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阅读理解     When I started my career in management, I was really green, but I always tried to stay positive on
the job.I was working for a new company that was having a difficult time with its customers.Actually,
at one point my General Manager told me he liked me and suggested I should start looking for a new
job as we were about to lose our only order.Every day we faced people leaving the company, customers
complaining, and upper management preparing to close the place.
     One night, I went home thinking about the problems.My wife told me to forget about work and see
a movie.We went and saw Slumdog Millionaire.Jamal, an eighteen－year－old  Indian young man, is
from a poor family and becomes rich later.He tries his best to change his position.I realized what we
needed to do was to correct the situation.
     The next day I called my customers to have a talk.I promised to do my best to solve the problems
if they would give us some time.As a result, we were given one month to turn the situation around.This
was our only chance to correct the situation.To achieve this, I worked day and night with my team.I
can remember working from 6 a. m.and not going home until 2 a. m.the next day.
     To make a long story short, we succeeded in solving all of the problems and at the same time
increased our productivity (生产率). The customers and management were very happy, and I knew
at that moment we had saved our jobs.Actually things went so well that we ended up having our pay
doubled.
    Through this experience I understand that you can achieve what you desire as long as you work at
it and stay positive.1. The General Manager advised the author to look for a new job mainly because________.A. he knew the author didn"t want to stay there
B. his company was too small to hire so many people
C. he believed the author could get more pay that way
D. the management was preparing to close the department2. Who caused the author to decide to change his situation?A. The hero in a movie.
B. His wife.
C. His boss.
D. The customers.3. How long did the author stay in his department every day during that month?A. 8 hours.
B. 15 hours.
C. 20 hours.
D. 24 hours.4. The experience of the author shows that________.A. if a person does his best and keeps positive, he"ll succeed
B. if a person takes advice from others, he"ll make progress
C. if a person is clever, he"ll realize his dream sooner or later
D. if a person wants to change his fate, he mustn"t change his job        5. What would be the best title for this passage?A. My work experience
B. My first management job
C. How to correct your situation
D. The importance of working hard

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完形填空     What would I do for Carol’s 50th birthday? It was   __1__   that she didn"t want a party, certainly
not a surprise party (that was an agreement at our marriage).
     "How about a small dinner with   __2__?" I asked.
     "No," she said, “I hate being the center of   __3__."
     Still, the milestone had to be marked. I wasn’t going to let her get away with a Stouffer"s frozen dinner
and a movie video, and this was all she said she wanted.
     I thought and thought, and   __4__   making my decision, I sent a letter to her friends, asking them
for photos, poems, and letters. "Carol doesn"t __5__   a party in person…but I"m hoping to give her a
party in a book." I bought an album with a friend’s advice, and what I wanted   __6__. For a few
minutes at the end of every workday, I would pull out the marking pens and make up the  __7__,
Carol"s.
     Photos of her in junior high, pictures of us with the boys, original songs, notes, cards, and poems. It
made me  __8__  for all the years we had had together. The  __9__   was more than the album. It was
the friendship and love she had given to me and to our kids and to all her friends and family. You could
__10__   it on every page.
     I wrapped it up and  __11__   it home. "Happy birthday, sweetie," I said. "It"s not a frozen dinner or
a video, but it"s what you deserve." She cried. She doesn"t   __12__   like to cry, but I think she likes the
book. She"s said so many times. And every time I remind her that putting it together was a gift to me.

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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 startup 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. But the partners" learnasyougo approach turned out to be their greatest strength. Every Friday, Deluca would drive around and handdeliver the checks to pay their supplies. "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 multimilliondollar 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?
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 poor management. 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(假装)that they were successful
5．What contributes most to their success according to the author?
A．Learning by trial and error. B．Making friends with supplies. C．Finding a good partner. D．Opening chain stores.
Two college students were returning home from their part time work at 12: 30 p. m. on Saturday, December 28, 1985 ____1____ they saw an object shoot across the sky at Dyserth Crossroads in the Denbighshire village. The object appeared to have a yellow glow at its centre with green light.The students said it was traveling ____2____ great speed from the direction of Meliden Quarry towards fields. After some miles the object stopped, circled and disappeared behind ____3____ cloud. The students stopped at the scene of the landing and investigated further. ____4____ they could see nothing. A week ____5____ at 8: 30 p. m. on January 4, 1986, in the neighbouring village of Trelawnyd four people claimed ____6____ have seen a cigarshaped craft with bright red lights. Earlier on the same day a farmer said he saw a bright red round object hanging in the sky ____7____ trees in the village. He said ____8____ was some 40 feet from one side to the other.
"Grandma, Grandma, tell us a story!" Four darling children sat by my feet, looking up at me expectantly. Suddenly, we were interrupted clapping. "Terrific," the director said, stepping up the stage from the aisle(过道). "Except, could you kids face the audience a bit more?" The kids shifted to face the empty seats, which would be filled in a few days for the church play." Perfect," the director said. "Now, Grandma, read to your grandchildren." A pang of sadness hit me. If only I could read to my real grandchild! I had a granddaughter, but I"d never met her. Sixteen years earlier my son was involved in a relationship that ended badly. But out of it came a blessing: a baby girl named Lena. I hoped to be a grandmother to her-but shortly after the birth, the mother moved without any address left. Over the years, I asked around town to try and find my son"s exwife(前妻), but it seemed that she didn"t want to be found. I"d just joined this new church a week earlier, and was at once offered the part of Grandma in the play. At least now I could pretend to be a grandma. The rehearsals went well, and finally the day of the show arrived. The performance was great. "You all looked so natural up there," one of my friends said. Afterward, we went to the church basement for refreshments(茶点). I walked over to one of the girls in the play, Rehearsals had been such a whirlwind(一片忙乱) that we never really got to talk. "How"s my granddaughter?" I joked. "Fine!" she answered. Just then, someone else walked up and asked the girl her name. I wasn"t sure I heard the girl"s answer correctly. But it made me ask her another question. "What"s your mother"s name?" She told me, I was still in shock. "And what"s your father"s name?" I asked. She told me. It was my son. She"d only started going to that church a week before I did. Since that day of the play, we"ve stayed close. Not long ago, she even made me a great grandma.
1. What was the author doing at the beginning of the story?
A. Telling a story. B. Playing a game. C. Preparing for a play. D. Acting in a movie.
2. Why did the author feel "A pang of sadness" at the words of the director?
A. The director"s words reminded her of her lost granddaughter. B. The director"s words hurt her so badly. C. She wished that she had a real grandchild. D. The director wasn"t content with her performance.
3. What happened in the church basement after the play?
A. The author played a joke on Lena. B. Lena treated the author as a friend. C. The author got to know who Lena was. D. Lena mistook the author for her grandmother.
4. This passage is mainly organized in the pattern of ________.
A. time and events B. contrast and conclusion C. cause and effect D. questions and answers
5. We can infer that when writing the story, the author felt ________.
A. lighthearted B. heartbroken C. confused D. anxious
Indian"s snake charmers are to be retrained as wildlife teachers under a plan to prevent their unique skills and knowledge from being lost. The charmers, who make snakes dance to the sound of flutes, used to be a traditional feature of Indian life, performing in towns and villages, until they were banned in 1972 to control the trade in snake skins. The government is now considering a plan to train the saperas, as they are known, to visit schools and zoos to tell children about forests and wildlife. There is also a proposal to set up a "dial a snake charmer" service to help householders to deal with unwelcome intruders. "For generations they have been a feature of Indian life but now they can"t earn a living for fear of arrest," said Behar Dutt, a conservationist behind the plans," if a policeman doesn"t catch them, animal rights activists report them." Many snake charmers have continued to work clandestinely(暗中地) since the ban, despite the threat of up to three years in jail. But their trademark clothcovered baskets, hung from a bamboo pole carried across their shoulders, make them an easy target for police. The fate of Shisha Nath, 56, from Badarpur, a village just outside of New Delhi, is typical of practitioners(从业者) of the dying art. "I used to earn enough to support my family and send my children to school," he said. "Now it"s hard to earn even $1 a day. My children want to be snake charmers. It"s our identity. We love the work. But it"s become impossible." Next month Dutt"s project to train 30 snake charmers will begin at a snake park in Pune, western India, where experts will enrich their homegrown skills with some formal knowledge. More than the law, though, it is the dishonest attitude of their fellow countrymen that anger many snake charmers. "We"re disturbed all the time but when people want a snake removed from the house, they rush to us," said Prakash Nath, who was ordered recently to the home of Sonia Gandhi, the Congress party leader. 1. What do snake charmers usually do in India? (no more than 8 words) ________________________________________________________________________ 2. How long will a saperas be in prison if he is caught during the ban? (no more than 3 words) ________________________________________________________________________ 3. For what purpose will snake charmers in India be retrained as wildlife teachers? (no more than 10 words) ________________________________________________________________________ 4. According to the passage, what will make snake charmers angry? (no more than 11 words) ________________________________________________________________________