I had started a small company several years ago. I worked hard to make it successful. It was a sign-making business. It was a small company, and it was private.
Still, I worked hard building up my business. I did not work only a few hours each day—no banker's hours for me. Instead I spent many hours each day, seven days a week, trying to grow the company. I never cut corners or tried to save on expenses. I made many cold calls. I called on possible buyers from a list of people I had never seen. Such calls were often hard sells.
Sometimes I sold my signs at a loss. I did not make money on my product. When this happened, there were cut backs. I had to use fewer supplies and reduce the number of workers. But after several years, the company broke even. Profits were equal to expenses. And soon after, I began to gain ground. My signs were selling very quickly. They were selling like hotcakes.
I was happy. The company was moving forward and making real progress. It was in the black, not in the red. The company was making money, not losing it.
My friend knew about my business. He is a leader in the sign-making industry—a real big gun, if you know what I mean. He offered to buy my company.
He offered me a ball park estimate of the amount he would pay to buy my company. But I knew his uneducated guess was low. My company was worth much more. That is, he asked his accountant to take a close look at the finances of my company and decide how much it was worth. Then my friend increased his offer.
My friend's official offer was finally given to me in black and white. It was written on paper and more than I ever dreamed. I was finally able to get a break. I made a huge profit on my company, and my friend also got a bang for the buck. He got a successful business for the money he spent.
1.What's the author's attitude towards his business?
A. He worked like a banker.
B. He showed no interest in it.
C. He devoted almost all his time to it.
D. He didn't expect to make money from it.
2.Which of the following matches the author's business?
A. Making neither a loss nor a profit→making money→running at a loss.
B. Making money→running at a loss→making neither a loss nor a profit.
C. Making neither a loss nor a profit→running at a loss→making money.
D. Running at a loss→making neither a loss nor a profit→making money.
3.What did the author think of his friend?
A. A big gun. B. A proud fellow.
C. A selfish guy. D. A stubborn man
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I had started a small company several years ago. I worked hard to make it successful. It was a sign-making business. It was a small company, and it was private.
Still, I worked hard building up my business. I did not work only a few hours each day—no banker's hours for me. Instead I spent many hours each day, seven days a week, trying to grow the company. I never cut corners or tried to save on expenses. I made many cold calls. I called on possible buyers from a list of people I had never seen. Such calls were often hard sells.
Sometimes I sold my signs at a loss. I did not make money on my product. When this happened, there were cut backs. I had to use fewer supplies and reduce the number of workers. But after several years, the company broke even. Profits were equal to expenses. And soon after, I began to gain ground. My signs were selling very quickly. They were selling like hotcakes.
I was happy. The company was moving forward and making real progress. It was in the black, not in the red. The company was making money, not losing it.
My friend knew about my business. He is a leader in the sign-making industry—a real big gun, if you know what I mean. He offered to buy my company.
He offered me a ball park estimate of the amount he would pay to buy my company. But I knew his uneducated guess was low. My company was worth much more. That is, he asked his accountant to take a close look at the finances of my company and decide how much it was worth. Then my friend increased his offer.
My friend's official offer was finally given to me in black and white. It was written on paper and more than I ever dreamed. I was finally able to get a break. I made a huge profit on my company, and my friend also got a bang for the buck. He got a successful business for the money he spent.
1.What's the author's attitude towards his business?
A. He worked like a banker.
B. He showed no interest in it.
C. He devoted almost all his time to it.
D. He didn't expect to make money from it.
2.Which of the following matches the author's business?
A. Making neither a loss nor a profit→making money→running at a loss.
B. Making money→running at a loss→making neither a loss nor a profit.
C. Making neither a loss nor a profit→running at a loss→making money.
D. Running at a loss→making neither a loss nor a profit→making money.
3.What did the author think of his friend?
A. A big gun. B. A proud fellow.
C. A selfish guy. D. A stubborn man
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C
Several years ago I worked in an office, which I had a locust tree growing outside the window. It had grown into a tall tree and must have been there for a long time. The tree blocked the view and made the office seem dull, unfortunately this happened to be the room assigned to me and I was depressed by it for quite some time.
When the first spring came, everything was green except the locust tree. Secretly, I was very happy because I had thought it had died.
One morning when I opened the window for fresh air, I unexpectedly smelt a familiar sweet scent floating into my office but I couldn’t name it. Suddenly, I realized it was the locust tree! The tree that I thought dead was blossoming in full glory.
From then on, I usually came to the office very early to see dew forming on the locust tree blossoms and every year was eager to see spring again.
During summer, the green leaves provided shade protecting me from the harsh sunlight, but allowing enough light in to make it pleasant. In autumn, the leaves turned into many different colors. Its beauty touched my soul. Many times I thought to take photos but never did. Then I had to leave in a hurry. Later in life it became a great regret that I had not done so.
Actually, many times in our lives, we think we own something, therefore we don’t cherish it. We don’t feel regretful until we lose it one day! Moreover, sometimes, we have to accept the things we don’t want and need to discover the hidden beauty to find unexpected joy!
59．The author of the passage employed a writing way ________.
A．of holding and releasing B．that released first, then held
C．that held first, then released D．that was not holding or releasing
60．What the author wanted to tell us is that ________.
A．not being delighted for what you have got and not feeling pity on the lost
B．think twice before you leap
C．treat everything calmly
D．cherish what you’ve owned
61．The reason the author came to the office early is ________.
A．to enjoy the dew B．to finish her work early
C．to do some cleaning D．to avoid the burning sun
62．The underlined word “so” in the fifth paragraph perhaps refers to ________.
A．that I couldn’t see the tree any longer B．that I should have taken some photos
C．that I had to leave D．that the tree died
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Several years ago, my company experienced a slowdown in business. We hoped that it was only ______. We had work enough for only four days of the week. So we decided that we would ______ from Monday through Thursday, and take Fridays to do ______ projects in our hometown.
One day, we went to a very old gentleman’s______ to do a total cleanup. When we arrived, an elderly woman______ us at the door. We thought she was the wife, but it turned out she was the ______. She was 75, and her father 97! Soon, we began to ______ the house and the yard. It was _____ how much work a group could get done when everyone was working ______. That gentleman’s house went from dirt to a sparkling clean palace by the time we ______ .
The thing I most remember about that day, ______ , was not the great cleaning job that we did, but something ______. When we walked into the house, I noticed the wonderful drawings that ______ the walls. The daughter told us that her father had _____ them, and that he hadn’t ______art until he was 80 years old. I was ______ : these drawings were works of art that could have easily been hanging in a museum. At the time, I was in my early 30s and wanted to do something that would _____ my creative and artistic competence more than being president of a company would _____ . I had felt that it was too_____ to make a change at this “advanced” stage of my life. Boy! My _____ belief system got expanded that afternoon!
1.A. temporary B. easy C. proper D. impossible
2.A. rest B. play C. start D. work
3.A. research B. service C. design D. class
4.A. company B. house C. office D. room
5.A. showed B. helped C. invited D. greeted
6.A. colleague B. wife C. daughter D. partner
7.A. sell B. buy C. clean D. tour
8.A. amazing B. amusing C. boring D. tiring
9.A. individually B. together C. alone D. equally
10.A. finished B. washed C. started D. arrived
11.A. however B. therefore C. instead D. moreover
12.A. similar B. familiar C. different D. absurd
13.A. built B. faced C. made D. decorated
14.A. colored B. painted C. observed D. purchased
15.A. appealed to B. given up C. kept to D. taken up
16.A. disappointed B. embarrassed C. shocked D. satisfied
17.A. use B. lack C. add D. provide
18.A. continue B. allow C. fail D. process
19.A. active B. simple C. difficult D. strange
20.A. open B. social C. new D. limited
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The computers made by our company sell best, but several years ago no one could have imagined the role in the markets that they ________.
A. were playing B. were to play C. had played D. played
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The secret of success is what you say not what you think. Several years ago, I started representing a new service in the . I started out like a wildfire and within a few days I had reached stardom(明星的地位) within the company. About a year into it. I started to work with a young lady who always said the most and defeating things I’d ever heard in my life. , I found myself repeating the very same defeatism(失败情绪), which my sales dropping and my shining stardom fading away, and I couldn’t understand .
At first, I myself to say negative things about , and then after some ,
the tables turned and I began to those things about myself. Before long, I had 51
myself into being a failure. Did it happen ? No, it snuck(偷偷跑来) its way into my life; little by little. I’m sure you’re what I did to get out of that hole that I dug for myself. I started to talk myself back into being ; I printed lists of things to say about myself, most of which was the exact of what I felt about myself at the time.
In order to achieve anything in life, you have to believe that you can achieve it; in order to believe that you can achieve you have to think it’s possible; in order to think it’s possible you have to tell yourself it is. Yes, it will take time for you to get to a place where you finally believe you can accomplish what you set out to achieve, but the first person you have to is yourself. I dare you to write positive things down about yourself and start saying them to yourself every morning, at lunch and just before you go to bed for the next 30 days and see for yourself the that it can make. You have nothing to except the negative and that wouldn’t be such a bad thing.
1.A. career B. school C. marketplace D. hospital
2.A. just B. even C. alone D. yet
3.A. positive B. active C. reliable D. negative
4.A. Simply B. Eventually C. Actually D. Hopefully
5.A. resulted from B. resulted in C. prevented D. protected
6.A. why B. how C. which D. when
7.A. advised B. allowed C. forbade D. forced
8.A. anyone B. everyone C. someone D. others
9.A. dislike B. pride C. disappointments D. pleasure
10.A. think B. speak C. say D. find
11.A. told B. looked C. 1eft D. talked
12.A. unfortunatelyB. overnight C. carefully D. slowly
13.A. wonderingB. noticing C. remembering D. reflecting
14.A. successful B. honest C. hardworking D. special
15.A. passive B. rude C. positive D. silly
16.A. thought B. aware C. same D. opposite
17.A. only B. first C. very D. 1ast
18.A. catch B. arrange C. remind D. convince
19.A. advance B. step C. difference D. change
20.A. lose B. prepare C. take D. keep
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A year ago, August, Dave Fuss lost his job driving a truck for a small company in west Michigan. His wife, Gerrie, was still working in the local school cafeteria, but it was ________ for Dave to find work, and the price of everything was rising. The Fusses were at the risk of joining the millions of Americans who have ________ their homes in recent years. Then Dave and Gerrie received a timely ________ —$7,000, a legacy(遗产) from their neighbors Ish and Arlene Hatch, who died in an accident. “It really made a difference when we were meeting difficulty.” says Dave.
But the Fusses weren’t the only folks in Alto and the neighboring town of Lowell to ________ unexpected legacy from the Hatches. Dozens of other families were ________by what the Hatches had done. In some cases, it was a few thousand dollars; in ________, it was more than $100,000.
It ________ nearly everyone that the Hatches had so much money, more than $3 million—they were an elderly couple who lived in an old house on what was left of the family farm.
Children of the Great Depression, Ish and Arlene were known for their habit of ________. They preferred comparison shopping and would go from store to store, checking prices before making a new purchase.
Through the years, the Hatches paid for local children to attend summer camps when their parents couldn’t ________ it. “Ish and Arlene never asked if you ________ anything,” says their friend Sandy Van Weelden, “They could see things they could do to make you happier, and they would do them.”
Even more extraordinary was that the Hatches ________ their farmland. It was the Hatches’ wish that their legacy—a legacy of kindness as much as one of dollars and cents—should ________ the whole community and last for generations to come.
Neighbors helping neighbors—that was Ish and Arlene Hatch’s story.
1.A. happy B. hard C. easy D. nice
2.A. lost B. bought C. left D. wanted
3.A. gift B. money C. encouragement D. package
4.A. accept B. defeat C. win D. receive
5.A. amazed B. excited C. upset D. touched
6.A. the other B. another C. other D. others
7.A. surprised B. frightened C. pleased D. encouraged
8.A. kind B. generous C. living D. saving
9.A. afford B. buy C. offer D. keep
10.A. suffered B. enjoyed C. needed D. did
11.A. put away B. put up C. gave up D. gave away
12.A. enrich B. bless C. brighten D. expand
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A year ago, August, Dave Fuss lost his job driving a truck for a small company in west Michigan. His wife, Gerrie, was still working in the local school cafeteria, but it was ________ for Dave to find work, and the price of everything was rising. The Fusses were at the risk of joining the millions of Americans who have ________ their homes in recent years. Then Dave and Gerrie received a timely ________ —$7,000, a legacy(遗产) from their neighbors Ish and Arlene Hatch, who died in an accident. “It really made a difference when we were meeting difficulty.” says Dave.
But the Fusses weren’t the only folks in Alto and the neighboring town of Lowell to ________ unexpected legacy from the Hatches. Dozens of other families were ________by what the Hatches had done. In some cases, it was a few thousand dollars; in ________, it was more than $100,000.
It ________ nearly everyone that the Hatches had so much money, more than $3 million—they were an elderly couple who lived in an old house on what was left of the family farm.
Children of the Great Depression, Ish and Arlene were known for their habit of ________. They preferred comparison shopping and would go from store to store, checking prices before making a new purchase.
Through the years, the Hatches paid for local children to attend summer camps when their parents couldn’t ________ it. “Ish and Arlene never asked if you ________ anything,” says their friend Sandy Van Weelden, “They could see things they could do to make you happier, and they would do them.”
Even more extraordinary was that the Hatches ________ their farmland. It was the Hatches’ wish that their legacy—a legacy of kindness as much as one of dollars and cents—should ________ the whole community and last for generations to come.
Neighbors helping neighbors—that was Ish and Arlene Hatch’s story.
1.A. happy B. hard C. easy D. nice
2.A. lost B. bought C. left D. wanted
3.A. gift B. money C. encouragement D. package
4.A. accept B. defeat C. win D. receive
5.A. amazed B. excited C. upset D. touched
6.A. the other B. another C. other D. others
7.A. surprised B. frightened C. pleased D. encouraged
8.A. kind B. generous C. living D. saving
9.A. afford B. buy C. offer D. keep
10.A. suffered B. enjoyed C. needed D. did
11.A. put away B. put up C. gave up D. gave away
12.A. enrich B. bless C. brighten D. expand
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A. year ago August, Dave Fuss lost his job driving a truck for a small company in west Michigan. His wife, Gerrie, was still working in the local school cafeteria, but work for Dave was scarce, and the price of everything was rising. The Fusses were at risk of joining the millions of Americans who have lost their homes in recent years. Then Dave and Gerrie received a timely gift—＄7,000，a legacy （遗产） form their neighbors Ish and Arlene Hatch, who died in an accident . “It really made a difference when we were going under financially.” says Dave.
But the Fusses weren’t the only folks in Alto and the neighboring town of Lowell to receive unexpected legacy from the Hatches. Doxens of other families were touched by the Hatches’ generosity. In some cases, it was a few thousand dollars ; in other, it was more than ＄100,000.
It surprised nearly everyone that the Hatches had so much money, more than ＄3 million—they were am elderly couple who lived in an old house on what was left of the family farm .
Children of the Great Depression, Ish and Arlene were known for their habit of saving, They thrived own （喜欢） comparison shopping and would routinely go from store to store, checking prices before making a new purchase .
Through the years, the Hatches paid for local children to attend summer camp when their parents couldn’t afford it. “Ish and Arlene never asked you needed anything,” says their friend Sand Van Weelden, “They could see things they could do go make you happier, and they would do them.
Even more extraordinary was that the Hatches had their farmland distributed. It was the Hatches’ wish that their legacy—a legacy of kindness as much as one of dollars and cent —should enrich the whole community （社区） and Ish and Arlene Hatch’s story .
Neighbors helping neighbors ——that was Ish and Arlene Hatch’s story.
1.According go the text, the Fusses
A. were employed by a truck company B. were in financial difficulty
C. worked in a school cafeteria D. lost their home
2.Which of the following is true of the Hatches?
A. They had their children during the Great Deoression
B. They left the family farm to live in an old house
C. They gave away their possessions to their neighbors
D. They helped their neighbors to find jobs
3.Why would the Hatches routinely go from store?
A. They decided to open a store B. They wanted to save money
C. They couldn’t afford expensive things D. They wanted to buy gifts for local kids
4.According to Sand Van Weelden, the Hatches were
A. understanding B. optimistic C. childlike D. curious
5.What can we learn from the text?
A. The community of Alto was poor
B. The summer camp was attractive to the parents
C. Sandy Van Weelden got a legacy form the Hatches
D. The Hatches would like the neighbors to follow their example
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A year ago August, Dave Fuss lost his job driving a truck for a small company in west Michigan．His wife, Gerrie, was still working in the local school cafeteria, but work for Dave was scarce, and the price of everything was rising．The Fusses were at risk of joining the millions of Americans who have lost their homes in recent years．Then Dave and Gerrie received a timely gift—＄7,000，a legacy （遗产） form their neighbors Ish and Arlene Hatch, who died in an accident ．“It really made a difference when we were going under financially．” says Dave．
But the Fusses weren’t the only folks in Alto and the neighboring town of Lowell to receive unexpected legacy from the Hatches．Dozens of other families were touched by the Hatches’ generosity．In some cases, it was a few thousand dollars ; in other, it was more than ＄100,000．
It surprised nearly everyone that the Hatches had so much money, more than ＄3 million—they were an elderly couple who lived in an old house on what was left of the family farm ．
Children of the Great Depression, Ish and Arlene were known for their habit of saving．They thrived on（喜欢）comparison shopping and would routinely go from store to store, checking prices before making a new purchase ．
Through the years, the Hatches paid for local children to attend summer camp when their parents couldn’t afford it．“Ish and Arlene never asked whether you needed anything,” says their friend Sand Van Weelden, “They could see things they could do to make you happier, and they would do them．
Even more extraordinary was that the Hatches had their farmland distributed．It was the Hatches’ wish that their legacy—a legacy of kindness as much as one of dollars and cents —should enrich the whole community and Ish and Arlene Hatch’s story．
Neighbors helping neighbors ——that was Ish and Arlene Hatch’s story．
1.According go the text, the Fusses_______________．
| A．were employed by a truck company |
| B．were in financial difficulty |
| C．worked in a school cafeteria |
| D．lost their home |
2.Which of the following is true of the Hatches?
| A．They had their children during the Great Depression． |
| B．They left the family farm to live in an old house． |
| C．They gave away their possessions to their neighbors． |
| D．They helped their neighbors to find jobs． |
3.Why would the Hatches routinely go from store?
| A．They decided to open a store． |
| B．They wanted to save money． |
| C．They couldn’t afford expensive things． |
| D．They wanted to buy gifts for local kids． |
4.According to Sand Van Weelden, the Hatches were_________．
| A．understanding | B．optimistic | C．childlike | D．curious |
5.What can we learn from the text?
| A．The community of Alto was poor． |
| B．The summer camp was attractive to the parents． |
| C．Sandy Van Weelden got a legacy form the Hatches． |
| D．The Hatches would like the neighbors to follow their example． |
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I know a little bit about Italy as my wife and I ________ there several years ago.
A. are going B. had been C. went D. have been
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