Don’t ___a story. What I want to know is the ...

Don’t ___a story. What I want to know is the whole truth about this matter.

A. take up     B. give up     C. make up     D. pick up

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The Golden Egg

“I don’t want to write a story about girls! I don’t know anything about girls,” Louisa May Alcott told her publisher, Mr. Niles. But she was desperate for money. She seemed to be the only one in her family who could make money. Niles had asked her to write about something she knew, instead of the romantic adventure stories she had been writing. “So I plod away,” Alcott wrote,” though I don’t enjoy this sort of thing.” It was 1867, and the horrible Civil War was over. Now Alcott could turn her energy to making money.

Alcott wrote a simple story of life in her family, their pillow fights on Saturday nights and the amateur(业余的) plays they performed.” Our experiences may prove interesting, though I doubt it.”(Good joke,” she wrote years later.) Her book described her days growing up with four sisters in a family that had no money. She sketched a loving mother who took time to be interested in each child, and she told of the death of a beloved sister. She portrayed her family and friends in her book Little Women, Finally, in July of 1868, she finished writing. With a sigh and a headache, she sent off all 102 handwritten pages of her book.

Niles thought the book was dull, and so did Alcott. But when she received her copies of the book, Alcott thought it seemed better than expected. “Not a bit sensational,” she wrote, “ but simple and true. We really lived most of it .” Niles asked some girls to read Little Women, and they loved it. If the girls liked it, Alcott was satisfied.

In three months, all the copies of Little Women had sold. It was already time to print more books! Niles thought he could sell three or four hundred more copies.” An honest publisher and a lucky author made a dull book into a golden egg for an ugly duckling,” Alcott wrote in 1885. Later, with a great sigh of relief, she was able to write, “Paid off all the debts! Now I feel that I could die in peace. If my head holds out, I’ll do all I once hoped to do.”

1.Which of the following would be used to describe Alcott’s book?

A. Funny .　　 B. Boring.

C. Magic.　　 D. Skillful.

2.In which order did the following happen?

a. Alcott began writing Little Women

b. Niles asked Alcott to write about girls

c. Alcott wrote romantic adventure stories

d. Alcott performed plays with her sisters

e. Niles was not pleased with Alcott’s work.

A. a, b, e, d, c　　 B. d, c, a, b, e

C. c, b, e, d, a　　 D. d, c, e, b, a

3.We learn from the story that, after Little Women sold out,_________-

A. Alcott wrote another book

B. some girls started to read the book

C. Alcott paid off all her debts

D. Niles published hundreds of books girls liked

4.when she handed her first writing in Niles was__________?

A. unsatisfied with the work　　 B. happy about her work

C. sure of her success　　 D. unpleased with the publish

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We don’t know who ____ for the murder, but the policemen will tell us the truth soon.

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We don’t know who ____ for the murder, but the policemen will tell us the truth soon.

A．is to blame                            B．is to be blamed

C．is blaming                             D．is to be blaming

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Well, I really don’t know what you mean, ______ you want me to do?

A. what it is that　　　 B. what is it that

C. how it is that　 D. how is it that

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“I don’t want to write a story about girls! I don’t know anything about girls,” Louisa May Alcott told her publisher, Mr. Niles. But she was desperate for money. She seemed to be the only one in her family who could make any money. Niles had asked her to write about something she knew, instead of the romantic adventure stories she had been writing. “So I plod away,” Alcott wrote, “though I don’t enjoy this sort of thing.” It was 1867, and the horrible Civil War was over. Now Alcott could turn her energy to making money.

Alcott wrote a simple story of life in her family, their pillow fights on Saturday nights and the amateur (业余的) plays they performed. “Our experiences may prove interesting, though I doubt it.” (“Good joke,” she wrote years later.) Her book described her days growing up with four sisters in a family that had no money. She sketched (勾画) a loving mother who took time to be interested in each child, and she told of the death of a beloved sister. She portrayed her family and friends in her book Little Women. Finally, in July of 1868, she finished writing. With a sigh and a headache, she sent off all 102 handwritten pages of her book.

Niles thought the book was dull, and so did Alcott. But when she received her copies of the book, Alcott thought it seemed better than expected. “Not a bit sensational,” she wrote, “but simple and true. We really lived most of it.” Niles asked some girls to read Little Women, and they loved it.

In three months, all the copies of Little Women had sold. It was already time to print more books! Niles thought he could sell three or four hundred more copies. “An honest publisher and a lucky author made a dull book into a golden egg for an ugly duckling,” Alcott wrote in 1885. Later, with a great sigh of relief, she was able to write, “Paid off all the debts! Now I feel that I could die in peace. If my head holds out, I’ll do all I once hoped to do.”

1.Which of the following would be used to describe Alcott’s book?

A. funny         B. boring        C. magic       D. skillful

2.In which order did the following happen?

a. Alcott began writing Little Women         b. Niles asked Alcott to write about girls

c. Alcott wrote romantic adventure stories     d. Alcott performed plays with her sisters

e. Niles was not pleased with Alcott’s work.

A. a, b, e, d, c       B. d, c, a, b, e       C. c, b, e, d, a       D. d, c, e, b, a

3.When she handed her first writing in, Niles was _________.

A. sure of her success          B. happy about her work

C. unsatisfied with the work     D. unpleased with the publisher

4.We learn from the story that, after Little Women sold out, _________.

A. Alcott wrote another book              B. some girls started to read the book

C. Alcott paid off all her billsD. Niles published hundreds of books girls liked

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159. There is something wrong with my car. I don’t know where the nearest garage is and I want to have it _____.

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Sarah :What can you refer to if you want to know how tall the tallest person in the world is? 1.　 　 is only one place ,where you will find the information. And that ' s the GuinnessBook of World Records. This morning we have someone from the Guinness Company that produced that famous book , Tomas　 Manning. 2.　 　 to the　 program, Tomas !

Tomas : Thanks, Sarah. It ' s a pleasure to be here.

Sarah : Perhaps you could start by telling us where the idea for the book came from?

Tomas : Well ,it was first suggested in the early　 1950s. Sir Hugh Beaver .the managing director of Guinness, was out shooting birds with some friends. A bird　　 3. ( fly)　 away so　 quickly that no one was able to shoot it. Sir Hugh wondered whether this bird was the fastest bird in Europe. And it wasn't the fastest. He wondered　　 4.　 　 it was.

Sarah :So I suppose he went to the　　 　 5.　 ( near)　 library to look for the information and he couldn't find it.

Tomas : Yeah , that ' s　 exactly what　 happened. And　 this　 made　 Sir Hugh　 think　 there　　 6. be other people in the same　 situation who wanted this kind of information. He thought that ,　 like　　 7.　 ,people would be interested in finding facts about the records to satisfy their　　　 8.　 ( curious) .

Sarah : So　 9. 　 idea for a book of records was born. And when did the first book' come out ?Tomas : A few years later, in　 1955. S0　　 10.　　 ( answer)　 your question : the　 tallest　 person　 in the　　 world is 231. 7cm tall.

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If you know exactly what you want, the best route to a job is to get specialized training．A recent survey shows that companies like graduates in such fields as business and health care who can go to work immediately with very little on-the-job training．

That’s especially true of booming fields that are challenging for workers．At Cornell’s School of Hotel Administration, for example, bachelor’s degree graduates get an average of four or five job offers with salaries ranging from the high teens to the low 20s and plenty of chances for rapid advancement．Large companies, especially, like a background of formal education coupled with work experience．

But in the long run, too much specialization doesn’t pay off．Business, which has been flooded with MBAs, no longer considers the degree an automatic stamp of approval．The MBA may open doors and command a higher salary initially, but the impact of a degree washes out after five years．

As further evidence of the erosion(销蚀)of corporate(公司的)faith in specialized degrees, Michigan State’s Scheetz cites a pattern in corporate hiring practices．Although companies tend to take on specialists as new hires, they often seek out generalists for middle and upper-level management．“They want someone who isn’t constrained(限制)by nuts and bolts to look at the big picture, ” says Scheetz．

Time and again labor-market analysts mention a need for talents that liberal-arts majors are assumed to have：writing and communication skills, organizational skills, open-mindedness and adaptability, and the ability to analyze and solve problems．David Birch claims he does not hire anybody with an MBA or an engineering degree, “I hire only liberal-arts people because they have a less-than-canned way of doing things, ” says Birch．Liberal-arts means an academically thorough and strict program that includes literature, history, mathematics, economics, science, human behavior-plus a computer course or two．With that under your belt, you can feel free to specialize．“A liberal-arts degree coupled with an MBA or some other technical training is a very good combination in the marketplace, ” says Scheetz．

1. What kinds of people are in high demand on the job market?

A. Students with a bachelor’s degree in humanities．

B. People with an MBA degree from top universities．

C. People with formal schooling plus work experience

D. People with special training in engineering．

2.By saying “…but the impact of a degree washes out after five years”(Line 5, Para．3), the author means ________．

A. most MBA programs fail to provide students with a solid foundation

B. an MBA degree does not help promotion to managerial positions

C. MBA programs will not be as popular in five years’ time as they are now

D. in five people will forget about the degree the MBA graduates have got

3. David Birch claims that he only hires liberal-arts people because ________．

A. they are more capable of handling changing situations

B. they can stick to established ways of solving problems

C. they are thoroughly trained in a variety of specialized fields

D. they have attended special programs in management

4.Which of the following statements does the author support?

A. Specialists are more expensive to hire than generalists．

B. Formal schooling is less important than job training．

C. On-the-job training is, in the long run, less costly．

D. Generalists will outdo specialists in management．

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If you know exactly what you want, the best way to get a job is to get specialized training. A recent survey shows that companies like graduates in such fields as business and health care who can go to work immediately with very little on-the-job training.

That’s especially true of booming fields that are challenging for workers. At Cornell’s School of Hotel Administration, for example, bachelor’s degree graduates get an average of four or five job offers with salaries ranging from the high teens to the low 20s and plenty of chances for rapid advancement. Large companies, especially, like a background of formal education coupled with work experience. But in the long run, too much specialization doesn’t pay off. Business, which has been flooded with MBAs, no longer considers the degree an automatic stamp of approval. The MBA may open doors and command a higher salary initially, but the effect of a degree washes out after five years.

As further evidence of companies gradually losing faith in specialized degrees, Michigan State’s Scheetz mentions a pattern in hiring practices. Although companies tend to take on specialists as new hires, they often seek out generalists for middle and upper-level management.  “They want someone who isn’t constrained（限制）by details to look at the big picture,” says  Scheetz. This sounds like a formal statement that you approve of the liberal-arts （文科）graduates. Time and again labor-market analysts mention a need for talents that liberal-arts majors are assumed to have: writing and communication skills, organizational skills, open-mindedness and adaptability, and the ability to analyze and solve problems. David Birch, manager of the Boston Red Sox, claims he does not hire anybody with an MBA or an engineering degree, “I hire only liberal-arts people because they have a less-than-canned way of doing things,” says Birch.

For a liberal-arts degree, students focus on some basic courses that include literature, history, mathematics, economics, science, human behavior—plus a computer course or two. With these useful and important courses, you can feel free to specialize, “A liberal-arts degree coupled with an MBA or some other technical training is a very good combination in the marketplace,” says Scheetz.

1.

What kinds of people are in high demand on the job market?

2.

By saying “…but the effect of a degree washes out after five years”(Para 2), the author means ________.

3.

According to Scheetz’s statement ( Para. 3), companies prefer people who ________.

4.

David Birch claims that he only hires liberal-arts people because they ________.

5.

Which of the following statements does the author support?

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