题目内容
--- He can speak English because he once lived in London.
---- Really? How long ____ there?
A. does he live B. is he living
C. has he lived D. did he live
D
A jobless man applied for the position of “office boy” at Microsoft. The HR manager interviewed him and then watched him cleaning the floor as a test.
“You are employed,” he said. “Give me your e-mail address and I’ll send you the application to fill in, as well as date when you may start. ”
The man replied, “But I don’t have a computer, neither an e-mail. ”
“I’m sorry,” said the HR manager. “If you don’t have an e-mail, that means you do not exist. And who doesn’t exist cannot have the job. ”
The man left with no hope at all. He didn’t know what to do, with only ten dollars in his pocket. He then decided to go to the supermarket and buy 10kg tomatoes. He then sold the tomatoes from door to door. In less than two hours, he succeeded to double his capital. He repeated the operation three times, and returned home happily with 60 dollars.
The man realized that he can survive in this way, and started to go every day earlier, and return late. Thus, his money doubled or tripled every day. Shortly, he bought a cart, then a truck, and then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles. Five years later, the man is one of the biggest food retailers in the US.
He started to plan his family’s future and decided to have a life insurance. He called an insurance broker and chose a protection plan.
When the conversation was concluded the broker asked him his e-mail. The man replied, “I don’t have an e-mail. ”
The broker answered curiously, “You don’t have an e-mail, and yet have succeeded to build an empire. Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an e-mail?” The man thought for a while and replied, “Yes, I’d be an office boy at Microsoft!”
【小题1】Why can’t the man have the job at Microsoft?
A.Because he was lazy. | B.Because he didn’t pass the test. |
C.Because he didn’t have an e-mail. | D.Because he didn’t have a computer. |
A.become large | B.become 3 times |
C.increase quickly | D.decrease quickly |
A.The man is one of the biggest food retailers in the world. |
B.The man didn’t give up though he failed the interview. |
C.He started his career by selling tomatoes in the supermarket. |
D.Those who have e-mails can work at Microsoft. |
A.helpful and considerate | B.positive and generous |
C.smart and hardworking | D.stubborn and unselfish |
A.Misfortune may be an actual blessing. | B.Where there is a will, there is a way. |
C.Accidents will happen. | D.No pains , no gains. |
Arthur Miller (1915—2005) is universally recognized as one of the greatest dramatists of the 20th century. Miller's father had moved to the USA from Austria Hungary, drawn like so many others by the “Great American Dream”. However, he experienced severe financial hardship when his family business was ruined in the Great Depression of the early 1930s.
Miller's most famous play, Death of a Salesman, is a powerful attack on the American system, with its aggressive way of doing business and its insistence on money and social status as indicators of worth. In Willy Loman, the hero of the play, we see a man who has got into trouble with this system. Willy is “burnt out” and in the cruel world of business there is no room for sentiment: if he can't do the work, then he is no good to his employer, the Wagner Company, and he must go. Willy is painfully aware of this, and at a loss as to what to do with his lack of success. He refuses to face the fact that he has failed and kills himself in the end.
When it was first staged in 1949, the play was greeted with enthusiastic reviews, and it won the Tony Award for Best Play, the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award, and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It was the first play to win all three of these major awards.
Miller died of heart failure at his home in Roxbury, Connecticut, on the evening of February 10, 2005, the 56th anniversary of the first performance of Death of a Salesman on Broadway.
【小题1】Why did Arthur Miller's father move to the USA?
A.He suffered from severe hunger in his home country. |
B.He was attracted by the “Great American Dream.” |
C.He hoped to make his son a dramatist. |
D.His family business failed |
A.exposes the cruelty of the American business world |
B.discusses the ways to get promoted in a company |
C.talks about the business career of Arthur Miller |
D.focuses on the skills in doing business |
A.He treats his employer badly. |
B.He runs the Wagner Company. |
C.He is a victim of the American system. |
D.He is regarded as a hero by his colleagues. |
A.achieved huge success |
B.won the first Tony Award |
C.was warmly welcomed by salesmen |
D.was severely attacked by dramatists |
A.Arthur Miller and his family. |
B.The awards Arthur Miller won. |
C.The hardship Arthur Miller experienced. |
D.Arthur Miller and his best known play. |
D
STAGE
Keep it in the air: The Chaoyang Theater is one of the Beijing theaters to present acrobatics(杂技 ) all year round.Top acrobatic artists invited from all over the country perform for Chinese and foreign tourists.The program contains trick cycling, leaping through hoops and Chinese magic tricks.Some of the artists have won prizes in international competitions. Time: 7∶15 p.m.Daily Place: 36, Dongsanhuan Beilu, Chaoyang District Tel: 65072421, 65071818 |
Use your head: Green Hat is a new drama given by a group of young Chinese actors.It’s a rewrite of American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne’s famous novel The Scarlet Letter. It describes the heroine’s great courage in finding the true love against the public disagreement. Time: 7∶15 p.m.until March 5, except Mondays Place: China Children’s Theater Tel: 66037255, 66037265 |
Mix and match: Story of Puppets tells of a fairy, Zixia, who looks for true love in the human world.After watching a puppet play Peony Pavilion, she thinks there must be true love in reality, so she uses magic to turn the puppet characters into humans, wanting to fall in love with the puppet hero.But things don’t go as she planned...Li Liuyi, the director of the play has made several successful attempts to present different traditional operas in one play.This time he combines Peking Opera, Kunqu Opera, Pingju Opera along with a band, using the structure of modern drama. Time: 7∶ 30 p.m.until March 10, except Mondays Place: Small Playhouse of Beijing People’s Art Theater Tel: 65250123 |
Peking Opera: The Beijing Peking Opera Troupe will give two performances at the Chang’an Grand Theater.Each performance includes two classical excerpts(选段).One is Wenxi(a play focusing on singing and dancing); the other is Wuxi (a play full of acrobatic dancing).The first night will be The Crossroad and Presenting a Pearl of the Rainbow Bridge.And the second night will see the performance of The Goddess of Heaven Scatters Flowers and Havoc in Heaven. Time: 7∶30 p.m.February 27, 28 Place:Chang’an Grand Theater Tel: 86531043 |
A.story of puppets is a play held in China Children’s Theater
B.the artists who have won prizes will perform magic tricks
C.on March 5 there will be two plays for us to choose
D.the artists in the Beijing Peking Opera Troupe are from all over the country
69.If a tourist wants to see a performance on March 15, he can call________to book a ticket.
A.86531043 B.65250123 C.66037255 D.65071818
70.According to the text, which of the following statements is true?
A.The director of the Story of Puppets combines different operas in it.
B.Green Hat is based on a famous novel acted by some American artists.
C.Top Acrobatic artists will present their performances around our country.
D.The Beijing Peking Opera Troupe will give two performances with the same excerpts.