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DeLuca about his plans for the future. "I"m going to college, but I need a way to pay for it," DeLuca
recalls saying. "Buck said, "You should open a sandwich shop.""
That afternoon, they agreed to be partners. And they set a goal: to open 32 stores in ten years. After
doing some research, Buck wrote a check for $1000. DeLuca rented a storefront (店面) in Connecticut,
and when they couldn"t cover their start-up costs, Buck kicked in another $1000.
But business didn"t go smoothly as they expected. DeLuca says, "After six months, we were doing
poorly, but we didn"t know how badly, because we didn"t have any financial controls." All he and Buck
knew was that their sales were lower than their costs.
DeLuca was managing the store and going to the University of Bridgeport at the same time. Buck was
working at his day job as a nuclear physicist in New York. They"d meet Monday evenings and brainstorm
ideas for keeping the business running. "We convinced ourselves to open a second store. We figured we
could tell the public, "We are so successful, we are opening a second store." And they did-in the spring
of 1966. Still, it was a lot of learning by trial and error.
But the partners" learn-as-you-go approach turned out to be their greatest
strength. Every Friday, DeLuca would drive around and hand-deliver the checks to pay their suppliers. "It probably took me
two and a half hours and it wasn"
t necessary, but as a result, the suppliers got to know me very well, andthe personal relationships established really helped out," DeLuca says.
And having a goal was also important. "There are so many problems that can get you down. You just
have to keep working toward your goal," DeLuca adds.
DeLuca ended up founding Subway Sandwich, the multimillion-dollar restaurant chain.
B. pay for his college education
C. help his partner expand business
D. do some research
B. He was a professor of business administration.
C. He was studying at the University of Bridgeport.
D. He rented a storefront for DeLuca.
B. It lowered the prices to promote sales.
C. It made no profits due to poor management
D. It lacked control over the quality of sandwiches
B. had succeeded in their business
C. wished to meet the increasing demand of customers
D. wanted to make people believe that they were successful
B. Making friends with suppliers.
C. Finding a good partner.
D. Opening chain stores.
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Australian floods, Christchurch earthquake and Japanese tsunami (海啸).
Stefan and Erika Svanstrom left Stockholm, Sweden, on December 6 and were immediately stranded (搁浅) in Munich, Germany, due to one of Europe"s worst snowstorms.
Travelling with their baby daughter, they flew on to Cairns in Australia which was then struck by one
of the most violent cyclones in the nation"s history.
From there, the couple, in their 20s, were forced to shelter for 24 hours on the cement (水泥) floor
of a shopping centre with 2,500 others.
"Trees were being knocked over and big branches were put down across the streets," Mr. Svanstrom
told Sweden"s Expressen newspaper. "We escaped by the skin of our teeth."
Mr. Svanstrom said they then headed south to Brisbane but the city was experiencing massive flooding, so they crossed the country to Perth where they narrowly escaped burning bush fires.
The couple then flew to Christchurch, New Zealand, arriving just after a massive magnitude (震级)
6.3 earthquake attacked the city on February 22.
Mrs. Svanstrom said, "When we got there the whole town was a war zone. We could not visit the city
since it was completely blocked off, so instead we travelled around before going to Japan."
But days after the Svanstroms arrived, Tokyo was rocked by Japan"s largest earthquake since records began.
"The trembling was horrible and we saw roof tiles fly off the buildings," Mr. Svanstrom said. "It was
like the buildings were swaying back and forth."
The family returned to Stockholm on March 29 after a much calmer visit to their last destination China.
But Mr. Svanstrom -who also survived the devastating (毁灭性的) Boxing Day tsunami that hit
southeast Asia in 2004 -said the marriage was still going strong.
He added, "I know marriages have to experience some difficulties, but I think we have been through
most of them. We"ve certainly experienced more than our fair share of disasters, but the most important
thing is that we"re together and happy."
B. Six Natural Disasters
C. Newly-wed Couple Met Australian Floods
D. Japanese Tsunami
B. Because of Europe"s worst snowstorm.
C. The plane was damaged.
D. The Svanstroms didn"t experience any disaster in China.
B. interesting
C. beautiful
D. shaking
B. has to experience many disasters at the beginning
C. must always allow the couple be together and happy
D. should experience difficulties to make it steady
the kitchen, and my husband and I were discussing 2 colors. The children, sitting nearby, suddenly all
spoke together: "Not the measuring stick."
"No," I 3 them. "Not the measuring stick."
The measuring stick isn"t a (an) 4 stick but the kitchen side of the door between our kitchen and
dining room. Along the edge we"ve 5 each child"s growth by making a mark showing his or her 6
on every birthday. Over the years so many colored pens, pencils and markers have been used, that now,
this white door is somewhat like an abstract painting.
Names and dates show different 7 , and I can tell by the script (手迹) who measured whom. An
eight-year-old measured her three-year-old sister, a grandchild measured her grandmother, and my
husband measured me. At the parties, when this door 8 back and forth frequently, friends stop to 9
the names and dates. When we ask if they would like to be always remembered, they usually smile 10
and go back right up into place, 11 to be measured.
Many of those listed on the door are still 12 ; some have stopped. Some remain with us only in
13 . When my mother came to see my eldest daughter graduate from university, we measured her too.
It was her last visit to our home.
We haven"t 14 the new kitchen color plan yet, but one thing is certain: whatever color we choose,
the back of the ki
| ( )1. A. restore ( )2. A. comfortable ( )3. A. promised ( )4. A. false ( )5. A. kept ( )6. A. age ( )7. A. information ( )8. A. adjusts ( )9. A. copy ( )10. A. proudly ( )11. A. ready ( )12. A. growing ( )13. A. sight ( )14. A. concerned about ( )15. A. fresh | B. rebuild B. possible B. repeated B. wonderful B. witnessed B. weight B. handwriting B. shuts B. read B. automatically B. voluntary B. contributing B. design B. approved of B. old | C. sell C. available C. followed C. actual C. recorded C. name C. style C. opens C. appreciate C. shyly C. able C. studying C. amazement C. decided on C. white | D. repaint D. changeable D. responded D. obvious D. accompanied D. height D. characteristic D. swings D. remove D. calmly D. unwilling D. working D. memory D. relied on D. original |
| 语法填空。 阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。 | |||
| My friend Vernon Davies kept birds. One day he phoned and told me he was going away for a week. He asked me to feed 1 birds for him and said that he would leave the key 2 his front door in my mailbox. 3 (fortunate), I forgot all about the birds until the night before Vernon was going to return. What was worse, 4 was already dark when I arrived at his house. I soon found that the key Vernon gave me could not unlock either the front door 5 the back door. I was getting desperate. I kept thinking of 6 Vernon would say when he came back. I was just going to give up 7 I noticed that one bedroom window was slightly open. I found a barrel and pushed in under the window. As the barrel was very heavy, I made a lot of noise. But in the end, I managed to climb 8 and open the window. I actually had one leg inside the bedroom when I suddenly realized that someone 9 (shine) a torch up at me. I looked down and saw a policeman and an old lady, one of Vernon"s neighbours. "What are you doing up there?" said the policeman. 10 (feel) like a complete fool, I replied, "I was just going to feed Mr Davies" birds." | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| Back in the fifteenth century, in a tiny village near Nuremberg, lived a family with eighteen children. In spite of the hopeless condition, two of the children, Albrecht Durer and Albert, had a dream. They both wanted to pursue their talent for art.After many long discussions, the two boys finally worked out an agreement.They would toss a coin.The loser would go down into the nearby mines and, with his earnings, support his brother who attended the academy.Then, when that brother who won the toss completed his studies, in four years, he would support the other brother at the academy. Tossing a coin, Albrecht Durer won and went off to Nuremberg.Albert went down into the dangerous mines and, for the next four years, supported his brother, whose work at the academy was almost an immediate sensation (轰动). By the time he graduated, he had earned considerable fees for his outstanding works. When the young artist returned to his village, the Durer family held a festive dinner to celebrate Albrecht"s triumphant (胜利的)homecoming.Albrecht drank a toast to his beloved brother for the years of sacrifice that had enabled him to complete his dream."And now, Albert, blessed brother of mine, now it is your turn. Now you can go to Nuremberg to look for your dream, and I will take care of you." Tears streaming down his pale face, Albert sobbed, "No...no...It is too late for me.Look...look at what four years in the mines have done to my hands!The bones in every finger have been broken at least once, and lately I have been suffering from arthritis(关节炎)so badly in my right hand that I cannot even hold a glass to return your toast, much less draw delicate lines with a pen or a brush." To show thanks to Albert for all that he had sacrificed, Albrecht Durer painstakingly drew his brother"s injured hands with palms together and thin fingers stretched skyward.He called his powerful drawing simply "Hands", but the entire world almost immediately opened their hearts to his great masterpiece and renamed it "The Praying Hands".The next time you see a copy of that touching creation, let it be your reminder-no one ever makes any success alone! | |||
| 1.Why did the two brothers work out the agreement? | |||
| A. They were so curious as to make a joke. B. Their family couldn"t afford the academy. C. One of the brothers was supposed to go into mines. D. They wanted to support the other sisters and brothers. | |||
| 2.The underlined word "whose" in Para.2 refers to __ . | |||
| A. the Durer family"s B. the miners? C. Albert"s D. Albrecht"s | |||
| 3. Which of the following statements is NOT true about Albrecht Durer? | |||
| A. He began to earn his living after graduation. B. He did perfectly well at the academy. C. He wanted his brother to go to the academy. D. He created great masterpieces. | |||
| 4.Which of the following is the correct order of the story? a. Albrecht went to Nuremberg. b. Albert supported his brother. c. The Durer family held a festive dinner. d. Albrecht drew his brother"s injured hands. e. The brothers tossed a coin. | |||
| A. b, a, c, d, e B. a, e, c, d, b C. e, a, c, b, d D. e, a, b, c, | |||
| 5. What can we learn from the story? | |||
| A. One can achieve success simply on his own. B. Any success requires the help of others. C. It"s other people who contribute to one"s success. D. Nobody could succeed without good guidance. | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| A company planning to open the first hotel in space says it is on target to accept its first paying guests in 2012 despite critics questioning the investment and the length of time for the multibilliondollar project. The Barcelonabased architects of the Galactic Suite Space Resort say it will cost $4.4 million for a threenight stay at the hotel. This price also includes an eightweek training course on an island. During their stay, guests would see the sunrise 15 times a day and travel around the world every 80 minutes.Galactic Suite Ltd"s CEO Xavier Claramunt says the project will put his company in a leading position of a new industry with a huge future ahead of it, and forecasts space travel will become common in the future. "It"s very normal to think that your children, possibly within 15 years, could spend a weekend in space" he told Reuters Television. A promising space tourism industry is beginning to take shape with construction in progress in New Mexico of Spaceport America, the world"s first facility built specifically for passengers. British industrialist Richard Branson"s space tours firm, Virgin Galactic, will use the facility to send tourists to space at a cost of $200,000 a ride. Galactic Suite Ltd, set up in 2007, hopes to start its project with a single pod (分离舱) in orbit 280 miles above the earth. "It will take a day and a half to reach the pod, and the passengers will join it for three days," Claramunt said. More than 200 people have expressed an interest in traveling to the space hotel and at least 43 people have already reserved it. The numbers are similar for Virgin Galactic with 300 people already paid or signed up for the trip, but unlike Branson, Galactic Suite says they will use Russian rockets to transport their guests into space from a spaceport to be built on an island in the Caribbean. But critics have questioned the project, saying the length of time that will be used is unreasonable and also where the money is coming from to support the project. | |||
| 1. What"s Xavier Claramunt"s attitude towards the space tourism industry? | |||
| A. Quite critical. B. Slightly worried. C. Highly optimistic. D. Fully satisfied. | |||
| 2. Virgin Galactic"s guests will be transported into space by using rockets produced in________. | |||
| A. Spain B. America C. Britain D. Russia | |||
| 3. Which of the following is one of the critics" concerns about this project? | |||
| A. It is hard to ensure the safety of tourists. B. There are many technical difficulties. C. It will be a waste of resources. D. It may lack support in money. | |||
| 4. According to the passage, traveling to the space hotel ________. | |||
| A. will soon be possible for common people B. has attracted the attention of some people C. will make a large profit for the tourist industry D. is considered an industry with a huge future by many people | |||
| 5. What"s the best title for the passage? | |||
| A. The world"s first space hotel is to open in 2012. B. The world"s first commercial spaceport is being built. C. Space tourism:a surprising new industry. D. Space travel will become common in 15 years. |