题目内容
Linda worked for the Minnesota Manufacturing and Miring Company, ________ as 3M.
- A.knowing
- B.known
- C.being known
- D.to be known
解析：
本句实际上含有短语be known as，意为“以……而著名”，对于the Minnesota Manufacturing and Miring Company应该是“被大家知道”，所以用过去分词表示被动意义。
阅读快车系列答案“Football is a very short-term career. Football really prepares you for almost nothing. The only thing I got out of football was the ability to work hard.” says Gales Sayers. So what do you do after your glory days on the field are over? Here’s what one of the top players, Gales Sayers did after he put down the pigskin.
Gales Sayers: #40, Chicago Bears, Running Back.
Gales Sayers became famous in 1965. After recovering from a serious knee injury in 1968, Sayers returned to the Bears in 1969 and was awarded the George Halas Award as “the most courageous player in professional football.” At the award ceremony, he owed his prize to his friend and teammate Brian Piccolo, who was dying of cancer.
Sayers couldn’t get away from the injuries, though, and another blow to his knee put an end to his football career in 1971. His personal life was unfortunate as well, as he and his wife, Linda, split up that year. Shortly after that, Sayers started a new life and career as an assistant athletic director in the University of Kansas. By 1976 he was moving up the ladder at Southern Illinois University, becoming the first African-American athletic director at a major university.
Sayers started a computer supplies company in 1984 with his second wife, Ardie, whom he married in 1973. The couple was looking for a field with a future, and computers seemed to have it all. Seventeen years later, the company that bears his name is a national provider of technology solutions, with 10 locations and over 350 employees across the country. Just like in the old days the honors started rolling in. Sayers was listed into the Chicago Area Entrepreneurship(企业家) Hall of Fame in 1999.
【小题1】What does the underlined sentence “he put down the pigskin” mean?
A
. Sayers ended his football career.
B
. Sayers was too tired to go on playing.
C. Sayers intended to start a new career.
D. Sayers only wanted to rest for some time.
【小题2】 How many times was Sayers honored in his life?
| A．Only once as a football star. |
| B．Only once as a businessman. |
| C．Twice in all. |
| D．We are not quite sure. |
| A．the first knee injury in l 968 |
| B．his unfortunate personal life |
| C．another more serious knee injury |
| D．a friend’s being deadly ill |
| A．Football players are not successful all the time. |
| B．A successful businessman should be a ball player first. |
| C．A retired football player can easily make money. |
| D．Whatever you do, working hard is the most important. |
Most American students have to say goodbye to fancy (高档的) fruits these days. In school restaurants across the country, cheaper fruits like apples and oranges have taken their place.
“People are afraid to spend now.” said Linda Morrow, who owns a shoe and handbag store. “They don’t know what the future will bring”. During the financial crisis (金融危机), several of the country’s biggest banks have been forced to sell or close. This has made lots of Americans afraid to buy expensive things.
The crisis began last year. Experts (专家) think it was because US banks lend money too easily. Last year a lot of people and companies, who borrowed money, found themselves unable to pay it back. This left the banks, as well as the people who put their money in the banks, without money. Since the banks borrowed money between themselves and even across borders (国界), the whole world was in trouble.
This month the US government agreed on a $700 billion plan to try to save the financial market. But no one is sure whether it will help or not. Last week presidents from 20 countries promised to work together to find a way out of the money trouble.
1.This passage is probably taken from ___________.
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A．a story book |
B．a novel |
C．a newspaper |
D．an advertisement |
2.Why are people in the US afraid to spend?
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A．Because they think it’s unnecessary |
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B．Because they don’t have the habit of spending money |
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C．Because they worry about their future |
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D．Because they don’t have any money |
3.From the passage, we still don’t know ________.
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A．when the financial crisis began |
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B．when the financial crisis will end |
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C．why some of the US banks closed |
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D．whether the crisis has spread to other countries |
4.The best title for the passage is ___________.
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A．Ways to Save Money |
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B．Financial Crisis facing the World |
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C．Banks in the USA |
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D．The USA Becoming Poor |