71.What contributes most to their success according to the author?

A.Learning by trial and error.      B.Making friends with suppliers.

C.Finding a good partner.        D.Opening chain stores.

答案  67.B  68.A  69.C  70.D  71.A

Passage 7

(08·山东D篇)

Melissa Poe was 9 years old when she began a campaign for a cleaner environment by writing a letter to the then President Bush.Through her own efforts,her letter was reproduced on over 250 donated billboards (广告牌) across the country.

The response to her request for help was so huge that Poe established Kids For A Cleaner Environment (Kids F.A.C.E.) in 1989.There are now 300,000 members of Kids F.A.C.E. worldwide and it is the world’s largest youth environmental organization.

Poe has also asked the National Park Service to carry out a “Children’s Forest” project in every national park.In 1992,she was invited as one of only six children in the world to speak at the Earth Summit in Brazil as part of the Voices of the Future Program.In 1993,she was given a Caring Award for her efforts by the Caring Institute.

Since the organization started,Kids F.A.C.E.members have distributed and planted over 1 million trees!Ongoing tree-planting projects include Kid’s Yards-the creation of backyard wildlife habitats (栖息地)-and now Kids F.A.C.E.is involved in the exciting Earth Odyssey,which is a great way to start helping.

“Starting the club turned out to be a way to help people get involved with the environment.Club members started doing things like recycling,picking up litter and planting trees as well as inviting other kids to join their club.”

“We try to tell kids that it’s not OK to be lazy,” she explains.“You need to start being a responsible,environmentally friendly person now,right away,before you become a resource-sucking adult.”

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 6   

(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.

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