7. Their representatives to our proposals (respond)
他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。
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Like many lovers of books,Mary and her husband,Richard Goldman,seldom walked past a bookstore without stopping to look inside. They often talked of opening their own store one day.
When Mary was hospitalized with heart trouble in 1989,they decided it was time to get se?rious. Richard,who worked for a business company,was eager to work for himself,and Mary needed to slow down from her demanding job.
They started by talking to bookstore owners and researching the industry. "We knew it had to be a special store because we couldn't match the big chains dollar for dollar," says Mary. One figure caught her attention;She'd read somewhere that roughly 20 percent of books sold were mysteries,and many buyers spent more than $300 a year on books. She and Richard were themselves mystery readers.
On Halloween 1992,they opened the Mystery Lovers Bookshop and Cafe near their home. With three children in college,the couple could not spend all the family's money to start a shop. To cover the $ 100,000 cost,they drew some of their savings,borrowed from relatives and from a bank.
The store merely broke even in its first year,with only $ 120,000 in sales. But Mary was always coming up with new ways to attract customers. The shop had a coffee bar and it offered gifts to mystery lovers and served dinners for book clubs that met in the store. She also invited dozens of writers to discuss their stories.
Today Mystery Lovers makes sales of about $420,000 a year. After paying taxes,busi?ness costs and the six parttime sales clerks,Richard and Mary together earn about $34,000.
"The job you love may not go hand in hand with a milliondollar income," says Richard. "This has always been about an enjoyable life for ourselves,not about making a lot of money." ( ) 1,The purpose of the fourth paragraph is to show that .
A. the couple had to use every possible means to open their Bookshop and Cafe
B. they had to draw their all savings to open the Bookshop and Cafe
C. they found that it was too difficult for them to open their Bookshop and Cafe
D. they had to afford three children in college and had no money to open their Book?shop and Cafe
( ) 2. What does the underlined word "cover" refer to?
A. To provide with a covering or cause to be covered.
B. To be responsible for reporting the details of.
C. To be sufficient to meet the charge or cost of.
D. To put something on top of something else.
( ) 3. According to the passage,their operation and management of the bookstore in the first year .
A. was very successful because of many Mary's new ways
B. was not satisfactory
C. was good enough by providing gifts to mystery lovers
D. was a failure by inviting many writers to discuss their stories
( ) 4. What does the last paragraph of the passage imply?
A. The main purpose of opening the store is to pay for their children's education.
B. Opening the store can provide chances to get to know more writers.
C. You can't make money while doing the job you love.
D. What we have done is just what we desire to do for an enjoyable life not for mak?ing money.
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Many people could not forget the beautiful dance during the CCTV Spring Festival Gala. The dance was performed by 20 disabled girls. They can't hear or speak. But their performance is remembered by many people. The leading dancer of the dance is Tai Lihua. She is 28 years old. She is very beautiful.
Tai Lihua was born healthy. When she was two years old,she lost her hearing because of a fever. Not long after that,she became mute,too. From then on,her world was silent. But she didn't know this at first. At five years old,when she played a game about sounds with her schoolmates she discovered that she was different from the others. She was very sad about it.
Her father went to many places to look for best treatments for her illness. But nothing worked. When she was seven years old,she went to a school for deaf and mute children. In that school,she did well in her studies. Her teacher said she used her mind more than the others and was good at expressing her feeling through dance. She also began to love dance. She thought she could use dance to express what she thought about life.
When she was 15 years old,she began to learn to dance. At first,she couldn't dance well. But she didn't stop. She worked harder than the others. She also spent more time learning. Her efforts made her a very good dancer. She has been to many countries to perform and many for?eigners like her style. She now lives a happy life with her family.
( ) 1. The underlined word "disabled" most probably means " ".
A. disadvantaged B. restricted C. handicapped D. injured
( ) 2. Which is the right order of the events to Tai Lihua?
a) She danced during the CCTV Spring Festival Gala.
b) She was a healthy girl.
c) She began to learn to dance.
d) She lost her hearing.
e) She went to a school for deaf and mute children.
f) She couldn't speak.
g) She found she was different from the others.
A. abdfgce B. badfegc C. bdfegca D. bdfgeca
( ) 3. Tai Lihua gave people a deep impression because .
A. she was pitiful with both mute and deaf
B. she used her mind more than the others in her studies
C. she has been to many countries and now lives a happy life
D. while mute and deaf,she is hardworking and good at dancing
( ) 4. The best title of the story is .
A. Tai Lihua,a Poor Dancer
B. The CCTV Spring Festival Gala Is Very Popular
C. A Beautiful Dancer in the Silent World
D. A Performance in the CCTV Spring Festival Gala
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According to a study,the average Briton believes that youth ends at 35 and old age begins at 58. In between―all 23 years―is your middle age.
The news that 58 is "over the hill" may come as a surprise to anyone who has passed the milestone and feels they are not yet in the twilight (薄暮) of their lives.
They include Prime Minister Gordon Brown and the glamorous (迷人的) actress Jane Seymour,who are both full of energy at 59. Kathryn Bigelow,58, has just won an Oscar for directing the actionpacked movie The Hurt LocA;er (〈〈拆弹部队〉〉) .
The finding that we regard people in their fifties as getting doddery (衰老的) ，despite the evidence that older people are living more active lives than ever,was revealed by academics from the University of Kent to a meeting of the Economic and Social Research Council,in London.
Professor Dominic Abrams,who studied data from 40 ,000 people across Europe,said： "The survey showed that age prejudice―being treated as ' too young' or ' too old' ―is per?ceived to be a serious or very serious issue by 63 percent of respondents,so it is obviously im?portant to know what these age labels mean to people."
A survey asked：when does youth end and old age begin? For the UK,the average re?sponse was that you stop being young at 35 ,and start being old at 58.
But the figures also showed that opinions differed among the age groups. Younger people,those aged 15 to 24,thought youth ended at just 28 and old age began at 54.
Not surprisingly,people in their eighties were more generous. They regarded the final year of youth as 42 ,and the onset of old age as 67.
Professor Abrams,a psychologist,added： " This evidence shows that what counts as young and old is very largely down to the age of the beholder."
( ) 1. What is the general belief of the Briton towards the age division?
A. Young ends at 35 old ends at 58.B. Young ends at 35 old begins at 58.
C. Young begins at 35 old begins at 58. D. Young begins at 35 old ends 58.
( ) 2. What is perceived to be a very serious issue among most of respondents?
A. Age prejudice. B. Age labels. C. Too young. D. Too old.
( ) 3. Which of the following is the opinion of the younger people?
A. Old age began at 58. B. Old age began at 67.
C. Old age began at 54. D. Old age began at 51.
( ) 4. What is the purpose of doing this survey?
A. To know when young begins and when old starts.
B. Really important to know what these age labels mean to people.
C. To show the same opinions among the age groups.
D. To prove that older people are living more active lives than ever.
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9. in citycentre hotel,but they can be noisy. (convenient)
位于市中心的饭店更方便些，但那些饭店可能是充满噪声的。
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2. I'm writing to express her thanks for your gift. (behalf)
我代表我母亲写信，对你的礼物表示感谢。
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2. Today's newspapers the unions for their refusal to negotiate. (attack)
今天的报纸就工会拒绝谈判一事对其进行了猛烈的抨击。
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