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Zoe, Damacela, 19, didn't have nice clothes when she was young. It wasn't easy for Zoe’s hard-working single mother to make ends meet. They moved in and out of homeless shelters.

Everything changed for Zoe in grade nine. At that time, she heard about a sewing (缝纫) class at her school. She signed up and couldn't wait to turn her designs into clothes. The color of the first dress she made was white-black strips. Soon the clothes she wore were all made by her. Other girls at school loved her designs too. They asked her if they could buy dresses from her. Zoe sold her first dress for $13. Unfortunately, it cost her $25 to make the dress. “I had the creativity in designs," says Zoe. “But I really had no idea about business.”

Zoe kept selling the clothes she designed. Her business was booming, and even the girls who had ever teased her became her customers. In the eleventh grade, Zoe took a business class. She learned how to price her clothes so that she could be sure to make a fair profit.

Her business teacher suggested she take part in a contest for teenaged entrepreneurs (企业家). The contest was for teens from all over the United States. Zoe sent in her business plan, which explained how she planned to make her pany grow. She won the second prize in the end. Zoe ’s success became a news item. Supermodel Tyra Banks heard about it and she invited Zoe to take part in her TV show. “Being recognized I felt really unreal,” says Zoe. Zoe has advice for teens who want to start their own business. “If you really work hard on it, you will be able to make it happen,” she says. “If I can do it, anyone else can.”

1.We can learn that_____________ when she was in grade nine.

A. Zoe had no interest in designing clothes

B. Zoe seldom wore her self-made clothes

C. Zoe didn' t know how to make money

D. Zoe attended a business course

2.After winning the contest, Zoe _____________.

A. considered it a reward B. expected to be known

C. was proud of her own gift D. could hardly believe it

3.Zoe advised the teens_____________.

A. to make efforts to achieve their dreams

B. to design and make their own clothes

C. to try every means to bee famous

D. to do whatever they would like to

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In August 1993, Dad was ______ with serious disease. He chose not to receive any chemotherapy(化疗)treatments ______ he could live out his rest life in dignity(尊严). A week before his death, we asked Dad if he would play the mandolin for his family. First he made the usual ______ again but later said “Okay.”, ______ it was likely to be the last chance for us to hear him playing. He tuned up the old mandolin and played. ______, I found everyone in the family ______. We saw before us a quiet humble man with an inner ______ that lives with him in his life.

Dad would never play the mandolin for us again, but we still _____ the most valuable gift we gained from him, ____ he had done all his life, giving.

1.A. might B. should C. would D. must

2.A. pleasure B. advice C. help D. favor

3.A. applying B. paying C. attaching D. devoting

4.A. touch B. discover C. deliver D. possess

5.A. escape B. shine C. exist D. calm

6.A. included B. absorbed C. buried D. involved

7.A. Although B. If C. Whether D. Because

8.A. courage B. faith C. ability D. energy

9.A. desperate B. unwilling C. worthwhile D. sensitive

10.A. Eventually B. Suddenly C. Gradually D. Consequently

11.A. sense B. difference C. contact D. progress

12.A. combined B. burdened C. carried D. diagnosed

13.A. so that B. in case C. even if D. as though

14.A. plan B. apology C. reason D. excuse

15.A. promising B. noticing C. requesting D. knowing

16.A. Looking around B. Turning up C. Looking into D. Speeding up

17.A. happy B. tearful C. anxious D. delighted

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When I was nine years old, I loved to go fishing with my dad. But the only thing that wasn’t very fun about it was that he could catch many fish while I couldn’t catch anything. I usually got pretty upset and kept asking him why. He always answered, “Son, if you want to catch a fish, you have to think like a fish”, I remember being even more upset then because, “I’m not a fish!” I didn’t know how to think like a fish. Besides, I reasoned, how could what I think influence what a fish does?

As I got a little older I began to understand what my dad really meant. So, I read some books on fish. And I even joined the local fishing club and started attending the monthly meetings. I learned that a fish is a cold-blooded animal and therefore is very sensitive to water temperature. That is why fish prefer shallow water to deep water because the former is warmer. Besides, water is usually warmer in direct sunlight than in the shade. Yet, fish don’t have any eyelids(眼皮) and the sun hurts their eyes… The more I understood fish, the more I became effective at finding and catching them.

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1.Why was the author upset in fishing trips when he was nine?

A. He could not catch a fish.

B. His father was not patient with him.

C. His father did not teach him fishing.

D. He could not influence a fish as his father did.

2.What did the author’s father really mean?

A. To read about fish.

B. To learn fishing by oneself.

C. To understand what fish think.

D. To study fishing in many ways.

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A. in deep water on sunny days

B. in deep water on cloudy days

C. in shallow water under sunligh

D. in shallow water under waterside trees.

4.After entering the business world, the author found _________.

A. it easy to think like a customer

B. his father’s fishing advice inspiring

C. his first boss’s sales ideas reasonable

D. it difficult to sell services to poor people

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