John is a _____ speaker of English.

　A. native 　 B. national   C. nature 　 D. natural

I moved to a new neighborhood two months ago. In the house with a large  21  across the road lived a taxi driver, a single parent with two school-age children. At the end of the day, he would  22  his taxi on the road. I  23  why he did not park it in the garage.
Then one day I learnt that he had another car in his garage. In the afternoon he would come home  24  work, leave his taxi and go out for his  25  affairs in his other car, not in his taxi. I felt it was  26 . 
I was curious to see his personal car but did not make it until I  27  to be outside one evening two weeks  28  ,when the garage door was  29   and he drove out in his “own” car: a Rolls-Royce（劳斯莱斯）! It shook me completely  30  I realized what that meant. You see, he was a taxi driver. But 31   inside, he saw himself as something else: a Rolls-Royce owner and a（n）32  . He drove others in his taxi but himself and his children in his Rolls-Royce. The world looked at his taxi and  33   him a taxi driver. But for him, a taxi was just something he drove for a living. Rolls-Royce was something he drove for a（n）34  . 
We go to bed every night and  35   every morning as parents or children, not as bankers, CEOs or professors. We go for a  36   as close friends or go for a vacation as a  37 . We love life as it is. Yet often, we base our entire happiness and success on how high we  38   the social ladder—how much bigger and better a  39 we have. And we ignore our Rolls-Royce, by keeping it dusty in our garage. We should focus more on  40  we are than what we do! 

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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出最佳选项。

　　When he graduated from the University 11 years ago, he had no idea that he would some day be come a 1 player in China's information technology (IT) industry.

　　 2 had he dreamed of becoming the idol (偶像) of young Chinese, 3 only worshipped foreign names such as Bill Gates. Last week, Yang Yuangqing, the vice-president of the Legend Group 4 a speech to college students in the capital, he told his young 5 of the efforts he has 6 into making his company's products the best-selling 7 on the domestic (国内) market.

　　Like many young college 8 , Yang's original 9 was to stay in the company for only one or two years and then go to 10 to study.

　　But while waiting for a 11 from the U. S. universities in 1991, he was appointed as director of the CAD Department, 12 later changed his whole life.

　　At that time, the top 10 market sellers of personal computer were all 13 brands (品牌). He tried all out to change it. He 14 the price of Legend computers installed with the 15 Pentium to 9,999 yuan while his American 16 sold the same type of computers 17 16,000 yuan.

　　In 1996, Yang's 18 and courage were rewarded. For the first time, Legend beat foreign brands and 19 itself the number one on the domestic market.

　　With his achievements, Yang 20 that every job given to you is an opportunity.

1．

[　　]

A．best　　　　　　B．leading

C．special　　　　　D．fast

2．

[　　]

A．Neither　　　　B．Either

C．So　　　　　　D．Hardly

3．

[　　]

A．some of them　　　　　　B．many of them

C．many of whom　　　　　D．none of whom

4．

[　　]

A．delivered　　　　　　B．heard

C．had made　　　　　　D．have given

5．

[　　]

A．learners　　　　　　B．fans

C．workmates　　　　　D．admirers

6．

[　　]

A．made　　　　　B．spared

C．put　　　　　　D．saved

7．

[　　]

A．production　　　　B．computers

C．brand　　　　　　D．models

8．

[　　]

A．graduates　　　　　　B．students

C．programmers　　　　　D．players

9．

[　　]

A．wish　　　　　　B．project

C．intend　　　　　　D．plan

10．

[　　]

A．foreign company　　　　　　B．the United States

C．England　　　　　　　　　D．the university

11．

[　　]

A．answer　　　　　　B．reply

C．call　　　　　　　D．letter

12．

[　　]

A．for which　　　　　　B．what

C．and　　　　　　　　D．which

13．

[　　]

A．important　　　　　　B．national

C．foreign　　　　　　　D．famous

14．

[　　]

A．raised　　　　　　　B．went down

C．lowered　　　　　　D．increased

15．

[　　]

A．late　　　　　　　B．latter

C．recent　　　　　　D．latest

16．

[　　]

A．competitors　　　　　B．owners

C．enemies　　　　　　D．players

17．

[　　]

A．in　　　　　　B．at

C．for　　　　　　D．with

18．

[　　]

A．success　　　　　　B．wealth

C．technique　　　　　D．efforts

19．

[　　]

A．let　　　　　　　B．finds

C．made　　　　　　D．get

20．

[　　]

A．holds　　　　　　　B．thought

C．guesses　　　　　　D．owns

I moved to a new neighborhood two months ago. In the house with a large  31  across the road lived a taxi driver, a single parent with two school-aged children. At the end of the day, he would  32   his taxi on the road. I  33   why he did not park it in the garage.

Then one day I learnt that he had another car in his garage. In the afternoon he would come home  34   work, leave his taxi and go out for his  35   affairs in his other car, not in his taxi. I felt it was a 36  .

I was curious to see his personal car but did not make it until I  37   to be outside one evening two weeks  38  , when the garage door was  39  and he drove out in his “own” car: a Rolls-Royce（劳斯莱斯）! It shook me completely  40  I realized what that meant. You see, he was a taxi driver. But  41  inside, he saw himself as something else: a Rolls-Royce owner and a（n）  42  . He drove others in his taxi but himself and his children in his Rolls-Royce. The world looked at his taxi and 43  him a taxi driver. But for him, a taxi was just something he drove for a living. Rolls-Royce was something he drove for a (n）  44  .

We go to bed every night and   45  every morning as parents or children, not as bankers, CEOs or professors. We go for a  46  as close friends or go for a vacation as a  47  . We love life as it is. Yet often, we base our entire happiness and success on how much bigger and better a 48  we have. And we ignore our Rolls-Royce, by  49  it dusty in our garage. We should focus more on  50  we are than what we do!

1. A. window            B. garage           C. door         D. yard

2. A. park              B. stop         C. check            D. repair

3. A. knew              B. understood       C. asked            D. wondered

4. A. for               B. out of           C. without      D. from

5. A. business          B. national     C. personal     D. public

6. A. waste             B. gift        C. wonder       D. must

7. A. appeared          B. intended     C. expected     D. happened

8. A. later             B. more         C. ago          D. before

9. A. broken            B. fine         C. shut         D. open

10. A. once             B. before           C. when         D. until

11.A. far               B. deep         C. long         D. little

12.A. driver            B. engineer     C. father           D. son

13. A. called           B. made         C. elected          D. turned

14.A. experience            B. earning      C. life         D. work

15.A. stay up           B. wake up      C. stay home        D. go home

16.A. competition       B. performance  C. debate           D. party

17.A. family            B. company      C. team         D. whole

18. A. garden           B. garage           C. car          D. taxi

19. A. giving           B. keeping      C. driving      D. parking

20. A. who              B. what         C. which            D. where

In the American family the husband and wife usually 21 important decision making . When the children are old enough , they take part 22 .Foreigners are often surprised by the permissiveness（宽容）of American parents .The old rule that “children should be seen and not heard”is rarely 23 , and children are often 24 to do what they wish without strict parental 25 .The father seldom expects his children to obey him 26 question ,and children are encouraged to be independent 27 an early age .Some people believe that American parents carry this freedom 28 far .Other think that a strong father image would not 29 the American values of equality and independence ,young people are expected to 30 their parental families by the time they have 31 their late teens or early twenties . 32 , not to do so is often regarded as a failure ,a kind of 33 independence .

This pattern of independence often results in serious 34 for the aging parents of a small family .Yet average American is expected to live 35 the age of 70 . The job-retirement age is 36 65 .The children have left home ,married ,and 37 their own households .At least 20 percent of all people over 65 do not have enough retirement（退休）incomes.  38 , the main problem of many elderly couples is not 39 . They feel useless and lonely with neither an occupation(职业) 40 a close family group .

1. A share       B have         C .exchange         D hold  

2. A either    B though        C as well               D also   

3. A discussed B followed     C seen               D heard  

4.A asked        B made         C said                     D allowed   

5. A control     B support       C agreement   D criticism （批评） 

6. A for        B on                     C without          D in  

7.. A in   B at                  C on                        D for   

8.A too       B almost                C nearly              D quite

9. A fit        B meet   C suit                 D .satisfy   

10..A break up    B break into   C break through    D break away from  

11.. A reached          B got      C arrived           D developed 

12.. A In truth        B In name      C Indeed           D In a word 

13. A heavy          B light      C strong           D weak  

14.. A questions     B problems    C matters        D affairs  

15..A to       B still       C from                      D beyond   

16.A only     B usually      C sometimes             D seldom   

17..A set forth        B set aside     C set up         D set down  

18..A But        B Therefore       C In contrast      D On the other hand 

19.A local     B national           C political           D economic  

20..A or          B nor     C and                     D but