysterious box. One day her curiosity was so great that she lifted the lid a very little way and peeped in. The result was similar to what would have happened had she lifted the cover of a beehive(蜂箱）。Out rushed a great swarm of little winged creatures,and before Pandora knew what had happened,she was stung(螯）。She dropped the lid and ran out of the cottage,screaming.Epimetheus,who was just coming in at the door,was well stung,too. The little winged creatures that Pandora had let out of the box were Troubles,the first that had ever been seen in the world. They soon flew about and spread themselves everywhere,pinching and stinging whenever they got the chance. After this,people began to have headaches,rheumatism(风湿），and other illnesses; and instead of being always kind and pleasant to one another,as they had been before the Troubles were let out of the box,they became unfriendly and quarrelsome. They began to grow old,too. Nor was it always spring any longer, The fresh young grasses that had clothed all the hillsides,and the gay-coloured flowers that had given Epimetheus and Pandora so much pleasure,were scorched by hot summer suns,and bitten by the frosts of autumn.Oh,it was a sad thing for the world,when all those wicked little Troubles were let loose! All the Troubles escaped from the box,but when Pandora let the lid fall so hastily,she shut in one little winged creature,a kind of good fairy whose name was Hope.This little Hope persuaded Pandora to let her out. As soon as she was free,she flew about in the world,undoing all the evil that the Troubles had done,that is,as fast as one good fairy could undo the evil work of such a swarm.No matter what evil thing had happened to poor mortals,she always found some way to comfort them.She fanned aching heads with her gossamer(纤薄的）wings;she brought back the colour to pale cheeks; and,best of all,she whispered to those who were growing old that they should one day be young again. So this is the way that Troubles came into the world,but we must not forget that Hope came with them. Decide the answer that best completes the following statements according to the in formation provided in the text. 4.When Pandora opened the box for the first time,all the winged creatures escaped EXCEPT( ).

Pandora's Box A very long time ago,in the Golden Age,everyone was good and happy.It was always spring; the earth was covered with flowers,and only gentle winds blew to set the flowers dancing.People lived on mountain strawberries,wild grapes and sweet acorns(橡树上的橡果），which grew plentifully in the oak forests.River flowed with milk and nectar(甘甜的饮品）。Even the bees did not need to lay up honey,for it fell in tiny drops from the trees.There was abundance everywhere. In all the whole world, there was not a sword,nor any weapon by means of which men might fight with one another.No one had ever heard of any such thing.All the iron and the gold were buried deep underground. Besides,people were never ill; they had no troubles of any kind and never grew old. The two brothers,Prometheus and Epimetheus,lived in those wonderful days.After stealing the fire for man,Prometheus,knowing that Zeus would be angry,decided to go away for a time on a distant journey; but before he went,he warned Epimetheus not to receive any gifts from the gods. One day,after Prometheus had been gone for some time,Hermes came to the cottage of Epimetheus,leading by the hand of a beautiful young woman,whose name was Pandora, She was made by Zeus to punish Prometheus for stealing fire to man.Every god contributed something to perfect her.Aphrodite gave her beauty,Hermes persuasion,Apollo music,etc. Hermes presented her to Epimetheus,saying the gods had sent this gift that he might not be lonesome(孤独）。 Pandora had such a lovely face that Epimetheus could not help believing that the gods had sent her to him in a good faith. So he paid no heed to the warning of Prometheus,but took Pandora into his cottage,and found that the days passed much more quickly and pleasantly when she was with him. Soon,the gods sent Epimetheus another gift. This was a heavy box,which the Satyrs brought to the cottage, with directions that it was not to be opened.Epimetheus let it stand in a corner of his cottage; for by this time he had begun to think that the caution of Prometheus about receiving gifts from the gods was altogether unnecessary. Often,Epimetheus was away all day, hunting or fishing or gathering grapes from the wild vines that grew along the river banks. On such days,Pandora had nothing to do but wonder what was in the mysterious box. One day her curiosity was so great that she lifted the lid a very little way and peeped in. The result was similar to what would have happened had she lifted the cover of a beehive(蜂箱）。Out rushed a great swarm of little winged creatures,and before Pandora knew what had happened,she was stung(螯）。She dropped the lid and ran out of the cottage,screaming.Epimetheus,who was just coming in at the door,was well stung,too. The little winged creatures that Pandora had let out of the box were Troubles,the first that had ever been seen in the world. They soon flew about and spread themselves everywhere,pinching and stinging whenever they got the chance. After this,people began to have headaches,rheumatism(风湿），and other illnesses; and instead of being always kind and pleasant to one another,as they had been before the Troubles were let out of the box,they became unfriendly and quarrelsome. They began to grow old,too. Nor was it always spring any longer, The fresh young grasses that had clothed all the hillsides,and the gay-coloured flowers that had given Epimetheus and Pandora so much pleasure,were scorched by hot summer suns,and bitten by the frosts of autumn.Oh,it was a sad thing for the world,when all those wicked little Troubles were let loose! All the Troubles escaped from the box,but when Pandora let the lid fall so hastily,she shut in one little winged creature,a kind of good fairy whose name was Hope.This little Hope persuaded Pandora to let her out. As soon as she was free,she flew about in the world,undoing all the evil that the Troubles had done,that is,as fast as one good fairy could undo the evil work of such a swarm.No matter what evil thing had happened to poor mortals,she always found some way to comfort them.She fanned aching heads with her gossamer(纤薄的）wings;she brought back the colour to pale cheeks; and,best of all,she whispered to those who were growing old that they should one day be young again. So this is the way that Troubles came into the world,but we must not forget that Hope came with them. Decide the answer that best completes the following statements according to the in formation provided in the text. 5.The mysterious box was revenge of Zeus on Prometheus and all mortal men for ( ).

Pandora's Box A very long time ago,in the Golden Age,everyone was good and happy.It was always spring; the earth was covered with flowers,and only gentle winds blew to set the flowers dancing.People lived on mountain strawberries,wild grapes and sweet acorns(橡树上的橡果），which grew plentifully in the oak forests.River flowed with milk and nectar(甘甜的饮品）。Even the bees did not need to lay up honey,for it fell in tiny drops from the trees.There was abundance everywhere. In all the whole world, there was not a sword,nor any weapon by means of which men might fight with one another.No one had ever heard of any such thing.All the iron and the gold were buried deep underground. Besides,people were never ill; they had no troubles of any kind and never grew old. The two brothers,Prometheus and Epimetheus,lived in those wonderful days.After stealing the fire for man,Prometheus,knowing that Zeus would be angry,decided to go away for a time on a distant journey; but before he went,he warned Epimetheus not to receive any gifts from the gods. One day,after Prometheus had been gone for some time,Hermes came to the cottage of Epimetheus,leading by the hand of a beautiful young woman,whose name was Pandora, She was made by Zeus to punish Prometheus for stealing fire to man.Every god contributed something to perfect her.Aphrodite gave her beauty,Hermes persuasion,Apollo music,etc. Hermes presented her to Epimetheus,saying the gods had sent this gift that he might not be lonesome(孤独）。 Pandora had such a lovely face that Epimetheus could not help believing that the gods had sent her to him in a good faith. So he paid no heed to the warning of Prometheus,but took Pandora into his cottage,and found that the days passed much more quickly and pleasantly when she was with him. Soon,the gods sent Epimetheus another gift. This was a heavy box,which the Satyrs brought to the cottage, with directions that it was not to be opened.Epimetheus let it stand in a corner of his cottage; for by this time he had begun to think that the caution of Prometheus about receiving gifts from the gods was altogether unnecessary. Often,Epimetheus was away all day, hunting or fishing or gathering grapes from the wild vines that grew along the river banks. On such days,Pandora had nothing to do but wonder what was in the mysterious box. One day her curiosity was so great that she lifted the lid a very little way and peeped in. The result was similar to what would have happened had she lifted the cover of a beehive(蜂箱）。Out rushed a great swarm of little winged creatures,and before Pandora knew what had happened,she was stung(螯）。She dropped the lid and ran out of the cottage,screaming.Epimetheus,who was just coming in at the door,was well stung,too. The little winged creatures that Pandora had let out of the box were Troubles,the first that had ever been seen in the world. They soon flew about and spread themselves everywhere,pinching and stinging whenever they got the chance. After this,people began to have headaches,rheumatism(风湿），and other illnesses; and instead of being always kind and pleasant to one another,as they had been before the Troubles were let out of the box,they became unfriendly and quarrelsome. They began to grow old,too. Nor was it always spring any longer, The fresh young grasses that had clothed all the hillsides,and the gay-coloured flowers that had given Epimetheus and Pandora so much pleasure,were scorched by hot summer suns,and bitten by the frosts of autumn.Oh,it was a sad thing for the world,when all those wicked little Troubles were let loose! All the Troubles escaped from the box,but when Pandora let the lid fall so hastily,she shut in one little winged creature,a kind of good fairy whose name was Hope.This little Hope persuaded Pandora to let her out. As soon as she was free,she flew about in the world,undoing all the evil that the Troubles had done,that is,as fast as one good fairy could undo the evil work of such a swarm.No matter what evil thing had happened to poor mortals,she always found some way to comfort them.She fanned aching heads with her gossamer(纤薄的）wings;she brought back the colour to pale cheeks; and,best of all,she whispered to those who were growing old that they should one day be young again. So this is the way that Troubles came into the world,but we must not forget that Hope came with them. Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the information given in the text. 1.After the theft of fire,Zeus commanded Prometheus to mold an image of a beautiful maiden out of clay and asked his brothers and sisters to endow her with different kinds of gifts.

Pandora's Box A very long time ago,in the Golden Age,everyone was good and happy.It was always spring; the earth was covered with flowers,and only gentle winds blew to set the flowers dancing.People lived on mountain strawberries,wild grapes and sweet acorns(橡树上的橡果），which grew plentifully in the oak forests.River flowed with milk and nectar(甘甜的饮品）。Even the bees did not need to lay up honey,for it fell in tiny drops from the trees.There was abundance everywhere. In all the whole world, there was not a sword,nor any weapon by means of which men might fight with one another.No one had ever heard of any such thing.All the iron and the gold were buried deep underground. Besides,people were never ill; they had no troubles of any kind and never grew old. The two brothers,Prometheus and Epimetheus,lived in those wonderful days.After stealing the fire for man,Prometheus,knowing that Zeus would be angry,decided to go away for a time on a distant journey; but before he went,he warned Epimetheus not to receive any gifts from the gods. One day,after Prometheus had been gone for some time,Hermes came to the cottage of Epimetheus,leading by the hand of a beautiful young woman,whose name was Pandora, She was made by Zeus to punish Prometheus for stealing fire to man.Every god contributed something to perfect her.Aphrodite gave her beauty,Hermes persuasion,Apollo music,etc. Hermes presented her to Epimetheus,saying the gods had sent this gift that he might not be lonesome(孤独）。 Pandora had such a lovely face that Epimetheus could not help believing that the gods had sent her to him in a good faith. So he paid no heed to the warning of Prometheus,but took Pandora into his cottage,and found that the days passed much more quickly and pleasantly when she was with him. Soon,the gods sent Epimetheus another gift. This was a heavy box,which the Satyrs brought to the cottage, with directions that it was not to be opened.Epimetheus let it stand in a corner of his cottage; for by this time he had begun to think that the caution of Prometheus about receiving gifts from the gods was altogether unnecessary. Often,Epimetheus was away all day, hunting or fishing or gathering grapes from the wild vines that grew along the river banks. On such days,Pandora had nothing to do but wonder what was in the mysterious box. One day her curiosity was so great that she lifted the lid a very little way and peeped in. The result was similar to what would have happened had she lifted the cover of a beehive(蜂箱）。Out rushed a great swarm of little winged creatures,and before Pandora knew what had happened,she was stung(螯）。She dropped the lid and ran out of the cottage,screaming.Epimetheus,who was just coming in at the door,was well stung,too. The little winged creatures that Pandora had let out of the box were Troubles,the first that had ever been seen in the world. They soon flew about and spread themselves everywhere,pinching and stinging whenever they got the chance. After this,people began to have headaches,rheumatism(风湿），and other illnesses; and instead of being always kind and pleasant to one another,as they had been before the Troubles were let out of the box,they became unfriendly and quarrelsome. They began to grow old,too. Nor was it always spring any longer, The fresh young grasses that had clothed all the hillsides,and the gay-coloured flowers that had given Epimetheus and Pandora so much pleasure,were scorched by hot summer suns,and bitten by the frosts of autumn.Oh,it was a sad thing for the world,when all those wicked little Troubles were let loose! All the Troubles escaped from the box,but when Pandora let the lid fall so hastily,she shut in one little winged creature,a kind of good fairy whose name was Hope.This little Hope persuaded Pandora to let her out. As soon as she was free,she flew about in the world,undoing all the evil that the Troubles had done,that is,as fast as one good fairy could undo the evil work of such a swarm.No matter what evil thing had happened to poor mortals,she always found some way to comfort them.She fanned aching heads with her gossamer(纤薄的）wings;she brought back the colour to pale cheeks; and,best of all,she whispered to those who were growing old that they should one day be young again. So this is the way that Troubles came into the world,but we must not forget that Hope came with them. Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the information given in the text. 2.The greatness of Pandora's beauty enslaved the heart of Epimetheus who had quite forgotten the warning of Prometheus never to accept anything from Zeus.