Marc Wright is one of the youngest entrepreneurs in America. He started his business when he was just 6 years old after 1 to some motivational tapes. Following a visit to an art  2   ,Marc thought he would make some drawings 3 see if he could earn money. His mother 4 he put his pictures on cards and sell them. He was an 5 success with some rather unique concepts.

  Marc knocked on doors and gave his short,but 6 sales talk. "Hi. My name is Marc,and Fm selling all kinds of greeting 7 . How many would you like to buy? Here's a hand?ful. Just pick the ones you want and 8 me what you want. " His cards were hand-drawn on pink,green and white  9  . They covered the season of the year,and Marc sold them about three days a week. He 10 about 75 cents a card and sold about 10 cards an hour. During his first year in 11 ,Marc earned $5,000, enough to take his mom 12 a trip to the Disney World.

  By the age of 10,Marc had become 13 of a media celebrity(名人) .He appeared on Late Night with David Letterman and was14by Conan O'Brien,an American television host,television writer and comedian. Marc 15 an idea,didn't care about his birthdays, and was happy to accept 16 from his mother. At the same time he studied 17 and he gradu?ated from the University of Washington. 18 he is the president of the Kiddie Card Compa?ny. Doing business is just like study and needs talent, but the key 19 practice. The earlier you practice,the 20 achievement you will get.

(   ) 1. A. seeing    B. hearing    C. listening    D. leading

(   ) 2. A. shop    B. museum    C. school    D. picture

(   ) 3. A. and    B. but    C. or    D. then

(   ) 4. A. encouraged    B. suggested    C. said    D. expected

(   ) 5. A. immediate    B. interesting    C. unusual    D. able

(   ) 6. A. funny    B. useless    C. effective    D. kind

(   ) 7. A. messages    B. letters    C. notes    D. cards

(   ) 8. A. buy    B. offer    C. reward    D. pay

(   ) 9. A. paper    B. silk    C. wood    D. cloth

(   ) 10. A. asked    B. sent    C. enjoyed    D. averaged

(   ) 11. A. company    B. business    C. studies    D. university

(   ) 12. A. in    B. with    C. on    D. at

(   ) 13. A. everything    B. something    C. anything    D. nothing

(   ) 14. A. researched    B. praised    C. interviewed    D. questioned

(   ) 15. A. insisted    B. saw    C. gave    D. had

(   ) 16. A. encouragement    B. gifts    C. lessons    D. warning

(   ) 17. A. hardly    B. hard    C. secretly    D. frequently

(   ) 18. A. Then    B. Soon    C. Now    D. Later

(   ) 19. A. refers to    B. comes to    C. deals with    D. lies in

(   ) 20. A. greater    B. smaller    C. quicker    D. slower

  Many years ago there lived in England a wise and good king whose name was Alfred. The king did not have a very 1 life in those days. There were 2 almost all the time,Be?tween ruling and fighting, he had a busy time indeed.

  A fierce, rude people, called the Danes, came to England and fought with the English. They were so 3 that after a great battle the English army was defeated. King Alfred  4 alone from the field of the battle.

  Late in the day he came to a hut. He was very tired and hungry, and he 5the hostess to give him something to eat and a place to sleep in. The woman was 6 some cakes,and she looked with 7 at the poor,ragged fellow. She hadn't thought that he was the  8

  "Yes," she said, "I'll give you some supper 9 you watch these cakes. I want to 10 and milk the cow. You must make sure that they do not burn 11 I'm away."

  King Alfred was very 12to watch the cakes,but he had far greater things to 13 . How was he going to get his army together again? And how was he going to drive the fierce Danes out of the land? He forgot his 14 ;he forgot the cakes, too. In a little while the woman came back. The cakes were 15 .

  "You lazy fellow!" she cried 16 . "See what you have done!You want something to eat,but you don't want to 17 !"

  The king laughed at the thought of being 18 in this way,but he was so hungry that he did not 19 it.

  Many days later, he gathered his 20 together again and beat the Danes in a great battle. 

(   ) 1. A. healthy    B. confusing    C. active    D. easy

(   ) 2. A. disasters    B. competitions    C. wars    D. accidents

(   ) 3. A. curious    B. strong    C. swift    D. eager

(   ) 4. A. escaped    B. avoided    C. came    D. separated

(   ) 5. A. encouraged    B. Ordered    C. permitted    D. begged

(   ) 6. A. baking    B. selling    C. packing    D. cutting

(   ) 7. A. shame    B. pity    C. fear    D. anxiety

(   ) 8. A. king    B. enemy       C. soldier    D. friend

(   ) 9. A. if    B. so    C. but    D. until

(   ) 10. A. settle down    B. carry on    C. go out    D. give up

(   ) 11. A. until    B. so    C. although    D. while

(   ) 12. A. careful    B. willing    C. nervous    D. surprised

(   ) 13. A. set down    B. build up    C. put forward    D. think about

(   ) 14. A. hunger    B. danger    C. pain    D. strength

(   ) 15. A. moving    B. drying    C. smoking    D. boiling

(   ) 16. A. proudly    B. readily    C. carefully    D. angrily

(   ) 17. A. survive    B. work    C. struggle    D. improve

(   ) 18. A. blamed    B. injured    C. fooled    D. punished

(   ) 19. A. accept    B. believe    C. mind    D. confirm

(   ) 20. A. competitors    B. men    C. family    D. neighbours

  One night, a young school teacher had a dream. In his dream, an angel appeared and said to him, "You will be given a child who will grow up to become a world 1 How will you prepare him so that he will realize his 2,grow in confidence, be open-minded,and strong in character? In short, what kind of 3 will you provide so that he can become one of the truly 4 leaders?"

  The young teacher 5 in a cold sweat. It had never 6 to him before―any one of his present or future students could be the person 7 in his dream. Was he preparing them to 8 to any position which they want? He thought, " How might my 9 change if I knew that one of my students was this person?" He 10 began to develop a plan in his mind.

  His teaching11Every young person who walked through his 12 became, for him,a future world leader. He saw each one,not as they were,but as they could be. He 13 the best from his students, yet tempered(使緩和) it with compassion(同'清) .He taught each one 14 the future of the world depended on his instruction.

  After many years,a man he taught rose to a 15 of world prominence(著名) .Of all the various teachers in his life,he was the 16 .

  Children are 17messages we send to a time and place we will never see. Believe that one child's 18 may depend upon influence only you can provide, and something remarkable will 19 For no young person will ever be 20 to you again. And you will never be the same.

(   ) 1.A. businessman   B. teacher   C. leader   D. doctor

(   ) 2.A. intelligence   B. wealth   C. memory   D. name

(   ) 3.A. food   B. education   C. stage   D. power

(   ) 4.A. polite   B. rich   C. brave   D. great

(   ) 5.A. nodded   B. stopped   C. awoke   D. stood

(   ) 6.A. shown   B. turned   C. given   D. occurred

(   ) 7.A. described   B. reported   C. saved   D. born

(   ) 8.A. lead   B. rise   C. point   D. stick

(   ) 9.A. appearance   B. teaching   C. accent   D. driving

(   ) 10.A. possibly   B. immediately   C. regularly   D. gradually

(   ) 11.A. stayed   B. changed   C. formed   D. paused

(   ) 12.A. classroom   B. village   C. company   D. dream

(   ) 13. A. accepted   B. took   C. expected   D. kept

(   ) 14. A. unless   B. because   C. only if   D. as if

(  ) 15.  A. type   B. position   C. cause   D. case

(   ) 16. A. best   B. smartest   C. strongest   D. busiest

(   ) 17. A. strange   B. short   C. living   D. flying

(   ) 18. A. nationality   B. habit   C. grade   D. future

(   ) 19. A. break   B. happen   C. end   D. return

(   ) 20. A. ordinary   B. similar   C. important   D. familiar

  American novelist Margaret Mitchell was the author of one of the most famous novels ever written,Gone with the Wind (19S6) ,for which she won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937. An Ameri?can film adaptation, in 1939 received a record-breaking number of Academy Awards.

  Margaret Mitchell was born on November 8 , 1900 in Atlanta,Georgia.

  Her father was president of the local historical society and her mother was president of one of the South's suffragette(鼓吹妇女参政) groups. She was also a strict woman who did not want to spoil(溺爱) her daughter. Apparently? Mitchell grew up listening to stories about the battles the Confederate Army had fought there during the American Civil War. At the same time the awareness of women's rights formed in her mind at a young age. Later, she used these tales as inspiration for her famous novel.

  At the age of 22 ,Mitchell began a career as a journalist, but an ankle injury forced her to rest at home. By that time she had married and started to work on her novel, which took ten years to complete. When a traveling book editor visited Atlanta in search of new material, she unwillingly let him have a look at her manuscript(手稿) .Gone with the Wind was published when Mitchell was 36.

  Gone with the Wind is a clearly drawn tale of the American Southern life during and after the Civil War,which is told through the lives of two families,their relatives,friends and slaves. It centers on Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler. It has been praised as the first novel to tell the story of the Civil War from a Southern woman's point of view. The effect Gone with the Wind had and still has on the world is immeasurable. With Gone With the Wind Margaret brought a promising message to all people "Tomorrow is another day". 

(   ) 1. We learn from the first paragraph that Gone with the Wind        .

   A.wasn't much of a success until the film adaptation was released

   B.was a great success both as a novel and a film

   C.was widely read only after 1939

   D.wasn't an immediate success as a film

(   ) 2. What do we know about Margaret Mitchell's mother?

   A.She held a position in the government office.

   B.She had a good knowledge of history.

   C.She was very strict with Margaret Mitchell.

   D.She had no interest in politics.

(   ) 3. It can be inferred from the second paragraph that Margaret Mitchell        .

   A.was positively influenced by her family background

   B.didn't have a happy childhood

   C.had the idea of writing a great novel at a young age

   D.was taught at home by her parents

(   ) 4. What can we infer from the passage?

   A.Gone with the Wind didn't attract the traveling book editor.

   B.Mitchell had always wanted her novel to be published.

   C.Mitchell began to write novels before she got married.

   D.Gone with the Wind was published thanks to the traveling book editor.

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