The Price of a Dream I grew up poor-living with my wonderful mother. We had little money, but plenty of love and attention. I was 1 and energetic. I understood that 2 poor a person was, he could still 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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The Price of a Dream

I grew up poor—living with my wonderful mother. We had little money, but plenty of love and attention. I was 1 and energetic. I understood that 2 poor a person was, he could still afford a dream.

My dream was 3 . By the time I was sixteen, I started playing baseball. I could throw a ninety-mile-per-hour fastball and 4 anything that moved on the football field. I was also

5 : My high school coach was John, who not only believed in me, but also taught me 6

to believe in myself. He 7 me the difference between having a dream and remaining true to that dream. One particular 8 with Coach John changed my life forever.

A friend recommended me for a summer job. This meant a chance for money in my pocket money for a new bike, new clothes and the 9 of saving for a house for my mother. Then I realized I would have to 10 summer baseball to handle the work schedule, and that meant I would have to tell John I wouldn’t be playing.

When I told John, he was 11 as I expected him to be. “You have your whole life to work,” he said. “Your 12 days are limited. You can’t afford to waste them.” I stood before him with my head 13 , trying to think of the 14 that would explain to him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth facing his 15 in me.

“How much are you going to make at this job, son?” he asked. “3.5 dollars an hour,” I replied.

“Well,” he asked, “is $3.5 an hour the price of a dream?”

That simple question made me 16 the difference between 17 something right now and having a 18 . I decided myself to play sports that summer and within the year I was 19 by the Pittsburgh Pirates to play baseball, and was 20 a $20,000 contact agreement. In the same year, I bought my mother the house of my dream!

1．A．happy B．popular C．famous D．honest

2．A．no matter what B．no matter how C．whatever D．whichever

3．A．athletics B．music C．business D．money

4．A．kick B．play C．pass D．hit

5．A．right B．shy C．lucky D．confident

6．A．how B．why C．when D．whether

7．A．gave B．taught C．brought D．asked

8．A．accident B．interview C．problem D．experience

9．A．view B．idea C．start D．purpose

10．A．keep up B．take out C．give up D．pick out

11．A．mad B．helpful C．frightened D．shameful

12．A．living B．playing C．working D．studying

13．A．moving B．nodding C．shaking D．hanging

14．A．questions B．choices C．words D．ways

15．A．sadness B．regret C．hopelessness D．disappointment

16．A．confuse B．understand C．doubt D．puzzle

17．A．wanting B．changing C．dreaming D．enjoying

18．A．baseball B．goal C．score D．house

19．A．fired B．helped C．watched D．hired

20．A．paid B．got C．offered D．presented

1—5 ABADC 6—10 ABDCC 11—15 ABDCD 16—20 BABDC

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Woolworth realized he had a natural skill for showing goods to attract people’s interest, but he soon learned something more important. One day his boss told him to sell some odds and ends (小商品 ) for as much as he could get. Frank put all these things on one table with a sign which said FIVE CENTS EACH. People fought and pushed to buy the things and the table was soon cleared.

Soon afterwards, Woolworth opened his own store, selling goods at five and ten cents. But he had another lesson to learn before he became successful. That is, if you want to make money by selling low-price goods, you have to buy them in large quantities directly form the factories. Once, for example, Woolworth went to Germany and placed an order for knives. The order was so large that the factory had to keep running 24 hours a day for a whole year. In this way, the price of the knives was cut down by half.

By 1919, Woolworth had over 1000 stores in the US and Canada, and opened his first store in London. He made many millions and his name became famous throughout the world. He always run his business according to strict rules, of which the most important was: “ THE CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS RIGHT.”

1.Frank took a short business course in order to ____________.

A．earn more money for his family

B．learn something from a salesman

C．get away from the farm

D．get enough to eat.

2.Frank sold the odds and ends quickly because _____________.

A．he knew how to get people to buy his goods.

B．he cut down the price by half

C．he had put the goods on a table in a very nice way.

D．the sign he put on the table was well designed.

3.The price of the knives was cut down by half because ______________.

A．the factory workers worked 24 hours a day.

B．knives were ordered in large quantities directly from the factory.

C．the knives were made in Germany, where labour (劳动力) was cheap.

D．the knives were produced in one factory.

4._____________ make Woolworth a world-famous man.

A．His business skills and his wealth.

B．The low price of the goods he sold.

C．His trip to Germany and his huge order of knives.

D．His natural skill for showing things.

5.The belief that: “The customer is always right” suggests that _______________.

A．whenever there is a quarrel between the customer and shop assistant, the customers are always right.

B．If you want to succeed, the rule is the only way.

C．stores must always follow the customer’s orders if they want to make more money.

D．stores should do their best to meet the customer’s needs if they want to be successful.

Henry Ford was the first person to build cars which were cheap，strong and fast．He was able to se11 millions of models because be could produce them in large numbers at a time；that is，he made a great many cars of exactly the same kind．Ford’s father hoped that his son would be come a farmer，but the young man did not like the idea and he went to Detroit（底特律）where he worked as a mechanic（机械师）．By the age of 29，in 1892，he had built his first car．However，the car made in this way，the famous “Model T” did not appear until 1908-five years after Ford bad started his great motor car factory．This car showed to be well-known that it remained unchanged for twenty year．Since Ford’s time，this way of producing cars in large numbers has be come common in industry and has reduced the price of many goods which would otherwise be very expensive．

1.Henry Ford was the man to built _____ cars．

A．cheap and strong	B．cheap and long
C．fast and expensive	D．strong and slow

2.Ford was able to sell millions of cars，because_____．

A．he made many greet cars

B．his cars are many

C．he made lots of cars of the same kind

D．both A and B

3.The young man became a mechanic，_______．

A．which was his father’s will

B．which was against his own will

C．which was against his father’s will

D．which was the will of both

4.The “Model T” was very famous_____．

A．before 1908	B．between 1982 and 1908
C．before 1892	D．after 1908

5.Ford built his own car factory

A．in 1903

B．in 1908

C．in 1913

D．in 1897

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Tea remained scarce and very expensive in England until the ships of the East India Company began to bring it direct from China early in the seventeenth century. During the next few years so much tea came into the country that the price fell and many people could afford to buy it.

At the same time people on the Continent were becoming more and more fond of tea．Until then tea had been drunk without milk in it, but one day a famous French lady named Madame de Sevigne decided to see what tea tasted like when milk was added．She found it so pleasant that she would never again drink it without milk. Because she was such a great lady her friends thought they must copy everything she did, so they also drank their tea with milk in it. Slowly this habit spread until it reached England and today only very few Britons drink tea without milk.

At first, tea was usually drunk after dinner in the evening No one ever thought of drinking tea in the afternoon until a duchess (公爵夫人) found that a cup of tea and a piece of cake at three or four o’clock stopped her getting “a sinking feeling” as she called it. She invited her friends to have this new meal with her and so, tea-time was born.

1.Which of the following is true of the introduction of tea into Britain?

A．The Britons got expensive tea from India.

B．Tea reached Britain from Holland.

C．The Britons were the first people in Europe who drank tea.

D．It was not until the 17th century that the Britons had tea.

2.This passage mainly discusses_____________.

A．the history of tea drinking in Britain

B．how tea became a popular drink in Britain

C．how the Britons got the habit of drinking tea

D．how tea-time was born

3.Tea became a popular drink in Britain.

A．in eighteenth century

B．in sixteenth century

C．in seventeenth century

D．in the late seventeenth century

4.People in Europe began to drink tea with milk because.

A．it tasted like milk

B．it tasted more pleasant

C．it became a popular drink

D．Madame de Sevinge was such a lady with great social influence that people tried to copy the way she drank tea

5.We may infer from the passage that the habit of drinking tea in Britain was mostly due to the influence of　________.

A．a famous French lady	B．the ancient Chinese
C．the upper social class	D．people in Holland

The price of the houses in this district_________from 5% to 7% in the past two months.

A.has fallen B.has been fallen C.was fallen D.was falling

How old was I? I can’t recall. Maybe I was only 10, about to turn 11, making it the first Christmas after my father left, and left me to fill that sad, shattered place in my mother’s heart. Whenever it was, it was the Christmas the magic changed: the year I stopped being a wide-eyed child and tried eagerly to play Father Christmas myself. It was the Christmas of the coat.

Mom first saw the coat at Tobias, one of the nicer women’s stores in our town’s little mall. It was a deep forest green. A long, heavy, wool dress coat with side pockets. Mom pulled it out from the rack（架） and held it up. “Long enough,”she murmured and slipped it on.

“I need a new coat,” Mom smiled before the three-way mirror. She made any clothing look good, and this coat hugged her just right. She glanced at the price tag, then hung the coat back on the rack, pausing once more to feel the smooth brush of wool.

Eighty-seven dollars. But I didn’t think twice. As we moved on through the mall, I found some excuse to come back and ask one of the Tobias ladies to hold the coat.

At last I had the coat. The store ladies wrapped it in their biggest box with bright blue paper and a thick silver ribbon. I don’t remember how I got it home, but I can still feel the bursting excitement and pride that filled me each time I glimpsed at the beautifully wrapped gift hiding under my sweater. I would occasionally dig it out just to hold the box, to imagine the big space it would take up under our tree. Here it was ─ joy, peace, and love ─ all wrapped up, waiting for Mom’s loving gratitude.

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A. the coat was of good quality B. the coat was too expensive

C. she liked the coat very much D. she’d get it in the end

37. The writer tried to act as Father Christmas in order to ____.

A. show he grew up B. show he missed his father

C. bring his mother a surprise D. enjoy himself

38. The writer hid the coat under his sweater in order to ____.

A. imagine the space taken up under the Christmas tree

B. feel the strong feeling to his mother on Christmas

C. give his mother a big surprise on Christmas Day

D. keep the new coat tidy and orderly in the box

39. What can be the best title of this passage?

A. A Merry Christmas B. Christmas of the Coat

C. A Deep Green Coat D. Mother’s Merry Christmas

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