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.
ACBD
Mary和丈夫Richard Goldman一直有阅读的习惯，并计划开办一间自己的书店。克服了重重困难，他们最后美梦成真了。
1. A段落大意理解题。为了开办这家书店，他们想尽了各种办法筹措资金。
2. C词义猜测题。
cover有多种意思，此处是"承担，付出"之意。
3. B细节理解题。第五段有表述。
4. D段落理解题。此处意思是"做了喜欢做的。赚钱是小事，享受了生活才是真。"
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10. that Mrs. Williams knew nothing about it. (not ... until)
直到我告诉她，威廉夫人才知道此事。
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"Soon,you're going to have to move out!" cried my neighbor upon seeing the largest to?mato plant known to mankind,or at least known in my neighborhood.
One tiny 9-inch plant,bought for $ 1. 25 in the spring,has already taken over much of my rose bed,covering much of other plants,and is well on its way to the front door.
Roses require a good deal of care,and if it weren't for the pleasure they give,it wouldn't be worth the work. As it is,I have a garden full of sweetsmelling roses for most of the year,bushes must be pruned (剪枝) in early spring,leaving ugly woody branches until the new growth appears a few weeks later. It was the space available (可用的) in the garden that led me into planting just one little tomato plant.
Soil conditions made just perfect for roses turn out to be even more perfect for tomatoes. The daily watering coupled with full sun and regular fertilizing (施肥) have turned the little plant into a tall bush. The cage I placed around it as the plant grew has long since disappeared under the thick leaves.
Now the task I face in harvesting the fruit is twofold. First,I have to find the red ones among the leaves,which means I almost have to stand on my head,and once found I have to reach down and under,pick the tomatoes and withdraw (缩回) my full fist without dropping the prize so dearly won. I found two fullblown white roses completely hidden as I picked tomatoes in June,but they were weak and the leaves already yellow for lack of light.
Here I am faced with a painful small decision：To tear up a wonderful and productive toma?to plant that offers up between ten and twenty ripe sweet tomatoes each day or say goodbye to several expensive and treasured roses. Like Scarlett in Gone With the Wind,I'll think about that tomorrow.
( ) 5. Why did the writer plant the tomato?
A. It was very cheap.
B. The soil was just suitable for it.
C. There was the space available in the garden.
D. The writer made a mistake.
( ) 6. What can we learn from the fourth paragraph?
A. The writer's treatment of roses quite satisfied tomatoes.
B. Tomatoes don't need any watering and regular fertilizing.
C. Roses turned into tall bushes and covered the tender tomatoes.
D. The writer was quite dissatisfied at seeing the growth of the tomatoes.
( ) 7. By saying "the prize so dearly won" in Paragraph 5,the writer wants to .
A. show the difficulty in picking the tomatoes
B. show the hardship of growing the roses
C. express her liking for the roses
D. express her care for the tomatoes
( ) 8. What decision did the writer make about the difficult choice?
A. To tear up a wonderful and productive tomato plant.
B. To say goodbye to several expensive and treasured roses.
C. The writer has decided to have both finally.
D. The writer hasn't made any decision yet.
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British newspapers are among the oldest and most famous in the world. But recently big changes have seen these traditional publications try to fit the modern world. After 216 years,The nmes (《泰晤士报》) has changed its size to become much smaller. In fact,the paper has cut its size in half from a broadsheet to tabloid.
InBritainthe newspaper market is divided between the larger broadsheets and the smaller tabloids. These terms refer to the size of the papers' pages but there is also a clear difference in content. Broadsheets such as The Times,The Gwardian(《卫报》) and Daily Telegraph 《每日电讯报》) are serious papers. They cover a broad range of political,economic and international is?sues. Their stories are also reasonably long and use quite formal language.
Tabloids have far more stories about less serious issues such as celebrities' love lives. Their stories are shorter and use more simple language. Tabloids often have bigger pictures. Britain's bestselling newspaper,The Sun,is a tabloid and has a naked (棵体的) girl on page three every?day.
By changing to the size of a tabloid,The Times is following in the footsteps of a less fa?mous broadsheet paper The Independent (《妆：报》) .It changed to tabloid last year and saw its sales increase greatly. Although both papers have switched to the smaller size,the content of the papers has remained the same. They are both still serious papers.
The two papers claim that people find the smaller size easier to handle when they travel to work on the bus or the train in the morning. Instead of calling the new style of their paper tab?loid,the paper says its new size is "compact"(紧凑型) .
( ) 5. What is the difference between tabloid and compact?
A. They have the same size and meaning but different calling.
B. Tabloid is a kind of smaller paper with short stories,pictures and celebrities' affairs.
C. Compact is the same kind of paper as its broadsheet with the same contents.
D. They are in the same size but different contents：popular―serious.
( ) 6. According to the text,which can best describe the two kinds of papers?
A. Broadsheets are larger in size while tabloids are smaller.
B. Tabloids are less serious than broadsheets.
C. Broadsheets contain more news than tabloids.
D. They are different in size,content and the style of language.
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A. The Sun B. The Times
C. The Independent D. The Guardian
( ) 8. According to the passage we can infer the main reason for The Times changing into the tabloid is that .
A. it wants to become convenient for people to carry
B. it wants to increase its circulation (发行量)
C. it intends to follow what The Independent has done
D. it is unlikely to stay in business if it does not change
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当别的孩子在玩耍的时候，很难想象一个学生能集中精力在课本上。
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Someone said that encouragement is simply reminding a person of the " shoulders" he's standing on,the heritage (遗产，继承物) he's been given. That's what happened when a young man,the son of a star baseball player,was drafted by one of the minor league teams. As hard as he tried,his first season was disappointing,and by midseason he expected to be released any day.
The coaches were bewildered (迷惑) by his failure because he possessed all the characteris?tics of a superb athlete,but he couldn't seem to incorporate (组合) those advantages into a coor?dinated (协调的) effort. He seemed to have become disconnected from his potential.
His future seemed darkest one day when he had already struck out his first time at bat. Then he stepped up to the batter's box again and quickly ran up two strikes. The catcher called a timeout and trotted to the pitcher's mound for a conference. While they were busy,the um?pire,standing behind the plate,spoke casually to the boy.
Then play resumed (重新恢复) ，the next pitch was thrown and the young man knocked it out of the park. That was the turning point. From then on,he played the game with a new con?fidence and power that quickly drew the attention of the parent team,and he was called up to the majors.
On the day he was leaving for the city,one of his coaches asked him what had caused such a turnaround. The young man replied that it was the encouraging remark the umpire had made that day when his baseball career had seemed doomed.
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( ) 5. According to the passage,the greatest trouble to the young man is .
A. he was the son of a star baseball player
B. he had his potential characteristics
C. he was unable to put his potential into accomplishing something
D. he had no confidence and power
( ) 6. Which of the following words can best describe the young man's change?
A. Encouraging words. B. The characteristics of a superb athlete.
C. New confidence and power. D. His father's genes.
( ) 7. What does the underlined word "doomed" refer to?
A. Changed. B. Destroyed. C. Developed. D. Improved.
( ) 8. According to the passage,which can best describe the future of the young man?
A. Taking the encouraging words as his motto,the young man would change his oc?cupation.
B. Bearing the encouraging words in mind,the young man would have a promising future.
C. Encouraged by the words,the young man would try no efforts to realize his goals.
D. Remembering the words,the young man would incorporate his disadvantages.
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2. 可以自由表达思想 | 2. 影响学习 |
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注意:1. 文章必须包括表中的全部内容。
2. 词数为120左右。
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那家医院的负责医生说，他们会处理那起手术引起的麻烦。
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