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Frank Woolworth was born in Rodman, New York, in 1852. His family were very poor farmers, and there was never enough to eat. Frank decided he did not want to be a farmer. He took a short business course, and went to work as a salesman in a large city.
Woolworth realized he had a natural skill for showing goods to attract people’s interest, but he soon learned something more important. One day his boss told him to sell some odds and ends (小商品) for as much as he could get. Frank put all these things on one table with a sign which said FIVE CENTS EACH. People fought and pushed to buy the things and the table was soon cleared.
Soon afterwards, Woolworth opened his own store, selling goods at five and ten cents. But he had another lesson to learn before he became successful. That is, if you want to make money by selling low-price goods, you have to buy them in large quantities directly from the factories. Once, for example, Woolworth went to Germany and placed an order for knives. The order was so large that the factory had to keep running 24 hours a day for a whole year. In this way, the price of the knives was cut down by half.
By 1919, Woolworth had over 1000 stores in the US and Canada, and opened his first store in London. He made many millions and his name became famous throughout the world. He always run his business according to strict rules, of which the most important was: “ THE CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS RIGHT.”
小题1: Frank took a short business course in order to _________.
A.get away from the farmB.learn something from a salesman
C.earn more money for his familyD.get enough to eat.
小题2: Frank sold the odds and ends quickly because _________.
A.he had put the goods on a table in a very nice way.
B.he cut down the price by half
C.he knew how to get people to buy his goods.
D.the sign he put on the table was well designed.
小题3: The price of the knives was cut down by half because ________.
A.the factory workers worked 24 hours a day.
B.knives were ordered in large quantities directly from the factory.
C.the knives were made in Germany, where labour was cheap.
D.the knives were produced in one factory.
小题4: ________ make Woolworth a world-famous man.
A.His business skills and his wealth
B.The low price of the goods he sold
C.His trip to Germany and his huge order of knives
D.His natural skill for showing things
小题5: The belief that “ The customer is always right” suggests that ________.
A.whenever there is a quarrel between the customer and shop assistant, the customers are always right.
B.If you want to succeed, the rule is the only way.
C.stores must always follow the customer’s orders if they want to make more money.
D.stores should do their best to meet the customer’s needs if they want to be successful.

答案

小题1:A
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:A
小题5:D
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试题分析:文章介绍Frank Woolworth是怎么取得商业的成功,他的商业理念和成功道路。
小题1:细节题:从第一段的句子:Frank decided he did not want to be a farmer. He took a short business course, and went to work as a salesman in a large city.可知答案是A。
小题2:细节题:从第二段的句子:Woolworth realized he had a natural skill for showing goods to attract people’s interest,可知他知道怎么让人们购买他的东西。选C。
小题3:细节题:从倒数第二段的句子:The order was so large that the factory had to keep running 24 hours a day for a whole year. In this way, the price of the knives was cut down by half.可知是因为大量订购,小刀的价格可以减半。选B。
小题4:细节题:从最后一段的句子:He made many millions and his name became famous throughout the world.可知A正确。
小题5:句意理解题:从他的商业理念可知这句话是:我们要尽力满足顾客的需求。选D。
点评:做阅读理解要有词汇的积累.不然再好的技巧也是没有效果的.先看问题后去文中寻找相关的句子.阅读上下句.找出答案.注意和选项一摸一样的句子很可能是作者用来迷惑
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The Colors of Friendship
Once upon a time the colors of the world started to quarrel. Green said, “Clearly I am the most important. I am the sign of life and hope. I was chosen for grass, trees and leaves. Without me, all animals would __31__ ."
Blue interrupted, “You only think about the   32  , but consider the sky and the sea.   33__ the water that is the basis of life and drawn up by the clouds from the deep sea. Without my peace, you would all be   34  .
Yellow laughed, “ You are all so serious. I bring laughter, fun, and  35   into the world.”
Orange started next to blow her trumpet, “ I am the color of health and strength. I may be  _36  , but I am priceless for I serve the needs of human life. When I fill the sky at sunrise or   _37  , my beauty is so striking that no one gives another  38  to any of you.
Red could stand it  39   and he shouted out, “I am the ruler of all of you. I am the color of danger and bravery. I am willing to   40_  truth. I am also the color of passion and of love.”
Then came Purple and Indigo.
The colors went on boasting(自夸), each convinced of his or her won superiority(优越). Their _41   became louder and louder. Suddenly there was a startling flash of bright lightning thunder. Rain started to pour down   42  . The colors crouched (蜷缩)down   43  , drawing close to one another for comfort.
In the midst of the shout, rain began to speak, “You foolish colors, fight  44   yourselves, each trying to dominate(统治)  45  . Don’t you know that you were each made for a special purpose,   46   and different? Join hands with one  47   and come to me.”
Doing as they were told, the colors   48   and joined hands. They formed a colorful rainbow. From then on, whenever a good  49   washes the world, a rainbow appears in the sky. They remember to___50__ one another.
小题1:
A.stayB.leaveC.go outD.die
小题2:
A.earthB.moonC.starD.sun
小题3:
A.That is B.I amC.It isD.This is
小题4:
A.anythingB.nothingC.somethingD.everything
小题5:
A.warmthB.sadnessC.depression(抑郁) D.anxiety(焦虑)
小题6:
A.usualB.normalC.commonD.scarce(稀少)
小题7:
A.midnightB.noonC.sunsetD.the day
小题8:
A.giftB.honorC.thoughtD.respect
小题9:
A.for moreB.any moreC.very muchD.no longer
小题10:
A.turn toB.fight forC.struggle withD.bend over(弯腰)
小题11:
A.quarrelB.discussionC.laughterD.talk
小题12:
A.gentlyB.quietlyC.violentlyD.peacefully
小题13:
A.with careB.in fear(害怕地)C.by chanceD.on purpose
小题14:
A.amongB.byC.forD.against
小题15:
A.othersB.themselvesC.the otherD.the rest
小题16:
A.equalB.ordinaryC.similarD.unique
小题17:
A.otherB.the otherC.anotherD.others
小题18:
A.combinedB.separatedC.unitedD.divided
小题19:
A.snowB.rainC.windD.fog
小题20:
A.appreciateB.quarrel withC.ignoreD.praise

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Billie Holiday was one of the greatest jazz(爵士音乐) singers in America. Her life was just a mixture of success and tragedy. Her singing expressed her experiences and feelings.
Billie Holiday was born Eleanora Fagan in 1915 in Baltimore, Maryland. Her parents were Sadie Fagan and Clarence Holiday. They were young when their daughter was born. Their marriage failed because Clarence Holiday was often out. He traveled as a musician with some of the earliest jazz bands and inspired his daughter.
Sadie Fagan cleaned people’s houses to make a living. But she could not support her family with the money she earned. So she moved to New York City where the pay was higher. She left her daughter in Baltimore with one of her distant relatives.
The young girl Eleanora Fagan changed her name to Billie, because she liked a movie star, Billie Dove. The talented Billie Holiday loved singing. She sang and listened  to music whenever she could. In one place near her home there was a machine that played records. The building was a theater where many famous singers also performed their newly-made songs for free.
Billie cleaned floors and did other jobs for the theater so that she could listen to the records. It was there that young Billie first heard the records of some famous black American blues artists of the 1920s. she heard Bessie Smith sing the blues. And she heard Louis Armstrong play the horn. Both musicians had a great influence on her.
Billie Holiday once said, “I do not think I’m singing. I feel like I am playing a horn. What comes out is what I feel. I hate straight singing. I have to change a tune to my own way of doing it. That is all I know.”
小题1:Billie Holiday’s parents divorced because _______.
A.Sadie Fagan wanted to move to New York City
B.the family couldn’t support itself
C.Clarence Holiday spent too much time in working
D.Clerence Holiday was a strange person
小题2:Who might originally have had an influence on Billie Holiday’s career in music?
A.Sadie FaganB.Clerence Holiday.C.Bessie Smith.D.Louis Armstrong
小题3:From the passage, we can learn that ______.
A.Sadie Fagan was fond of living in New York
B.Clerence Holiday didn’t love his wife at all
C.Billie lived a happy childhood
D.Billie had a gift for music
小题4:The underlined sentence “ What comes out is what I feel” means _____.
A.Billie Holiday doesn’t like to sing for others
B.Billie Holiday’s songs reflect her unhappy childhood
C.Billie Holiday is fond of the songs written for herself
D.Billie Holiday’s music is greatly determined by her emotions
小题5:In order to listen to the records in the theater, Billie Holiday_______.
A.cleaned floors for the theater B.changed her name
C.moved to New York D.separated from her parents

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A 12-year-old boy saw something in a shop window that set his heart racing. But the   1  – five dollars was far beyond Reuben Earle’s money. Five dollars would   2  almost a week’s food for his family.
But hearing the sound of hammering (捶打的声音) from a side street, Reuben had a(n)   3 . He ran towards the sound and discovered he could   4  the hessian sacks (麻袋) which were thrown away and sell them for five cents a piece.
Every day   5 , Reuben walked down the town, collecting   6  . On the day the school closed for the summer, no student was more   7 than Reuben, for he had more time for his “work”. Then one day the time had   8 .
Reuben ran down Water Street to the   9  . “Please, Mister. I have to sell the sacks now.” The man took the sacks,   10  into his pocket and placed four coins in Reuben’s hand. Reuben said a thank you and   11  home. On arriving home, Reuben uncovered the tin can   12 he kept the money. He poured the coins out and began to count. He had   13  .
Then he headed for the shop. “I have the money,” he told the owner   14  . The man went to the window and   15  Reuben’s treasure. He wiped the dust off, carefully wrapped (包裹) it in brown paper and   16  it to Reuben.
Racing home, Reuben shouted, “Here, Mom! Here!” He placed a small   17  in her hands. She unwrapped it carefully. A jewel box   18 . Dora lifted the lid (盖子), tears beginning to fill her eyes. Dora had   19  received such a gift; she had no jewelry   20  her wedding ring. Speechless, she smiled and gathered her son into her arms.
小题1:
A.priceB.costC.worthD.value
小题2:
A.buyB.offerC.enjoyD.expect
小题3:
A.questionB.tryC.ideaD.schedule
小题4:
A.sellB.collectC.fetchD.bury
小题5:
A.before dinnerB.in classC.at churchD.after school
小题6:
A.the moneyB.the sacksC.the paperD.the tin cans
小题7:
A.pleasedB.surprisedC.worriedD.tired
小题8:
A.passedB.endedC.comeD.wasted
小题9:
A.hotelB.schoolC.bankD.store
小题10:
A.hidB.reachedC.stoleD.put
小题11:
A.stayedB.walkedC.gotD.ran
小题12:
A.whenB.whichC.whileD.where
小题13:
A.noneB.enoughC.littleD.much
小题14:
A.calmlyB.honestlyC.proudlyD.angrily
小题15:
A.took outB.gave outC.set outD.left out
小题16:
A.lentB.threwC.handedD.took
小题17:
A.boxB.ringC.bookD.letter
小题18:
A.openedB.droppedC.appearedD.broke
小题19:
A.oftenB.neverC.justD.ever
小题20:
A.includingB.withC.as well asD.except for

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Son’s Help
Mr. Lang worked in a factory. As a driver, he was busy but he was paid much. His wife was an able woman and did all the housework. When he came back, she took good care of him and he never did anything at home. So he had enough time when he had a holiday. A few friends of his liked gambling and he learned it soon. So he was interested in it and hardly forgot anything except gambling. He lost all his money and later he began to sell the television, watches and so on. His wife told him not to do it but he didn’t listen to her. She had to tell the police. He and his friends were punished for it. And he was hardly sent away. After he came out of lockup(拘留所), he hated her very much and the woman had to leave him.
It was New Year’s Day. Mr. Lang didn’t go to work. He felt lonely and wanted to gamble again. He called his friends and they came soon. But they were afraid the police would come. He told his five-year-old son to go to find out if there were the policemen outside. They waited for a long time and didn’t think the police would come and began to gamble. Suddenly opened the door and in came a few policemen.
“I saw there weren’t any policemen outside, daddy,” said the boy, “so I went to the crossing and asked some to come.”
小题1:Mr. Lang was paid much because _______.
A.he was a driverB.he worked in a factory
C.he had worked there for a long timeD.he had a lot of work to do
小题2:Mrs. Lang did all housework because _______.
A.she thought her husband was tiredB.she couldn’t find any work
C.her husband spent all time in gamblingD.she wouldn’t stop her husband gambling
小题3:_______, so he was put into lockup.
A.Mr. Lang was late for workB.Mr. Lang often gambled
C.Mr. Lang didn’t help his wife at homeD.Mr. Lang wasn’t polite to the police
小题4:The woman had to leave Mr. Lang because _______.
A.he wouldn’t stop gamblingB.he didn’t love her any longer
C.he had been put into lockupD.he was hardly sent away by the factory
小题5:Which of the following is right?
A.The boy thought his father needed some policemen
B.The boy hoped his father to be put into lockup again.
C.The boy hoped his father to stop gambling soon.
D.The boy hoped his mother to come back.

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Some say every day miracles are predestined (注定的)---- All that’s necessary is readiness, the right circumstance for the appointed meeting. And it can happen anywhere.  
In 1999, 11-year-old Kevin Stephan was a bat boy for his younger brother"s Little League team in Lancaster, New York. It was an early evening in late July. Kevin was standing on the grass away from the plate, where another youngster was warming up for the next game. Swinging his bat back and forth, and giving it all the power an elementary school kid could give, the boy brought the bat back hard and hit Kevin in the chest. His heart stopped.  
When Kevin fell to the ground, the mother of one of the players rushed out of the stands to his aid. Penny Brown hadn"t planned to be there that day, but at the last minute,she had changed  her shift (轮班) at the hospital, and she was given the night off. Penny bent over the senseless boy, his face already starting to turn blue, and giving CPR, breathing into his mouth and giving chest compressions (按压). And he came to life.
After his recovery, he became a volunteer junior firefighter, learning some of the emergency first-aid techniques that had saved his life. He studied hard in school and was saving money for college by working as a dishwasher in a local restaurant in his spare time.
Kevin, now 17, was working in the kitchen when he heard people screaming, customers in confusion, employees rushing toward a table. He hurried into the main room and saw a woman there, her face turning blue, her hands at her throat. She was choking .
Quickly Kevin stepped behind her, wrapped his arms around her and clasped his hands. Then, using skills he"d first learned in Scouts, the food that was trapped in the woman"s throat was freed. The color began to return to her face.
“The food was stuck. I couldn"t breathe,” she said. She thought she was dying. “I was very frightened.”
Who was the woman?
Penny Brown.
小题1:Kevin Stephan fell to the ground and fainted probably because ________.
A.he stood close to the boy who was swinging his bat
B.he suffered from heart attack all of a sudden
C.he was too excited when watching the game
D.he swung the bat too hard to keep his balance
小题2:Which of the following statements is True of Kevin Stephan?
A.He was hit on the face by a boy and almost lost his life.
B.He was a volunteer junior firefighter, teaching the players first-aid skills.
C.He worked part-time in a local restaurant to save money for college.
D.He saved Penny Brown though he didn’t really know how to deal with food choke
小题3:Why did Penny Brown change her shift and was given the night off that night?
A.She was there to give her son directions.
B.She volunteered to give medical services.
C.She was a little worried about her son’s safety.
D.She came to watch her son’s game and cheered him .

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