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account. She recalls the job that challenged her 1 and skill but left her flying high.
¨When the Atlanta Airport was under 2 . in 1979, we were a new company struggling to make it
National Car Rental wanted to have 2,500 square meters of dirt paved 3 the cars could be on site
4 the airport opened. and the official opening was only ten days away ! 5 other local paving
company wanted to do the job, 6 it couldn"t be done. in such a short time. "
" Because we were new and really needed the work ,we were 7 to try harder. We gave National
Car Rental our offer and 8 our best effort to get the job finished within ten days. We also 9 them that
if we failed,they would be no worse off, 10 they had plenty to gain if we succeeded. "
"We got the job and immediately went into 11 . Working at night needed lights, so I rented a machine
to produce electricity for the site. Our 12 challenge was to keep the rock mixture 13 enough. All the
available water wagons (洒水车) were rented out for the airport construction,and we certainly couldn"t
afford to buy a new one. 14 ,I got a special 15 To rent fire engine hoses (消防水龙带) and
connect them to nearby hydrants (消
防栓);then I 16 held one of those hoses to 17 down the rock. "
"Those ten days were filled with challenges that 18 one creative idea after another. Nine days later,
the night before the airport opened , National Car Rental was the 19 company that had cars on the
parking lot. "
"The key to our success was having the 20 to take on any job and then being creative in our
approach to getting it done. "
| ( )1. A. kindness ( )2. A. construction ( )3. A. after ( )4. A. while ( )5. A. Some ( )6. A. stating ( )7. A. able ( )8. A. supported ( )9. A. asked ( )10. A. though ( )11. A. discussion ( )12. A. next ( )13. A. cold ( )14. A. Naturally ( )15. A . excuse ( )16. A. exactly ( )17. A. pull ( )18. A. required ( )19. A. hest ( )20. A. courage | B. patience B. repair B. as B. since B. Any B. reporting B. nervous B. promised B. surprised B. but B. action B. first B. wet B. Obviously B. order B. personally B. knock B. mixed B. last B. interest | C. imagination C. control C. for C. where C. No C. relling C. afraid C. continued C. reminded C. as C. practice C. past C. loose C. Meanwhile C. permit C. angrily C. hit C. followed C. second C. hope | D. experience D. development D. so D. when D. Every D. warning D. willing D. improved D. demanded D. unless D. production D. previous D. clean D. Instead D. reason D. hardly D. water D. formed D. only D. chance |
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| If Shayne Ward didn"t join the British singing talent show X-Factor in 2005, he might still be working in the local clothing shop. However, life often favors those who have the courage to try, and the nation voted him the winner. Recently, Ward came to China to promote his second album, Breathless, which was released on January 10. "Shayne has got a magnetic (磁性的) voice,and his songs are rhythmic and soothing (舒心的) to listen to, "said Feng Yu, a Senior 2 student from Beijing Xicheng Foreign Language School, who came to support him. However, the 23-year-old Ward doesn"t just have an extraordinary voice and beautiful looks. He also has a passion for performing on stage and a determination to go after his dream. Life has been difficult for the Manchester boy. He"s the youngest of a large family with three brothers and three sisters , and money was tight. To help his family, Ward left school as soon as he could. He worked in factories making everything from chocolate to clothes to cardboard boxes. But he never forgot his true love was music. At age 16, Ward joined a band called Destiny and spent his weekends singing karaoke. The band auditioned (试镜) for the X-Factor series, but got nowhere. A year later. Ward wanted to try alone. "I couldn"t believe I kept getting through," he said. "I didn"t want my family to be the ones going away looking sad. " However,Ward doesn"t want to be discredited (被误认为)as a talent show winner. He has proved his worth with a No. I single and two best-selling albums. Instead of trying to predict the future, Ward only wants to enjoy his life right now. "I just carry on doing what I"m doing.That"s all, " he said firmly, "I don"t want to look too far ahead. " | |||
| 1. How did Shayne Ward make a living before he joi ned the British singing talent show X-Factor?__________. | |||
| A. He worked as a clothing shop assistant. B. He worked in a band. C. He sang karaoke in clubs. D. He was a cardboard box salesman. | |||
| 2. Which of the following facts does NOT contribute to Shayne Ward"s popularity? __________. | |||
| A. He has an extraordinary voice. B. He has beautiful looks. C. He has great determination to realize his dream. D. He was a member of a band. | |||
| 3. What"s the right order of the events related to Shayne Ward?______ | |||
| a. He joined a band. b. He left school. c. He worked in factories. d. He joined the British singing talent show X-Factor alone. e. His band auditioned for the X-Factor series but failed. A.b, a, c, d, e B.a, d, b, c, e C.a, b, d, e, c D.b, c, a, e, d | |||
| 4. What can we learn from Shayne Ward"s success ?______ | |||
| A. Practice makes perfect. B. All"s well that ends well. C. Where there"s a will, there"s a way. D. Actions speak louder than words. | |||
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| Ever since he first started practicing, Berkeley, California, psychologist Allen D. Kanner, PhD, has been asking his younger clients (顾客) what they wanted to do when they grew up. The answer usedtobe" nurse" , " astronaut" orsomeotheroccupation that appealed to them. Today the answer is more likely to be "make money". For Kanner, one explanation for that change can be found in advertising. "Advertising is a multi-million dollar project that"s having an enormous influence on child development, " says Kanner, who is also a member at a clinical (临床的) psychology training program called the Wright Institute. "Advertising is growing rapidly and entering new areas of childhood, like our schools. " According to Kanner, the result is not only the spread of materialistic(物质第一的 ) values among children, but also something he calls " self-love wounding" of children." Thanks to advertising, " he says, " children have become convinced that they"re unfortunate if they don"t have an endless supply of new products. " Now Kanner and several colleagues are up-in-arms with the psychologists and others who are using psychological knowledge to help marketers target children more effectively. They"re shocked when they are told the secret behind why 3 to 7-year-olds are attracted to toys that transform themselves into something else and why 8 to 12-year-olds love to collect things. Last fall, Kanner and a group of 59 other psychologists and psychiatrists (精神病学家) sent a letter speaking against psychologists" employment by advertisers to American Psychologcal Association( APA) . In response, at its June meeting, APA"s Board of Directors acted on a recommendation from the Board for the Advancement of Psychology in the Public Interest and approved the creation of a task force to study the issue. The task force will examine the research on advertising"s influence on children and their families. The group will look at the role psychologists play in what some consider the exploitation (利用) of children and consider how psychology can help reduce advertising"s harmful effects and increase its positive effects. The group will also explore implications(含意)for public policy. | |||
| 1. Which of the following is a reason why children today tend to say they want to make money when they grow up, according to Allen D. Kanner?______ | |||
| A. Traditional occupations no longer hold so much appeal to children today. B. It"s children"s characteristic to collect things and to want more constantly. C. Advertising is a multi-million dollar project that many children want as future job. D. Advertisers" targeting of young consumers has made them more materialistic. | |||
| 2. Which of the following shows the negative effect advertising has had on children?______ | |||
| A. Many children have hobbies like collecting stamps, coms or other things. B. Many children are hard to satisfy and constantly want and ask for more. C. Many children are so self-centered that they don"t care about others. D. Many children tend to wound others to please themselves. | |||
| 3. Theunderlinedwords" up-in-arms " probablymean________. | |||
| A. angryB. interestedC. happyD. surprised | |||
| 4. We can learn from the last paragraph that _________ . | |||
| A. American Psychological Association didn"t take Allen D. Kanner and others" letter seriously B. the task force will study how to use psychology to make advertising more beneficial C. measures have been taken on the psychologists Allen D. Kanner spoken against D. public policy has completely nothing to do with advertising | |||
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Qian Xuesen is one of the pioneers of China"s space science. As a worldfamous expert on aerospace | |||
| 1. When did Qian xuesen begin to study in Massachusetts Institute of Technology? | |||
| A. In 1955. B. In 1935. C. In 1936. D. In 1934. | |||
| 2. Which of the following is about the five countries that launched manmade satellite independently before 1970? | |||
| A. The former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics,the UK,France,China and Japan. B. The former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics,the USA,Japan,Canada and China. C. America,France,Japan,China and Australia. D. The former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics,America,France,Japan and China. | |||
| 3. What does the underlined word "forerunner"(Paragraph 6) probably mean? | |||
| A. A leader. B. A pioneer. C. A competitor. D. A successful scientist. | |||
| 4. According to the passage,which of the following about Qian Xuesen is NOT true? | |||
| A. In 1956,he made good preparations for the Fifth Research Institute of State Ministry of Defense. B. He made outstanding contributions to the establishment and development of Chinese aerospace undertaking. C. He returned to China,bringing China the hope of developing space science and its own missiles. D. He devoted all his life to China"s space science. | |||
| 5. It can be inferred from Paragraph 6 that ________. | |||
| A. Qian Xuesen is very concerned about the development of young scientists. B. The help of Qian Xuesen is beneficial to young scientists. C. Qian Xuesen gives many opportunities to general designers. D. When the chief designers do something wrong,Qian Xuesen helps them find out the cause. | |||
| 语法填空 阅读下面短文, 按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求, 在空格处填入一个适当的 词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空. He has a typical flattop haircut and speaks with a slight Beijing accent.He says he is an ordinary teacher, just one __1__ 2,500 other history teachers in the city.The history teacher has gone from a nobody in a Beijing high school to a headliner(新闻人物)in newspapers and on the Internet across the country with __2__(believe)speed.He is now known as "the greatest history teacher in history". It didn"t happen overnight.Last summer, videos of his lectures __3__(upload) to the Internet and viewed over 10 million times __4__ three months.A little while later. his lectures for CCTV"s famous "Lecture Room"(《百家讲坛》)won __5__ recordhigh audiences.Yuan"s sense of humor is a very __6__(appeal)feature of his style. Young people also admire him for his nonmainstream(非主流的)points of view on many issues. For instance. unlike many teachers. he is satisfied __7__ a student scores only 60 percent on a history test. "History is something like literature to enjoy in your leisure time.You don"t need to know about Qin Shihuang if you"re a programming major.But it"s never too late to become interested in history.Even __8__ 70yearold can start. "Yuan said. Yuan argues that he is __9__ different from other history teachers.He also spends most of his time preparing his students for tests.Yet the talented teacher has the rare ability to bring the history in dull textbooks to life in __10__ he calls "plain Chinese". | |||
| 语法填空 阅读下面短文, 按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求, 在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空. Charles Lindbergh is probably one of the bestknown people in the history of flight.He was __1__ hero of the world.Yet, years later, he __2__(accuse)as an enemy of his country.He had what is called a "storybook" marriage and family life, __3__he suffered a terrible family tragedy. Charles Lindbergh, __4__(bear)in the city of Detroit, Michigan, or February 4th,1902, grew up on a farm in Minnesota.__5__mother was a school teacher.His father was a lawyer __6__later became a United States Congressman.The family spent ten years in Washington D. C, __7__Mister Lindbergh served in the Congress. Young Charles studied mechanical engineering for __8__time at the University of Wisconsin.But he did not like __9__(sit)in a classroom.So, after oneandonehalf years, he left the university.He traveled around the country on a motorcycle.He settled in Lincoln, Nebraska.He took his first flying lessons there and passed the test to become a __10__(fly). But he had to wait one year before he could fly alone. |