| 阅读理解。 |
Like many lovers of books, Mary and her husband, Richard Goldman, seldom walked past a bookstore
without stopping to look inside. They often talked of opening their own store one day.
When Mary was hospitalized with heart trouble in 1989, they decided it was time to get serious. Richard,
who worked for a business company, was eager to work for himself, and Mary needed to slow down from
her demanding job.
They started by talking to bookstore owners and researching the industry."We knew it had to be a specialty
store because we couldn"t match the big chains dollar for dollar," says Mary. One figure caught her attention:
She"d read somewhere that roughly 20 percent of books sold were mysteries (推理小说), and many buyers
spent more $300 a year on books. She and Richard were themselves mystery readers.
On Halloween 1992, they opened the Mystery Lovers Bookshop and Café near their home. With three
children in college, the couple could not spend all the family"s money to start a shop. To cover the $100,000
cost, they drew some of their savings, borrowed from relatives and from an bank.
The store merely broke even in its first year, with only $120,000 in sales. But Mary was always coming up
with new ways to attract customers. The shop had a coffee bar and it offered gifts to mystery lovers and
served dinners for book clubs that met in the store. She also invited dozens of writers to discuss their stories.
Today Mystery Lovers makes sales of about $420,000 a year. After paying taxes, business costs and the
six part-time sales clerks, Richard and Mary together earn about $34,000.
"The job you love may not go hand in hand with a million-dollar income," says Richard."This has always
been about an enjoyable life for ourselves, not about making a lot of money." |
| 1. When Mary was in hospital, the couple realized that ____. |
A. they had to put their plan into practice
B. health was more important than wealth
C. heart trouble was a serious illness
D. they both needed to stop working |
| 2. After Mary got well from her illness they began _____. |
A. to study industrial management
B. to buy and read more mystery books
C. to do market research on book business
D. to work harder to save money for the bookstore |
| 3. How did their bookstore do in the first year? |
A. They had to borrow money to keep it going.
B. They made just enough to cover all the costs.
C. They succeeded in earning a lot of money.
D. They failed though they worked hard. |
| 4. According to Richard, the main purpose of running the bookstore is _____. |
A. to pay for their children"s education
B. to get to know more writers
C. to set up more bookstores
D. to do what they like to do |
| 1-4: ACBD |
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Talk about a real-life hero! Ten-year-old Larry Champagne from St. Louis,Missouri, hit the brake (刹车) on
a runaway school bus. He saved himself and 20 other kids on board from disaster. It all happened in one terrible accident. On the way to school, the bus driver, Ernestine Blackman, suddenly fell ill. Seeing the car was running away, the other kids started to scream, but Larry ran to the front and stopped the bus.
"At first I thought, "We"re going to die,"" says Larry,"but after I pressed the brake, I felt safe."
Larry"s speedy reaction made news all over the country. He appeared on TV shows as a hero. The bus
company gave Larry a big gift. His school hung a medal of honor around his neck.
"My grandmother always tells me to do what"s right," says Larry. He thanked his brother, Jerrick, 9, who
"helped me get the bus driver up" during the emergency (紧急情况). How did he know how to stop the bus?
Larry is something of a mechanic (机械师). He helps his grandfather work on his old truck."He gets his hands
dirty," says his grandfather. One thing is for certain: Larry knows where to find the brakes. |
| 1. What did Larry do to save the runaway bus? |
A. He parked it for the sleeping bus driver.
B. He helped all the kids climb out through the windows.
C. He dialed 911.
D. he pressed the brake. |
| 2. When did Larry finally feel safe? |
A. When the kids finally stopped screaming.
B. When the police officers arrived.
C. Once he pressed the brake, and the bus stopped.
D. When the bus driver started driving again. |
| 3. Larry got the following as praise for his hero action Except _____. |
A. appearing on TV shows
B. a scholarship from his school
C. a big gift from the bus company
D. a medal of honor |
| 4. Larry thanked his brother Jerrick for _____. |
A. helping him get the bus driver up
B. helping him work on his old truck
C. teaching him how to find the brake
D. teaching him how to stop the bus |
| 5. The underlined sentence "Larry is something of a mechanic" tells us that ____. |
A. Larry"s job is a mechanic
B. Larry knows something about machines
C. Larry is a robot
D. Larry knows nothing about machines |
| 完形填空。 |
As a saying goes, every bean has its black.It is impossible to make no mistakes all one"s life. My grandpa
Nybakken, a carpenter, is no 1 . Several decades ago he made a mistake-a(n) perfect mistake, 2 .
On a cold Saturday, Mother"s father was building some wooden cases for the clothes his 3 was sending
to an orphanage (孤儿院) in Africa. On his way home, he 4 into his shirt pocket to find his glasses, but they
were gone. He remembered putting them there that morning, so he drove back to the church. His 5 proved
fruitless.
When he 6 replayed his earlier actions, he realized what happened. The glasses had slipped out of his
pocket unnoticed and fallen into one of the cases, which he had nailed shut. His brand new glasses, having 7
him $20 that very morning, were heading for Africa! He had to drive home 8 .
Several months later, the director of the orphanage came to give a report on Sunday night at my grandfather"s
church, 9 Grandpa and his family also attended.
"But most of all," he said, "I must thank you for the 10 you sent last year. You see, the bandits (土匪) had
just 11 through the orphanage, destroying everything, including my glasses. I was desperate."
" 12 I had the money, there was simply no way of 13 those glasses. 14 not being able to see well, I
experienced headaches every day. Then your cases arrived. When my staff 15 he covers, they found a pair of
glasses lying on top."
Then, still gripped (吸引注意) with the 16 of it all, he continued, "When I tried 17 the glasses, it was as
though they had been made just for me! I want to thank you for being a part of that!"
The people listened, 18 for the miraculous glasses. But the director surely must have 19 their church with
another, they thought. There were no glasses on their 20 of items to be sent overseas.
But sitting quietly in the back, with tears streaming down his face, an ordinary carpenter realized the Master
Carpenter had used him in an extraordinary way. |
( )1. A. expectation
( )2. A. though
( )3. A. factory
( )4. A. turned
( )5. A. research
( )6. A. mentally
( )7. A. charged
( )8. A. disappointed
( )9. A. which
( )10. A. cases
( )11. A. cut
( )12. A. Unless
( )13. A. replacing
( )14. A. Except for
( )15. A. nailed
( )16. A. preparation
( )17. A. out
( )18. A. pity
( )19. A. confused
( )20. A. cases | B. success
B. although
B. church
B. reached
B. look
B. physically
B. spent
B. pleased
B. what
B. clothes
B. swept
B. As long as
B. finding
B. Along with
B. burnt
B. pleasure
B. over
B. happy
B. associated
B. order | C. comment
C. as
C. family
C. filled
C. search
C. anxiously
C. paid
C. nonstop
C. where
C. glasses
C. pulled
C. Until
C. wearing
C. Rather than
C. removed
C. satisfaction
C. for
C. curious
C. combined
C. list | D. exception
D. so
D. country
D. put
D. clothes
D. directly
D. cost
D. quick
D. when
D. Wishes
D. broken
D. Even though
D. changing
D. As for
D. took
D. wonder
D. on
D. eager
D. compared
D. orphanage | | 完形填空。 | Hidden passengers traveling in ships, trains, or even cars can be a terrible trouble-especially when they
are insects. As for this, there is a great 1 between human beings and insects. The former 2 every
possible effort to avoid being discovered, while the latter quickly 3 attention to themselves.
We can only show mercy to the 4 man who had to stop his car soon after 5 from a country village
to drive to London. Hearing a strange noise from the 6 of the car, he naturally got out to 7 the wheels
carefully, but he found nothing wrong, so he 8 his way. Again the noise began 9 and became even
louder. Quickly 10 his head, the man saw what appeared to be a great 11 cloud following the car. When
he stopped at a village further on, he was told that a queen been must be hidden in his car as there were
thousands of bees 12 .
On learning this, the man drove away as quickly as possible. After an hour"s 13 driving, he arrived
safely in London, where he parked his car outside a 14 and went in. It was not long 15 a customer who
had seen him arrive 16 in to inform him that his car was 17 with bees. The poor driver was 18 that
the best way should be to call a 19 . In a short time the man arrived. He found the unwelcome passenger
hidden near the wheels at the back of the car. Very thankful to the driver for this 20 gift, the bee-keeper took
the queen and her thousands of followers home in a large box. | ( )1. A. connection
( )2. A. do
( )3. A. give
( )4. A. unfortunate
( )5. A. passing by
( )6. A. front
( )7. A. clean
( )8. A. drove
( )9. A. normally
( )10. A. hiding
( )11. A. black
( )12. A. below
( )13. A. boring
( )14. A. hotel
( )15. A. when
( )16. A. broke
( )17. A. crowded
( )18. A. advised
( )19. A. bee-keeper
( )20. A. unfamiliar | B. difference
B. take
B. keep
B. careless
B. leaving out
B. back
B. change
B. continued
B. gently
B. turning
B. beautiful
B. ahead
B. careful
B. museum
B. after
B. moved
B. covered
B. required
B. policeman
B. unknown | C. communication
C. make
C. pay
C. unpleasant
C. setting out
C. left
C. test
C. pushed
C. actually
C. shaking
C. white
C. nearby
C. exciting
C. hospital
C. until
C. hurried
C. filled
C. ordered
C. waiter
C. unexpected | D. similarity
D. try
D. draw
D. hopeless
D. getting up
D. right
D. examine
D. forced
D. immediately
D. raising
D. colorful
D. behind
D. hard
D. school
D. before
D. dropped
D. equipped
D. requested
D. repairman
D. uncertain | | 完形填空。 | One day, Raul was miles away from the small ranch (牧场) house in a large valley. 1 seemed to be all
right, yet he felt strange and somewhat uneasy. The wind had picked up, and angry, dark clouds 2 across
the sky. He could smell the rain coming. And it did. 3 , the lightning flashed through the clouds, nearly 4
Raul. The thunder (雷声) was so loud that he buried his 5 in his hands and rubbed his eyes. Then he heard
it. Hoof beats (蹄声). He 6 . There before him stood a tall, white 7 . An old man stared down at him from
its back.
"Wh-wh-who are y-y-you?" asked Raul. "My name is Gray Cloud," the old man answered 8 . "Come with
me."
Raul followed on his horse. A 9 feeling came over him. All 10 them the rain was pouring down, 11 not
a drop fell on them. They seemed to be 12 back toward Raul"s home. Raul lost track of time. Then all at once
he found 13 at the ranch gate. The old man turned his horse, 14 his hand, and smiled. Lightning flashed again.
The old man and his horse were 15 .
Raul"s father ran out across the yard to 16 him. "We have been 17 sick about you. Are you okay? Hurry.
Let"s get in out of the 18 ."
"Wait," said Raul. "Have you ever heard of an old man called Gray Cloud?"
"Can"t say I … wait. I 19 my great-grandfather used to tell storied about a man called Gray Cloud. He died
a long time ago. They say he was 20 by lightning during a terrible thunderstorm. Why do you ask?" | ( )1.A. Something
( )2.A. dropped
( )3.A. Suddenly
( )4.A. beating
( )5.A. nose
( )6.A. looked up
( )7.A. tiger
( )8.A. lazily
( )9.A. natural
( )10.A. around
( )11.A. yet
( )12.A. walking
( )13.A. them
( )14.A. shook
( )15.A. gone
( )16.A. see
( )17.A. waited
( )18.A. yard
( )19.A. believe
( )20.A. defeated | B. Everything
B. fell
B. Strongly
B. blinding
B. hair
B. woke up
B. horse
B. angrily
B. common
B. beside
B. for
B. leading
B. themselves
B. waved
B. left
B. meet
B. thought
B. wind
B. consider
B. caught | C. Anything
C. rolled
C. Quickly
C. burning
C. neck
C. lay down
C. lion
C. coldly
C. strange
C. through
C. so
C. heading
C. him
C. held
C. followed
C. beat
C. worried
C. grass
C. doubt
C. damaged | D. Nothing
D. covered
D. Hardly
D. touching
D. head
D. sat down
D. elephant
D. slowly
D. bad
D. above
D. or
D. returning
D. himself
D. took
D. lost
D. ask
D. excited
D. rain
D. forget
D. struck | | 完形填空。 | One afternoon I was sitting at my favorite table in a restaurant, waiting for the food I had ordered to arrive.
Suddenly I 1 that a man sitting at a table near the window kept glancing in my direction, 2 he knew me.
The man had a newspaper 3 in front of him, which he was 4 to read, but I could 5 that he was keeping
an eye on me. when the waiter brought my 6 the man was clearly puzzled (困惑) by the 7 way in which
the waiter and I 8 each other. He seemed even more puzzled as 9 went on and it became 10 that all the
waiters in the restaurant knew me. Finally he got up and went into the 11 . When he came out, he paid his bill
and 12 without another glance in my direction.
I called the owner of the restaurant and asked what the man had 13 . "Well," he said,"that man was a
detective (侦探). He 14 you here because he though you were the man he 15 ." "What?" I said, showing my
16 . The owner continued,"He came into the kitchen and showed me a photo of the wanted man. I 17 say he
looked very much like you! Of course, since we know you, we told him that he had made a 18 ." "Well, it@^@^@s
really 19 I came to a restaurant where I@^@^@m known," I said." 20 , I might have been in trouble." | ( )1. A. knew
( )2. A. since
( )3. A. flat
( )4. A. hoping
( )5. A. see
( )6. A. menu
( )7. A. direct
( )8. A. chatted with
( )9. A. the waiter
( )10. A. true
( )11. A. restaurant
( )12. A. left
( )13. A. wanted
( )14. A. met
( )15. A. was to beat
( )16. A. care
( )17. A. must
( )18. A. discovery
( )19. A. a pity
( )20. A. Thus | B. understood
B. even if
B. open
B. thinking
B. find
B. bill
B. familiar
B. looked at
B. time
B. hopeful
B. washroom
B. acted
B. tried
B. caught
B. was dealing with
B. surprise
B. can
B. mistake
B. natural
B. However | C. noticed
C. though
C. cut
C. pretending
C. guess
C. paper
C. strange
C. laughed at
C. I
C. clear
C. office
C. sat down
C. ordered
C. followed
C. was to meet
C. worry
C. need
C. decision
C. a chance
C. Otherwise | D. recognized
D. as if
D. fixed
D. continuing
D. learn
D. food
D. funny
D. talked about
D. the dinner
D. possible
D. kitchen
D. calmed down
D. wished
D. discovered
D. was looking for
D. regret
D. may
D. fortune
D. lucky
D. Therefore |
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