68.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.

67.DeLuca opened the first sandwich shop in order to　　　　 .

A.support his family

B.pay for his college education

C.help his partner expand business

D.do some research

55.What does the last sentence of the passage imply?

A.A writer doesn’t have to be faithful to his findings.

B.A writer may write about a hero in his own way.

C.A writer may not be responsible for what he writes.

D.A writer has hardly any freedom to show his feelings.

答案　 51.B　 52.C　 53.B　 54.A　 55.B

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Passage 2　　　　　

(08·山东C篇)

It was the summer of 1965.DeLuca,then 17,visited Peter Buck,a family friend.Buck asked DeLuca about his plans 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 going 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 suppliers.“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 Subway Sandwich,the multimillion-dollar restaurant chain.

54.Tolstoy intended to present Napoleon as a man who is 　　　　.

A.ill-mannered in dealing with foreign guests

B.fond of showing off his iron will

C.determined in destroying all of Europe

D.crazy for power and respect

53.What did Napoleon expect the Russian representative to do?

A.To walk out of the room in anger.

B.To show agreement with him.

C.To say something about the Tsar.

D.To express his admiration.

52.Napoleon was angry when receiving the Russian representative because 　　　　.

A.he thought he should be the one to make the peace terms

B.the Tsar’s peace terms were hard to accept

C.the Russians stopped his military movement

D.he didn’t have any more army to fight with

51.Tolstoy’s description of Napoleon in War and Peace is 　　　　.

A.far from the historical facts

B.based on the Russian history

C.based on his selection of facts

D.not related to historical details

47. The text is most likely to be found in a book about　　　　 .　　　 　

A. popular science　　　　　 　　　　　　　　B. historical events

C. successful people　　　　　 　　　　　　　D, Political systems

答案　 45.A　 46.A　 47.C

2008年高考题

Passage 1

(08·广东C篇)

Napoleon,as a character in Tolstoy’s War and Peace,is more than once described as having“fat little hands.”Nor does he “sit well or firmly on the horse.”He is said to be “undersized,”with “short legs” and a “round stomach”.The issue here is not the accuracy of Tolstoy’s description-it seems not that far off from historical accounts-but his choice of facts:other things that could be said of the man are not said.We are meant to understand the difference of a warring commander in the body of a fat little Frenchman.Tolstoy’s Napoleon could be any man wandering in the streets and putting a little of powdered tobacco up his nose-and that is the point.

It is a way the novelist uses to show the moral nature of a character.And it turns out that,as Tolstoy has it,Napoleon is a crazy man.In a scene in Book Three of War and Peace,the wars having reached the critical year of 1812,Napoleon receives a representative from the Tsar (沙皇),who has come with peace terms.Napoleon is very angry:doesn’t he have more army? He,not the Tsar,is the one to make the terms.He will destroy all of Europe if his army is stopped,“That is what you will have gained by engaging me in the war!”he shouts.And then,Tolstoy writes,Napoleon“walked silently several times up and down the room,his fat shoulders moving quickly.”

Still later,after reviewing his army amid cheering crowds,Napoleon invites the shaken Russian to dinner.“He raised his hand to the Russian’s...face,” Tolstoy writes,and “taking him by the ear pulled it gently...”.To have one’s ear pulled by the Emperor was considered the greatest honor and mark of favor at the French court.“Well,well,why don’t you say anything?”said he,as if it was ridiculous in his presence to respect any one but himself,Napoleon.

Tolstoy did his research,but the composition is his own.

46.Edmonds entered the world of politics first as 　　　　.　　　　 　

A. news secretary for a Congressman

B. a speechwriter for President Clinton

C. news secretary in the White House

D. a speechwriter for Secretary Donna Shalala

45. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text?

A. Edmonds proved himself to be good at writing at high school

B. Edmonds graduated from Morgan State University in 1967.

C. Edmonds was the first full-time speechwriter.

D. Edmonds served the White House after 2000.