Oxford graduates sell faces to pay ￡50,000 university debts Business is growing
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Oxford graduates sell faces to pay ￡50,000 university debts
 
Business is growing for two graduates who decided to pay off ( 偿清) their university debts by selling advertising space on their faces .Ross Harper and Ed Moyse, both from Oxford , are selling advertising space for hundreds of pounds a day and have earned more than ￡25,000 since setting up business last October.
Anyone can buy the advertising space , from businesses to individuals or groups, on a day-to-day basis, through the pair’s website, buymyface .co. uk. The logo (标识) is then seen by people as they go about their daily business. The pair sold their first face ads to friends and family for just ￡ 1 a day, but as need has increased, so has the daily price , which has reached an amazing ￡400 by now, the end of May. So far , the main customers have been Paddy Power , the online betting agency ( 网络博彩企业), and accountancy firm ( 会计事务所)Earnest & Young , which is now the website ‘s official sponsor ( 赞助商).
Moyse and Harper said , “ It’s our special way of paying off our student debts. We’ve seen so many students unsuccessfully applying for jobs , only to find one that they never really wanted. It’s just something a bit different and has taken off quite nicely.” ( 236 words)
小题1:Why do the two Oxford graduates sell advertising space on their faces?| A．To raise money for their friends. | | B．To earn money for their family. | | C．To pay off their university debts . | | D．To pay for their online betting |
小题2:Where can people buy their advertising space ?| A．At Oxford University. | | B．At the website buymyface. co.uk. | | C．At the accountancy firm. | | D．At the online betting agency. |
小题3:How much money do they earn every day on average (平均) so far ?| A．Just ￡1 . | B．About￡100 . | C．Over ￡400. | D．Up to￡500. |
小题4:From the last paragraph we can learn that Moyse and Harper _____________________.| A．are satisfied with their special job | | B．have paid off their debts already | | C．are ready to apply for another job | | D．never really wanted to do face ads |
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答案
小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:B
小题4:A |
解析
短文属于记叙文。讲述了两个牛津大学毕业生通过出售脸上的广告偿还了￡50,000大学债务。
小题1:细节理解题。从第一句“to pay off their university debts by…”可知。
小题2:细节理解题。从第二段第一句“through the pair’s website, buymyface .co. uk.”可知。
小题3:推理判断题。从第三段可知最低数￡1和最高数￡400，那么这段时间的平均数，肯定在这两个数之间。
小题4:综合理解题。根据两人最后一段对此事的认识，不难看出他们的满意。其实，最后一句“has taken off quite nicely.”也可看出他们的成功。 |
举一反三
Once there was a poor little girl living near a forest. She had no family and no one to love her. So she often 1 sad and lonely.
One day, when she was walking in the forest, she found that a small 2 was trapped unluckily in a bush. The butterfly tried to fly away 3 failed. The kind little girl saved the butterfly with great care. Instead of flying away, the butterfly turned 4 a beautiful fairy (仙女). The little girl was very 5 .
“Thank you for 6 me. You are so kind. I will make any of your dreams come true.” said the fairy.
The little girl thought for a moment and then said, “I want to be 7 !”
The fairy said, “Very well. I will help you.” And she said something in the little girl’s ear. Then the fairy disappeared.
As the kind little girl grew up, she was 8 ready to help people in need and was popular among the villagers. No one in the village was as happy as she was. Everyone asked her the 9 of her happiness. She always smiled and 10 , “The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a kind 11 when I was a little girl.”
When the kind girl became a very old woman and was dying, the neighbours in the 12 all gathered (聚拢) around her bed because they were 13 that her secret of happiness would die with her. They asked, “Please tell us what the kind fairy said.”
The lovely old woman still 14 and said, “She told me that everyone needed me, no matter how safe they seemed, no matter how rich or poor, no matter how old or 15 . She said that helping others would make me happy all my life.”
| 小题1: | | A．thought | B．found | C．sounded | D．felt |
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| 小题2: | | A．butterfly | B．bird | C．snake | D．squirrel |
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| 小题5: | | A．surprised | B．tired | C．mad | D．angry |
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| 小题6: | | A．catching | B．beating | C．killing | D．saving |
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| 小题7: | | A．active | B．happy | C．energetic | D．humorous |
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| 小题8: | | A．always | B．never | C．seldom | D．hardly |
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| 小题9: | | A．success | B．secret | C．power | D．lesson |
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| 小题10: | | A．asked | B．hoped | C．answered | D．refused |
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| 小题11: | | A．witch | B．fairy | C．ghost | D．princess |
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| 小题12: | | A．village | B．town | C．city | D．world |
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| 小题13: | | A．excited | B．pleased | C．glad | D．afraid |
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| 小题14: | | A．shouted | B．cried | C．smiled | D．jumped |
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| 小题15: | | A．young | B．great | C．nice | D．quiet |
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My name is Toby. I’m eighty-three years old now. I once knew the greatest man in England. William Shakespeare was his name. I first met William near a big field of apple trees in the town named Stratford in October, 1579. He told me he was 15 years old. He was two years older than me. He had a sister, Joan, and two younger brothers, Gilbert and Richard. And the next year he had another brother, Edmund. After William’s parents died, he and his sister lived with his mother’s brother. I became his friend from that day until he died. We met nearly every day. We were friends for thirty years.
I once worked with him in the theatre, through the good times and the bad times. William was good at acting. He could make all kinds of people pleased. By 1592, he became very famous. He was always busy day and night. I don’t know when he slept. He not only acted in plays, but also wrote his own plays. In his whole life, William wrote 37 plays in all. He was the best playwright in England.
He wrote a play about love in 1595. It was Romeo and Juliet. He once used my name, Toby, in his play—Twelfth Night. In this play, Sir Toby Belch was a big fat man, who liked drinking too much and having a good time. Queen Elizabeth the First watched this play on the 6th of January, 1601. She liked it.
William Shakespeare is dead now, of course. He has been dead for more than thirty years. There’s no singing, no dancing, no plays. It isn’t like that in my young days. But I can still think—and remember when William and I were young, we had a good time in London, William and I…
小题1:Toby and William first met in ______.小题2:Who was William’s youngest brother?| A．Gilbert | B．Edmund | C．Richard | D．Joan |
小题3:In the second paragraph, the underlined word “playwright” means “a person who ______”.| A．writes plays | B．performs in plays | | C．watches plays | D．works in a theatre |
小题4:Romeo and Juliet is a play about _______.| A．war | B．peace | C．love | D．friendship |
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This dog was born on Christmas Eve in 2002. He was different from other dogs because he was born with only two legs. The poor dog of course could not walk and even his mother Sarah did not want him. His first owner Michael Johnson also did not think that he could survive and he was thinking of killing him. But then, his present owner, Jude Stringfellow, met him and wanted to take care of him. She decided to teach and train this little dog to walk by himself. She called him “Faith”.
In the beginning, she put Faith on a surfboard (滑板) to let him feel the movement… Later she used peanut butter on a spoon as a lure (诱惑) and reward for him for standing up and jumping around. Even the other dog at home encouraged him to walk. Amazingly, after only six months, Faith learned to balance on his legs and jump to move forward. After further training in this snow, he could now walk like a person.
Faith loves to walk around now. Wherever he goes, he attracts people’s attention. He is fast becoming famous on the international scene and has appeared on various newspapers and TV shows. A book named With a Little Faith is now being published about him. He was even considered to appear in one of Harry Potter movies.
Jude Stringfellow, his present owner, has stopped working and plans to take him around the world to tell people “that even without a perfect body, one can have a strong will (意志)”.
Faith is a good example of the strong will and wonder of life. In life there are always unpleasant things. So, in order to feel better, you just need to look at life from another direction. I hope this message will bring fresh new ways of thinking to everyone and that everyone will appreciate and be thankful for each beautiful day.
小题1:Faith is different from other dogs because _______.| A．he doesn’t have a tail | | B．he has only two legs | | C．he was born on Christmas Day | | D．his mother loves him best |
小题2:Faith’s present owner is ________.| A．Sarah | B．Michael Johnson | | C．Harry Potter | D．Jude Stringfellow |
小题3:Which of the following is the correct order for Faith to learn to walk around like a person?
① jump to move forward
② train in the snow
③ feel the movement on a surfboard
④ balance on his legs
⑤ use peanut butter on a spoon as a reward| A．③①④②⑤ | B．③⑤④①② | C．②⑤③①④ | D．④⑤①③② |
小题4:What can we learn from the passage?| A．Faith’s mother can walk with two legs like a person. | | B．If we don’t have a perfect body, we can’t be successful. | | C．When we meet with difficulties, we should never give up. | | D．When we have difficulties, we should wait for others’ help. |
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When I was eleven years old, God gave me a gift of happiness. One day, on my way home from school, a truck ran over me and cut off my 1 . As I lay there bleeding, I realized that I might have to live the rest of my life 2 legs. How depressing（令人沮丧的）! 3 then I realized that depression won’t get my legs back. So I decided not to 4 my life feeling depressed. When my parents arrived at the 5 , they were shocked and sad. I told them, “I’ve already 6 the fact. Now you also have to get used to this.”
Ever since then, I often see my friends getting 7 about little things: their bus comes late; they get a bad grade on a test. But I just 8 life.
I was lucky to realize that it is a waste of energy to focus on what you have 9 , and that the key to happiness is to take pleasure in what you have. Sounds simple, doesn’t it? So 10 are many people unhappy?
People often think happiness is based on what you 11 . “My whole life would improve if I had a new car.” But when you get the 12 and what happens? For a whole week you are walking on air. Then you go right back to being 13 .
Happiness is not a happening; it’s a state of 14 . You can have whatever there is in the world and still be uncomfortable. Or you can have relatively 15 and feel full of joy. Happiness comes from mastering the art of appreciating and consciously taking pleasure in what you already have.
| 小题1: | | A．arms | B．legs | C．feet | D．fingers |
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| 小题4: | | A．spare | B．devote | C．influence | D．waste |
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| 小题5: | | A．hotel | B．hospital | C．station | D．school |
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| 小题6: | | A．believed | B．accepted | C．refused | D．received |
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| 小题7: | | A．worried | B．guilty | C．excited | D．curious |
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| 小题8: | | A．hate | B．enjoy | C．save | D．dislike |
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| 小题9: | | A．struggled | B．supported | C．lost | D．completed |
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| 小题10: | | A．how | B．why | C．when | D．whether |
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| 小题11: | | A．achieve | B．promise | C．donate | D．admire |
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| 小题13: | | A．wise | B．silly | C．friendly | D．unhappy |
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| 小题14: | | A．pain | B．appearance | C．anger | D．mind |
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| 小题15: | | A．much | B．many | C．little | D．all |
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A wise man used to go to the ocean to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach every morning.
One day, when he was walking along the shore（海岸）, he saw a young man moving like a dancer. He smiled to himself at the thought that someone would dance on the beach. So he began to walk faster to catch up.
As he got closer, he saw that the young man wasn’t dancing, but instead he was reaching down to the shore, picking up something and very gently throwing it into the ocean.
He called out, “Good morning! What are you doing?” The young man stopped, looked up and replied, “Throwing starfish in the ocean.” “I guess I should have asked, why are you throwing starfish in the ocean?”
“The sun is up and the tide（潮汐）is going out. And if I don’t throw them in, they’ll die.”
“But, young man, don’t you realize that there are miles and miles of beach and starfish all along it. You can’t possibly make a difference!”
The young man listened politely. Then he bent down, picked another starfish, and threw it into the sea, and said, “It made a difference for that one.”
There is something very special in each and every one of us. We have all been gifted（赋予）with the ability to make a difference.
We must each find our starfish. And if we throw starfish wisely and well, the world will be better.
小题1:What was the wise man used to doing every morning?| A．Taking a walk on the shore. | | B．Watching the young man dance. | | C．Meeting up with the young man. | | D．Helping the young man pick up starfish. |
小题2:Why did the young man throw the starfish into the ocean?| A．To have fun. | B．To study starfish. | | C．To feed some fish. | D．To save starfish. |
小题3:What can we learn from the story?| A．Each of us should learn to protect starfish. | | B．People living on the shore always try to save starfish. | | C．Each of us has the ability to make an important effect on something. | | D．People can come up with some good ideas when walking on the shore. |
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