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and then watched him cleaning the floor as a test.
"You are employed," he said. "Give me your e-mail address and I"ll send you the application to fill in,
as well as date when you may start."
The man replied, "But I don"t have a computer, neither an e-mail."
"I"m sorry," said the HR manager. "If you don"t have an e-mail, that means you do not exist. And
whoever doesn"t exist cannot have the job."
The man left with no hope at all. He didn"t know what to do, with only ten dollars in his pocket. He
then decided to go to the supermarket and buy 10kg tomatoes. He then sold the tomatoes from door to
door. In less than two hours, he succeeded to double his capital. He repeated the operation three times,
and returned home happily with 60 dollars.
The man realized that he can survive in this way, and started to go every day earlier, and return late.
Thus, his money doubled or tripled every day. Shortly, he bought a cart, then a truck, and then he had
his own fleet of delivery vehicles. Five years later, the man is one of the biggest food retailers in the US.
He started to plan his family"s future and decided to have a life insurance. He called an insurance
broker and chose a protection plan.
When the conversation was concluded the broker asked him his e-mail. The man replied, "I don"t
have an e-mail."
The broker answered curiously, "You don"t have an e-mail, and yet have succeeded to build an
empire. Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an e-mail?" The man thought for a while
and replied, "Yes, I"d be an office boy at Microsoft!"
B. Because he didn"t pass the test.
C. Because he didn"t have an e-mail.
D. Because he didn"t have a computer.
B. become 3 times
C. increase quickly
D. decrease quickly
B. The man didn"t give up though he failed the interview.
C. He started his career by selling tomatoes in the supermarket.
D. Those who have e-mails can work at Microsoft.
B. positive and generous
C. smart and hardworking
D. stubborn and unselfish
B. Where there is a will, there is a way.
C. Accidents will happen.
D. No pains , no gains.
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paper said that you could buy tickets at the theatre box in Richland Hills any day between 10:00 and
4:00.Since I work from 9:00 to 5:30, the only time I could go to the theatre was during my 45-minute
lunch break. Unfortunately, the theatre is on the other side of the town, and the bus service between my
office and Richland Hills is not very good. But if you are lucky, you can make the round trip in 45 minutes. Last Monday. I stood at the bus stop for 15 minutes waiting for the bus. By the time I saw one come
around the corner, there was not enough time left to make the trip.So I gave up and went back to the
office. The same thing happened on Tuesday, and again next day. On Thursday, my luck changed. I got
on a bus right away and arrived at the theatre in exactly 20 minutes. When I got there, however, I found
a long line of people at the box office. I heard one man say he had been waiting in line for over an hour.
Realizing I would not have enough time to wait in line, I caught the next bus and headed back across the
town. By Friday I realized my only hope was to make the trip by taxi, it was expensive, but I felt it would
be worth it to hear the concert. The trip by taxi only took 10 minutes, but felt like an hour to me. When I
got to the theatre, I was relieved to see that nobody was waiting in line. The reason, however, I quickly
discovered, was that they had already sold all the tickets.
B. from one of his work-mates
C. over the radio
D. from the newspaper
B. twice
C. three times
D. four times
A. surprise
B. pleased
C. puzzled
D. sorry
can pull forward and flip (翻转), allowing us to 2 the inside and the outside surfaces.
My husband was 3 one window-and it popped out of its frame! Well, our 4 is for sale and the last
thing we needed was for something to 5 .
He was so 6 and tried with all his strength to get it 7 together, using a few less than pleasant words
(I am sorry to say). After twenty minutes he still could not get it 8 . That"s when my 23-year- old 9
told his dad to 10 for a minute and he would try to fix it with me.
It"s amazing how you can see things more clearly and do things more 11 when you are 12 . He and
I fixed the window in three minutes! I called my husband in to see! He couldn"t 13 it!
I know this isn"t really a gift 14 , in a way, it was. My son 15 my husband, to leave to cool down,
and 16 him from the worry for a moment. And my son fixing it with me was a 17 to me, because I saw him as a man 18 the kid he always seems to be in my 19 .
Calm is good. Breathe through difficult times and maybe even take a break from stressful times. Return
with a clear mind and things will usually 20 much better!
| ( )1. A. windows ( )2. A. dry ( )3. A. painting ( )4. A. car ( )5. A. fly ( )6. A. interested ( )7. A. back ( )8. A. added ( )9. A. son ( )10. A. put away ( )11. A. easily ( )12. A. frightened ( )13. A. satisfy ( )14. A. but ( )15. A. promised ( )16. A. kept ( )17. A. surprise ( )18. A. near to ( )19. A. eyes ( )20. A. turn out | B. tables B. clean B. repairing B. home B. lose B. delighted B. away B. fixed B. nephew B. take away B. slowly B. nervous B. believe B. and B. ordered B. freed B. wonder B. as well as B. hand B. break out | C. chairs C. smooth C. washing C. house C. dirty C. excited C. out C. delivered C. student C. walk away C. difficultly C. equal C. doubt C. so C. forced C. saved C. gift C. except for C. turn C. pull out | D. doors D. destroy D. changing D. frame D. break D. worried D. up D. separated D. daughter D. give away D. fortunately D. calm D. hate D. or D. asked D. protected D. hurt D. instead of D. power D. make out | |||||||||||||
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| It came as something of a surprise when Diana, Princess of Wales, made a trip to Angola in 1997, to support the Red Cross"s campaign for a total ban on all anti-personnel landmines. Within hours of arriving in Angola, television screens around the World were filled with images of her comforting victims injured in explosions caused by landmines. "I knew the statistics," she said. "But putting a face to those figures brought the reality home to me; like when I met Sandra, a 13-year-old girl who had lost her leg, and people like her." The Princess concluded, with a simple message: "We must stop landmines". And she used every opportunity during her visit to repeat this message. But, back in London, her views were not shared by some members of the British government, which refused to support a ban on these weapons. Angry politicians launched an attack on the Princess in the press. They described her as "very ill-informed" and a "loose cannon (乱放炮的人)". The Princess responded by brushing aside the criticisms: "This is a distraction we do not need. All I"m trying to do is help." Opposition parties, the media and the public immediately voiced their support for the Princess. To make m atters worse for the government, it soon emerged that the Princess"s trip had been approved by the Foreign Office, and that she was in fact very well-informed about both the situation in Angola and the British government"s policy regarding landmines. The result was a severe embarrassment for the government. To try and limit the damage, the Foreign Secretary, Malcolm Rifkind, claimed that the Princess"s views on landmines were not very different from government policy, and that it was "working towards" a worldwide ban. The Defense Secretary, Michael Portillo, claimed the matter was "a misinterpretation or misunderstanding." For the Princess, the trip to this war-torn country was an excellent opportunity to use her popularity to show the world how much destruction and suffering landmines can cause. She said that the experience had also given her the Chance to get closer to people and their problems. | ||||||||||||||||
| 1. Princess Diana paid a visit to Angola in 1997 ________. | ||||||||||||||||
| A. to establish her image as a friend of landmine victims B. to clarify the British government"s stand on landmines C. to investigate the sufferings of landmine victims there D. to voice her support for a total ban of landmines | ||||||||||||||||
| 2. What did Diana mean when she said "... putting a face to those figures brought the reality home to me" (Line 5, Para. 1)? | ||||||||||||||||
| A. She just couldn"t bear to meet the landmine victims face to face. B. Seeing the pain of the victims made her realize the seriousness of the situation. C. Meeting the landmine victims in person made her believe the statistics. D. The actual situation in Angola made her feel like going back home. | ||||||||||||||||
| 3.What did Princess Diana think of her visit to Angola? | ||||||||||||||||
| A. It had brought her closer to the ordinary people. B. It had caused embarrassment to the British government. C. It had greatly promoted her popularity. D. It had affected her relations with the British government. | ||||||||||||||||
| 4. How did Diana respond to the criticisms? | ||||||||||||||||
| A. She made more appearances on TV. B. She paid no attention to them. C.She met the 13-year-old girl as planned. D. She rose to argue with her opponents. | ||||||||||||||||
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| I recently heard a story about a famous research scientist who had made several very important medical breakthroughs. What set him so far apart from others? He 1 that, in his opinion, it all came from an 2 from his mother that happened when he was about 2 years old. He had been trying to 3 a bottle of milk from the refrigerator when he lost his 4 on the slippery bottle and it 5 , making its contents pouring all over the kitchen floor. When his mother came into the kitchen, instead of 6 at him, giving him a lecture, or punishing him, she said: "Robert, what a 7 and wonderful mess you have made! I have 8 seen such a huge pool of milk. Well, the damage has already been done. Would you like to 9 down and play in the milk for a few minutes 10 we clean it up?" Indeed, he did. After a few minutes, his mother said: "You know, Robert, 11 you make a mess like this, you have to clean it up at last and 12 everything to its proper order. So, how would you like to do that? We could use a sponge (海绵), a towel, or a mop. Which do you 13 ?" He chose the sponge and together they 14 the milk. His mother then said: "You know, what happened just now is a 15 experiment in how effectively to carry a big milk bottle with two 16 hands. Let"s go out in the backyard and fill the bottle with water and see if you can 17 a way to carry it without dropping it." The little boy 18 that if he held the bottle at the top near the lip with both hands, he could carry it without dropping it. This scientist then 19 that it was at that moment that he knew he didn"t need to be afraid to make 20 .Wouldn"t it be great if all parents would respond the way Robert"s mother responded to him? | ||||||||||||||||
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