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13．When 7-year-old Warren Buffett said，"I will be the richest man one day，"his friends made fun of his"daydreaming"．But ever since then the little boy has set about learning how to make money by selling drinks，delivering newspapers and buying stocks．The American had already earned 9，000 （equal to 90，000today） by the time he graduated from high school．
And this month the 78-year-old man，who earned his fortune by making a lot of sound investment in the stock（股票）market，took the place of Microsoft founder，Bill Gates，as the world's richest man．Gates'worth declined 1.5billion to 55.5billion in 33days after the recent financial storm，according to Forbes Magazine．
Buffett，the only son of a stockbroker，was ready to think outside the box to develop his business from a very early age．At 8，he went to golf courses collecting and selling the used balls．At 11when he sold soda pop door-to-door with a friend，the pair collected lids on streets to judge which flavor was the most popular．
As a paper boy during high school，Buffett delivered two competitor papers，so that even when customers canceled one of the subscriptions，he could still make a profit from the other．With his paper delivery savings，Buffett bought 162，000square meters of farmland and collected rent．Young Buffett stepped into the stock market at 11but earned only 5．The experience taught him one of the virtues in investing，patience．
After graduating from university，Buffett started his venture with stocks with his childhood earnings and money from friends．He researched the stocks and just bought those of solid companies that were undervalued and inexpensive at the time．By sticking to companies such as American Express and Coca-Cola，Buffett has become rich．
"Learning is important to Buffett's success．He is a learning machine who can spend his entire day reading．He keeps learning from books，street smarts and investigation，from both success and failure．In this way，he over-achieved his aptitude （能力）．"said Charlie Munger，his longtime business partner．
32．The passage is mainly aboutD．
A．why Buffett took the place of Bill Gates as the world's richest man
B．what effect Buffett's childhood experiences had on his success
C．what Buffett dreamt about when he was a child
D．how Buffett earned his fortune and achieved his aptitude
33．Which of the following is true about Buffett？C
A．He is next to Bill Gates in wealth at the present time．
B He achieved great success on stepping into the stock market．
C．His worth is more than 55.5billion now．
D He bought 162，000square meters of farmland by selling soda pop．
34．Which is the main factor that determines Buffett's success？B
A．His degree of education．
B．His eagerness to absorb the knowledge．
C．His family background．
D．His cooperation with his partner．
35．What can we infer from the passage？D
A．Buffett is an immediate success in the stock market．
B．Buffett and Gates are business partners．
C．His father helped him a lot in his business．
D．Buffett has a good sense of business．

分析本文主要介绍了巴菲特一生中几个阶段挣钱、创业的故事．

解答 332．D 主旨大意题．本文的几个段落分别介绍了巴菲特一生中几个阶段挣钱、创业的例子．因此可判断D为正确答案．而其他三项的内容只是文中所提到的一个方面．
33．C 细节理解题．根据文章第二段"Gates'worth declined 1.5billionto55.5 billion in 33 days after the recent financial storm，according to Forbes Magazine．"根据福布斯杂志，盖茨的价值下降从15亿美元至55.5亿美元在33天的最近的金融风暴后．可以确定答案为C．
34．B 细节理解题．根据文章最后一段的第一句Learning is important to Buffett's success．He is a learning machine who can spend his entire day reading学习对巴菲特的成功很重要，可知答案选B．
35．D 推理判断题．根据文章最后一段他的生意合伙人对他的评价以及上文对他的介绍，可以推断出D项为正确答案．

点评阅读理解题测试考生在阅读基础上的逻辑推理能力，要求考生根据文章所述事件的逻辑关系，对未说明的趋势或结局作出合理的推断；或根据作者所阐述的观点理论，对文章未涉及的现象、事例给以解释．考生首先要仔细阅读短文，完整了解信息，准确把握作者观点．

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36．A．exciting	B．pleasant	C．tough	D．significant
37．A．game	B．event	C．league	D．season
38．A．short	B．full	C．lacking	D．sufficient
39．A．as	B．while	C．since	D．now that
40．A．most interesting	B．dullest	C．most difficult	D．easiest
41．A．unique	B．adventurous	C．young	D．untrained
42．A．meanwhile	B．though	C．instead	D．somehow
43．A．quit	B．stay	C．resign	D．rest
44．A．hoping	B．swearing	C．claiming	D．wishing
45．A．fans	B．classmates	C．sponsor	D．coach
46．A．only too	B．more than	C．not a little	D．no longer
47．A．fade	B．gain	C．destroy	D．grow
48．A．owe	B．think	C．demand	D．recommend
49．A．reminded	B．told	C．taught	D．guided
50．A．act	B．deserve	C．play	D．take
51．A．with	B．alongside	C．on	D．for
52．A．matter	B．aspect	C．issue	D．thing
53．A．potential	B．goal	C．enthusiasm	D．confidence
54．A．hate	B．treasure	C．admit	D．recognize
55．A．character	B．captain	C．person	D．figure

4．This month，my 7-year-old daughter invited her friend to sleep over．Her mom，who had told me before she did not allow sleepovers，explained that she did not think the kids were ready for a sleepover until the age of 10．I then started to wonder whether there actually was a"right"age for a sleepover．
   I remember the first real sleepover I ever had．It happened when I was about 13 and a friend of mine invited me to sleep at her house．Luckily for me，her parents were not strangers．
   I think I cried for 2 months straight before being allowed my first sleepover．My parents were not completely heartless，though．I was actually sick at the time and had to take medication and they were very concerned about that，but I still did not like them saying"no"．
   I remember my excitement the day before I finally got my sleepover．I could not sleep that night from the excitement．When I got there，my friend's house looked so beautiful and her parents were so nice and welcoming．
   Unfortunately though，the number of sleepovers I had throughout my childhood can be counted on two hands．And after every one of them，I realized exactly how much I was missing．It was only as an adult，when I was studying education，that I actually learned about the importance of sleepovers in kids'development no matter how old they are．
   A sleepover is one of those things every child needs experience on their own．It can do them a lot of good．
25．The friend of the author's daughterB．
A．is too sick to sleep over
B．is less than ten years old
C．never listens to her mother
D．has grown tired of sleepover
26．How was the author's first sleepover？D
A．It was really boring．
B．She can't remember it．
C．It was a painful experience
D．She thinks it was enjoyable．
27．The author writes the text mainly toC．
A．explain what kids'development is
B．discuss how strict parents should be
C．encourage children to have sleepovers
D．ask parents to keep an eye on their children．

1．Scientists around the world have been studying the warming of waters in the Pacific Ocean known as El Nino．The appearance of El Nino is known to affect the weather around the world．Scientists still do not completely understand it．Yet they now find they can use it to tell about the future in different areas of the world．
One example is the work of two scientists at Columbia University in New York，Mark Cane and Gordon Eshel．A scientist of Zimbabwe（津巴布韦），Roger Buckland worked with them．They have found that when El Nino appears，Zimbabwe has little or no rain．This means corn crops in Zimbabwe are poor．The last El Nino was in 1991to 1993．That was when southeastern Africa suffered a serious lack of rain．
The scientists wrote about their recent work in the publication Nature．Their computer program can tell when an El Nino will develop up to a year before it does．They suggest that this could provide an effective early warning system for southern Africa，and could prevent many people from starving．
33．El Nino is known asB．
A．the changing of the weather in southern Africa
B．the warming of waters in the Pacific Ocean
C．the weather which brings drought（旱灾）to Africa
D．the weather phenomenon that brings heavy rains to Africa
34．Scientists study El Nino in order thatA．
A．they can provide a kind of early warning to the place that will suffer from drought
B．they can tell why Zimbabwe has little or no rain
C．they can do some research work in this field．
D．they can put all this information into their computers．
35．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？D
A．Scientists come to understand how El Nino appears．
B．Three scientists from the USA work on this subject．
C．Southern Africa suffered a serious drought and many people died from hunger．
D．El Nino has something to do with Zimbabwe's poor crops．

8．My father was，by nature，a cheerful，kindly man．Until he was thirty-four years old he worked as a farm-hand for Thomas Butterworth near the town of Bidwell，Ohio．On Saturday evenings he drove his horse into town to spend a few hours in social intercourse with other farm-hands．He was quite happy in his position in life．
It was in his thirty-fifth year that father married my mother，a school teacher．Something happened to the two people．The American passion for getting up in the world took possession of them．Mother induced father to give up his place as a farm-hand，sell his horse and start an independent enterprise of his own．They rented ten acres of poor stony land and launched into chicken raising．
One inexperienced in such matters can have no idea of the many and tragic things that can happen to a chicken．It is born out of an egg，lives for a few weeks as a tiny fluffy thing，then becomes naked，gets diseases，and dies．A few hens，and now and then a rooster，intended to serve God's mysterious ends，struggle through to maturity．The hens lay eggs out of which come other chickens and the awful cycle is thus made complete．It is all unbelievably complex．Most philosophers must have been raised on chicken farms．One hopes for so much from a chicken and is so awfully disappointed．Small chickens，look so bright and in fact so awfully stupid．They are so much like people they mix one up in one's judgments of life．If disease does not kill them they wait until your expectations are thoroughly aroused and then walk under the wheels of a carriage．
In later life I have seen how a literature has been built up on the subject of fortunes to be made out of the raising of chickens．It is intended to be read by the gods who have just eaten of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil．It is a hopeful literature and declares that much may be done by simple ambitious people who own a few hens．Do not be misguided by it．It was not written for you．Go hunt for gold on the frozen hills of Alaska，put your faith in the honesty of a politician，believe if you will that good will defeat evil，but do not read and believe the literature that is written concerning the hen．
For ten years my father and mother struggled to make our chicken farm pay and then they gave up that struggle and began another．They moved into the town of Bidwell，Ohio and began the restaurant business，with the tiny hope of looking for a new place from which to start on our upward journey through life．
61．Which of the following is the right order of what happened？A
a．Father got married to Mother，a school teacher．
b．Father quitted working at Butterworth's．
c．My parents launched a business in Bidwell．
d．Father socialized in town on Saturday evenings
e．My parents started their job of chicken farming．
A．d-a-b-e-c
B．d-a-c-b-e
C．d-b-a-e-c
D．d-b-a-c-e
62．By saying"Most philosophers must have been raised on chicken farms"，the author means that chicken farmingB．
A．is so complex that only philosophers can comprehend it
B．gives you a philosophical insight into life
C．exposes you to a complete circle of life
D．allows you the time to judge the life
63．In the author's opinion，the literature about chicken raisingD．
A．is full of hope and positive energy
B．proves the victory of good over evil
C．persuades you to believe in politicians
D．tends to be blindly optimistic about its rewards
64．What's the author's attitude towards parents'dream of rise to success？C
A．approving
B．optimistic
C．skeptical
D．indifferent．

18．You should tell your fiiend that you are concernedabout him．

5．The father as well as his three sons__________ skating on the frozen river every Sunday afternoon in winter．（　　）

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When the Internet powerhouse Yahoo wanted to teach ethics（道德标准） to its employees，it faced a challenge familiar to multinational companies．
Yahoo employs nearly 14，000people at 25sites worldwide．They would feel bored at sitting down in front of a dated video in which actors with 1980s haircuts tell them what to do．So it hired a company called The Network to design a game．In the game，the truck where Yahoo was founded traveled the world，turning into a boat and a helicopter along the way as it visited some of Yahoo's foreign offices．Participants play in game show-like scenarios（场景） that quiz them about conflicts of interest and doing business fairly．And employees note：Yahoo is tracking how well they do．
Such activities draw more enthusiastic participation and teach more effectively than traditional methods．They are described as alternative-reality games （ARGs），involving both interactive and real-world elements．Besides teaching employees，ARGs have also been used in many areas for a number of different purposes．
From a marketing perspective，a number of very successful ARGs have been written as a way to build product awareness．A very popular ARG called I Love Bees was produced to market the 2004video game Halo 2．At its height，I Love Bees received between two to three million unique visitors over the course of three months．
ARGs are more than just a fun way to learn．They have also been used to solve real world problems．An ARG called World Without Oil was created to obtain collective input from players about dealing with the world's dependency on oil．World without Oil simulates（模拟） the first 32days of a global oil crisis and anybody could play by creating a personal story that recorded the imagined reality of their life in the crisis．World Without Oil's success on a small budget has opened the door for similar games to engage mainstream Internet users with climate change，education reform，governmental policy and other timely，vital issues．
（Note：Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS．）

81．What challenge did yahoo face in teaching ethics to its employees？（How to）draw more enthusiastic participation and teach more effectively．
82．In the game designed for yahoo，participants had to answer questions aboutconflicts of interest and doing business fairly．
83．What are the three major functions of ARG mentioned in the passage？Teaching employees，building product awareness and solving real world problems
84．The success of World Without Oil suggests that ARGs canengage main stream Internet users with more timely，vital issues．

3．No one wants to be tested．We would all like to get a driver's license without answering questions about rights of way or showing that we can parallel park a car．Many future lawyers and doctors probably wish they could join their profession without taking an exam．
But tests and standards are a necessary fact of life．They protect us from unskilled drivers，harmful products and dishonest professionals．In schools too exams play a．constructive role．They tell public officials whether new school programs are making a difference and where new investments are likely to pay off． They tell teachers what their students have learned--and have not．They tell parents how their children are doing compared with others their age．They encourage students to make more effort．
It is important to recall that for most of century，educators used intelligence tests to decide which children should get a high-quality education．The point of IQ testing was to find out how much children were capable of learning rather than to test what they had actually learned．Based on IQ scores，millions of children were assigned to dumbed-down programs instead of solid courses in science，math，history，literature and foreign language．
This history reminds us that tests should be used to improve education．Every child should have access to a high-quality education．Students should have full opportunity to learn what will be tested； otherwise their scores will merely reflect whether they come from an educated family．
In the past few years，we have seen the enormous benefits that flow to disadvantaged students because of the information provided by state tests．Those who fall behind are now getting extra instruction in after-school classes and summer programs．In their efforts to improve student performance，states are increasing teachers salaries，testing new teachers and insisting on better teacher education．
Performance in education means the mastery of both knowledge and skills．This is why it is reasonable to test teachers to make sure they know their subject matter，as well as how to teach it to young children．And this is why it is reasonable to assess whether students are ready to advance to the next grade or graduate from high school．

63．According to the passage，school exams enableA．
A．governments to make right policies
B．students to meet their teachers'requirements
C．teachers to understand if their students have made efforts
D．parents to compare their kids'achievements across schools
64．"Dumbed-down programs"in Paragraph 3refer to the programs whichB．
A．lead to high-quality education
B．are less academically challenging
C．are intended for intelligent students
D．enable children to make steady progress
65．Which of the following does the author probably agree with？A
A．Disadvantaged students can benefit from state tests．
B．Tests should focus on what students have actually learned．
C．Intelligent tests decide if children should get a high-quality education．
D．Intelligent tests are helpful in seperating excellent students from poor ones．
66．What is the purpose of the passage？B
A．To re-assess the value of IQ testing．
B．To defend the role of testing in education．
C．To explain what high-quality education means．
D．To call for thorough and complete reform in education．

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