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What does an athlete need to get to the top of sport? Talent is one thing of course, but perhaps there's1 more important than that—hard work. Top sportsmen and sportswomen take their sports very seriously and want to be the best.

Tara Lipinski is a pretty American teenager. She2 the world ice-skating championship when she was only fourteen years old. From the age of three, when she 3 a pair of ice skates for the first time, she loved the sport more than anything else in the world. She trains for many hours every day, and 4 outside with her friends to parties is nearly impossible.

Boris Becher has been famous 5 he won the Wimbledon Men’s Singles Tennis Championship in 1985. He was only seventeen years old then, and he had beaten many of the best players in the world at that time. He always 6 hard every day. He never had the same kind of lifestyle as most other teenage boys. He couldn’t spend his weekends 7 the TV, at parties or restaurants. He 8even eat chocolate whenever he wanted, everything he did was for tennis and his daily training was very strict.

To succeed like Tara and Boris, you 9 a lot of help and support from everyone around you, especially your 10 .You must give up a lot of freedom, but if you ask these champions what they think ,they will tell you it’s all worth it.

1.A. anything B. something C. nothing D. everything

2.A. hit B.won C. did D. kept

3.A. put on B. made up C.took off D.turned down

4.A. go B. going C.to play D. skating

5.A. when B. while C. since D. after

6.A. studied B. did C. practiced D.thought

7.A. next to B.instead of C. across from D.in front of

8.A. mustn’t B. didn’t C. couldn’t D. shouldn’t

9.A. asks B. need C.want D. hope

10.A.father B. mother C.grandparents D.family


Frank Woolworth was born in Rodman, New York, in 1852. His family were very poor farmers, and there was never enough to eat. Frank decided he did not want to be a farmer. He took a short business course, and went to work as a salesman in a large city.
   Woolworth realized he could attract people’s interest when he sold goods(商品),but he soon learned something more important. One day his boss told him to sell some odds and ends (小商品 ) for as much as he could get. Frank put all these things on one table with a sign which said FIVE CENTS EACH. People fought to buy the things and the table was soon cleared.
   Soon afterwards, Woolworth opened his own store, selling goods at five and ten cents. But he had another lesson to learn before he became successful. That is, if you want to make money by selling low-price goods, you have to buy them in large quantities(量) from the factories. Once, Woolworth went to Germany and placed an order (订单) for knives. The order was so large that the factory had to keep working 24 hours a day for a whole year. In this way, the price of the knives was cut down by half.   
   By 1919, Woolworth had over 1000 stores in the US and Canada, and opened his first store in London. He made many millions and his name became famous in the world. He always runs(经营) his business according to strict rules, of which the most important was: “THE CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS RIGHT.”
1. Frank took a short business course in order to ____________.
    A. earn more money for his family
    B. learn something from a salesman
    C. get away from the farm
    D. get enough to eat.
2. Frank sold the odds and ends quickly because _____________.
    A. he knew how to get people to buy his goods.
    B. he sold his goods at a very low price .
    C. he had put the goods on a table in a very nice way.
    D. he sold all the goods at the same low price .
3. The price of the knives was cut down by half because ______________.
    A. the factory workers worked 24 hours a day without any rest.
    B. knives were ordered in large quantities from the factory.
    C. the knives were made in Germany, where labor (劳动力) was cheap.
    D. the knives were produced in one factory.
4. _____________ makes Woolworth a world-famous man.
    A. His business skills (技巧)
    B. The low price of the goods he sold everywhere
    C. His trip to Germany and his order of knives
    D. His health and life

5. The most important rule for Frank’s business is _________________ .

A. to sell the goods at a low price

B. only to sell odds and ends

C. to sell the odds and ends all over the world

D. the customer is always right

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