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The pair traded up their semi-detached home in South Norwood, London, and bought a £1.5million house in Surrey.
Li, who is now worth $1.2billion (£700million) according to Forbes, quickly settled into a life which included sipping a £900 bottle of wine on a luxurious yacht.
However, Mr Hawken says he felt more comfortable getting lunch in his local Wetherspoon’s.
Despite his sudden wealth he continued to buy books from charity shops, and shunned dear clothes.
In an interview with The Times, he said: ‘I think it made me uncomfortable because I’m not in the habit, I don’t like spending lots of money — I’ve been brought up that way.
‘Until recently I was never a wealthy person. I’ve been moderately comfortable because I have been careful with my money.’
Now the couple have decided to part, Mr Hawken will walk away with just £1million, but says it will be enough for him.
He added: ‘I have got a settlement which is not great, but it’s enough for me because I don’t have an extravagant lifestyle. I won’t have to work if I’m careful.’
On a recent trip to China, Mr Hawken said his wife took him on a yacht and treated him to a £900 bottle of wine, but he prefers his local Wetherspoon pub.
‘I’m getting a little pay when you consider her potential wealth, but I don’t really want to fight it.’
Mr Hawken met Li on a blind date while he was still a teacher and she was studying English.
The couple married, but as Li’s business took off the couple spent more and more time apart. Mr Hawken says the couple have spent most of the relationship apart.
Far from driving them apart, Mr Hawken believes the distance kept them together, and says they would have divorced a long time ago if they were under the same roof.
Mr Hawken says his only regret is not getting a divorce sooner, but he didn’t push for it over fears it would affect the couple’s teenage son William, now 17.
Mr Hawken no longer teaches full-time, but instead gives free tuition to under-privileged children.
小题1:Tony Hawken is divorcing his wife Xiu Li because________.
A.he doesn’t affect his son. |
B.they spent less and less time together. |
C.he is no longer a teacher. |
D.he isn’t used to spending a lot of money. |
A.enjoy | B.prefer | C.avoid | D.expect |
A.Tony Hawken gave up teaching, because of his sudden wealth. |
B.Tony Hawken wanted to divorce sooner. |
C.Tony Hawken lived a rich life. |
D.Tony Hawken didn’t care about his son. |
A.doesn’t like Mr Hawken. |
B.is richest woman in China. |
C.is wealthiest woman entrepreneur in Britain. |
D.is studying English now. |
A.Mr Hawken wants to get a lot of money by divorcing |
B.When Mr Hawken dated Xiu Li,she was an English teacher. |
C.Mr Hawken believes it was the distance that kept them apart. |
D.As many passed, Mr Hawken still kept his own lifestyle. |
答案
小题1:D
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:C
小题5:D
解析
小题1:考查细节理解。根据文章第一段中的because he says he doesn’t like being rich and is ‘not in the habit’ of spending lots of money.可知,D是此句的同义句表达。
小题2:考查猜测词义。根据文章第四段中的Despite his sudden wealth he continued to buy books from charity shops可知,尽管他突然暴富,他还继续从慈善店买廉价书。这说明他还保持着简朴的生活,所以,他避免或不买昂贵的衣服。故选C。
小题3:考查推理判断。根据文章第十三段中的Mr Hawken . . .says they would have divorced a long time ago if they were under the same roof.和第十四段中的Mr Hawken says his only regret is not getting a divorce sooner可推知,Mr Hawken早就想离婚。故选B。
小题4:考查细节理解。根据文章第一段中的Xiu Li, 51, Britain’s wealthiest woman entrepreneur(企业家)可知C正确。
小题5:考查细节理解。根据全文可知,Mr Hawken根本没有改变他的简单的生活方式。到现在他仍然不习惯喝昂贵的酒,穿昂贵的衣服。他仍然不知道如何花大笔的钱。
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试题【Tony Hawken, 57, is divorcing his wife Xiu Li, 51, Britain’s wealthiest woman en】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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This is a story about a learning experience that had a big effect on the way I live my life.The ______in the story did not give me tests or even grade me on my work.I was taught by one of the most effective______ of teaching,one that only people with lots of love can do.
“My wallet! Where is it?” were my first words______I found my wallet was missing.I ______ my memory for a few good seconds, then realized that I had left my precious wallet in the library’s public ______ ! Because the library was now ______, I had to wait until the next morning to look for it.When I got there the next day, all I found was a clean restroom.This was the first time I could remember ever______to see a clean restroom.As I walked out,I looked at myself in the mirror and shook my head at the ______ fool in front of me.
I politely ______ the librarian at the front desk and asked her if a wallet had been found in the restroom yesterday.“No.”That was that.I walked off with a sense of ______.
I ______ what I would do if I had found a wallet with sixty dollars,a phone card and other irreplaceable ______things.Finally,I ______ accepted the fact that my wallet was gone.
A week later,I received a ______ in the mail.It was my wallet! And most ______ ,nothing was missing! But there was a letter folded up in one of the wallet pocket that had not been there before.I slowly unfolded the letter,which ______something like this:
When we continue to help people around,we will live in a larger and more rewarding world.
This person didn’t even leave a return address.So I couldn’t ______ whoever it was.But from that day on,I ______ myself that l will follow this ______ and help others and make them as ______as I was when I opened that parcel!
“If you come by right now,” the receptionist said, “the dentist will fit you in.”
I took my purse and keys and rushed to my car. But suddenly I began to doubt about the dentist. What kind of dentist would be so eager to treat someone at such short notice? Why wasn’t he as busy as the others?
In the dentist’s office, I sat down and looked around. I saw nothing but the bare walls and I became even more worried. The assistant noticed my nervousness and placed her warm hand over my ice-cold one.
When I told her my fears, she laughed and said, “Don’t worry. The dentist is very good.”
“How long do I have to wait for him?” I asked impatiently.
“Come on, he is coming. Just lie down and relax. And enjoy the artwork,” the assistant said.
“The artwork?” I was puzzled.
The chair went back. Suddenly I smiled. There was a beautiful picture, right where I could enjoy it: on the ceiling. How considerate the dentist was! At that moment, I began to understand what my friend meant by her words.
What a relief!
小题1:Which of the following best describes the author’s feeling that morning?
A.Upset. | B.Nervous. | C.Satisfied. | D.Cheerful. |
A.The laughing assistant of the dentist. |
B.The dentist’s being as busy as the other dentists. |
C.The surroundings of the dentist’s office. |
D.The dentist’s agreeing to treat her at very short notice. |
A.Strike while the iron is hot. |
B.Put oneself in others’ shoes. |
C.Have a good word for one’s friend. |
D.A friend in need is a friend indeed. |
The woman thought she was an electrician who had done work for her in the past. I had just recently changed my and she got me instead. I’m not an electrician but I do work with .
I her that she had the wrong number, and I didn’t know what her old electrician changed his number to. She , and we said goodbye. After I hung up the phone I thought I could help her so I dialed back and found out she was just one town over.
When I got to her house, I told her I would help her, but I would not any money. This confused(使迷惑)her and she asked I would bother if I wasn’t getting paid. I told her it was an act of and to “pay it forward”. The couple, who were both retired, seemed and said they had never met anyone like me.
Her husband had fixed the switch which was causing a short(短路). After I was done, they thanked me and tried to give me some . I told them I wouldn’t accept anything, and that the best would be to find someone else to help out. I said that if they can’t find someone else to repay then just be extra nice to each other. They were both unbelievably happy that I to solve their electrical problems quickly, but I think I was even at the opportunity to help them.
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The enquiry into the route of the new by-pass to the village was due to take place shortly, and I wanted to know what it was that motivated her. So it was that I found myself knocking on a cottage door, being received by Mary Smith and then being taken for a walk to the woods. “I’ve always loved this place,” she said, “it has a lot of memories for me, and for others. We all used it. They called it ‘Lovers lane’. It’s not much of a lane, and it doesn’t go anywhere important, but that’s why we all came here. To be away from people, to be by ourselves. ” she added.
It was indeed pleasant that day and the songs of many birds could be heard. Squirrels watched from the branches, quite bold in their movements, obviously few people passed this way and they had nothing to fear. I could imagine the noise of vehicles passing through these peaceful woods when the by-pass was built, so I felt that she probably had something there but as I hold strong opinions about the needs of the community over-riding the opinions of private individuals, I said nothing. The village was quite a dangerous place because of the traffic especially for old people and children, their safety was more important to me than an old woman’s strange ideas.
“Take this tree,” she said pausing after a short while. “To you it is just that, a tree. Not unlike many others here.” She gently touched the bark, “Look here, under this branch, what can you see?”
“It looks as if someone has done a bit of carving with a knife.” I said after a cursory inspection.
“Yes, that’s what it is!” she said softly.
She went on, “He had a penknife with a spike for getting stones from a horse"s hoof, and I helped him to carve them. We were very much in love, but he was going away, and could not tell me what he was involved in the army. I had guessed of course. It was the last evening we ever spent together, because he went away the next day, back to his Unit.”
Mary Smith was quiet for a while, then she sobbed. “His mother showed me the telegram. ‘Sergeant R Holmes …Killed in action in the invasion of France.’…”
“I had hoped that you and Robin would one day get married.” she said, “He was my only child, and I would have loved to be a Granny, they would have been such lovely babies’- she was like that! ”
“Two years later she too was dead. ‘Pneumonia (肺炎), following a chill on the chest’ was what the doctor said, but I think it was an old fashioned broken heart. A child would have helped both of us.”
There was a further pause. Mary Smith gently caressed the wounded tree, just as she would have caressed him. “And now they want to take our tree away from me.” Another quiet sob, then she turned to me. “I was young and pretty then, I could have had anybody, I wasn’t always the old woman you see here now. I had everything I wanted in life, a lovely man, health and a future to look forward to.”
She paused again and looked around. The breeze gently moved through the leaves with a sighing sound. “There were others, of course, but no one can match my Robin!” she said strongly. “And now I have nothing - except the memories this tree holds. If only I could get my hands on that awful man who writes in the paper about the value of the road they are going to build where we are standing now, I would tell him. Has he never loved, has he never lived, does he not know anything about memories? We were not the only ones, you know, I still meet some who came here as Robin and I did. Yes, I would tell him!”
I turned away, sick at heart.
小题1:The main purpose of this passage is to ________.
A.draw attention to the damage that wars cause |
B.persuade people to give up private interest |
C.arouse the awareness of being environmentally friendly |
D.introduce a touching but sad love story |
A.Selfish. | B.Faithful. | C.Changeable. | D.Stubborn. |
A.I thought there might be something hidden in the woods by Mary Smith |
B.I guessed there might be a story related with Mary Smith |
C.I thought there might be some reason for Mary Smith’s protest |
D.I guessed there might be a secret purpose of Mary Smith. |
A.The date when Robin Holmes would leave for army. |
B.Their wish that this place and tree would last long. |
C.Their names and a heart with a sign of arrow through it. |
D.Their protest against the war which tore them apart. |
A.Pneumonia | B.A chill on the chest | C.A heart attack | D.Severe sorrow |
A.her romance . | B.her determination | C.her sadness | D.her dream |
A few weeks ago he boarded the bus. A few stops later, a young woman boarded. She swiped (刷) her bus-card, only to find the machine would not accept it. The driver told her to pay the $2.25 fare. “I just bought this card,” she said. “I paid the money...”
The driver said she could take the card back to the sales office and explain the problem. In the meantime she would have to pay the fare for that day. The woman became confused and distressed. The rest of us just watched, wondering how the problem would be solved. Suddenly the man rose from his seat, dropped a few coins into the fare box.
“You’re lucky,” the bus driver said quietly. “He paid for you.” Silence fell over the bus. The rest of us had watched the woman’s discomfort, but he felt it. We lawyers, journalists and business people headed downtown to help fix the world. He fixed her world.
I haven’t seen him since that day. Some people believe angels occasionally drop down and move among us. All I know is that I have a new respect for the simple act of kindness. It speeds us along on our way.
小题1:According to the first paragraph, the author _______.
A.thinks highly of the man | B.often gives the man some help |
C.knows the man very well | D.considers the man strange |
A.exited | B.generous | C.bored | D.anxious |
A.to show concern for other people. |
B.to lead a happy life like the man. |
C.to share what he has with us. |
D.to believe that people are born kind. |
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