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                                                                   Warren Buffett
      For someone who is such a successful investor,  Warren Buffett comes off as a pretty ordinary guy.
He was born on August 30, 1930. __1__ He used to go doortodoor and sell soda water. When his
family moved to Washington, Buffett became a paperboy for The Washington Post. Buffett ran his five
paper routes and even added magazines to round out his product offerings. While still in school, he was
making$ 175 a month, a fulltime wage for many men.
      __2__ He spent $ 1,200 on 40 acres of farmland in Nebraska. He and a friend also made $ 50 a
week by placing pinball machines in barber shops. They called their venture(企业) Wilson Coin Operated Machine Co.
      Already a successful smalltime businessman, Buffett wasn't interested in going to college  but ended
up at the University of Pennsylvania-his father encouraged him to go. __3__ But he was turned down,
which had to be one of the worst admission decisions in Harvard history.  The  outcome affected Buffett's
life, for he ended up attending Columbia Business School, where he studied under Professor Benjamin
Graham  the father of securities analysis who provided the foundation (基础) for Buffett's investment
strategy.
      From the beginning,  Buffett made his fortune from investing. He started with all the money he had
made from selling soda water,  delivering papers,  and operating pinball machines. Between 1950 and
1956, he grew his $ 9,800 to $ 14,000. __4__  And then he gradually drew in other investors through
word of mouth and very attractive terms.
     __5__ He doesn't collect houses or cars or works of art, and he disdains(鄙视) companies that
waste money on expensive cars, private dining rooms, and highpriced real villas. He is a creature of
habit-same house, same office, same city, same soda water.
A. Then Buffett applied to Harvard Business School.
B. Buffett is more likely to be found in a fourstar restaurant.
C. When he was  14, Buffett developed great interest in investment.
D. Even as a young child, Buffett was serious about making money.
E. One thing is for sure about Buffett: he is happy to do what he is doing.
F. Buffett's investment strategy  mirrors his lifestyle and his overall philosophy.
G. From there, he organized investment partnerships with his family and friends.
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     Charles Lindbergh is probably one of the bestknown people in the history of flight.He was __1__
hero of the world.Yet, years later, he __2__(accuse)as an enemy of his country.He had what is called
a "storybook" marriage and family life, __3__he suffered a terrible family tragedy.
     Charles Lindbergh, __4__(bear)in the city of Detroit, Michigan, or February 4th,1902, grew up on
a farm in Minnesota.__5__mother was a school teacher.His father was a lawyer __6__later became a
United States Congressman.The family spent ten years in Washington D. C, __7__Mister Lindbergh
served in the Congress.
     Young Charles studied mechanical engineering for __8__time at the University of Wisconsin.But he
did not like __9__(sit)in a classroom.So, after oneandonehalf years, he left the university.He traveled
around the country on a motorcycle.He settled in Lincoln, Nebraska.He took his first flying lessons there
and passed the test to become a __10__(fly). But he had to wait one year before he could fly alone.
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      Robert Moody,   52,   is an experienced police officer. Much of his work involves dealing with
__1__ and gang(团伙) problems in the schools of his community. Knowing that many kids often __2__
trouble,   he decided to do something about it. So in 1991 he began to invite small groups of kids to go
fishing with him on his day __3__. 
     Those fun trips had a(n) __4__ impact. A chance encounter in 2000 proved that. One day,   __5__
working security at a school basketball game,   Moody noticed two young guys __6__. He sensed
trouble between them. __7__,   one of them headed toward Moody and gave him a hug. "I __8__ you.
You took me __9__ when I was in fifth grade. That was one of the   10   days of my life."
     Deeply touched by the boy's words,   Moody decided to create a foundation(基金会) that   11   
teenagers to the basics of fishing in camping programs. "As a policeman,   I saw    12   there was
violence,   drugs were always behind it. They have a damaging   13   on the kids,   "says Moody.
      By turning kids on to fishing,   he    14   to present an alternative way of life. "When you're sitting
there waiting for a  15  ,   "he says,   "you can't help but talk to each other,   and such   16   can be
pretty deep."
     "Talking about drugs helped prepare me for the peer(同龄人) pressures in high school,   "says
Michelle,   17,   who   17   the first program. "And I was able to help my little brother  18  drugs."
     Moody faces    19   in three years,   when he hopes to run the foundation fulltime. "I'm living a happy
life and I have a responsibility to my   20   to give back,   "Moody says. "If I teach a kid to fish today,  
he can teach his brother to fish tomorrow.
(     )1. A. drinking          
(     )2. A. ran into          
(     )3. A. ahead            
(     )4. A. immediate        
(     )5. A. once              
(     )6. A. quarreling        
(     )7. A. Slowly            
(     )8. A. understand        
(     )9. A. fishing          
(     )10. A. quietest        
(     )11. A. connects        
(     )12. A. where            
(     )13. A. impression      
(     )14. A. asked            
(     )15. A. solution        
(     )16. A. concerns        
(     )17. A. participated in  
(     )18. A. misuse          
(     )19. A. unemployment    
(     )20. A. team             		B. drug          
B. got over      
B. away          
B. damaging      
B. while        
B. complaining  
B. Suddenly      
B. hear          
B. sailing      
B. longest      
B. introduces    
B. unless        
B. burden        
B. intended      
B. change        
B. interests    
B. worked out    
B. avoid        
B. challenge    
B. school        		 C. security      
C. left behind    
C. off            
C. limited        
C. since          
C. talking        
C. Finally        
C. see            
C. boating        
C. best          
C. reduces        
C. as            
C. decision      
C. pretended      
C. bite          
C. conversations  
C. approved of    
C. tolerate      
C. competition    
C. family         		D. smoking        
D. looked into    
D. out            
D. lasting        
D. until          
D. cheering      
D. Secretly      
D. remember      
D. swimming      
D. busiest        
D. commits        
D. whether        
D. impact        
D. agreed        
D. surprise      
D. emotions      
D. made up        
D. test          
D. retirement    
D. community      
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     Sumo wrestlers (相扑选手) are usually big, heavy men. The biggest sumo wrestler of all the
time is Koni-shiki, who now   1  about 230 kg. Born in Hawaii, he was   2   a big boy. When he
was a teenager, some people   3   he go to Japan and become a sumo wrestler.
     Although he took their advice, at first it was a   4   life. "I had to clean the toilets and     5   the
rubbish (垃圾)," Konishiki remembered, "I knew I had to   6   to life in Japan. I said to myself,
'I   7  learn Japanese.' Soon I could  8  it quite well."
     Konishiki's career started    9 , and he was soon upgraded to a higher rank. But despite his
  10    he soon had health problems. The doctors told him that he should   11  some weight. "I
started dieting. I 12    to do it. But I did it too    13  ," he said, "I lost some of my strength, too."
     He lost a lot of fights, and then his parents got  14   in a car crash. "I must go and    15  them,"
he thought. Though it was only three days 16   a big tournament (锦标赛), he flew back to Hawaii.
Despite his  17  , they were not badly injured.
     When he returned, he knew that he had to do well. The newspapers said, "Konishiki must win,
 18  he will go down in rank."
     Though he had many problems, Konishiki won 14 of his 15 fights, and won the Emperor's Cup.
He was so  19  that he cried. "You ought not to show your feelings," he said, "but I couldn't    20  it."
(     )1．A. means  
(     )2．A. always  
(     )3．A. promised
(     )4．A. real  
(     )5．A. sell   
(     )6．A. adapt  
(     )7．A. would  
(     )8．A. speak  
(     )9．A. bad  
(     )10. A. failure  
(     )11. A. gain  
(     )12. A. failed   
(     )13. A. stupidly
(     )14. A. shocked  
(     )15. A. visit  
(     )16. A. after  
(     )17. A. joy    
(     )18. A. because  
(     )19. A. sad  
(     )20. A. do   		 B. measures
B. hardly
B. allowed
B. hard
B. bring
B. respond
B. can
B. say
B. well
B. success
B. lose
B. began
B. carefully
B. destroyed
B. care
B. since  
B. worry
B. but
B. nervous
B. help 		C. weighs  
C. sometimes
C. considered
C. comfortable
C. take    
C. devote
C. must   
C. learn   
C. suddenly
C. effort
C. save
C. had  
C. slowly  
C. ruined  
C. meet    
C. before  
C. surprise
C. or    
C. curious
C. feel  		 D. has      
D. once      
D. suggested
D. rich      
D. empty    
D. lead      
D. may      
D. tell      
D. similarly
D. fame      
D. spare    
D. refused  
D. quickly  
D. injured  
D. serve    
D. until    
D. regret    
D. and      
D. happy    
D. leave    
     F. Scott Fitzgerald, born on September 24, 1896, an American novelist, was once a student of
St. Paul Academy, the Newman School and attended Princeton University for a short while. In 1917
he joined the army and was posted in Alabama, where he met his future wife Zelda Sayre. Then he had
to make some money to impress her.
     His life with her was full of great happiness, as he wrote in his diary: "My own happiness in the past
often approached such joy that I could not share it even with the person dearest to me but had to walk
it away in quiet streets and take down parts of it in my diary."                         F. Scott Fitzgerald

                                                                                                                               (1896-1940)
     This side of paradise, his first novel, was published in 1920. Encouraged by its success, Fitzgerald
began to devote more time to his writing. Then he continued with the novel The Beautiful and Damned
(1922), a collection of short stories Tales of the Jazz Age (1922), and a play The Vegetable (1923).
But his greatest success was The Great Gatsby, published in 1925, which quick brought him praise
from the literary world. Yet it failed to give him the needed financial security. Then, in 1926, he published
another collection of short stories All the Sad Young Men.
     However, Fitzgerald's problems with his wife Zelda affected his writing. During the 1920s he tried to
reorder his life, but failed. By 1930, his wife had her first breakdown and went to a Swiss clinic. During
this period he completed novels Tender Is the Night in 1934 and The Love of the Last Tycoon in 1940. While his wife was in hospital in the United States, he got totally addicted to alcohol. Sheila Graham, his
dear friend, helped him fight his alcoholism.         
1. How many novels written by Fitzgerald are mentioned in the passage?  
A. 5.                
B. 6.              
C. 7.            
D. 8.
2. Which of the following is the correct order to describe Fitzgerald's life according to the passage?
a. He became addicted to drinking.
b. He studied at St. Paul Academy.
c. He published his first novel This Side of Paradise.
d. The Great Gatsby won high praise.
e. He failed to reorder his life.
f. He joined the army and met Zelda.
A. f-c-e-a-b-d          
B. b-e-a-f-c-d        
C. b-f-c-d-e-a      
D. f-d-e-c-b-a
3. We can infer from the passage that Fitzgerald _____.
A. had made some money when he met Zelda in Alabama.
B. was well educated and well off before he served in the army
C. helped his friend get rid of drinking while his wife was in hospital
D. would have completed more works if his wife hadn't broken down
4. The passage is probably followed by a concluding paragraph about _____.
A. Zelda's personal life    
B. Zelda's illness and treatment
C. Fitzgerald's friendship with Graham  
D. Fitzgerald's contributions to the literary world
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     Thomas Alva Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light. Without him, the world might stiIJ be a dark place. However,the electric light was not liis only invention. He also invented the photoUaph,the motion picture camera,and over 1 200 other things. Ahout every two weeks he created something new.
    Thomas A. Edison was bom in Milan, Ohio, on February 11,1847. His family moved to Port Huron, Michigan,when he was seven years old. Surprisingly,he attended school for only two months. His mother, a former teacher,taught him a few things,but Thomas was mostly self-educated. His natural curiosity led him to start experimenting at a young age with electrical and mecharucal things at home.
   When he was 12 years old,he got his first job. He became a newsboy on a train that ran between Port Huron and Detroit. He set up a laboratory in a baggage car of the train so that he could continue his experiments in his spare time. Unfortunately,his first work experience did not end well. Thomas was fired when he accidentally set fire to the floor of the baggage car.
    Thomas then worked for five years as a telegraph operator,but he continued to spend much of his time on the job conducting experiments. He got his first patent in 1868 for a vote recorder run by electricity. However, the vote recorder was not a success. In 1870,he sold another invention,a stock ticker,for  $40 000. A stock ticker is a machine that automatically(自动地) prints stock prices on a tape. He was then able to build his first shop in Newark,New Jersey.
    Thomas Edison was totally deaf in one ear and hard of hearing in the other,but thought of his deafness as a blessing in many ways. It kept conversations short, so that he could have more time for work. He called himself a "two-shift man"because he worked 16 out of every 24 hours. Sometimes he worked so intensely that his wife had to remind him to sleep and eat.
     Thomas Edison died at the age of 84 on October 18,1931,at his estate in West Orange,New Jersey. He left numerous inventions that improved the quality of life all over the world.

1. Thomas Edison did things in this order           .

A. he became a telegraph operator,a newsboy,and then got his first patent
B.  he became a newsboy, got his first patent, and then became a telegraph operator
C. he got a patent,became a telegraph operator,and then became a newsboy
D. he became a newsboy,a telegraph operator,and then got a patent

2. Of all the inventions,          was probably the most important for civilization.

A. the vote recorder     
B. the stock ticker
C. the light bulb        
D. the motion picture camera

3. The main idea of this passage is that ___      .

A. Edison was always interested in science and inventions ,and he inventea many important things
B. Thomas Edison could not keep a job
C. Thomas Edison worked day and night on his experiments
D. deaf people make good inventors without the distraction of spoken conversation
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     Amelia Earhart's (1897－1937) childhood was not the typical girl's. She liked nothing better than to
explore the banks of the Missouri River, where she climbed trees and hunted rats with her rifle (步枪).
She also built her own roller coaster(过山车).
     The exciting life of the American aviation (航空)pioneer is dramatized in the movie Amelia, which is
due to come out on October 23.
     After Earhart paid a pilot $1 to take her up for a short fly in his plane, aviation became her love and
career.
     As she later explained, "Never do things others can do and will do, if there are things others cannot
do or will not do."
     Earhart found herself a flying teacher and started to learn to fly.She took all sorts of jobs to pay for
the lessons and to buy a secondhand plane on her 24th birthday.
     In 1932, Earhart flew solo (单人的) across the Atlantic. She became the first woman to make the
solo crossing. She also made a flying suit for women and went on to design other clothes for women
who led active lives. "Now and then women should do for themselves what men have already
done-occasionally what men have not done -thereby establishing themselves as persons, and perhaps
encouraging other women toward greater independence of thought and action," she said.
     When she was nearly 40, Earhart was ready for a final challenge-to be the first woman to fly around
the world. However, in midflight, she and her navigator (导航员) disappeared in bad weather.
     Earhart will be forever remembered as a brave pioneer for both aviation and women.
1. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?
A. A movie about Earhart's exciting life has come out.
B. Earhart never did things others could and would do.
C. Earhart's love for aviation came after she flew a plane for a short time.
D. In Earhart's opinion, women should think and act more independently.
2. The underlined word in paragraph 2 means________.
A. presented  
B. adopted
C. published  
D. created
3. From the passage we can know that ________.
A. Earhart showed most interest in adventure trips to the Missouri River during her childhood
B. Earhart's ambition was to fly across the Atlantic
C. Earhart challenged herself constantly
D. Besides flying, Earhart also designed planes and clothes
4. You can probably find this article in________.
A. a booklet  
B. a newspaper
C. a guide book  
D. an advertisement
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      He lived his whole life as a poor man. His art and talent were recognized by almost no one. He
suffered from a mental illness that led him to cut off part of his left ear in 1888 and to shoot himself two
years later. But after his death, he achieved world fame. Today, Dutch artist Van Gogh is recognized as
one of the leading artists of all time.
     Now, 150 years after his birth on March 30, 1853, Zundert, the town of his birth, has made 2003
"The Van Gogh Year" in his honor. And the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, home to the biggest
collection of his masterpiece, is marking the anniversary with exhibitions throughout the year. The
museum draws around 1.3 million visitors every year. Some people enjoy the art and then learn about
his life. Others are interested in his life, which then helps them understand his art.
     Van Gogh was the son of the minister. He left school when he was just 15. By the age of 27, he
had already tried many jobs including an art gallery salesman and a French teacher. Finally in 1880, he
decided to begin his studies in art.
     Van Gogh is famed for his ability to put his own emotion into his paintings and show his feelings
about a scene. His style is marked by short, broad brush strokes (绘画笔法). "Instead of trying to
reproduce exactly what I have before my eyes, I use color more freely, in order to express myself more
forcefully," he wrote in a letter to his brother in 1888.
     Van Gogh sold only one painting during his short life. He relied heavily on support from his brother,
an art dealer who lived in Paris. But now his works are sold for millions of dollars. His portrait of Dr.
Gacher sold for ＄89.5 million in 1990. It is the highest price ever paid for a painting. "I think his
paintings are powerful and the brilliant color in them are attractive to people," said a Van Gogh's fan.
1. All through his life Van Gogh _____.
A. depended on his brother
B. worked hard on art studies
C. was not recognized by people
D. expressed himself in paintings
2. Van Gogh killed himself because of _____.
A. the poor life
B. his illness
C. his pain from left ear
D. the objections from the artists of his time
3. One of the characteristics of Van Gogh's paintings is _____.
A. the likeness between his paintings and the reality
B. the short time for him to complete a painting
C. the various styles mixed together
D. the special strokes he made
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     Mary Josephine Ray, the New Hampshire woman, who was the oldest person living in the United
States, has died at age 114 years,294 days.She died yesterday at a nursing home in Westmoreland but
was active until about two weeks before her death, her granddaughter Katherine Ray said.
     "She just enjoyed life.She never thought of dying at all, "Katherine Ray said."She was planning for her
birthday party."
     Ray was the oldest person in the United States and the second oldest in the world, according to the
Gerontology Research Group.She was also recorded as the oldest person ever to live in New Hampshire.
      Ray was born on May 17,1895, in Bloomfield, Prince Edward Island, Canada.She moved to the
United States at the age of 3.She lived for 60 years in Anson, Maine.She lived in Florida, Massachusetts
and elsewhere in New Hampshire before she moved to Westmoreland in 2002 to be near her children.
Ray's husband, Walter, died in 1967.Survivors include 2 sons,8 grandchildren,13 greatgrandchildren and
5 greatgreat grandchildren.
     The oldest living American is now Neva Morris of Ames, Iowa, at age 114 years,216 days.The
oldest person in the world is Japan's Kama Chinen at age 114 years,301 days.Morris, the Iowa woman
now believed to be the oldest US resident (居民), lives at a care center.Only one of her four children, a
son in Sioux City, is still alive.
1. What is the best title for this passage?
A. The oldest person in the US died at age 114.
B. The oldest person in the US died for no reason.
C. The oldest person in the US wanted to live longer.
D. The oldest person in the US was happy at a nursing home.
2. Which of the following statements about Mary Josephine Ray is WRONG?
A. She was born on May 17,1895, in Canada.
B. She died at the age of 114 years,294 days.
C. She was still very active in her last two weeks.
D. She was not at her own home when she died.
3. From what Katherine Ray said, we can learn Mary Josephine Ray________.
A. didn't know how to enjoy life
B. didn't like holding a birthday party
C. was afraid nobody would come to her birthday party
D. was not troubled by the thought of dying
4. What can we learn from Paragraph 4?
A. Mary Josephine Ray liked moving.
B. Mary Josephine Ray lived a very hard life.
C. Mary Josephine Ray had a very big family.
D. Mary Josephine Ray lived with her children until 2002.
5. According to the passage, who is the oldest person in the world?
A. Mary Josephine Ray.  
B. Neva Morris.
C. Kama Chinen.
D. Walter.

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