People often say that money talks. They mean that a person with a lot of money can say how he or she wants things done. But it is not easy to earn enough money to gain this kind of power. Ask anyone in a business, they will tell you that it is a jungle out there. The expression probably began because the jungle is filled with wild animals and unknown dangers that threaten people. Sometimes people in business feel competing businesses are as dangerous as wild animals. And they feel that unknown dangers in the business world frighten the survival of their business.

People in business have to be careful, if they are to survive the jungle out there. They must not be led into making bogus investments. Bogus means something that it is not real. Nobody is sure how the word got started. But it began to appear in a American newspapers in 1800s. A newspaper in Boston Massachusetts said the word came from a criminal whose name was Bogazy. The newspaper said Bogazy wrote checks to people, although he did not have enough money in the bank. After he wrote the checks, he would flee from town. So people who were paid with his checks received nothing. The newspaper said Americans shortened and changed to the criminal's name Bogazy to bogus.

People try to earn money also must be aware of being ripped off. A person who is ripped off has had something stolen or at least has been treated very unfairly. A writer for the magazine American Speech said he first saw the expression used in 1971. It was on a sign that a student carried during a protest demonstration at a university. The message on the sign was that the student felt ripped off or cheated. Perhaps the best way to prevent getting ripped off in business is to not try to get rich quickly.

To be successful, a person in business works hard and tries to get down to brass tacks. This expression means to get to the bottom or most important part of something. For example, a salesman may talk and talk about his product without saying the price. You get down to brass tacks when you say it sounds good but how much does it cost？

Word expert Charles Funk thinks the expression comes from sailors on ships. They clean the bottom of a boat. When they have removed all the dirt, they are down to the brass tacks, the copper pieces that hold the boat together. So if we get down to brass tacks, we can prevent rip-offs and bogus ways of earning money in that jungle out there. And some good luck will help too.

1.This passage is mainly written to________.

A. explain several expressions related to money

B. tell us some skills of learning English words

C. tell us the secret of how to do business

D. tell us the power of money

2.People compare doing business to being in a jungle because________.

A. doing business is as exciting as living in a jungle

B. businessmen are as dangerous as animals in a jungle

C. doing business is as difficult as living in a jungle

D. businessmen are as careful as people living in a jungle

3.If we say something is bogus, we probably mean it is not________.

A. real                          B．beautiful                        C．good                               D．new

4.According to Paragraph 2,where did the word "bogus" come from? _________

A. The name of a very successful businessman.

B. The name of a criminal who cheated others.

C. The name of a famous newspaper in Boston.

D. The name of a check written by a criminal.

One day I was shopping in a small town in southern California. It was my 　 21　 to be approached by a clerk whose personality clashed(冲突) with mine. He seemed most 　 22　 and not at all concerned about my intended purchase. I bought　 23　 , and marched angrily out of the store. My 　 24　 toward that clerk and the entire establishment increased with each step.

On the outside, standing by the parking lot, was a dark-skinned young man in his early twenties. His 　 25　 brown eyes met and held mine, and in the next instant a beautiful, broad smile 　 26　 his face. My attention was immediately arrested. The 　 27　 power of that smile removed all 　 28　 within me, and I found the muscles in my own face 　 29 responding. "Beautiful day, isn't it?" I remarked, in passing. Then, obeying an impulse(冲动), I 　 30　 . "I really owe you a debt of gratitude," I said softly.

His smile deepened, 　 31　 he made no attempt to answer. A Mexican woman and two men were standing nearby. The woman 　 32　 and eyed me inquiringly. "Carlos, he does no speak English," she 　 33　 . "You want I should tell him something?"

In that moment I felt 　 34　 . Carlo’s smile had made a big person of me. My friendliness and good 　 35　 toward all mankind stood ten feet tall.

"Yes," my reply was enthusiastic and sincere, "Tell him what I said, 'Thank you!'"

　　　 "Thank you?" The woman seemed slightly 　 36　 .

I gave her arm a friendly pat 　 37　 I turned to leave. "Just tell him that," I insisted. "He'll understand. I am sure!"

Oh, what a smile can 　 38　 ! Although I have never seen that young man again, I shall never forget the lesson he taught me that morning. 　 39　 , I became smile-conscious, and I practice the 　 40　 diligently, anywhere and everywhere, with everybody.

21. A. misfortune B. luck C. opportunity　　　　　　　 D. burden

22. A. helpful B. hardworking C. uncertain D. unfriendly

23. A. something B. nothing C. everything D. anything　　

24. A. attitude B. walk C. approach　　　　　 　　　 D. anger

25. A. blank B. painful C. expressive　　　　 　　　 D. critical

26. A. covered B. twisted C. spread D. wiped

27. A. magic B. shocking C. evil D. dragging

28. A. happiness B. excitement C. bitterness D. sorrow

29. A. unwillingly B. happily C. merely D. slightly

30. A. turned back B. looked ahead C. cut in D. went away

31. A. and B. for C. but D. so

32. A. showed off B. stepped forward C. marched on D. passed by

33. A. hesitated B. volunteered C. responded D. begged

34. A. ignored B. involved C. transformed D. absorbed

35. A. power B. mind C. fortune D. will

36. A. frightened B. frustrated C. discouraged D. confused　

37. A. while B. as C. since D. after

38. A. operate B. run C. do D. attract

39. A. From that day on B. Since then C. Every now and then D. Up till now

40. A. kindness B. art C. work　　　　　　　 　　　 D. expression

Just as he suggested, we removed all the games from the computer, but      didn’t help；it still worked very slowly．

A．which             B．he            C．we         D．it