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【题目】Hello, and welcome to our program of successful business women.

Today, we are looking at the of Maria Silvers, the 【1】 (found) of a chain of coffee bars. She comes from Singapore, 【2】 later moved to London with her family. Her father, 【3】 was a factory manager, filled her a(n) 【4】 (believe) in hard work. Maria studied political science at university. After 【5】 (leave) university, she became a teacher. When her father died, she went to New York for a break. Every morning, she’d go to a coffee bar.

When she got back to London she realized that there 【6】 (be) nothing like those coffee bars. So she decided 【7】 (give) up her job and do something about it. She opened the first coffee bar in 1995, and her 【8】 (succeed) was quick. She opened ten more the 【9】 (follow) year. Now she is proud of her success and plans to open eighty more 【10】 the eighty-five she already had. And Maria is only 33 years old.

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【答案】

【1】founder

【2】but

【3】who

【4】belief

【5】leaving

【6】was

【7】to give

【8】success

【9】following

【10】besides

【解析】文章介绍一位年轻的成功商业女性Maria Silvers。

考察学生的词汇，语法运用，以及对句子的理解能力。

【1】考查名词。这里说的是Maria Silvers是一家连锁咖啡馆的创办人。故用founder。

【2】考察连词。句意：她来自新加坡，但是后来和她的家人搬去了英格兰。根据前后句句意可知这里是转折关系，故用but。

【3】考察定语从句的关系词。这里构造非限制性定语从句，用关系代词指代，故用who。

【4】考查名词。这里冠词a后用名词形式的belief，他的父亲让她相信努力的力量。

【5】考察动名词。句意：大学毕业之后，她成为了一名教师。这里介词after后接动名词，故用leaving。

【6】句意：当她回到伦敦之后，她意识到这里没有像纽约那样的咖啡馆。根据句意可知这里考查there be结构，故用was。

【7】考查不定式作宾语。句意：因此她决定辞去工作。decide后接不定式做宾语，故用to give。

【8】考查名词。句意：1995年，她开了第一家咖啡馆，她的成功很快。这里用名词做主语，故用success。

【9】考查形容词。句意：在接下来的一年，她又开了十家咖啡馆。following 可作为形容词，意为“后面的，其次的，下列的，顺风的”。这里用形容词following修饰名词year，故用following。

【10】考查介词。句意：现在她对自己的成功很自豪，除了她已经开办的85家咖啡馆，Maria打算再开80家。根据句意可知这里用besides。