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At the age of 11, Peter Lynch started caddying(当球童) at Brae Burn Country Club in Newton, Mass. “It was better than a newspaper carrier, and much more profitable,” the Fidelity vice chairman recalls. He kept it up during the summers for almost a decade. “You get to know the course and can give the golf players advice about how to approach various holes,” he says. “Where else, at age 15 or 16, can you serve as a trusted adviser to high-powered people?”

One of those people was George Sullivan, then president of Fidelity’s funds, who was so impressed with Lynch’s smarts that he hired him in 1966. “There were about 75 applicants for 3 job openings,” Lynch says now. “But I was the only one who had caddied for the president for 10 years.”

In between caddying and managing money, Lynch went to Boston College on a scholarship from a program called the Francis Ouimet Fund. Named after the 1913 winner of the U.S. Open, the fund launched in 1949 which is open to Massachusetts kids only. Ouimet executive director Robert Donovan says, “Help with college is a logical extension of friendly relation between golfers and their favorite caddies, because there is a close tie to train up them to be excellent that happens between the players and the kids who carry their golf poles. And for the teens, caddying is all about being around successful role models.”

It is obvious that caddies who are finally successful include all kinds of outstanding personnel, from actor Bill Murray, to New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, to former GE chairman and CEO Jack Welch.

Of course, the great number of financial giants who caddied in their youth might be coincidence, but Dick Connolly thinks not. “Caddying life teaches you a lot about business, and about life,” he says. “You learn to show up early and look people in the eye when you shake their hand, and you learn how to read people -- including who’s likely to cheat and who isn’t.” Connolly is a longtime investment advisor at Morgan Stanley’s Boston office, a former Ouimet scholarship student and, along with Peter Lynch and Roger Altman, one of the program’s biggest supporters. He wants to share the most important lesson he learned on the links, so he says: “One golfer I caddied for told me that if you want to succeed in any field -- golf or business -- you have to spend a lot of lonely hours, either practicing or working, when you’d rather be partying with your friends. That’s true, and it stuck with me.”

 1.Which of the following may Peter Lynch agree about caddying?

A. He could have a relaxing job as a caddie.

B. He could make more money from the golf players.  

C. His duty was to advise the players how to play golf.

D. His caddying experiences contributed to his later career.

2.Why was the Francis Ouimet Fund set up to support Massachusetts kids only?

A. Because of the advice from the rich golf players.

B. Because of those giants with caddying experiences.

C. Because of the great success the caddies have achieved.

D. Because of the friendly relation between golfers and their caddies.

3.According to Dick Connolly, caddying experience in your youth_____.

A. helps you learn to live with loneliness

B. teaches you a lot about business and life

C. makes it possible to meet with great people

D. offers you chances to communicate with others

4.Which of the following may be the best title for the passage?

A. Legend of Peter Lynch.

B. An introduction of Golf Caddying.

C. Golf Caddying into Future Success.

D. Five Giants with Caddying Experiences.

 

【答案】

1.D

2.D

3.B

4.C

【解析】

试题分析: 本文讲述在高尔夫球场打暑期工的孩子们不仅仅可以赚到零花钱,还可以申请奖学金,还可以近距离观察成功人士的为人处事,甚至有希望结识未来的老板,踏上事业成功的绿色通道,这是从球童到大亨,高尔夫球场上的成功路。

1.D细节理解题。根据最后一段提到“Caddying life teaches you a lot about business, and about life,” he says. “You learn to show up early and look people in the eye when you shake their hand, and you learn how to read people -- including who’s likely to cheat and who isn’t.球童能教会人大量商业和生活方面知识,你得学会提到到场,学会握手时直视对方眼睛,学会阅人,所以这对将来的事业是有帮助的,故选D项。

2.D 细节理解题。根据第二段提到Help with college is a logical extension of friendly relation between golfers and their favorite caddies, because there is a close tie to train up them to be excellent that happens between the players and the kids who carry their golf poles.高乐夫一无所知与他们最喜欢的球童之间关系融洽,,球手和为他们拿球杆的孩子之间存在着一种完整的传帮带关系,对孩子们自己来说,当玩意就是近距离观察学习成功的榜样,所以选D项。

3.B 细节理解题。根据最后一段提到Caddying life teaches you a lot about business, and about life球童的生活能教会你很多,无论是商业还是生活方面,所以选B项。

4.C 主旨大意。本文讲述在高尔夫球场打暑期工的孩子们不仅仅可以赚到零花钱,还可以申请奖学金,还可以近距离观察成功人士的为人处事,甚至有希望结识未来的老板,踏上事业成功的绿色通道,这是从球童到大亨,高尔夫球场上的成功路,所以选C项。

考点:人物类阅读。

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阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36~55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、c和D)中选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I moved to this small town at the age of twelve.After getting  36   in our new house and starting school,I began to explore the   37  area.I was exploring the pond when I discovered the fish.

There were two of them,one about a foot long,  38  the other just a little smaller,and they were the most beautiful fish I had  39  seen.They had blue and yellow and red  40  from head to tail.Before they saw me,they swam  41  over the sand just under the front edge of the large cedar(杉)tree which had long before fallen  42   the pond.

I went back the next day after school  43   with about six feet of fishing line and a hook borrowed from our elderly neighbor.and half a dozen worms I had   44  out of the garden.We did not own any fishing tool,and   45  a city kid,my fishing experience, had  46  week long visits to my relatives.

I took a shortcut  47  some fallen cedars on my way to the pond.As I was climbing over one tree and ducking under another,I  _48  my footing,and my soup can of worms went flying into the air.My  49   was only increased when I noticed that my worms had disappeared.

I went to the pond,looked down again,and there they were.I made a few  50   to catch them by hand,but I soon realized it was never going to  51 .I had been trying to catch them for quite a while without actually even  52   either one.After each attempt,they   53  suddenly go around the pool,then settle back under the log.They could really go  54 ,but they were just too fast to be caught.I was wet and   55   and it was time to go home.

36.A.seated          B.settled         C.separated                D.served

37.A.deserted       B.crowded      C.surrounding            D.distant

38.A.but              B.and             C.thus                       D.so

39.A.hardly         B.seldom        C.never                     D.ever

40.A.dots            B.signs           C.signals                   D.symbols

41.A.nervously    B.hopelessly     C.effortlessly             D.difficultly

42.A.through       B.across          C.past                    D.by

43.A.armed         B.matched       C.handled                  D.accompanied

44.A.put              B.dug             C.pulled                    D.searched

45.A.for              B.with            C.as                          D.despite

46.A.consisted of  B.compared with  C.made up                D.taken up

47.A.beyond        B.against         C.between                 D.through

48.A.lost             B.sank                   C.sent                D. threw

49.A.doubt          B.disappointment    C.courage           D. strength

50.A.steps           B.activities             C.attempts          D. movement

51.A.work           B.complete             C.cover              D. catch

52.A.noticing               B.touching             C.holding           D. feeling

53.A.should          B.might                 C.would             D. could

54.A.somewhere    B.anywhere           C.nowhere          D. everywhere

55.A.excited        B.frightened           C.worried           D. discouraged

 

An inventor seeks to create a new product that serves a specific need and fulfills a role that other products do not. Sometimes an inventor comes up with a wholly new idea, but more often inventions are simply improvements on an older design. With a little imagination and creativity (创造力), an old idea can suddenly become something new.

    However, creating a new invention means much more than having a brilliant idea. A good designer follows the design process: identifying the challenge, researching and brainstorming ideas(集思广益), designing a solution, testing and evaluating the ideas, and finally building the product. Designers also use science, math, technology, and engineering to design a tool that satisfies the need they identified.

    Anyone can be an inventor —even kids! For example, Chester Greenwood was just fifteen years old when he invented a product that changed his life. In fact, his idea was so good that his invention supported him for the rest of his life. You may not know his name, but you probably know his invention —earmuffs (保暖耳罩)!

   The inspiration for his earmuff design came to Chester when he was ice-skating. His ears were cold, and he decided to find a way to keep them warm. With the help of his grandmother, he made a new product to protect his ears and at the age of eighteen, Chester patented his earmuff design.

    Many other famous inventors started young as well. Margaret Knight —the inventor of the flat-bottomed brown paper bag —is said to have created a safety device for textile looms(织布机) when she was just twelve years old. Another example is Thomas Edison, one of the greatest inventors in history, who applied for his first patent when he was just twenty-one years old. Over the course of his life, Thomas Edison patented a total of 1,093 inventions!

1. In most cases, an invention ________ according to the first paragraph.

A. comes from a complete new idea

B. is usually based on an old product or idea

C. will change its creator’s life completely

D. is created by scientists in different fields

2.The second paragraph mainly wants to tell us _______.

A. the difficulty in making a new invention

B. the common steps of creating new things

C. having a good idea is the key to creation

D. designing a tool is the first step in inventing

3.The example of Chester Greenwood is used to show that ________.

A. children can also invent something

B. it is easy even for children to make inventions

C. kids have more advantages in inventing things

D. to be an inventor is the best way to change one’s life

4.At first Chester designed his earmuffs in order to ________.

A. protect his ears while ice-skating

B. earn money to support his poor family

C. realize his dream of becoming an inventor

D. make himself look fashionable while ice-skating   

 

When he took office, George W. Bush, son of former president George Herbert Walker Bush, became the first son to follow his father into the White House since John Quiney Adams followed John Adams in the early 19th century.

    Bush was born on July 6, 1946, in New Haven, Connecticut, the first child of George Herbert Walker Bush and Barbara Pierce Bush. Although George Herbert Walker Bush began his career in the oil industry, he finally served as a congressman(国会议员), and vice(副) president and president of the United States.

    At the age of two,Bush moved with his parents from Connecticut to Odessa, Texas, where his father took up the oil business. After a year in Texas, the family moved to California for business reasons. A year later, the family returned to Texas and settled in Midland, where Bush lived from 1950 to 1959.

    In 1959, again for business reasons, the family moved to Houston, Texas. In 1961 Bush left Texas and went to Andover, Massachusetts, to attend Phillips Academy, aboarding school(寄宿学校) that his father had also attended.

    At Phillips, Bush played basketball, baseball, and football. He was best known for being head cheerleader. In 1964 he enrolled at Yale University in Connecticut.His father and grandfather had also attended Yale. At Yale, Bush was considered an average student, but he was popular with his classmates.

    Bush graduated from Yale with a bachelor’s degree in history in 1968. Then he joined the Air National Guard and remained in the Guard until 1973. After earning his MBA from Harvard in 1975, Bush returned to Midland. Like his father, he first entered the oil industry as a “landsman(新手)”. However, Bush’s oil companies never enjoyed great success. He took more interest in politics. He helped his father to become president and in 1994 he himself was elected governor of Texas.

    In the summer of 1999, Bush began to run for the president of the USA and on January 20, 2001, George W. Bush, hand raised, took the oath(宣誓) of office to become the 43rd president of the US.

1.What does the writer intend to tell us in the first paragraph?

    A. George W. Bush is the first son in American history to follow his father into the White House.

    B. George W. Bush is the first son of former president George Herbert Walker Bush.

    C. John Quincy Adams and his father were both former American presidents.

    D. George W. Bush is the second one in American history to follow his father into the White House.

2.We may learn from the text that young Bush ______.

A. got on very well at the universities

B. was very good at basketball, baseball and football

C. did everything as his father had done   

D. was a very successful politician like his father

3.Which of the following is NOT true about George W. Bush?

A. Young Bush lived with his family in Texas from 1948 to 1961.

B. He once studied at a university that his father and grandfather had also attended.

C. He once ruled over an American state before he entered the White House.

D. He once served at the Air National Guard for about five years.

 

Jamaican sprinter (短跑选手) Usain Bolt plans to send a message to rival Tyson Gay by breaking the world 100m record in the London Grand Prix on Friday.

Bolt, who won gold in the 100m,200m and 4*100m relay in reord times at the Beijing Olympics last year, is determined to use the Crystal Palace event to crush the morale (士气)  of his main rival for gold at next month’s World Athletics Championships in Berlin.

The 22-year-old is slowly returning to peak form after posting 19.59 sec for the 200m in Lausanne earlier this month and clocking a time of 9.79 sec over 100m in cold, rainy conditions in Paris on Friday.

Despite Bolt’s impressive times, Gay still believes he has the beating of the Jamaican. But Bolt insists there is no one in the sport who scares him and he will prove the point in south London this weekend.

Although Bolt believes he is only running at 85 percent at the moment while he recovers from injuries suffered in a recent car crash in Jamaica, he sees no reason why he can’t break his world record 100m time of 9.69 seconds.

However he won’t get the chance to take on Gay in the 100m in London as the American is only running in the 200m, which Bolt is not competing in, so he will have to settle for underlining his own ability.

“You never know what is possible. I will give my best either way. My friends are saying I’m bringing the rain wherever I go but we will see on Friday.”

While Bolt would love to make a big impact in London, he knows the main event is the World Championships.

“The London Grand Prix will show me where I’m at and what I need to do. After, we can analyse what I need to do ahead of the World Championships.”

1.According to the passage, Bolt competed and will compete in the following event. Which of them is arranged in time order?

a. Lausanne athletics gold league matches

b. Beijing Olympic Games

c. Paris athletics gold league matches

d. World Athletic championships

e. London grand Prix

A.b-c-a-e-d

B.b-c-a-d-e

C.b-a-c-e-d

D.b-a-c-d-e

2.What does the underlined phase “take on” mean in paragraph 6?

A.employ

B.compete against

C.accept

D.develop

3.Which of the following is true?

A.Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt broke the world 100m record in the London Grand Prix on Friday.

B.Bolt will not compete in the 200m in London because of Gay’s impressive times.

C.Bolt won 3 gold medals at the Beijing Olympic Games at the age of 22.

D.Bolt suffered a car crash in London recently.

4.What can we learn from the last two paragraphs?

A.Bolt is expecting the London Grand Prix.

B.Bolt thinks the world Championships is more important.

C.Bolt made a big difference in the London Grand Prix.

D.Bolt is not confident in his success in the London Grand Prix.

 

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