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Years ago we didn't know this, but recent science ________ that people who don't sleep well soon get ill.
- A.showed
- B.has shown
- C.will show
- D.is showing
We didn't plan the program that way, but it ________ as well.
- A.worked out
- B.carried on
- C.carried out
- D.worked on
It was the summer of 1965. Deluca, then 17, visited Peter Buck, a family
friend. Buck asked Deluca about his plan for the future. “I'm going to
college, but I need a way to pay for it,” Deluca recalls saying. “Buck
said, ‘you should open a sandwich shop.’”
That afternoon, they agreed
to be partners. And they set a goal: to open 32 stores in ten years.
After doing some research, Buck wrote a check for $1,000. Deluca rented a
storefront (店面) in Connecticut, and when they couldn't cover their
start?up costs, Buck kicked in another $1,000.
But business didn't go
smoothly as they expected. Deluca says, “After six months, we were
doing poorly, but we didn't know how badly, because we didn't have any
financial controls.” All he and Buck knew was that their sales were
lower than their costs.
Deluca was managing the store and to the
University of Bridgeport at the same time. Buck was working at his day
job as a nuclear physicist in New York. They'd meet Monday evenings and
brainstorm ideas for keeping the business running. “We convinced
ourselves to open a second store. We figured we could tell the public,
‘We are so successful; we are opening a second store.’” And they did—in
the spring of 1966. Still, it was a lot of learning by trial and error.
But
the partners' learn?as?you?go approach turned out to be their greatest
strength. Every Friday, Deluca would drive around and hand?deliver the
checks to pay their supplies. “It probably took me two and a half hours
and it wasn't necessary but as a result, the suppliers got to know me
very well, and the personal relationships established really helped
out,” Deluca says.
And having a goal was also important. “There are
so many problems that can get you down. You just have to keep working
toward your goal,” Deluca adds.
Deluca ended up founding Subways Sandwich, the multimillion?dollar restaurant chain.
- 1.
Deluca opened the first sandwich shop in order to ________
- A.support his family
- B.do some research
- C.help his partner expand business
- D.pay for his college education
- A.
- 2.
Which of the following is true of Buck?
- A.He put money into the sandwich business
- B.He was a professor of business administration
- C.He was studying at the University of Bridgeport
- D.He rented a storefront for Deluca
- A.
- 3.
What can we learn about their first shop?
- A.It stood at an unfavorable place
- B.It lowered the prices to poor management
- C.It made no profits due to poor management
- D.It lacked control over the quality of sandwich
- A.
- 4.
They decided to open a second store because they ________
- A.had enough money to do it
- B.had succeeded in their business
- C.wished to meet the increasing demand of customers
- D.wanted to make believe that they were successful
- A.
- 5.
What contributes most to their success according to the author?
- A.Learning by trial and error
- B.Making friends with supplies
- C.Finding a good partner
- D.Opening chain stores
- A.
On the first day of class, Mr. Whiteson gave us a lecture about a creature(生物) called cattytiger, a kind of cat-like animal that completely disappeared during the Ice Age. He passed round a skull (头骨) as he talked, and we all felt interested and took notes while listening. Later, we had a test about that.
When he returned my paper, I was very, very surprised. There was a very large cross through each of my answers. And so it was with everyone else's in our class.
What had happened? Everyone was wondering and couldn't wait to get the answer.
Very simple, Mr. Whiteson explained. He had made up all that story about the cattytiger. There had never been such an animal. So why none of us noticed that and how could we expect good marks for the incorrect answers?
Needless to say, we got very angry. What kind of teacher was this?
We should have guessed it out, Mr. Whiteson said. After all, at the very moment he was passing around the cattytiger skull (in fact, a cat's), hadn't he been telling us that it completely disappeared during the Ice Age? Clearly he was telling a lie. But we just kept busy making notes and none used his head. We should learn something from this. Teachers and textbooks are not always correct
- 1.
We failed in the test because we didn't ______
- A.take notes while listening
- B.show interest in what Mr. Whiteson said
- C.listen to the teacher carefully
- D.think carefully
- A.
- 2.
We got angry because ______
- A.Mr. Whiteson didn't tell us the truth about cattytiger
- B.we failed in the test
- C.we didn't know why he played the joke on us
- D.there was no cattytiger
- A.
- 3.
We didn't find out it was a lie for ______
- A.we simply believed our teacher very much
- B.we took notes carelessly
- C.we hadn't watched the skull carefully enough
- D.Mr. Whiteson spoke too fast
- A.
- 4.
Mr. Whiteson meant that ______
- A.teachers couldn't make any mistakes
- B.textbooks might be wrong sometimes
- C.we should speak up if we thought our teacher or the textbook was wrong
- D.we shouldn't believe our teachers because sometimes they might tell lies
- A.
The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn't already know.
I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned around to find a wrinkled,little old lady beaming up at me with a smile that lit up her entire being. She said,“Hi, handsome. My name is Rose. I' m eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a hug?”I laughed and enthusiastically responded,“Of course you may.”and she gave me a giant squeeze. “Why are you in college at such a young,innocent age?”I asked. She jokingly replied,“I'm here to meet a rich husband,get married,have a couple of children,and then retire and travel.”“No,seriously?”I asked. I was curious what may have motivated her to be taking on this challenge at her age.
“I always dreamed of having a college education and now I'm getting one. ”she told me. After class we walked to the student union building and shared a chocolate milk- shake. We became instant friends. Every day for the next three months, we would leave class together and talk nonstop. I was always attracted listening to this “time machine” as she shared her wisdom and experience with me.
Over the course of the year,Rose became a campus icon and she easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she enjoyed the attention from the other students. She was living it up.
At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet. I'll never forget what she taught us. She was introduced and stepped up to the podium(讲台). As she began to deliver her prepared speech,she dropped her 3x5 cards on the floor. Frustrated and a little embarrassed, she leaned into the microphone and simply said,“I'm sorry I'm so nervous. I gave up beer for Lent(一种威士忌的牌子) and this whisky is killing me. I'll never get my speech back in order to let me just tell you what I know.”
As we laughed she cleared her throat and began:“We do not stop playing because we are old;we grow old because we stop playing. There are only four secrets to staying young,being happy,and achieving success.” “You have to laugh and find humor every day.” You've got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams,you die. We have so many people walking around who are dead and don't even know it.” “There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up. If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don't do one productive thing,you will turn twenty years old. If I am eighty-seven years old and stay in bed for a year and never do anything, I will turn eighty-eight. Anybody can grow older. It’s non-optional but that doesn't take any talent or ability. The idea is to grow up by always finding the opportunity in change.” “Have no regrets. The elderly usually don't have regrets for what we did,but rather for things we did not do. The only people who fear death are those with regrets.” She concluded her speech by courageously singing “The Rose.” She challenged each of us to study the lyrics and live them out in our daily lives. At the year's end Rose finished the college degree she had begun all those years ago.
One week after graduation Rose died peacefully in her sleep. Over two thousand college students attended her funeral in honor of the wonderful woman who taught by example that it's never too late to be all you can possibly be. When you finish reading this, please send this peaceful word of advice to your friends and family, they’ll really enjoy it! These words have been passed along in loving memory of ROSE
- 1.
The writer provides the details about Rose in Paragraph 2 to show that_______
- A.she was an innocent and enthusiastic person
- B.she was an optimistic and humorous person
- C.she was an aggressive person with a strong sense of honor
- D.she was an intelligent person with highly motivated personality
- A.
- 2.
Why does the writer compare Rose to “time machine” in Paragraph 3?
- A.To describe the friendship between Rose and her young schoolmates
- B.To stress her old age and rich wisdom and experience
- C.To show that she enjoyed dressing up in spite of her old age
- D.To emphasize that she took on the challenge at such an old age
- A.
- 3.
Which of the following best explains the sentence ”We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing”(Paragraph 6)?
- A.“If we lose our dreams, we will regret for what we did when young.”
- B.“If we don’t laugh every day, we will easily get old.”
- C.“Once we stop seeking and working for our dreams, we will really become old.”
- D.“Once we stop exercising, we will get weaker physically and mentally.”
- A.
- 4.
It can be inferred from Paragraph 6 that________
- A.those who don’t have dreams are as good as dead
- B.growing old is uncontrollable but growing up is optional
- C.the elderly usually feel regretful for what they did
- D.our talent and ability decline with age
- A.
- 5.
The method the writer uses to describe the character of Rose is________
- A.making comments
- B.making comparisons
- C.providing arguments
- D.giving examples
- A.
- 6.
Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
- A.Meeting challenges
- B.Secrets to success
- C.Dream in heart
- D.My best friend
- A.