阅读理解。 Life is full of sweet surprises for Chinese pop singer Edell. She
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Life is full of sweet surprises for Chinese pop singer Edell.
She majored in design in a Canadian college. But when she was looking for a job after graduation, she
found herself rising as a star in singing. Then she became a hostess on TV. "These are roles I never
expected to take," she said.
Edell is open to every possibility in life, not afraid to try new things. She says that every day she tries to
get herself ready to take any chance that occurs in life.
"My mom told me chance only rewards those with a prepared mind,"she said. "So I"ve tried to explore
my potential talents. Thus I won"be at a loss when the right opportunity comes up." Edell learned ballet in
her childhood until she broke her back in practice. She then fell in love with music. Like many girls of her
age, she has a rich collection of CDs. But she never dreamed of being a singer.One day she was noticed by
a talent scout (星探). she gave a try and succeeded! And that"s not the end of the story.
Once she was invited to be the hostess of the Asian MTV Awards in Thailand. Though she has never
had any experience, she accepted the invitation."At least I could make a trip to the foreign country," he said.
Upon arrival at the ceremony, she had to read through a 91-page English biography of every guest. She
studied it so much that she could recite all the details in it. It helped her greatly. She greeted those strange
faces she had never seen before and talked with them like an old friend. She did a great job. The MTV
channel was so satisfied that they offered her a job as a TV hostess.
"Try to get yourself well-prepared in life,"she said. "In the meantime, try to live your life with brains." |
| 1. What is the best title of the passage? |
A. Learn from Edell
B. Try to be a singer
C. Prepare for your chances
D. Do learn English well |
| 2. The writer mentioned Edell"s mother to tell us _____. |
A. her mother had great influence on her
B. she could do nothing without her mother
C. all her success belonged to her mother
D. her chances were given by her mother |
| 3. What does the underline word "It" refer to? |
A. Studying the English biography hard.
B. The 91-page English biography.
C. The ceremony of the Asian MTV Awards.
D. The MTV channel. |
| 4. What is Edell"s strongest character? |
A. Liking to remember things.
B. Liking to help others.
C. Liking to think of problems differently.
D. Liking to try new things. |
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He has vowed that he will not stop building his business until it is worth ￡100 million. But hard-working
Owens can stop for at least a moment"s celebration after making his first ￡1 million at the age of 16. Owens,
who has used a computer since the age of seven, began teaching himself basic web design at the age of ten
when he was given his first Mac computer. He used his pocket money to fund his first business project,
website Mac Box Bundle at just 14 which has made ￡700,000 since its establishment in 2008. Mac Box
Bundle sells a combination of popular Mac applications which are worth up to $400 together for under just
$100 and donates 10 percent of the money to charities.
He then established an advertising company Branchr a year later and worked on the business after school
and at weekends. Branchr made a surprising ￡500,000 in its first year. Branchr works as a platform for
website owners to sell advertising.
Owens, from Northampton, currently employs eight staff-all adults-around the UK and America as sales
and technical assistants. The young man lives with his parents. His mother who is a company secretary said
he was inspired to go into business after observing the huge success achieved by Apple"s chief executive
officers (首席执行官) Steve Jobs.
Owens said,"I think everyone has business sense in them, and they just need to gain experience and be
determined to make it. There is no magical formula (法则) for business, It takes hard work, determination
and the drive to do something great. My aim is to become a leading name in the world of Internet and mobile
advertising and push myself right to the top of the game.
The teenager insists his professional success has not affected his personal life, and says his interests
include photography and playing the guitar. "My friends and I don"t really talk about my success. To them
I"m just a normal teenager and it doesn"t change anything between us." |
| 1. What can we know from Paragraph 1? |
A. Owens" company is worth ￡1 million now.
B. Owens learned to use computers at the age of 10.
C. Owens made ￡700,000 from Mac Box Bundle in 2008.
D. Owens is successful and enthusiastic about public welfare. |
| 2. From Paragraph 2 we know that Branchr _______. |
A. takes up all Owens" spare time
B. offers a platform for advertising business
C. designs practical software for website owners
D. takes up advertising business for Nac Box Bundle |
| 3. Why did Owens come up with the idea of doing business? |
A. Because eight adults were ready to help.
B. Because it was easy to establish web companies.
C. Because his parents wanted him to have a try.
D. Because he drew inspiration from Steve jobs. |
| 4. Owens tends to think that ________. |
A. every person has potential talent for business
B. getting experienced in business needs determination
C. it is hard work for people to decide to do something great.
D. he is sure to play a leading part in the world of the Internet. |
| 5. What do Ownes" friends think about him? |
A. He sets a good example.
B. He does quite well in music.
C. He is a common school boy.
D. He puts friendship above anything else. |
| 阅读理解。 |
It was the summer of 1965. Deluca, then 17, visited Peter Buck, a family friend. Buck asked Deluca about
his plan for the future. "I"m going to college, but I need a way to pay for it," Deluca recalls saying. Buck said,
"you should open a sandwich shop."
That afternoon, they agreed to be partners. And they set a goal: to open 32 stores in ten years. After doing
some research, Buck wrote a check for $ 1,000. Deluca rented a storefront (店面) in Connecticut, and when
they couldn"t cover their start-up costs, Buck kicked in another $1,000.
But business didn"t go smoothly as they expected. Deluca says, "After six months, we were doing poorly,
but we didn"t know how badly, because we didn"t have any financial controls." All he and Buck knew was that
their sales were lower than their costs.
Deluca was managing the store and to the University of Bridgeport at the same time. Buck was working at
his day job as a nuclear physicist in New York. They"d meet Monday evenings and brainstorm ideas for keeping
the business running. "We convinced ourselves to open a second store. We figured we could tell the public, We are so successful, we are opening a second store."" And they did-in the spring of 1966. Still, it was a lot
of learning by trial and error (反复摸索).
But the partners" learn-as-you-go approach turned out to be their greatest strength. Every Friday, Deluca
would drive around and hand-deliver the checks to pay their suppliers. "It probably took me two and a half
hours and it wasn"t necessary but as a result, the suppliers got to know me very well, and the personal
relationships established really helped out," Deluca says.
And having a goal was also important. "There are so many problems that can get you down. You just have
to keep working toward your goal," Deluca adds.
Deluca ended up founding Subways Sandwich, the multimillion-dollar restaurant chain. |
| 1. Deluca opened the first sandwich shop in order to _____. |
A. support his family
B. pay for his college education
C. help his partner expand business
D. do some research |
| 2. Which of the following is true of Buck? |
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A. He put money into the sandwich business.
B. He was a professor of business administration.
C. He was studying at the University of Bridgeport.
D. He rented a storefront for Deluca. |
| 3. What can we learn about their first shop? |
A. It stood at an unfavorable place.
B. It lowered the prices to promote sales.
C. It made no profits due to poor management.
D. It lacked control over the quality of sandwich. |
| 4. They decided to open a second store because they _____. |
A. had enough money to do it
B. had succeeded in their business
C. wished to meet the increasing demand of customers
D. wanted to make believe that they were successful |
| 阅读理解。 |
Betty Friedan, born in 1921 in Peoria, Illinois, attended Smith College in Northhampton, Massachusetts.
She finished her studies in psychology in 1942.After college she attended the University of California at
Berkeley to continue her studies. Later, she moved to New York City and worked as a reporter and editor
for labor union newspapers.
In 1947, Betty married Carl Friedan. They had a child, the first of three. When Betty, Friedan became
pregnant for the second time, she was dismissed from her job at the newspaper After that she worked as
an independent reporter for magazines. But her editors often rejected her attempts to write about subjects
outside the traditional interests of women.
In1966, Betty Friedan helped found NOW, the National Organization for Women. She served as its first
president. She led campaigns to end unfair treatment of women seeking jobs. She wanted women to take
part in social and political change. Betty Friedan led a huge demonstration (游行) in New York City for
women"s rights. Demonstrations were also held in other cities.
In 1981, Betty Friedan wrote a book called "The Second Stage" about the condition of the women"s
movement. Friedan wrote that the time for huge demonstrations and other such events had passed. She
urged the movement to try to increase its influence on American political life. Some younger members of
the movement criticized her as too conservative.
Betty Friedan died on February 4,2006.She was considered the mother of modern women"s liberation
movement. Betty Friedan once told a television reporter how she wanted to be remembered: "She helps
make women feel better about being women." |
| 1. According to Paragraph 2, Betty lost her job because ______. |
A. she was pregnant
B. she got married
C. her editors didn"t like her
D. she was too independent |
| 2. Betty led a huge demonstration to ______. |
A. fight against the government
B. fight for women"s rights
C. take part in political life
D. get support from the government |
| 3. The book "The Second Stage"_____. |
A. was popular among young women readers
B. thought highly of those huge demonstrations
C. was about the condition of the women"s movement then
D. decreased the movement"s influence on American political life |
| 4. The passage is organized ______. |
A. by giving examples
B. in time order
C. by using comparisons
D. in place order |
| 5. From the last paragraph, we know that______. |
A. Betty helped women live better
B. Betty wanted to be remembered forever
C. Betty thought it better to be a woman
D. the television reporter knew Betty well |
| 完形填空。 |
Nine-year-old Barack Obama was looking through a magazine. But the African- American 1 was
shocked by a series of photos. The pictures were about a black man who 2 his skin with chemicals
(化学制品) that promised to 3 him white.
For the first time, the boy began to doubt who he was."I stood 4 the mirror and wondered if
something was wrong with me," Obama said.
However, now the boy who used to struggle with his identity (身份) doesn"t see it as a problem any
more, but an advantage for his 5 career.
Obama made history by being elected as the first 6 president of the United States. He 7 John
McCain in a landslide (压倒性的) victory. Obama"s 8 starts in opposite corners of the world. His
white mother was born in the heartland of the US. His black father 9 in a small village in Kenya. They
met during college in Hawaii, 10 his father left the family when Obama was just two years old and his
mother moved to Indonesia.
11 10,Obama moved back to live with his white grandparents in Hawaii. At his class, a white boy
asked Obama 12 his father ate people. Out of embarrassment (尴尬),Obama 13 his classmates that
his father was a prince."I kept 14 who I am and I ended up trying drugs and drinking," Obama recalled
(回忆).
Things came to change 15 the young man made friends with those with a similar background at
college. 16 experiences helped Obama to finally face up to his 17 origin (血统). He worked hard
to become a 18 at Harvard Law School.
Obama 19 his pain of growing up into a tool to make Americans believe: "There is not a black
America and a white America, a Latino America, an Asian America. There"s the United States of America."
"Obama"s success has made Martin Luther King"s dream come true. That is:A man should not be judged
by the 20 of his skin, but by the content (内涵) of his character (性格),"wrote ABC News. |
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D. color | | 阅读理解。 | Michael Joseph Jackson (born August 29, 1958) is an American recording artist, entertainer, and
businessman. In the early 1980s, he became an important figure in popular music. The popularity of
his music videos, such as "Beat It", "Billie Jean" and "Thriller", helped bring the relatively new channel
to fame. Videos such as "Black or White" and "Scream" made Jackson a famous person on MTV in the
1990s. With stage performances and music videos, Jackson popularized a number of physically
complicated dance techniques, such as the robot and the moonwalk. His distinctive musical sound and
sound style influenced hip hop, pop and contemporary R&B artists.
Jackson has donated and raised millions of dollars for beneficial causes through his foundation,
charity singles and support of 39 charities. The singer has experienced health concerns since the early
1990s and conflicting reports regarding the state of his finances since the late 1990s. Jackson married
twice and fathered three children.
One of the few artists to have been inducted (进入) into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice, his
other achievements include multiple Guinness World Records－including one for "Most Successful
Entertainer of All Time"－13 Grammy Awards, 13 number one singles in his solo career－more than
any other male artist in the Hot 100 era－and the sale of over 750 million units worldwide. As one of
the world"s most famous men, Jackson"s highly publicized personal life, coupled with his successful
career, has made him a part of popular culture for almost four decades. | | 1. What is the main idea of the passage? | A. The popularity of Michael Joseph Jackson"s music videos
B. The health concerns and the finances of Michael Joseph Jackson
C. Michael Joseph Jackson"s successful career
D. The brief introduction of Michael Joseph Jackson | | 2. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage? | A. since the late 1990s, he has become an important figure in popular music.
B. Jackson made a number of physically complicated dance techniques popular.
C. The singer experienced health concerns in the early 1980s.
D. Only in America the sale of his works is over 750 million units. | | 3. How many times has he been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? | A. Once.
B. Twice.
C. Three times.
D. Five times. | 最新试题
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