When I was a child I never said, "When I grow up, I want to be a CEO," but here
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When I was a child I never said, "When I grow up, I want to be a CEO," but here I am. When I look back on my career, I realize the road to becoming a CEO isn"t a straight, clear path. In fact, no two paths are the same. But whether you want to be a boss one day or not, there"s a lot to learn from how leaders rise to the top of successful companies.
As this series of stories shows, the paths to becoming a CEO may be different, but the people in that position(位置) share the qualities of commitment（义务）, work ethic（道德） and a strong desire for building something new. And every CEO take risks along the way—putting your life savings on the line to start a software company or leaving a big business to be one of the first employees at a startup.
I grew up in Minnesota, and learned how to be an entrepreneur（企业家）from my father, who has run a small business for almost 30 years. I went to Georgetown University and tried a lot of business activities in college with success. And I always had a dream job pattern(模式): to walk to work, work for myself and build something for consumers(顾客).
I"m only 29, so it"s been a quick ride to CEO. Out of college, I worked for AOL as a product manager, then moved to Revolution Health and ran the consumer product team. In mid-2007 I left Revolution Health and started LivingSocial with several other workmates, where I became a CEO.
Career advice: Don"t figure out where you want to work, or even what industry you"d like to work at. Figure out what makes you do so. What gives you a really big rush? Answer why you like things, not what you like doing. . . and then apply it to your work life. Also, just because you"re graduating, don"t stop learning. Read more books than you did in college. If you do, and they"re not, you"re really well-positioned to succeed in whatever you do.
小题1:What can we know from the first paragraph?| A．The writer hasn"t achieved his childhood ambition. | | B．The writer thinks there is some easy way to become a CEO. | | C．The writer had an ambition of becoming a CEO in his childhood. | | D．The writer believes success stories of CEOs can be beneficial(有益的) to everybody. |
小题2:According to the writer, successful CEOs should _____. | A．try not to take risks | B．stay in the same business | | C．have a strong sense of creativity | D．save every possible penny |
小题3:What can we know about the writer from the passage?| A．He started LivingSocial when he was still a student of Georgetown University. | | B．He used to run the consumer product team for AOL. | | C．His business activities at college ended up in more failure than success. | | D．His father had far-reaching influence on him. |
小题4:What does the underlined phrase “figure out” mean? ______.小题5:Which of the following proverbs may the writer agree with according to the last paragraph?| A．Well begun is half done. | | B．Everything comes to him who waits. | | C．Time and tide wait for no man. | | D．One is never too old to learn. |
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答案
小题1:D
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:A
小题5:D |
解析
试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了想要成为一名成功的CEO所要 具有的品质。
小题1:根据第一段But whether you want to be a boss one day or not, there"s a lot to learn from how leaders rise to the top of successful companies. 描述，可知作者认为执行总裁们的成功故事对每个人都有好处。故选D。
小题2:根据第二段and a strong desire for building something new.描述，可知执行总裁们必须有强烈的创新意识。故选C。
小题3:根据I grew up in Minnesota, and learned how to be an entrepreneur（企业家）from my father, who has run a small business for almost 30 years.描述，可知他的父亲对他有深远的影响，故选D。
小题4:联系下文描述，可知此处指的是不要说你想去哪儿工作，或者你想在什么企业工作。故选A。
小题5:Well begun is half done.良好的开端是成功的一半；Everything comes to him who waits. 坚持就是胜利；Time and tide wait for no man.岁月不等人；One is never too old to learn.活到老学到老。根据最后一段Also, just because you"re graduating, don"t stop learning.可知作者认为，人永远不该停止学习，故选D，活到老学到老。
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You hurry into the kitchen，open the refrigerator and suddenly you forget why you open it．“What am I looking for？”You ask yourself．“What am I doing here？”Don"t worry．You are not losing your mind．We have all had this kind of thing．If you think about something very quickly，it goes into your short-term memory and it goes right back out in just a few seconds．You have not moved things from short-term to long-term memory，so you won"t be able to remember it later on．
What can you do to help get back your missing short-term memory？You may go back to where you were．So，for example，if you were sitting in a chair listening to the music in the living room，just go back into the living room．This will help you remember，and when you are back in the living room，you will suddenly think，“Oh，yes，I was thirsty and I wanted something cold to drink．That is why I went to the fridge．”If，sometimes，you can"t go back to where you were before，just try tracing your steps back in your mind．Think back to things you did before，and this may help you．
小题1:We sometimes forget why we open the refrigerator, probably because___________. | A．We lose our mind. | B．We are not thirsty. | | C．We think about something too quickly. | D．we won’t be able to remember things. |
小题2:What can you do to help get back the missing short-term memory?| A．Stay where you are. | B．Make yourself thirsty. | | C．Listen to some music. | D．Try tracing your steps back in your mind |
小题3:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?| A．Only a few of us will have such experiences, | | B．People always forget why they hurry into the kitchen. | | C．It doesn’t matter if you can’t remember why you do a certain thing at times. | | D．Have something cold to drink can help you to remember the things. |
小题4:Which is the best title?| A．Lose your memory | B．What’s wrong with you? | | C．Learn to forget | D．Just open the refrigerator |
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We have no idea about 1 men first began to use salt. But we do know that it had been used in many different ways __2___ the history.
For example, in many history books it is __3__ that people who lived three thousand years ago __4__salted fish. Thousands of years ago in Egypt（埃及）, salt __5_ keep the dead. It can keep the dead bodies __6__ decay.（腐烂）
In the eighteenth century, a person who stole salt was __7__ to have broken the __8__. if a person was caught stealing salt, he would be thrown into __9__. Books also record that in England about ten thousand people were put into prison during that century _10__ stealing salt! In the year 1553, if a man took __11__ than his share of salt, he would be thought to have broken the law and would be __12__ punished(惩罚).
Salt was very __13__ on the dinner table of a king. It was always put __14__ the king when he sat down to eat. Then important visitors sat near the salt __15_ less important visitors were given seats farther away from it.
| 小题1: | | A．when | B．where | C．what | D．which |
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| 小题2: | | A．throughout | B．thought | C．though | D．although |
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| 小题3: | | A．say | B．reported | C．recorded | D．reading |
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| 小题4: | | A．eat | B．ate | C．eating | D．have eaten |
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| 小题5: | | A．used to | B．was used to | C．was used | D．used |
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| 小题7: | | A．think | B．consider | C．thoughtful | D．thought |
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| 小题8: | | A．law | B．glass | C．computer | D．time |
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| 小题9: | | A．pool | B．hill | C．prison | D．river |
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| 小题10: | | A．because | B．because of | C．by | D．as |
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| 小题11: | | A．more | B．less | C．fewer | D．most |
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小题12:A. serious B. bad C. terrible D seriously
| 小题13: | | A．important | B．necessary | C．clever | D．cheerful |
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小题14:A. in the front of B behind C. in front of D. before
| 小题15: | | A．when | B．as | C．however | D．while |
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According to some predictions, human beings will die out in 2012. Nearly all people think it’s impossible, but there are some more earthquakes in recent years.
Animals can predict the weather or other natural events. It may sound strange, but farmers living in the countryside think so. For hundreds of years , they have observed animals.
“Animals ’ behavior can be connected to future weather conditions or events.” They say. For example, if cows lie down, a rainstorm is coming. There are many traditional stories connecting animals and natural events. Many people think that these stories don’t have scientific evidence( 根据 ) at all. Scientists, however, are beginning to take another look at some of these ideas.
A Japanese earthquake researcher named Kiyoshi Shimamura noticed an increase in dog bites a short time before earthquake hit. Then he did research on twelve public health centers in Kobe, Japan. These health centers treated people after the 1995 earthquake . He got some interesting information about the month before the big earthquake: treatment for animals’ bites had increased . In fact, aggressive(侵略的)behavior in dogs, such as biting and barking loudly , jumped 60 percent.
There are also other changes in animals’ behavior before the earthquake. For example, fish began swimming together in large groups , but only in the middle of the water and not near the edges. Birds flew away from their nests for many days, leaving their eggs unprotected . These animals’ behavior suggests that animals may be able to predict natural events better than people.
小题1:What would cows behave before a rainstorm?| A．Running | B．Biting | C．Lying down | D．Sleeping |
小题2:What do dogs begin to do just before an earthquake?| A．They leave their homes. | B．They hurt people. | | C．They lie down in grass. | D．They stay together in large groups. |
小题3:Which of the following animals behave strangely before an earthquake according to this passage?| A．Fish | B．Cows | C．Pigs | D．All of the above. |
小题4:In Kiyoshi Shimamura’s investigation(调查)，before the big earthquake, treatment for animals’ bites had _________.| A．disappeared | B．increased | C．been the same as before. | D．never changed. |
小题5:What is the main idea of the passage?| A．Natural events and animals’ actions. | | B．What animals do during earthquakes | | C．Many earthquakes of Japan. | | D．Some stories about animals. |
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At last, the mid-term exams are over. You’ve done the hard work, but you can’t relax. You have to prepare for the next exams. Do you hate exams? If you do, you are not alone. Students in other countries hate them as well.
Luckily for them, British students have fewer exams than Chinese students. And they only have them once a year. Every summer they take a test in each subject. Each test lasts about an hour. These exams don’t count for much, even if a student does really badly they still progress to the next grade. When the results come out, they are then placed in an end-of-year report. The report is sent to the child’s parents. It describes how the student studied at school.
This report is private, so only the teacher, the student and his or her parents see it. This means that the students don’t know how other students scored(得分) in the test. Some students choose to tell each other, but others keep it secret.
Parents’ meetings are held twice a year, at the end of winter term and then at the end of the summer term. Children go along with their parents to meet their teachers privately and discuss their performance at school.
小题1:For British students, the school life is than that of Chinese students.| A．more relaxing | B．much tenser | C．more boring | D．much harder |
小题2:The underlined phrase “don’t count for much” means 小题3:Which of the following is NOT true for British students?| A．They have exams once a year. | | B．They don’t know their classmates’ scores. | | C．Parents’ meetings are held at the end of the terms. | | D．They like to tell each other their scores |
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Pandas live in the forests and mountains of Southwest China. They mainly 1 bamboo, and each panda 2 a lot of bamboo every day. The area of bamboo is becoming smaller for many different 3 ,so pandas have 4 land to live 5 . Pandas don’t have many babies, and baby pandas often 6 . The situation is becoming very serious.
Our government is working hard to save pandas. There are more than 30 natures reserves to protect pandas but these are not enough. The government has made a new plan 7 pandas. The nature reserves will be bigger and the bamboo will grow 8 .Then the pandas will have enough food to eat and enough places to live in. Pandas born in the zoos may 9 live in the nature reserves.
Most people love pandas. The panda is one of the best-known 10 in the world. It is the symbol for the World Wide Fund for Nature.
| 小题1: | | A．live in | B．live on | C．live for | D．live at |
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| 小题2: | | A．need eating | B．needs eating | C．need to eat | D．needs to eat |
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| 小题3: | | A．causes | B．excuse | C．reasons | D．result |
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| 小题4: | | A．fewer and fewer | B．more and more | C．less and less | D．bigger and bigger |
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| 小题6: | | A．dying | B．die | C．death | D．dead |
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| 小题7: | | A．help | B．helping | C．to help | D．helps |
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| 小题8: | | A．well | B．better | C．bad | D．worse |
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| 小题9: | | A．goes back | B．go back to | C．go back | D．goes back to |
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| 小题10: | | A．animals | B．animal | C．an animal | D．the animals |
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