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Joy Mangano was 33 and divorced(离婚), had three kids under age 7, and was hardly keeping up payments on her small two-bedroom home by working extra weekend hours as a waitress.
“Sometimes I would lie in bed and think. I don’t know how I’m going to pay the bills,” Mangano said.
But she had a gift for seeing the obvious. She knew how hard it was to mop the floor. “I was tired of bending down, putting my hands in dirty water and wringing(拧)out a mop.” Mangano says. “So, I thought: There’s going to be a better way.”
How about a “self wringing” mop? She designed a special tool that could be twisted(转动)in two directions while not making hands wet and dirty. She set out to sell it, first only a few at flea markets(跳蚤市场).
Then Mangano met with the media. But would couch potatoes(泡在电视机前的人)buy a mop? The experts on shopping TV were less than certain. They gave it a try, and it failed. Mangano was sure it would sell if they’d let her do the on-camera demonstration.
QVC took a chance on her. “I got onstage and the phones went crazy. We sold every mop in minutes.”
Today she’s the president of Ingenious Designs, a multimillion-dollar company, and one of the stars of the Home Shopping Network. Talking about her household inventions is “as natural for me as it is for parents to talk about their children”.
Today one of her favorite products is Huggable Hangers. The thin, space-saving inventions are the most successful gadget(器具)ever sold on HSN, with 100 million hanging out there in closets across the country. Of course, you couldn’t possibly sell hangers on TV.
(1)What would be the best title for the passage?
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A.There is going to be a better way
B.A woman invented the self-wringing mop
C.An ordinary woman sells her invention on TV
D.Women can all achieve remarkable success
(2)What does the underlined sentence “the phones went crazy” (in Paragraph 6) mean?
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A.Many people made calls to say they were mad.
B.There were lots of calls to order the new mop.
C.Many people were mad to see me on TV.
D.The telephone broke down at my home.
(3)Which is the correct order of the following events?
a.Mangano invented the most popular Huggable Hangers.
b.Mangano was tired of mopping the floor.
c.Mangano designed a self-wringing mop.
d.Mangano was ever worried about how to pay the bills.
e.Mangano did an on-camera demonstration to sell her mops.
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(4)What conclusion can be made from the story?
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A.Women can invent household tools because they often do housework.
B.Mangano treated her household inventions as she treated her children.
C.Mangano used to lie in bed and think of how to invent household tools.
D.One can make life better through work though it is sometimes hard.
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China’s 1 manned spaceship 2 at 9 a. m. on Wednesday, October 15th, 2003 in Jiuquan, Gansu province.The spaceship is called 3 .The 4 is Yang Liwei.The 5 was very successful.During the 21 hours 6 , the spaceship 7 the earth 14 times.At 6∶23 a. m. on October 16th, the pilot 8 in Inner Mongolia safely.
Millions of people all 9 China were 10 TV when the spaceship landed safely.
Do you know what kind of things the young people are reading? More and more 36 and parents have noticed another kind of pollution, which comes from the printed papers 37 on streets.
These printed things 38 newspapers but have hardly anything to do with 39 . You can only find reading materials badly made up there---some are too strange for anyone to 40 , others are frightening stories of something 41 .However, many of the young readers are getting interested in such 42 reading, which 43 them what they should pay for their breakfast and brings them nightmares(噩梦)and immoral(邪恶)ideas in 44 . Homework is left 45 , and daily games are lost.
These sellers shout on streets selling their papers well. The writers, publishers and printers, 46 they are, we never know, are 47 their silent money.
The sheep-skinned wolf's story seems to have been forgotten once again .Why not 48 this kind of thing? Yes, both teachers and parents have asked each other for more strict control of the young readers. 49 ,the more you want to forbid it, the more they want to have a look at it. 50 you may even find several children, driven by the curious natures, 51 one patched paper, which has travelled from hand to hand.
It really does 52 to our society. It has already formed a sort of moral pollution. The 53 teachers and parents need more powerful support in their protection of the young generation. At the same time the young 54 need more interesting books to help them 55 those ugly papers.
A. teachers B. writers C. readers D. students
A. found B. sold C. printed D. put
A. depend on B. work out C. look like D. act as
A. it B. them C. children D. young people
A. understand B. think C. believe D. know
A. more important B. still worse C. even better D. very good
A. poisonous B. wonderful C. interesting D. useful
A. takes B. spends C. pays D. costs
A. use B. sight C. common D. return
A. undone B. unknown C. much D. less
A. who B. what C. whoever D. whatever
A. using B. making C. spending D. wasting
A. stop B. forbid C. separate D. leave
A. Happily B. Luckily C. Unfortunately D. Badly
A. Seldom B. Always C. Hardly D. Sometimes
A. take B. share C. get D. hold
A. harm B. good C. favor D. wrong
A. worried B. puzzled C. surprised D. disappointed
A. writers B. teachers C. parents D. readers
A. get off B. come into C. break down D. get rid of
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are or who you want to become·You never know these people may be,possibly your roommate,neighbor,or even a complete stranger.But when you eyes with them,you know at that very moment they will your life in some way.
??? And sometimes things happen to you that may seem at first,but in reflection you find that without them you would have never your potential ability.
??? Everything happens for a .Nothing happens by chance or good luck.Illness,injury,love all occur to test the of your soul.Without these small tests,life would be like? a road to nowhere .The people affecting your life,and the and failure you experience,help to create who you are and who you become.? the bad experiences can be learned from,for they are the most important ones·If someone loves you,love them back unconditionally,because they are you to love.If someone hurts you, them,for they have helped you learn about and the
importance of being cautious.
??? Make every day .Appreciate every moment,for you may never be able to 53 it again·Tell yourself you are a great individual and yourself. Create your own life and then go out and live it with absolutely no . Most importantly,if you LOVE someone,tell him or her,for you never know what tomorrow
may have in store.
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2.A. where ????? B.how ?? C.who ?? D. what
3.A.fill ?????? B.lock ? C.cover ? D. close
4.A.value ??? B.affect ?? C.love ?? D.waste
5.A. exciting ?? B. inspiring C. inviting ? D. challenging
6.A. realized ??? B.lacked ?? C.controlled D. tested
7.A. profit ???? B. fact ????? C. reason ? D. result
8.A. in need of B. on behalf of C. on account of D. by means of
9.A. degrees ?? B. limits ???? C. influence D. condition
10.A. smooth ?? B. snowy ??? C. busy ?? D. heavy
11.A. sense ??? B. incident ?? C. success D. feeling
12.A. So ??????? B. Yet ?????? C. Thus ?? D.Even
13.A. probably ?? B. exactly ? C. certainly D. rarely
14.A. persuading B. allowing??? C. teaching D. forcing
15.A. warn ????? B. forgive ?? C. scold ?? D. charge
16.A. agreement? B. society ??? C. right ?? D. trust
17.A. count ? B. mean ???? C. go ??????? D. change
18.A. save ??? B. experience C. share D. miss
19.A. hold on B. care for ?? C. think of D. believe in
20.A. efforts ? B. beliefs ??? C. regrets D. directions
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