The greatest saleswoman in the world today doesn’t mind if you call her a girl. That’s because Markita Andrews has got more than eight thousand dollars selling Girl Scout cookies since she was seven years old.

Going door-to-door after school, the terribly shy Markita changed herself into the cookie-selling dynamo（高手）.

It starts with great wish.

For Markita and her mother, whose husband left them when Markita was eight years old, their dream was to travel the world. “I’ll work hard to make enough money to send you to college,” her mother said one day. “When you leave college, you’ll make enough money to take you and me around the world. Okay?”

So at the age of 13 when Markita read in her Girl Scout magazine that the Scout（童子军）who sold the most cookies would win a free trip for two around the world, she decided to sell all the Girl Scout cookies she could—more Girl Scout cookies than anyone in the world, ever.

Wish, however, alone is not enough. To make her dream come true, Markita knew she needed a plan.

“When you are doing business, wear your Girl Scout clothes when you go up to people in their building, ” her aunt told her. “Always smile, whether they buy something or not and always be nice.”

Lots of other Scouts may have wanted that trip around the world, but only Markita went off in her own uniform each day after school, ready to ask—and keep asking—people to help in her dream.

Markita sold 3,526 boxes of Girl Scout cookies that year and won her trip around the world. Since then, she has sold more than 42,000 boxes of Girl Scout cookies.

Markita is no cleverer than thousands of other people, with dreams of their own. The difference is that many people fail before they even begin. They fear（恐惧）that they will be refused. This fear leads many of us to refuse ourselves and prevents us from getting where we have set off for long before anyone else ever has the chance—no matter what we are selling.

“It takes courage（勇气）to ask for what you want,” she said. “Courage is not that you don’t have fear. It means doing what it takes although you have a fear of it”.

1.From the passage we learn that ________.

A．a good planning is the most important in the job of selling

B．Markita took the free trip around the world herself

C．Markita has a full-time selling job now

D．to do something successfully, we should do what is needed

2.Markita ________.

A．started to sell Girl Scout cookies when she was 13 years old

B．has only one parent

C．whose parents are rich, went to college

D．sold cookies in different shops

3.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A．The Greatest Saleswoman in the World.

B．A Successful Girl in Selling.

C．The Secret of Selling.

D．Girl Scout Cookies.

4.The main reason for Markita’s success is that ________.

A．she asks for what she wants before she is refused

B．she isn’t afraid to be refused

C．her aunt has told her how to sell things

D．she has a good wish

The greatest saleswoman in the world today doesn’t mind if you call her a girl. That’s because Markita Andrews has got more than eight thousand dollars selling Girl Scout cookies since she was seven years old.
Going door-to-door after school, the terribly shy Markita changed herself into the cookie-selling dynamo（高手）.
It starts with great wish.
For Markita and her mother, whose husband left them when Markita was eight years old, their dream was to travel the world. “I’ll work hard to make enough money to send you to college,” her mother said one day. “When you leave college, you’ll make enough money to take you and me around the world. Okay?”
So at the age of 13 when Markita read in her Girl Scout magazine that the Scout（童子军）who sold the most cookies would win a free trip for two around the world, she decided to sell all the Girl Scout cookies she could—more Girl Scout cookies than anyone in the world, ever.
Wish, however, alone is not enough. To make her dream come true, Markita knew she needed a plan.
“When you are doing business, wear your Girl Scout clothes when you go up to people in their building, ” her aunt told her. “Always smile, whether they buy something or not and always be nice.”
Lots of other Scouts may have wanted that trip around the world, but only Markita went off in her own uniform each day after school, ready to ask—and keep asking—people to help in her dream.
Markita sold 3,526 boxes of Girl Scout cookies that year and won her trip around the world. Since then, she has sold more than 42,000 boxes of Girl Scout cookies.
Markita is no cleverer than thousands of other people, with dreams of their own. The difference is that many people fail before they even begin. They fear（恐惧）that they will be refused. This fear leads many of us to refuse ourselves and prevents us from getting where we have set off for long before anyone else ever has the chance—no matter what we are selling.
“It takes courage（勇气）to ask for what you want,” she said. “Courage is not that you don’t have fear. It means doing what it takes although you have a fear of it”.
【小题1】From the passage we learn that ________.

The greatest saleswoman in the world today doesn’t mind if you call her a girl. That’s because Markita Andrews has got more than eight thousand dollars selling Girl Scout cookies since she was seven years old.
Going door-to-door after school, the terribly shy Markita changed herself into the cookie-selling dynamo（高手）.
It starts with great wish.
For Markita and her mother, whose husband left them when Markita was eight years old, their dream was to travel the world. “I’ll work hard to make enough money to send you to college,” her mother said one day. “When you leave college, you’ll make enough money to take you and me around the world. Okay?”
So at the age of 13 when Markita read in her Girl Scout magazine that the Scout（童子军）who sold the most cookies would win a free trip for two around the world, she decided to sell all the Girl Scout cookies she could—more Girl Scout cookies than anyone in the world, ever.
Wish, however, alone is not enough. To make her dream come true, Markita knew she needed a plan.
“When you are doing business, wear your Girl Scout clothes when you go up to people in their building, ” her aunt told her. “Always smile, whether they buy something or not and always be nice.”
Lots of other Scouts may have wanted that trip around the world, but only Markita went off in her own uniform each day after school, ready to ask—and keep asking—people to help in her dream.
Markita sold 3,526 boxes of Girl Scout cookies that year and won her trip around the world. Since then, she has sold more than 42,000 boxes of Girl Scout cookies.
Markita is no cleverer than thousands of other people, with dreams of their own. The difference is that many people fail before they even begin. They fear（恐惧）that they will be refused. This fear leads many of us to refuse ourselves and prevents us from getting where we have set off for long before anyone else ever has the chance—no matter what we are selling.
“It takes courage（勇气）to ask for what you want,” she said. “Courage is not that you don’t have fear. It means doing what it takes although you have a fear of it”

1. 1.

   From the passage we learn that ________

   1. A.
      a good planning is the most important in the job of selling
   2. B.
      Markita took the free trip around the world herself
   3. C.
      Markita has a full-time selling job now
   4. D.
      to do something successfully, we should do what is needed
2. 2.

   Markita ________

   1. A.
      started to sell Girl Scout cookies when she was 13 years old
   2. B.
      has only one parent
   3. C.
      whose parents are rich, went to college
   4. D.
      sold cookies in different shops
3. 3.

   Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

   1. A.
      The Greatest Saleswoman in the World
   2. B.
      A Successful Girl in Selling
   3. C.
      The Secret of Selling
   4. D.
      Girl Scout Cookies
4. 4.

   The main reason for Markita’s success is that ________

   1. A.
      she asks for what she wants before she is refused
   2. B.
      she isn’t afraid to be refused
   3. C.
      her aunt has told her how to sell things
   4. D.
      she has a good wish

One evening I went to have dinner with my uncle and aunt. They had 　l invited another person, a young woman, so that there would be four people at 2　 . Her face was familiar (面熟的). I was quite 　3 　that we had met 4 , but I could not 　5 　where I had seen her face. In the course of the talk, however, the young woman 　6 　to tell us that she had lost her purse the other day. All at once I remembered where I had seen her face. She was just the young girl in the photo in the purse I had picked up while walking down the street that afternoon, although she looked much older. She was 　7 　, of course, when I was 　8 　to describe her purse to her. Then I explained (解释) that I had recognized (认出) her from the photo I had found in the purse. My uncle insisted on going to the police station immediately to fetch the purse.

　　As the policeman handed it 　9 , he said I had found not 　10 　the purse, but the person who had lost it.

Martin is a fifteen-year-old boy. He used to be a“problem child”, but a recent? ???? with his mother changed his life. He didn’t use to give his mother many problems. ??? , after his father’s death a few years ago, Martin’s life became ???? more difficult. His mother couldn’t afford to pay for her child’s education. To do this, she ???? work, and so was often not at home.

His mother looked after him as ????? as she could. Unfortunately, Martin still caused problems. He was not ???? in studying and he often got in to trouble. Luckily, his mother was very ???? and didn’t give up trying to help him. In the end, she ???? a difficult decision:to send him to a boys’boarding school. Martin hated it and used to cause a lot of trouble.

One day, he told his teacher he wanted to leave the school. The teacher said it was necessary for Martin to ???? with his mother. Martin called his mother, but to his ???? , this phone call changed his life. “It was exactly ???? Ineeded, ”he said. “My mother helped me to understand how much she had given me. She also told me that even though my father was no longer with us, he was ???? me and would always take pride in every thing good I do. That’s when I decided to change. I realize that ???? my father died, I have been afraid of being alone, and have tried to make my mother pay more attention to me. ”

　　 Now Martin has ???? changed. He has been working hard and is now one of the best students in his class. How was he able to change?His mother’s???? helped him to feel good about himself.

1.A. conversation??? ?? B. report???? ?? C. survey???? ? D. speech

2.A. So?????????????? B. But??????? ? C. Therefore?? ? D. However

3.A. very??? ???????? B. many?????? ? C. much??????? D. too

4.A. could??????????? B. had to???? ??? C. should????? D. would

5.A. soon???????????? B. quickly??? ?? C. well??????? ? D. good

6.A. pleased????????? B. tired????? ??? C. bored?????? ? D. interested

7.A. worried????????? B. patient??? ??? C. careful???? ?? D. serious

8.A. made???????????? B. took?????? ?? C. got???????? D. thought

9.A. argue??????????? B. say??????? ? C. discuss???? ?? D. talk

10.A. surprised??????? B. surprising ??? C. surprise??? ?? D. surprises

11.A. which??????????? B. what?????? C. that??????? ?? D. how

12.A. seeing?????????? B. noticing?? ?? C. helping???? ?? D. watching

13.A. since??????????? B. before???? ?? C. after?????? ?? D. when

14.A. always?????????? B. hardly???? ?? C. really????? ?? D. just

15.A. advice?????????? B. love?????? ?? C. idea?????? ? D. decision