(1) Mr. Brown (the motorist) At about 9:20 p.m. on October 14th, I was drivi
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At about 9:20 p.m. on October 14th, I was driving along Market Road in the direction of Midwick.
I wanted to go to Sturham to collect my wife, who had been visiting some friends. I prepared to turn into
Sturham Road, which was on my right. In the distance, I saw the lights of a car moving towards me but it was along way from me. I put out my hand to show that I was going to turn right. Then I started to turn
slowly towards Sturham Road. Suddenly there was a loud noise on the passenger"s (near) side of the
car. I stopped the car and got out. A motorcycle had hit my car. The motorcyclist had been thrown over
the car. He was injured, so I ran to a shop to phone for help.
(2) Mt. Smith (the injured motorcyclist)
On the evening of October 14th, I was going home along Market Road towards Newtown. I was
riding my motorcycle. I was going slowly because some of the streetlights were out and road was wet
and slippery. Just before Sturham road, a car suddenly drove right across my path. The driver did not
flash his lights to give a warning. I could not turn in time, so I hit the side of the car. When I woke up, I
was lying in a hospital in Market Road.
(3) Mr. Lee (another motorcyclist)
At about 9:10 p.m. on October 14th, I left my home in Midwick. Ten minutes later I was riding my
motorcycle along Market Road. I was going to Newton. There was a motorcycle about 40 meters in
front of me. It was not going very quickly. The man on it was riding near the curb (路边) but I was near
the center of the road. The motorcyclist in front of me tried to turn to his right but there was no time. He
hit the car and was injured. There was no car going along in front of us o put by the road.
X= the place where the motorcycle hit the car; N=Newtown;M= Midwick; S=Sturham
(Note that cars and motorcycles always keep to the left in England.)
B. the lights of the car moving towards Mr. Brown made him unable to see.
C. Mr. Brown knocked down a motorcyclist on purpose.
D. The accident was caused by the carelessness of the first motorcyclist.
B. did not five any signal until he was actually turning
C. failed to give a proper signal at that time
D. flashed his light to show that he was going to turn
B. left
C. right
D. driver"s
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school board, wrote a letter that was printed in the Palo Alto Times. Polly"s son, Jim, had great
difficulty in school. He was classified as educationally disabled and required a great deal of
patience on the part of his parents and teachers. But Jim was a happy kid with a great smile that
lit up the room. His paront8 acknowledged his academic difficulties, but always tried to help him
see his strengths so that he could walk with pride. Shortly after Jim finished high school, he was
killed in a motorcycle accident. After his death, his mother submitted (提交) letter to the newspaper.
Today we buried our 20-yeer-old son. He was killed instantly in a motorcycle accident on
Friday night. How I with I had known when I talked to him last that it would be the last time. If I
had only known I would have said, "Jim, I love you and I"m very proud of you"
I would have taken the time to count the many blessings he brought to the lives of the many
who loved him. I would have taken the time to appreciate his beautiful smile, the sound of his
laughter, hit genuine love of people.
When you put all the good qualities on the scale and try to balance all the irritating phenomena
such as the radio which was always too loud, the haircut that wasn"t to our liking, the dirty socks
under the bed, etc., your angry feelings won"t amount to much.
I won"t get another chance to tell my son all that I would have wanted him to bear, but, ether
parents, you do have a chance. Tell your young people what you would want them to hear if you
knew it would be your last conversation. The last time I talked to Jim was the day he died. He
called me to say, "Hi, Mom! I just called to say I love you. Got to go to work. Bye." He gave me
something to treasure forever
If there is any purpose at all for Jim"s death, maybe it is to make others appreciate more of life
and to have people, especially family members, take the time to let each other know just how much
we care.
B. Jim did very well in his studies
C. Jim a parents were patient with him
D. Jim failed to finish his high school
B. remind people to be cautious of motorcycles
C. advise people to take the chance to express their love in time
D. appreciate more of life than ever before
B. Do it Today.
C. Walk with Pride.
D. Appreciate Smiles.
A. annoying
B. aggressive
C. impatient
D. thrilling
It was the summer of 1965. Deluca, then 17, visited Peter Buck, a family friend. Buck
asked DeLuca about his plans 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 going 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.
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 Subway Sandwich, the multimillion -dollar restaurant chain.
B. pay for his college education
C. help his partner expand business
D. do some research
B. He was a professor of business administration.
C. He was studying at the University of Bridgeport.
D. He rented a storefront for DeLuca.
B. had succeeded in their business
C. wished to meet the increasing demand of customers
D. wanted to make people believe that they were successful
B. Making friends with suppliers.
C. Finding a good partner.
D. Opening chain stores.
nets. About thirty metres away,a boat pulled alongside the slippery steps leading _1_to thesea.
Hey,look !"exclaimed Rahim."Those two men are __2__heavy rocks. I thought we no longer do muscle
labour in thistechnological_3__."
"You don"t _4_a crane(起重机)to unload less than a dozenrocks,do you?"smiled Joshua.
But those men don"t__5__to have muscles at all Michael, rather surprised. Jioshua smiled.
"They are__6__labourers who know how to spread the weightof the rocks they _7 . See how the man
positions the rock just atthe slope of his ___8___. Some of the rock"s weight is set_9_hishead,some on
the right hand and some on the left hand. His body isn"t bent.His legs are well_10_."
"You"re right, Josh. He may have a small build, _11_hecertainly well knows his job.Dear me! And to
think we have beenstudying _12_!"Rabim thought about all that was happening.Suddenly, he said, "
Technology won"t _13_the human being completely , it appears.
"I don"t think it will, " __14_ Joshua. "You can harvest a cropof potatoes or wheat with one of those
large,multi-purpose tractors, but you _15_use that equipment to harvest tea leaves andtomatoes, will you?"
"You can get a computer to _16_ multiple-choiceassessments,but you cannot get the computer to
produce or assessessays , can you?" asked Michael.
"Well, the washing machine leaves my shirt collar quite as _17_as ever-that"s domestic technology for
you! "said Rabim.
"One day, perhaps, there won"t be anybody _18__who cancarry a large rock the way those men do.
It"s not going to be a very _19_ world, I"m afraid, "sighed Michael.
"You"re too much of a pessimist (悲观主义者), Mike, "saidJoshua. "__20__will always be other things
that will make the world
exciting."
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| Margaret , married with two small children , has been working for the 1ast seven years as a night c1eaner, cleaning offices in a bigbuilding. She trained as a nurse, but had to give it up when her elderchild became seriously ill. "I would have liked to go back to it, butthe shifts(工作班次)are all wrong for me, as I have to be home toget the children up and off to school." So she works as a cleaner instead,from 9 am till 6 am fivenights a week for just￡90 before tax and insilrance. "It"s betterthan it was last year , but I still think that people who work " unsocialhours" should get a bit extra." The hours she"s chosen to work mean that she sees plenty of thechildren,but very little of her husband. However, she doesn"t thinkfhat puts any pressure on their re1ationship. Her work isn"t physically very hard, but it"s not exactlypleasant, either."I do get angry with people who leave their officeslike a place for raising pigs. If they realized people like me have todo it,perhaps they"d be a bit more careful. " The fact that she"s working all night doesn"t worry Margaret atail.Unlike some dark buildings at night, the building where sheworks is fully lit, and the women work in groups of three. "Since I"vegot to be here, I try to enjoy myself-and I usually do,because of theother girls. We all have a good laugh, so the time never drags." Another challenge Margaret has to face is the !reaction of otherpeople when she tells them what she does for a living.They thinkyou"re a cleaner because you don"t know how to read and write, "said Margarit. "I used to think what my parents would say if theyknew what I"d been doing, but I don"t think that way any more. I don"t dislike the work though I can"t say I"m mad about it." | |||
| 1. Margaret quit her job as a nurse because__________ | |||
| A. she wanted to earn more money to support her family B. she had suffered a lot of mental pressure C. she needed the right time to look after her children D. she felt tired of taking care of patients | |||
| 2. Margarel gets angry with people who work in the office because_________. | |||
| A. they never clean their offices B. they look down upon cleaners C. they never do their work carefully D. they always make a mess in their offices | |||
| 3. When at work , Margaret feels__________ | |||
| A. light-hearted because of her fellow workers B. happy because the building is fully lit C. tired because of the heavy workload D. bored because time passes slowly | |||
| 4. The underlined part in the last paragraph implies that Margaret"s parents would__________. | |||
| A. help care for her children B. regret what they had said C. show sympathy for her D. feel disappointed in her | |||
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| There was a very special teacher who made a far-reaching difference in my life. Fa11,1959,the first day of class at Bethesda Chevy Chase High School was about to begin, "Who" . I asked a senior, "is Mrs McNamara, my l0th grade English teacher?" He just__1_and said something about my being in _2_. Soon,l understood what he meant. Mrs McNamara had a pattem of __3_that she repeated again and again. We would have a literature reading task for_4_.The next day, when we came to class, there would be two or three topics on the blackboard_5__ to the homework reading. We were _6_ to write an in-class essay about one of the topics. The following day , she would _7_ the corrected and graded essays andeach person would be called_8_to stand in front of the class and to _9_ his/her essay. The class were required to criticize(评论) that essay ,__10__ the grade of everyone in class would be reduced. The first time that I _11 her read-write-criticize method . I had not _12_ to do the homework and had written something without knowing what it meant._13_the extreme embarrassment I sufferred,standing before my classmates , _14_ myself. No one laughed at me;no one would be _15_ enough ,or foolish enough ,to do that in Mrs McNamara"s class. The embarrassment came from_16_and along with it came a strong_17_not to let it happen again. Mrs McNamara kept all of our written work in files;it was easy to see the_18_ in writing that had occurred. What was not so easy to see was the inner transformation that had taken place, at least for me. What Mrs McNamara_19 me to do was to see myself as others see me and, having done that.l could improve myself. And I_20__. Thank you,Mrs McNamara. | |||