A week ago, I had the great pleasure of reading an e-book, When Money Talks, Listen! By Rich Ezzo. It took only about an hour to read.

   When I first received a copy, I thought it was a Get Rich Quick type of publication. Nothing is wrong with Get Rich Quick, but my mind just doesn’t chase after dreams of wealth. I think that if God ever wants me to be rich, he knows where to find my purse.

   When I began reading When Money Talks, Listen!, I was overjoyed to find that Rich Ezzo isn’t money hungry either. He, too, is hungry far more important than money.

Since I love this e-book so much, why wait a week to write the review? Simple. I wanted to see if the effect it had on me was a keeper. After reading the last word of the e-book, I totally agreed with the subtitle which promised to forever change the way we thought about money. I had so many thoughts running around my mind that I had to install(安装) a stoplight to stop some while others made their way into the picture, then I yielded(让路) them as a few ones arrived in town. I had a mental traffic jam, which only goes to show how slow the traffic usually is

   It has been a week and the effect is the same. I truly do look at money differently and have even done a few things differently this week. This is an e-book you’ll want to read, I promise. I often recommend books to my daughter, and this is one that I didn’t just “suggest”---I left it open at the bottom of the computer and told each one, “Read it, you’ll love it.”

   I would never point someone in a direction I wouldn’t go myself. I urge you to visit the author’s website, Myster Money, and to download the e-book. You won’t regret it.

According to the passage, a Get Rich Quick type of publication ______

A. is what the author really cares for

B. deals with how to make money

C. is also an e-book written by Rich Ezzo

D. is more popular than e-books

The author didn't write the review as soon as he finished reading the book   

because________.

 A. he was too excited to write anything

 B. he was not sure whether he did well

 C. he had to wait for Rich Ezzo's permission

 D. he wondered if the book would have long influence on him

By saying the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4, the author probably _________.

 A. shows that the book brought him many new thoughts

 B. shows how bad the traffic is in town

 C. describes the difficulty in understanding the book

 D. explains it's hard to change one's attitude to money

Which of the following is supported by the passage?

  A. The author had known Rich Ezzo before.

 B. The author hasn't dreamed of getting rich immediately.

 C. The author always prefers e-books to paper books.

D. The author likes Get Rich Quick-type of publications.

My brother,Mark,died in a traffic accident four years ago. He was my big brother and    36   looked after me. I am    37   today for all of the special times we had as running partners,and times    38   driving to different races,where we had so many    39   about life in general. I    40   these talks terribly at this time of the year.

   41  ,I am so happy he shared with me the    42   of his faith. He was always so    43   to people,and I had been with him many times    44  we pulled over to help someone in need,   45   a smile and helping them get back on the road. So I was not    46   when he told me of the time when he was    47    in college. It was the end of the month. To make matters worse,it was Friday and he had no    48   in his pocket for the weekend. Payday was Monday and he had no gas money to get home to    49   my dad and no money to buy food but he had faith that helping others    50   helping yourself.

On his way home from classes that day,as he was driving along,he noticed a guy ahead of him    51   his lumber (木材) all over the road as he turned the corner. Mark    52   right over and helped him load the lumber back into his truck. The guy was so thankful and    53   his hand to Mark,and in it was one hundred dollars. Mark couldn’t believe his    54  . He told him that was unnecessary but the man     55   and off he drove.

I still think of Mark sitting there telling me that story, with tears in his eyes, and how faithful he was.

1.                A.hardly        B.never          C.sometimes D.always

 

2.                A.successful       B.thankful        C.cheerful  D.hopeful

 

3.                A.spared         B.wasted         C.spent D.saved

 

4.                A.questions       B.arguments       C.differences    D.conversations

 

5.                A.miss           B.remember      C.keep D.fear

 

6.                A.However       B.So             C.Then D.If

 

7.                A.record         B.belief          C.story D.secret

 

8.                A.careful         B.helpful         C.powerful  D.grateful

 

9.                A.because        B.while           C.until D.when

 

10.               A.sharing         B.forcing         C.recognizing D.understanding

 

11.               A.pleased        B.worried        C.surprised  D.excited

 

12.               A.never        B.yet            C.even D.still

 

13.               A.food           B.money         C.paper D.key

 

14.               A.change         B.attend         C.see   D.persuade

 

15.               A.means         B.follows         C.explains   D.agrees

 

16.               A.carry          B.lose           C.arrange   D.place

 

17.               A.pushed         B.moved         C.pulled D.walked

 

18.               A.raised          B.held           C.offered   D.shook

 

19.               A.eyes           B.ears           C.mind D.feeling

 

20.               A.complained     B.apologized      C.regretted  D.insisted

 

 

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1.Emi is a university student studying Italian and Polities. She doesn't have much time to read anything very detailed but she is looking for something with plenty of news and information.

2.Carrie is sixteen years old and loves spending time listening to pop music and lying on her bed reading. She is always interested in finding out more about some of the stars in the world of pop and fashion.

3.Bill travels a lot when he was younger. Now that he has stopped his work, he enjoys reading about foreign people, places and customs even if he has already visited that part of the world.

4.Leroy used to be a detective. He still takes an active interest in the work of the police, but these days he enjoys reading fictions after years spent chasing real criminals.

5.Brigitte has a five-year-old daughter and after several talks with her husband, she is considering to educate their daughter at home. She would like a magazine to learn about this new trend.

 

 

Li Denghai, with his muddy boots and tanned(晒黑的) face, may not look like he is one of China’s famous agricultural pioneers. But the 61-year-old man from Shandong Province has made scientific breakthroughs(突破), which made great contributions to China’s food security(安全). His main work has been in achieving the higher output of corn production.

Li, who holds the world record for the highest output of summer corn, once says, “Corn has a life; it sings and dances. If you listen clearly, it can speak to you.” He started his research in 1969 when he was 20 and just dropped out of a high school. He then read an article which pointed that corn output per mu in the USA was six times higher than that in China. He was shocked and set out to work on just a small piece of land round the clock to see if he could increase the output. He often went to the field with a flashlight late at night, if he had been away during the day. By careful nurturing (照料) he managed to double the output.

Li Denghai was awarded the “China Award for Significant Contribution to the Maize (玉米) Industry” in 2005, and the same year the company named after his own name came into the market on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. Li, however, is never happier than when he is in the middle of his cornfields. “I can forget my tiredness when talking to my corns,” he says.

60. When Li Denghai began the study of corn,    .

   A. he just graduated from an ordinary high school

   B. he was shocked that the corn output in China was so low

   C. he was only in his thirties

   D. he wasn’t really fond of his work

61. The underlined phrase “round the clock” means   .

   A. day and night  B. sooner or later     C. face to face     D. now and then

62. From Mr. Li’s words in this passage, we can learn that   .

   A. he is not good at communicating with people

   B. he is too tired to go to the corn fields

   C. he talks to his corn when feeling lonely

   D. he loves his career deeply

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