On the first day of my school life in the USA, I showed a great interest in my marketing class. My teacher, Mrs. Tolman, suggested I 1 a national marketing club called DECA attracting many students with talent and interest in 2 . So I did. The first 3 was to raise money for marketing competitions later in the year by selling candles. Mrs. Tolman said the money was due in a week and that 40 percent of the 4 would go into my personal account. At the beginning, I tried to sell some candles to my host mom. She said that if I could show 5 and do a wonderful sales presentation, she would certainly buy some. I started my 6 with a firm handshake. Then I introduced all the different kinds of candles and the special sales I could offer and 7 her that our candles were the best choice for gifts and home decorations. Finally she bought three candles. Greatly 8 I decided to sell my candles around the neighborhood. On Saturday morning, with great courage, I knocked all the door of my first potential 9 . "I"m a student at Skyline High School and we are 10 money for DECA, I"m trying to sell…" "Not today, sorry," the man 11 me and shut the door. Embarrassed, I walked away and encouraged myself the 12 thing that might happen was being refused like that again. I couldn"t even count how many times I was 13 with reasons like "Not today", "I don"t have any 14 money right now" or "I just bought some". 15 , I had to continue with the day. 16 , a woman kindly bought nearly $60 worth of candles. I couldn"t even hide my 17 and said, "Thank you very much" to her with a bow. After a 18 hard work, I turned in $408 worth of sales of candles, which gave me $163 in my own account. I was 19 to find out I was the second highest seller in all classes. It was my first time working as a sales person. This experience let me know that 20 difficulties was only wasting time and a barrier in my way to success. |
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阅读理解。 | The American local food movement has been all about buying seasonal food from nearby farmers. Now, thanks to the Web, it is expanding to include far-away farmers too. A new start-up, Foodzie, is an online farmers market where small food producers and growers can sell their products. Foodzie was started by Mr. LaFave and two of his friends, who met during college at Virginia Tech, where they would pay frequent visits to farmers markets. Last year, while living in North Carolina, one of them, Emily Olson, now 24, came up with one idea. She was working as a brand manager for a gourmet grocery chain and realized that people who enjoyed fine food but didn"t work in the business had no way to discover handmade foods outside their local farmers markets. Small farmers had no way of finding or selling to faraway customers, either. Mr. LaFAve and the third co-founder, Nik Bauman, both 25, worked in corporate sales and software development. "With business, food and computer science backgrounds, we figured we had everything we needed." Mr. LaFAve said. The three quit their jobs, and opened this site to the public in December and the site has had 43,000 visitors in the past month. So far, 29 sellers have opened shops and 41 are in the process of opening them. The founders recently hired a fourth employee to help Ms. Olson recruit (吸收) new food producers at farmers markets and food shows. Mr. LaFAve is convinced that the recession (经济衰退) will not reduce people"s interest in buying locally grown and handmade food."There is misunderstanding that all these foods are more expensive than mass-produced alternatives," he said. "People are pouring their heart and soul into these products, and they are of the highest quality." | 1. The passage is mainly about _____. | [ ] | A. how an online farmers" market works B. the American local food movement C. three youths starting an online farmers" market D. the reasons why people are interested in local food | 2. Why did the founders start the online farmers" market? | [ ] | A. Because it met the need of the market. B. Because the founders were interested in seasonal food. C. Because some people wanted to buy locally grown food. D. Because farmers wanted to sell their foods. | 3. The underlined word in Paragraph 2 can be used to describe _____. | [ ] | A. food of high quality B. terrible food C. food of low fat D. fried food | 4. The founders of the site employed another person to help _____. | [ ] | A. open new shops in faraway markets B. buy locally grown and handmade food C. find more food outside their local farmers" markets D. find more food growers to open shops on their site | 5. About the three founders, we know that _____. | [ ] | A. they are of the same age B. to start the website they gave up their work C. they used to be colleague D. they majored in farming at college | 完形填空。 | I was on a bus one March evening. The driver didn"t intend to start the bus soon because it was not yet 1 . A middle-aged woman got on. Tired and sad, she told her story 2 , not to anyone in particular. On her way to the station, half of her money was stolen. The other half was hidden under her blouse, so she 3 still had some left. A few minutes later, she stopped crying, but still looked 4 . When all the seats were taken, the driver started the engine. The conductor began to 5 fares. When she came to an old man in worn-out clothes, he 6 that he had spent all his money when he had accidentally got on a wrong bus and now he was trying to go home. On hearing this, she ordered the old man to get off the bus. The old man was almost in tears as he 7 her to let him take the bus home. The driver took the conductor"s side and repeated the conductor"s 8 . The woman was watching the incident. 9 the driver and the conductor raised their voices at the old man, she interfered. "Stop 10 him! Can"t you see he"s only trying to get home?" "He doesn"t have any money!" the driver shouted. "Well, that"s no reason to throw him off the bus," she insisted. Then she reached inside her blouse, took out her 11 money, and handed it to the conductor. "Here"s his fare and mine. Just stop giving him a 12 time." All heads turned to the woman. "It"s only money," she shrugged. She rode the rest of the way home 13 a happy smile, with the money she"d lost earlier forgotten. On the road of life, the help of strangers can 14 our loads and lift our spirits. How much sweeter the 15 will be when we make it a little easier for others! | ( )1. A. empty ( )2. A. tearfully ( )3. A. strangely ( )4. A. unsatisfied ( )5. A. gather ( )6. A. explained ( )7. A. begged ( )8. A. request ( )9. A. Unless ( )10. A. attacking ( )11. A. spending ( )12. A. busy ( )13. A. giving ( )14. A. move ( )15. A. home | B. full B. seriously B. happily B. weak B. raise B. approved B. instructed B. action B. Although B. bothering B. collected B. full B. wearing B. increase B. journey | C. crowded C. carefully C. secretly C. unhappy C. collect C. found C. praised C. suggestion C. Until C. blaming C. remaining C. hard C. taking C. lighten C. smile | D. ready D. calmly D. fortunately D. excited D. rise D. repeated D. thanked D. order D. When D. wronging D. borrowed D. fearful D. forcing D. carry D. friendship | 阅读理解。 | Last week my youngest son and I visited my father at his new home in Tucson, Arizona. He moved there a few years ago, and I was eager to see his new place and meet his friends. My earliest memories of my father are of a tall, handsome, successful man devoted to his work and family, but uncomfortable with his children. As a child I loved him; as a school girl and young adult I feared him and felt bitter about him. He seemed unhappy with me unless I got straight A"s and unhappy with my boyfriends if their fathers were not as "successful" as he was. Whenever I went out with him on weekends, I used to struggle to think up things to say, feeling on guard. On the first day of my visit, we went out with one of my father"s friends for lunch at an outdoor café. We walked along that afternoon, did some shopping, ate on the street table, and laughed over my son"s funny facial expressions. Gone was my father"s critical air and strict rules. Who was this person I knew as my father, who seemed so friendly and interesting to be around? What had held him back before? The next day my dad pulled out his childhood pictures and told me quite a few stories about his own childhood. Although our times together became easier over the years, I never felt closer to him at that moment. After so many years, I"m at last seeing another side of my father. And in doing so, I"m delighted with my new friend. My dad, in his new home in Arizona, is back to me from where he was. | 1. Why did the author feel bitter about her father when she was a young adult? | [ ] | A. He was silent most of the time. B. He was too proud of himself. C. He did not love his children. D. He expected too much of her. | 2. What does the author think of her father after her visit to Tucson? | [ ] | A. More critical. B. More talkative. C. Gentle and friendly. D. Strict and hard-working. | 3. The underlined words "my new friend" in the last paragraph refer to _____. | [ ] | A. the author"s son B. the author"s father C. the friend of the author"s father D. the café bar | 完形填空。 | An old man walked slowly into a restaurant with his cane (拐杖). His 1 jacket and worn-out shoes made him stand out from the 2 Saturday morning break-fast crowd. A young waitress named Mary watched him move toward a 3 by the window. Mary ran over to him, and said, "Here, Sir. Let me give you a hand with that 4 ." Without saying a word, he smiled and 5 a thank-you. She 6 the chair away from the table and helped him get 7 seated. Then she put his cane against the table 8 he could reach it. In a soft, clear 9 he said, "Thank you, Miss." "You"re welcome, Sir," she replied. "I"ll be 10 in a moment, and if you need anything in the meantime, just 11 at me!" After he had finished a good 12 , Mary brought him the change. She 13 him his cane, and walked with him to the front door. Holding the door open for him, she said, "Come back and 14 us, Sir!" The old man 15 around and smiled. When Mary went to clean his table, she was 16 . Under the plate she found a business card, a one-hundred- dollar bill and a note. The note read, "Dear Mary, I 17 you very much, and you respect yourself too. It shows the way you 18 others. You have found the secret of 19 ." The man she had served was the 20 of the restaurant. That was the first time that she or any of his employees had seen him. | ( )1. A. nice ( )2. A. simple ( )3. A. table ( )4. A. dish ( )5. A. spoke ( )6. A. took ( )7. A. quietly ( )8. A. now that ( )9. A. voice ( )10. A. back ( )11. A. look ( )12. A. talk ( )13. A. lent ( )14. A. call ( )15. A. moved ( )16. A. excited ( )17. A. love ( )18. A. treat ( )19. A. beauty ( )20. A. owner | B. clean B. usual B. girl B. menu B. nodded B. pushed B. safely B. even though B. accent B. ready B. wave B. meal B. showed B. check B. shook B. worried B. miss B. teach B. happiness B. partner | C. old C. calm C. waiter C. chair C. expressed C. kept C. gradually C. so that C. attitude C. late C. smile C. date C. returned C. see C. turned C. sad C. thank C. visit C. wealth C. friend | D. funny D. strange D. room D. desk D. wrote D. pulled D. comfortably D. as if D. language D. busy D. shout D. rest D. handed D. help D. bent D. shocked D. respect D. trick D. friendship D. customer | 阅读理解。 | The nervous-looking young man had waited for a few moments outside the jeweler"s before he got enough courage to enter. He was warmly greeted by a young assistant. James felt a rush of blood to his face as he explained he would be bringing in his future wife to choose a birthday present. The assistant listened carefully and told him he"d better buy a necklace (项链). He wasn"t used to buying jewelry and was a little worried about overspending, because he was not very rich. After some discussion as to a reasonable price and the type, the assistant showed him dozens of necklaces and helped him to choose. At last James chose one and left the shop promising to return at five o"clock. Half an hour later than planned, James did return to the shop with his future wife, Laura. The assistant acted as if she had never seen him before. When she was asked to show them some necklaces, she first brought out some inexpensive ones for them to choose, and then gave them the ones she had prepared. A choice was soon made and they went away satisfactorily. Later James would certainly come back to buy what he wanted when he got married. | 1. The good title for this passage is " _____". | [ ] | A. A Clever Assistant. B. Buying a Birthday Present C. How to Choose a Necklace D. A Brave Young Man | 2. The word "overspending" in the passage means _____. | [ ] | A. spending too much energy B. spending too much time C. spending more time than he planned D. spending too much money | 3. When James told the assistant why he wanted to buy a present, his face _____. | [ ] | A. turned pale B. turned red C. turned yellow D. turned black | 4. James and Laura reached the shop at _____. | [ ] | A. 4:30 B. 5:00 C. 5:30 D. 6:00 |
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