Ashley Power’s mother bought a computer for her when she was eight. When she was thirteen, she was surfing the Internet regularly, but she couldn’t find anywhere for teenagers to meet and talk. And one day she thought, “If I had my own website, I’d make it a really interesting site for teenagers.”

So, when Ashley was sixteen, she launched her own website, called Goosehead. She had no idea how big a success it would be, but three years later, the site was the most successful teen site in the USA! It was getting 100,000 hits every day, and Ashley had about 30 employees.

 After a few years, the website closed down. Then Ashley, who lives in Los Angeles, was asked to write a book called The Goosehead Guide to Life. The book is about how to design a website and start a business. It begins with a section called “All About Ashley,” where Ashley tells readers what it is like to be the boss of a company when you are only sixteen. “ I was so happy. But it was crazy in a lot of ways. I got very stressed. I mean, I was only sixteen — I didn’t even have a car! If you were sixteen and you had your own company, you’d be stressed, too!“

 In an interview Ashley gave advice to teenagers who wanted to start their own business, “Just be strong and have your dreams and work hard at them. And don’t listen when ______________, because I heard ‘no’ a lot. Just keep going until you hear ‘yes’!”

81. For what purpose did Ashley create GooseHead?(no more than 10 words) 
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82. What is the main idea of Paragraph 2? (no more than 6 words)
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83. According to paragraph 3, what did Ashley do after GooseHead closed down?(no more than 10 words)
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84. How did Ashley feel as a young boss of a company?(no more than 5 words)
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85. Fill in the blank in Paragraph 4 with proper words.
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You speak, write a letter, and make a telephone call. Your words carry a message. People communicate with words. Do you think you can communicate without words?

A smile on your face shows you are happy or friendly. Tears in your eyes tell others that you are sad. When you raise your hand in class, the teacher knows you want to say something or ask questions. You shake your head, and people know you are saying "No". You nod and people know you are saying "Yes". Other things can also carry messages. For example, a sign at the bus stop helps you to know which bus to take. A sign on the wall of your school helps you to find the library. Signs on doors tell you where to go in or out. Have you ever noticed that there are a lot of signs around you and that you receive messages from them all the time? People can communicate in many other ways. An artist can use his drawings to tell about beautiful mountains, about the blue sea and many other things. Books are written to tell you about all the wonderful things in the world and also about people and their ideas. Books, magazines, TV and radios and films all help us to communicate with each other. They all help us to know what is going on in the world and what other people are thinking about.

61. Can we communicate with each other without words?

A. Yes, some times we can.     B. No, we can't.

C. No. It's impossible.         D. Yes, we always do so.

62. When we see somebody smile, then, he must be feeling ____.

A. angry      B. joyful     C. surprised     D. sad

63. We can learn news from____.

A. newspapers     B. radio     C. TV       D. ABC

64. A sign at the bus stop tells you ____.

A. how many buses there are       

B. what kind of bus it is

C. where the bus comes and goes

D. how much money you'll pay for the ticket

65. What do you think is the quickest way to communicate with your friend in another city?

A. Writing a letter.          B. Making a telephone.

C. Drawing a picture.       D. Asking someone else to take a message.

     

In the early years, these schools were much alike (similar).Only young men went to college. All the students studied the same subjects, and everyone learned Latin, Greek and Hebrew. Little was known about science then, and one kind of school could teach everything that was known about the world. When the students graduated, most of them became ministers or teachers.

In 1782, Harvard started a medical school for young men who wanted to become doctors. Later, lawyers could receive their training in Harvard’s law school. In 1825, besides Latin and Greek, Harvard began teaching modern languages, such as French and German. Soon it began teaching American history.

As knowledge increased, Harvard and other colleges began to teach many new subjects. Students were allowed to choose the subjects that interested them.

Today, there are many different kinds of colleges and universities. Most of them are made up of smaller schools that deal with(涉及)special fields of learning. There’s so much to learn that one kind of school can’t offer it all.

56. The oldest university in the US is _______.

A. Yale     B. Harvard      C. Princeton      D. Columbia

57. From the second paragraph, we can see that in the early years, ______.

A. those colleges and universities were the same

B. people, young or old, might study in the colleges

C. students studied only some languages and science

D. when the students finished their school, they became lawyers or teachers

58. Modern languages the Harvard taught in 1825 were _______.

A. Latin and Greek                B. Latin, Greek, French and German

C. American history and German    D. French and German

59. As knowledge increased, colleges began to teach _______.

A. everything that was known     B. law and something about medicine

C. many new subjects            D. the subjects that interested students

60. On the whole, the passage is about ________.

A. how to start a university      B. the world-famous colleges in America

C. how colleges have changed    D. what kind of lesson each college teaches

                                   

Everybody has one of those days when everything goes wrong. This is what happened to Harry.

He got up one morning very late because he had forgotten to wind up his alarm clock. He tried to shave(刮脸)quickly and cut himself. When he got dressed he got blood all over his clean shirt, so he had to find another one. The only other shirt that was clean needed ironing(熨), so he ironed it. While he was ironing it, there was a knock at the door. It was the man to read the electricity meter(表). He showed him where the meter was, said good-bye and found that the iron had burnt a hole in his shirt. So he had to wear the one with the blood on it after all. By this time it was very late, so he decided he couldn’t go to work by bus. He telephoned for a taxi to take him to work. The taxi arrived and Harry got in and began to read the newspaper.

In another part of the town, a man had killed a woman with a knife and was seen to run away in a taxi. When Harry’s taxi stopped outside his office, a policeman happened to be standing there. He saw the blood on Harry’s shirt, and took him to the police station. He was kept till 3 o’clock in the afternoon before the police were sure that he was not the man they wanted. When he finally arrived at the office at about four, his boss took a look at him and told him to go away and find another job.

51. Harry had_________.

A. a lucky day    B. an unlucky day   C. a busy day     D. a good day

52. Put the following sentences into correct order according to the passage.

a. The man who read the electricity meter came.

b. Harry ironed his shirt.

c. Harry got blood all over his clean shirt.

d. There was a knock at the door.

e. Harry wore the shirt with blood on it.

A. a, b, c, d, e     B. b, a, d, c, e      C. b, a, c, d, e     D. c, b, d, a, e

53. Why did Harry wear the shirt with blood on it?

A. The iron had burnt a hole in his clean shirt.

B. The only other needed ironing.

C. He had only one shirt.    

D. He cut himself and got blood all over his shirt.

54. Harry was taken to the police station because_________.

A. his taxi stopped outside his office and a policeman happened to be there

B. there was blood on his shirt and he was in a taxi

C. a man killed a woman with a knife

D. the murderer was seen to run away in a taxi

55. His boss told him to go away and find another job because_________ .

A. he had been kept by the police    B. there was blood on his shirt

C. he was late for work            D. he had killed a woman

                                  

This is the story of two lovers, who finally got married. Both of them were romantic at first, _31 _ on the walk of life, problems, quarrels, profession came into their life.

     One day, she finally decided, “I want to break up.”

“Why?” he asked.

     “I am _32 _”She answered.

He kept silent the whole night, seemingly in deep  33  .Finally he asked, “What can I do to  34  your mind?”

Looking into his eyes she said, “Answer my question. If you can  35  my heart, I will change my mind. Let’s say, I want a flower  36   on the face of a mountain cliff (悬崖), we are both sure that picking the flower will cause your  37  . Will you do it for me?”

He said, “I will give you my  38  tomorrow.”

She woke up the next morning, found him gone, and saw a piece of paper on her bed, which  39  , “My dear, I would not pick that flower for you. The  40  are …”

“When you use the computer you always   41   the software, and you cry in front of the screen. I have to save my fingers so that I can help to   42   the programs. You always leave the house keys behind, so I have to save my   43   to rush home to open the door for you. You love traveling but always lose your way in a (n)   44   city. I have to save my eyes to show you the way. You always   45   at the computer, and that will do nothing good for your eyes. I have to save my eyes   46   when we grow old, I can help to clip your nails and help to remove those   47   white hairs.”

“Thus, my dear,   48    I am sure that there is someone who loves you more than I do … I can not pick that flower yet, and die …”

That’s life, and   49  . Flowers, and romantic moments are only used and appear on the   50   of the relationship. Under all this, the pillar of true love stands.

31. A. while                         B. and                          C. but                          D. so

32. A. lonely                        B. dead                         C. worn out                  D. awesome

33. A. joy                            B. thought                    C. shade                       D. anger

34. A. speak                        B. change                     C. blow                        D. keep

35. A. represent                   B. expand                     C. warm                      D. convince

36. A. grown                       B. planted                     C. living                       D. growing

37. A. injury                        B. hurt                         C. wound                     D. death

38. A. decision                     B. answer                     C. opinion                    D. choice

39. A. wrote                        B. informed                  C. printed                     D. said

40. A. answers                     B. messages                  C. reasons                    D. purposes

41. A. run out                      B. put up                      C. use up                     D. mess up

42. A. repair                        B. restore                     C. fix                           D. mend

43. A. legs                           B. life                           C. energy                     D. strength

44. A. big                            B. new                         C. modern                    D. strange

45. A. glance                       B. look                         C. glare                        D. stare

46. A. as if                          B. now that                   C. so that                     D. in case

47. A. annoying                    B. emerging                  C. rough                      D. refreshing

48. A. although                    B. even if                      C. unless                      D. if

49. A. friction                      B. love                         C. couple                     D. power

50. A. surface                      B. way                         C. course                     D. nature

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