Mary and her friends paid_____visit to _______Summer Palace yesterday.

A. the; /       B.a; the   C.a;  /         D. the; a

 

 单词拼写（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

根据下列句子及所给单词的首字母或汉语注释，在句子右边的横线上写出一个单词的正确形式。

66. You must ask ________________（允许）if you want to leave early.

67. The coming measure will bring both economical and environmental benefits, the  

____________(后者) especially welcome.

68. She _______________(像) her sister in appearance but not in character.

69. People's abilities___________（不同）, but their rights and opportunities should be the same.

70. Congo, a(n) _______________ （非洲）country, became independent in 1960.

71. The car he was driving was over 30 feet in ____________（长）and had a 2,500-horsepower   

engine.

72. There were ___________（总共）20 people at the dinner, including Mary and her daughter.

73. The book which the professor ____________（提到）to was not in the school library

74. Walt Whitman’s ____________（出生地）was restored in 2001 and it is a fine example of

native Long Island craftsmanship.

75. All the _____________（女）workers in this factory got a present on March 8.

 

       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 serious. 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 specialty 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 （推理小说）, and many buyers spent more $300 a year on books. She and Richard were themselves mystery readers.

       On Halloween 1992, they opened the Mystery Lovers Bookshop and Café 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 an 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, business costs and the six part-time sales clerks, Richard and Mary together earn about $34,000.

       “The job you love may not go hand in hand with a million-dollar income,” says Richard. “This has always been about an enjoyable life for ourselves, not about making a lot of money.”

72．When Mary was in hospital, the couple realized that ____.

       A. they had to put their plan into practice

       B. health was more important than wealth

       C. heart trouble was a serious illness

       D. they both needed to stop working

73．After Mary got well from her illness they began _____.

       A. to study industrial management  

       B. to buy and read more mystery books

       C. to do market research on book business

       D. to work harder to save money for the bookstore

74．How did their bookstore do in the first year?

       A. They had to borrow money to keep it going.

       B. They made just enough to cover all the costs.

       C. They succeeded in earning a lot of money.

       D. They failed though they worked hard.

75．According to Richard, the main purpose of running the bookstore is _____.

       A. to pay for their children’s education      

       B. to get to know more writers

       C. to set up more bookstores 

       D. to do what they like to do

Which of the following sentences conveys a fact?  

A. Mary and her son must be home by now. 

B. Careless reading must give poor results. 

C. It’s getting late, and I must leave now.

D. He must be working late at the office.

 

It is difficult to       between Mary and her younger sister

       A．decide                      B．distinguish              C．explore                        D．express