Question

  Marc Wright is one of the youngest entrepreneurs in America. He started his business when he was just 6 years old after 1 to some motivational tapes. Following a visit to an art  2   ，Marc thought he would make some drawings 3 see if he could earn money. His mother 4 he put his pictures on cards and sell them. He was an 5 success with some rather unique concepts.

  Marc knocked on doors and gave his short,but 6 sales talk. "Hi. My name is Marc,and Fm selling all kinds of greeting 7 . How many would you like to buy? Here's a hand?ful. Just pick the ones you want and 8 me what you want. " His cards were hand-drawn on pink,green and white  9  . They covered the season of the year,and Marc sold them about three days a week. He 10 about 75 cents a card and sold about 10 cards an hour. During his first year in 11 ，Marc earned $5,000, enough to take his mom 12 a trip to the Disney World.

  By the age of 10，Marc had become 13 of a media celebrity(名人) .He appeared on Late Night with David Letterman and was14by Conan O'Brien,an American television host,television writer and comedian. Marc 15 an idea,didn't care about his birthdays, and was happy to accept 16 from his mother. At the same time he studied 17 and he gradu?ated from the University of Washington. 18 he is the president of the Kiddie Card Compa?ny. Doing business is just like study and needs talent, but the key 19 practice. The earlier you practice，the 20 achievement you will get.

(   ) 1. A. seeing    B. hearing    C. listening    D. leading

(   ) 2. A. shop    B. museum    C. school    D. picture

(   ) 3. A. and    B. but    C. or    D. then

(   ) 4. A. encouraged    B. suggested    C. said    D. expected

(   ) 5. A. immediate    B. interesting    C. unusual    D. able

(   ) 6. A. funny    B. useless    C. effective    D. kind

(   ) 7. A. messages    B. letters    C. notes    D. cards

(   ) 8. A. buy    B. offer    C. reward    D. pay

(   ) 9. A. paper    B. silk    C. wood    D. cloth

(   ) 10. A. asked    B. sent    C. enjoyed    D. averaged

(   ) 11. A. company    B. business    C. studies    D. university

(   ) 12. A. in    B. with    C. on    D. at

(   ) 13. A. everything    B. something    C. anything    D. nothing

(   ) 14. A. researched    B. praised    C. interviewed    D. questioned

(   ) 15. A. insisted    B. saw    C. gave    D. had

(   ) 16. A. encouragement    B. gifts    C. lessons    D. warning

(   ) 17. A. hardly    B. hard    C. secretly    D. frequently

(   ) 18. A. Then    B. Soon    C. Now    D. Later

(   ) 19. A. refers to    B. comes to    C. deals with    D. lies in

(   ) 20. A. greater    B. smaller    C. quicker    D. slower

Answer 1

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本文主要介绍了美国年轻的企业家Marc Wright的成功经历。

1. C listen to tapes听录音带。

2. B他参观了艺术博物馆，看到展出的图画后受到启发，想他自己能不能通过画画赚钱。

3. A此处用and连接两个并列分句。

4. B他妈妈建议(suggested) 他在卡片上画画，将制好的卡片卖出去。suggest sb. (should) do sth.是常用的表示建议的句型。

5. A下文对他的成功作了介绍，因此这里是说他很快(immediate) 获得了成功。

6. C既然他获得了成功，他的话肯定是有效的。

7. D 上文 put his pictures on cards and sell them提示答案。

8. D既然是出售贺卡，肯定是要付钱(pay)的。

9. A按照常理，制作卡片应该是把画画在纸上。

10. D平均(averaged) —张贺卡卖75美分;根据上文中pay me what you want可排除A项。

11. B文章首段第二句有提示。

12. C takesb. on a trip意为"带某人去旅行"。

13. B something of是固定搭配，意为"有几分，有些"。

14. C他出现在Late Night with David Letter-man节目中，被节目主持人Conan O'Brien采访。

15. D Marc有自己的主见，他不在乎自己的生曰，乐于得到妈妈的鼓励(encouragement) 。

16. A同上

17. B Marc不光做生意，他同时努力(hard) 学习(下文提到他毕业于华盛顿大学) 。

18. C根据句子时态用now。

19. D做生意跟学习一样，是需要天赋的，但它的关键在于实践。lie in意为"在于"。

20. A你实践得越早，你取得的成就就越大(greater) 。