题目内容
.C【2011·河北邢台市一模】
Ted Turner, a strongly competitive and hardworking businessman, achieved high goals and great success by the time he was 43 years old. Ted turner is probably best known for his Cable News Network (CNN) and became the world’s best yachtsman（快艇手）when he won the America’s Cup in 1977. In 1982 Ted Turner was included in the first edition of the Forbes 400 list, naming him one of the 400 richest people in the United States. How did Ted Turner accomplish all of this at such a young age?
As a child, Ted Turner lived a very lonely life, often separated from his family. During World War II, Ed Turner, his father served in the Navy. Ed Turner left his 6-year-old son behind in a boarding school in Cincinnati, Ohio. When Ted Turner was in the fifth grade, his father sent him in an Army school. Even though Turner had friends at school, it didn’t make up for the absence of his parents and sister. He attended college off and on, because of taking part in sailboat racing, and became a member of the U.S. coast Goast Guard for a while. In his early twenties, Ted Turned became genera manager of one of his father’s branch offices-the Turner Advertising company in Macon, Georgia.
Two years later, when his father suddenly died, Ted Turner took over the company. He soon discovered that the he was more skilled than his father in managing the business.
After thinking about his father’s death, however, Ted Turner realized that is was dangerous to put too much emphasis on material possessions. Rather than devoting his energy only to building an empire, Ted Turner decided to change his life. He decided to use his hard-carned influence to serve the public. Worried about the environment, Ted Turner built the Better World Society in 1985. The purpose of this organization was to educate people about pollution, hunger, and the danger of destruction.
49．From the passage, we know .
A．Mr. Turner was a competitive athlete
B．he became world famous for his Cable News Network
C．he was ever a winner of the America’s Cup in 1982.
D．MR. Ted was the 400th richest person in the United States
50．Which of the following statements is NOT mentioned in the text?
A．He hoped to live up to his father’s expectations
B．He was more skilled than his father in managing the business
C．Ted Turner had a lonely childhood
D．He devoted his energy to both his business and public service
51．Ted Turner did all the following except that .
A．he was separated from his family
B．he served in the Navy
C．he studied in a boarding school in Ohio
D．he became involved in sailboat racing
52．What can we know from the last paragraph?
A．Ted found out the cause of his father’s death
B．Ted came to know the disadvantages of his career
C．Ted decided to build the Better World Society to earn more money.
D．Ted decided to educate people himself in the end
【答案】BABB
