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7．Jeffrey P．Bezos，the founder，president and chairman of the board of Amazon．com，was born in Albuquerque，New Mexico．His mother's ancestors were early settlers in Texas，and over the generations had acquired a 25，000acre farm at Cotulla．Jeffrey spent most summers of his youth working with his grandfather on their farm．
Jeffrey showed intense and varied scientific interests at an early age．He set up an electric alarm to keep his younger sisters and brothers out of his room and changed his parents'garage into a laboratory for his science projects．
After he graduated from Princeton University with a degree in computer science and electrical engineering，Jeff Bezos found employment on Wall Street，where computer science was increasingly in demand to study market trends．He rose quickly，becoming a senior Vice President，and looked forward to a bright career in finance，when he made a discovery that changed his life，and the course of business history．
In 1994，there was still no Internet commerce to speak of．One day that spring，Jeffrey Bezos observed that Internet usage was increasing by 2300percent a year．He saw an opportunity for a new circle of commerce，and immediately began considering the possibilities．
Bezos founded Amazon．com in 1994．setting up the original company in his garage．The company was called Amazon for the seemingly endless South American river with its numberless branches．It started as an on-line bookstore but soon diversified （多样化） to all kinds of products． His work with Amazon eventually led him to become one of the most excellent dot-com entrepreneurs （企业家）．He was named Time magazine's Person of the Year in 1999．In 2008，he was selected by U．S．News & World Report as one of America's Best Leaders．Bezos'Amazon has become the"Earth's biggest anything store"．Amazon．com is now called''one of the smartest strategies in business history"．
Today，Jeff Bezos lives north of Seattle and is increasingly concerned with charity （慈善） activities．"Giving away money takes as much attention as building a successful company．"he has said．

56．Jeffrey changed the course of business history because heC．
A．rose quickly，looking forward to a bright career in finance on Wall Street
B．observed the Internet usage was increasing by 2300% a year
C．founded a new form of commerce that developed fast later
D．was the first to speak of Internet commerce
57．Bezos named his company Amzaon with the aim ofB．
A．opening numberless branches all over the world
B．wishing his company to run smoothly and endlessly
C．earning endless money and being wealthy
D．living a quiet life along the Amazon River
58．Which of the following isn't mentioned in the passage？A
A．How hard Beans studied physics in Princeton University．
B．"Amazon．com"only sold books in the beginning．
C．Bezos not only devoted his life to Internet commerce but also to charity．
D．The reason why Jeffery Bezos decided to found Amazon．com．
59．It can be inferred from the passage thatD．
A．it was Bezos's grandfather on the farm who helped him a lot
B．Bezos invented E-commence to win the world fame overnight
C．Bezos is aiming at being"Earth's biggest bookstore"
D．Bezos had a sharp business mind and a kind heart．

2．I must have been about fourteen then，and I put away the incident from my mind with the easy carelessness of  youth．But the words，Carl Walter spoke that day，came back to me years later，and ever since have been of great value to me．
Carl Walter was my piano teacher．During one of my lessons he asked how much practicing I was doing．I said three or four hours a day．
"Do you practice in long stretches，an hour at a time？"
"I try to．"
"Well，don't，"he exclaimed．"When you grow up，time won't come in long stretches．   Practice in minutes，whenever you can find them five or ten before school，after lunch，between household tasks．Spread the practice through the day，and piano-playing will become a part of your life．"
When I was teaching at Columbia，I wanted to write，but class periods，theme-reading，and committee meetings filled my days and evenings．For two years I got practically nothing down on paper，and my excuse was that I had no time．Then I remembered what Carl Walter had said．During the next week I conducted an experiment．Whenever I had five minutes unoccupied，I sat down and wrote a hundred words or so．To my astonishment，at the end of the week I had a rather large manuscript ready for revision，later on I wrote novels by the same piecemeal method．Though my teaching schedule had become heavier than ever，in every day there were idle moments which could be caught and put to use．I even took up piano--playing again，finding that the small intervals of the day provided sufficient time for both writing and piano practice．
There is an important trick in this time--using formula：you must get into your work quickly．If you have but five minutes for writing，you can't afford to waste four chewing your pencil．You must make your mental preparations beforehand，and concentrate on your task almost instantly when the time comes．Fortunately，rapid concentration is easier than most of us realize．
I admit I have never learnt how to let go easily at the end of the five or ten minutes．But life can be counted on to supply interruptions．Carl Walter has had a tremendous influence on my life．To him I owe the discovery that even very short periods of time add up to all useful hours I need，if I plunge（投入）in without delay．

36．The meaning of"stretch"in the underlined part is the same as that in sentence"B"．
A．The forests in the north of the province stretch for hundreds of miles．
B．Bob worked as a government official for a stretch of over twenty years．
C．My family wasn't wealthy by any stretch of the imagination．
D．During his senior year his earnings far enough to buy an old car．
37．Which of the following statements is true？A
A．The writer didn't completely take the teacher's words to heart at first．
B．Carl Walter has had a great influence on the writer's life since he became a student．
C．The writer owes great thanks to his teacher for teaching him to work in long stretches．
D．Rapid concentration is actually more difficult than most people imagine．
38．We can infer that the writerD．
A．has new books published each year however busy his teaching is
B．is always tired of interruptions in life because his teaching schedule is always heavy
C．has formed a bad habit of chewing a pencil while writing his novels
D．can find sufficient time for mental preparations beforehand，so he's devoted to work   instantly
39．What is the best title of this passage？B
A．Concentrate on Your Work   B．A Little at a Time
C．How I Became a Writer      D．Good Advice Is Most Valuable．

1．______ it would be silly to argue any longer．（　　）

	A．	Was that true		B．	If that was true
	C．	Should that be true		D．	Could that be true

20．A．accidentally B．applying C．connections D．defined E．examples
F．explaining G．reflect H．thoughtfully I．trends J．various

A mathematics teacher asks her students to design a floor plan for a community center，including dance areas and a place for a band．Why？Because such a design will involve several geometric（几何的）shapes and a/an（41）D area，and the students must use what they have studied about the computation of area to make an effective plan．
A history teacher asks his students to（42）G on and write about their experiences holding jobs and their relationships with their employers．Why？Because the students will soon be studying the Industrial Revolution，focusing on how it shaped the experiences of and relationships among members of（43）J social classes in the United States．
A science teacher asks her students to prepare statements （44）F their position on whether the president should sign an international environmental treaty．Why？Because preparing these statements will engage the students in assessing and（45）B a number of scientific views on global warming．
Anyone alert to current（46）I in teaching practice will not be surprised by these examples．They illustrate the practice on the part of many teachers to engage students more （47）H in the subject matter they are learning by helping students to draw（48）C between their lives and the subject matter，between principles and practice，past and present，and present and future．
Yet there is also something unusual about these（49）E：not what appears on the surface but what lies underneath it．These three learning activities were developed with the help of a simple set of guidelines called the Teaching for Understanding Framework．

19．---How do you find out about the latest fashions，Alice？
---In the magazines like Rayli．That's clothes companies usually advertise．（　　）

18．Oh，My goodness!You are still working on the assignment．It __________two days ago．（　　）

	A．	must have been handed in		B．	can't have been handed in
	C．	should have been handed in		D．	shouldn't be handed in

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