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The manager thought that was uncertain. He said, “It is better than our fish oils. I admit that.” “So I am told, sir,” agreed Johnson.
“Have you any plans to produce it yourself, Mr Johnson?”
Johnson smiled again. “Would I be showing it to you if I had?”
“We might add some chemicals to one of our own fish oils,” said the manager.
“It would be expensive to do that, even if you could.” Johnson said gently. “Besides,” he added, “I am told that this oil will be much cheaper than your best fish oils. Cheaper than any vegetable oil, in fact.”
“Perhaps,” said the manager. “Well, I suppose you want to make an arrangement, Mr Johnson, Shall we discuss it?”
“Of course,” said Johnson. “There are two ways of dealing with a situation of this sort. The usual one is to prevent it altogether or at least to delay it as long as possible. That is, of course, the best way,” The manager nodded. He knew plenty about all that.
“But I am so sorry for you, because, you see, that is not possible this time.” The manager had his doubts, but all he said was an inquiring(asking), “Oh?”
“The other way,” continued Johnson, “is to produce yourself before the trouble starts.”
小题1:The manager thought of adding chemicals to the fish oil to make it ________.
A.cheaper than the new oil | B.more quickly |
C.more expensive | D.as good as the new oil |
A.more expensive than fish oil, but better |
B.less expensive, and better |
C.less expensive, but not good |
D.more expensive, and not so good |
A.could not stop the new oil being made |
B.would never know how to make it |
C.had spent a lot of money on it |
D.didn’t know enough about it |
A.to produce it himself | B.to prevent it being produced |
C.to be paid not to produce it | D.the manager to produce it |
答案
小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:D
解析
本文描述了Johnson向经理推销他所研制的生产新品种的油的过程。
小题1:推断题。根据第2段经理所说的话 It is better than our fish oils 和第6段We might add some chemicals to one of our own fish oils可推知此题的答案为D。
小题2:推断题。根据Johnson与经理的对话,特别是从It is better than our fish oils和I am told that this oil will be much cheaper than your best fish oils 可推知此题答案为B。
小题3:推断题。根据文章倒数第二、三段中的The usual one is to prevent it altogether or at least to delay it as long as possible和But I am so sorry for you, because, you see, that is not possible this time可推知此题为A。
小题4:推断题。根据文章最后一句及全文Johnson所讲的话可推知此题答案为D。
核心考点
试题【When Johnson called again, the manager received him very politely. “That is a mo】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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Their hamburgers sold for fifteen cents. Cheese was another four cents. Their French fries and hamburgers had a remarkable uniformity(一致性), for the brothers had developed a strict routine(程序) for the preparation of their food, and they insisted on their cooks’ sticking to their routine. Their new drive-in became surprisingly popular, particularly for lunch. People drove up by the hundreds during the busy noontime. The self-service restaurant was so popular that the brothers had allowed ten copies of their restaurant to be opened. They were content with this modest success until they met Ray Kroc.
Kroc was a salesman who met the McDonald brothers in 1954, when he was selling milkshake-mixing machines. He quickly saw the special attraction of the brothers’ fast-food restaurants and bought the right to franchise(特许经营) other copies of their restaurants. The agreement included the right to duplicate(复制) the menu, the equipment, even their red and white buildings with the golden arches(拱门).
Today McDonald’s is really a household name. In 1976, McDonald’s had over $ l billion in total sales. Its first twenty-two years is one of the most surprising success stories in modern American business history.
小题1: This passage mainly talks about _______.
A.the development of fast food services |
B.how McDonald’s became a billion-dollar business |
C.the business careers of Mac and Dick McDonald |
D.Ray Kroc’s business talent |
A.a drive-in | B.a theater |
C.a cinema | D.a barbecue restaurant |
A.Mac and Dick McDonald never became wealthy for they sold their idea to Kroc. |
B.the place the McDonalds chose was the only source of the great popularity of their drive-in |
C.forty years ago there were lots of fast-food restaurants |
D.Ray Kroc was a good businessman |
A.creativity is an important element of business success |
B.Ray Kroc was the close partner of the McDonald brothers |
C.Mac and Dick McDonald became broken after they sold their ideas to Ray Kroc |
D.California is the best place to go into business |
Of course, his secret was not magic, or supernatural powers. It was simply strength. He had the ability to move his toes as well as he moved his fingers. He could move his body into almost any position he wanted.
Houdini started working in the entertainment world when he was 17, in 1891. He and his brother Theo performed card tricks in club in New York. They called themselves the Houdini Brothers. When Harry married in 1894, he and his wife Bess worked together as magician and assistant. But for a long time they were not very successful. Then Harry performed his first prison escape, in Chicago in 1898. Harry persuaded a detective to let him try to escape from the prison, and he invited the local newspapermen to watch.
It was the publicity(宣传) that came from this that started Harry Houdini’s success. Harry had fingers trained to escape from handcuffs and toes trained to escape ankle chins. But his biggest secret was how he unlocked the prison doors. Every time he went into the prison cell, Bess gave him a kiss for good luck — and a small skeleton key, which is a key that fits many locks, pass quickly from her mouth to his.
Harry used these prison escapes to build his fame. He arranged to escape from the local prison of every town he visited. In the afternoon, the people of the town would read about it in their local newspapers, and in the evening every seat in the local theater would be full. What was the result? World-wild fame, and a name remembered today.
小题1: According to the passage, Houdini’s success in prison escapes depends on _______.
A.his special tricks and supernatural powers |
B.his unusual ability and a skeleton key |
C.his magic tricks and unhuman powers |
D.his wisdom and magic tricks |
A.his first prison escape | B.the year 1898 |
C.the publicity | D.Harry Houdini’s success |
A.in 1894 | B.before he married |
C.at the age of 17 | D.when he was about 24 |
A.A Skeleton Key | B.A Man of Many Secrets |
C.World-wild Fame | D.Great Escape |
Mr. Johnson’s car had finished up in a ditch(沟渠) at Romney Marsin, Kent after skidding on ice and hitting a bank. “Fortunately, the water began to come in only slowly,” Mr. Johnson said. “I couldn’t force the doors because they were jammed against the walls of the ditch and dared not open the windows because I knew water would come flooding in.”
Mr. Johnson, a sweet salesman of Sitting Home, Kent, first tried to attract the attention of other motorists by sounding the horn and hammering on the roof and boot. Then he began his struggle to escape.
Later he said, “It was really a half penny that saved my life. It was the only coin I had in my pocket and I used it to unscrew the back seat to get into the boot. I hammered desperately with a hammer trying to make someone hear, but no help came.”
It took ten minutes to unscrew the seat, and a further five minutes to clear the sweet samples from the boot. Then Mr. Johnson found a wrench and began to work on the boot lock. Fifteen minutes passed by. “It was the only chance I had. Finally it gave, but as soon as I moved the boot lid, the water and mud poured in. I forced the lid down into the mud and scrambled clear as the car filled up.”
His hands and arms cut and bruised(擦伤), Mr. Johnson got to Beckett Farm nearby, where he was looked after by the farmer’s wife, Mrs. Lucy Bates. Huddled in a blanket, he said, “That thirty minutes seemed like hours.” Only the tips of the car wheels were visible, police said last night. The vehicle had sunk into two feet of mud at the bottom of the ditch.
小题1:What is the best title for this newspaper article?
A.The Story of Mr. Johnson, A Sweet Salesman |
B.Car Boot Can Serve As The Best Escape Route |
C.Driver Escapes Through Car Boot |
D.The Driver Survived A Terrible Car Accident |
A.The hammer. | B.The coin. |
C.The screw. | D.The horn. |
A.Mr. Johnson’s car stood on its boot as it fell down. |
B.Mr. Johnson could not escape from the door because it was full of sweet jam. |
C.Mr. Johnson’s car accident was partly due to the slippery road. |
D.Mr. Johnson struggled in the pouring mud as he unscrewed the back seat. |
A.Luckily the door was torn away in the end |
B.At last the wrench went broken |
C.The lock came open after all his efforts |
D.The chance was lost at the last minute |
A.the ditch was along a quiet country road |
B.the accident happened on a clear warm day |
C.the police helped Mr. Johnson get out of the ditch |
D.Mr. Johnson had a tender wife and was well attended |
Jeanne Calment lives in a small old people’s home in the south of France; her husband, her only child and her grandson have all died. She is nearly blind and deaf and is always in a wheelchair, but her doctor describes her as being more like a 90-year-old in good health than someone of 120. She still has a lively sense of humor. When asked on her 120th birthday what she expected of the future, she replied: A very short one. She also remarked that she thought the good Lord had forgotten all about her.
So what is the key to a long life? According to some doctors, diet, exercise and no smoking are the three important factors. Jeanne Calment has followed two of the tips(窍门). She has always eaten a healthy diet, and she used to do exercises every day until she broke her leg at the age of 115. However, until recently she drank two glassed of strong red wine a day, and she does smoke (now only a little). Besides, Jeanne Calment might have got very good genes(基因) from her parents. Her father lived to the age of 94 and her mother to 86.
A local lawyer bought her house when she was 80 under an agreement that he would pay her some money every year until her death. It must have seemed a good move at the time, but so far the lawyer has paid her at least three times the value of the house. Every year on her birthday Jeanne Calment sends him a card saying:
Sorry, I’m still alive!
小题1: How does Jeanne Calment feel about her old age?
A.She is miserable and unhappy. |
B.She is cheerful and humorous. |
C.She would like to live much longer. |
D.She feels she is going to die very soon. |
A.smoking only a little every day |
B.her giving up smoking and drinking |
C.drinking two glasses of strong red wine every day |
D.the good genes from her parents, a healthy diet and some exercises |
A.deal | B.trick | C.march | D.sport |
A.Because she had an agreement at 80 with the lawyer which was to her advantage. |
B.Because she has asked the lawyer to pay her more rent than they first agreed. |
C.Because the lawyer has paid her much more money than the value of the house. |
D.Because the house she sold to the lawyer isn’t worth the money he has already paid. |
For over a month I stared at ___2___ magazines I received from my friend until I had made up my ___3___: I wanted a Pumpkin truck. I ___4___ to work immediately, dropping hints to my father about it.
My first job was to tell him about how the steering(操纵杆) on my old car didn’t ___5___, but he just blamed the problems on my bad ___6___.
My next plan would have to be more ___7___. “Look at this, Dad, the truck with controller and battery pack—all for only US$250!” You can’t ___8___ to miss out on this bargain!”
His ___9___ was that he certainly could afford to miss this ___10___ and for US$250 you could buy ___11___ educational like a telescope. “A telescope? To look at the moon? I’ll look at it when I’m 97 years old and living in a ___12___ home! This is my youth! I am supposed to run about.”
I went to my room, ___13___ at how mean(吝啬的) my father was. It was obvious that he didn’t ___14___ that I would die if I did not get the Pumpkin radio-controlled truck.
When I ___15___ on Christmas morning I wasn’t excited. I had been ___16___. I opened all my presents until there was just one big package ___17___. “The telescope,” I thought. I ___18___ the packaging and looked at the top of the box—it was a Pumpkin truck. I had ___19___! I loved my parents! I felt like I could do anything! I could ___20___ get an A+ in English class.
1. A. pain B. attempt C. joy D. shyness
2. A. housing B. fishing C. car D. fashion
3. A. mind B. idea C. opinion D. head
4. A. get B. set C. searched D. went
5. A. operate B. run C. start D. work
6. A. riding B. driving C. thinking D. keeping
7. A. strong B. practical C. ideal D. obvious
8. A. afford B. pay C. allow D. stand
9. A. talk B. expression C. face D. response
10. A. truck B. telescope C. chance D. bargain
11. A. one B. something C. everything D. nothing
12. A. heating B. loving C. nursing D. finding
13. A. pleased B. good C. expert D. angry
14. A. say B. believe C. care D. learn
15. A. went off B. woke up C. rang up D. found out
16. A. worried B. instructed C. warned D. defeated
17. A. opened B. wrapped C. left D. faded
18. A. recovered B. refused C. reopened D. removed
19. A. won B. done C. beaten D. failed
20. A. ever B. already C. still D. even
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