A short time before she , the old lady a will, leaving all her money to her brother.A.died; has writtenB.has died; wroteC.had died; wroteD.died; had written 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

Spending beyond one’s means is becoming a national problem for Americans．Borrowing has become so easy that it takes great willpower for people to refuse it．“I received a number of gold MasterCard and gold Visa card offers in the mail during the past two months，”said one computer engineer at AT ＆T Bell Laboratories in Chicago．“I got three of them in one day last week．”

Lenders are providing easy credit（信贷）for borrowers．Many banks now offer every borrower a great variety of credit，a service once offered almost only to big companies．Norwest Bank Minneapolis offers lending programs for cars and boats that can cut monthly payments nearly m half .Carmakers，too，are lengthening easier terms．Ford Motor Credit states that 45 % of its recent lendings has been for sixty months，rather than the sixty-six-month period that was usual before．

The total consumer debt（债务）in the United States rose 73 percent between 1974 and 1984，as the debt for each man，woman，and child increased from $10，264 to $26，566．Huge debt now is present in our economy（经济）at all levels．As a nation，we are more than $7 trillion in debt，and the total keeps increasing astonishingly.

As we have over borrowed，so have we overspent．In late 986，the share of after-tax income that Americans saved sank below 2 percent for a short time，less than half the figure at which we saved only 10 years ago．Americans now are buying from foreigners between about $50 and $100 billion more Mercedes and Toyotas, Paris fashions，and tours to Europe than the Boeing 747s， agriculture machinery , or Kansas wheat that the foreigners bought from America. The country could not produce and pay for all the things it wanted.

To make a long story short, we Americans have serious problems in keeping down spending and keeping up personal savings．It is high time for us American people to learn the basics of long-term money management.

48．According to the author, what is a main reason for Americans to overspend？

A. Americans buy a lot of foreign products．

B. It is easy for Americans to manage their debts．

C. Borrowing money has become a simple matter．

D. Americans have more extra money than before．

49．Ford Motor Credit lengthens 45％of its lending to 60 months in order to_______．

A. help more Americans to settle their debts

B. encourage people to buy foreign cars

C. make better use of its money

D. attract more customers

50．What does the author suggest as a way to deal with over borrowing?

A. Teaching people how to manage money．

B. Advising people on what to buy．

C. Limiting the use of credit cards．

D. Reducing average incomes．

51．Which of the following points does the author wish to make?

A. America should sell more of its products abroad．

B. A healthy society has to learn to 1ive within its means．

C. People’s income determines their money management．

D. Government should prevent people from over borrowing．

Celebrity(名人) has become one of the most important representatives of popular culture. Fans used to be crazy about a specific film, but now the public tends to base its consumption(消费) on the interest of celebrity attached to any given product. Besides, fashion magazines have almost abandoned the practice of putting models on the cover because they don’t sell nearly as well as famous faces. As a result, celebrities have realized their unbelievably powerful market potential, moving from advertising for others’ products to developing their own.

Celebrity clothing lines aren’t a completely new phenomenon, but in the past they were typically aimed at the ordinary consumers, and limited to a few TV actresses. Today they’re started by first-class stars whose products enjoy equal fame with some world top brands. The most successful start-ups have been those by celebrities with specific personal style. As celebrities become more and more experienced at the market, they expand their production scale rapidly, covering almost all the products of daily life.

However, for every success story, there’s a related warning tale of a celebrity who overvalued his consumer appeal. No matter how famous the product’s origin is, if it fails to impress consumers with its own qualities it begins to resemble an exercise in self-promotional marketing. And once the initial(最初的) attention dies down, consumer interest might fade, loyalty(忠诚) returning to tried-and-true labels.

Today, celebrities face even more severe embarrassment. The pop-cultural circle might be bigger than ever, but its rate of turnover has speeded up as well. Each misstep threatens to reduce a celebrity’s shelf life, and the same newspaper or magazine that once brought him fame has no problem picking him to pieces when the opportunity appears. Still, the ego’s(自我的) potential for expansion is limitless. Having already achieved great wealth and public recognition, many celebrities see fashion as the next frontier to be conquered. As the saying goes, success and failure always go hand in hand. Their success as designers might last only a short time, but fashion—like celebrity—has always been temporary.

1.Fashion magazines today .

A．seldom put models on the cover

B．no longer put models on the cover

C．need not worry about celebrities’ market potential

D．judge the market potential of every celebrity correctly

2.A change in the consumer market can be found today that .

A．price rather than brand name is more concerned

B．producers prefer models to celebrities for advertisements

C．producers prefer TV actresses to film stars for advertisements

D．quality rather than the outside of products is more concerned

3.The underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 indicates that any wrong step will possibly .

A．decrease the popularity of a celebrity and the sales of his products

B．damage the image of a celebrity in the eyes of the general public

C．cut short the artistic career of a celebrity in show business

D．influence the price of a celebrity’s products

4.The passage is mainly about .

A．celebrity and personal style B．celebrity and market potential

C．celebrity and fashion design D．celebrity and clothing industry

Now it’s been possible for us to be taken into “space”, we can experience weightlessness for a short time.

A. which B. when C. where D. that

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

A concert violinist was performing a difficult piece in front of a large audience. Suddenly there is a loud snap( 断裂声 ) and the__31___could be heard throughout the auditorium( 礼堂 ).The audience ___32___knew that a string( 弦)had broken. They all __33____the concert to stop for a short time ___34___another instrument was brought to the musician.

But instead, the __35___composed( 使镇定 ) herself and then signaled the conductor to start again.The orchestra( 管弦乐团 ) continued where they had __36___and the musician played the music on three strings. In her __37____she worked out new fingering to make up for the missing string. A work that few people could play __38___on four strings, the violinist played on three.

When she __39____and bowed to the audience,there was a silence in the hall. And then the crowd rose to their feet and cheered wildly. The violinist ___40___and wiped sweat from her forehead. When __41____returned to the hall, she ___42___why she had continued to play although there was a __43___string. "You know," she said, "sometimes it is the artist's __44___to find out how much music you can still ___45___with what has been left."

Maybe we've lived most of our lives and we have only a little time left. Maybe disease has ___46___us of our capacity( 能力 ) to work. Or perhaps a financial(财政的) loss has left us very__47___. Can we still make "music"?

There will come a time when we all __48___loss. Can we find the __49___to discover how much "music" we can still make with what has been left, just like the violinist? And if it takes extra courage to make the "music", others will __50___ your effort. Some people have lost more than others, but they are brave enough to face it. They inspire the rest of us to reach greater heights.

31. A. voice B. sound C.music D. scream

32. A.immediately B. gradually C. hardly D.eventually

33. A. hoped B. advised C.urged D.expected

34. A.when B.until C.after D. since

35. A.audience B.conductor C.violinist D.pianist

36. A.left B. stopped C.remained D.arrived

37. A.hands B. eyes C.opinion D.mind

38. A.fast B.badly C.well D.gently

39. A.started B.performed C.finished D.paused

40. A.worried B.smiled C.apologized D.escaped

41. A.thought B.happiness C.excitement D.silence

42. A.asked B. wondered C.explained D.introduced

43. A.broken B.lost C.bad D.difficult

44. A.dream B. plan C. suggestion D. task

45. A.take B.get C.make D.carry

46. A.warned B.reminded C. required D.robbed

47. A.poor B.brave C.guilty D.rich

48. A.appreciate B.avoid C.experience D.improve

49. A. assistance B. hope C. support D.courage

50. A. comment B.applaud C. accept D.blame

Bamboo (竹子) is one of nature’s most surprising plants. Many people call this plant a tree, but it is a kind of grass.

Like other kinds of grass, a bamboo plant may be cut very low to the ground, but it will grow back very quickly. A Japanese scientist reported one bamboo plant which grew 1.5 meters in 24 hours! Bamboo grows almost everywhere in the world except Europe. There are more than 1, 000 kinds of bamboo.

Not all bamboo looks the same. Some bamboo plants are very thin. They may only grow to be a few centimeters wide while others may grow to more than 30 centimeters across. This plant also comes in different colors, from yellow to black to green.

Bamboo has been used to make many things such as hats and kitchen tools. Because it is strong, bamboo is also used to build buildings.

Many Asian countries have used bamboo for hundreds of years. They often use bamboo for buildings and supporting new buildings and bridges while they are being built.

In Africa, poor farmers are taught how to find water using bamboo. These African countries need cheap way to find water because they have no money, and their fields often die from no rain and no water. Bamboo pipes (管子) help poor farmers bring water to their thirsty fields without spending a lot of money.

1.How is bamboo like grass?

A. It grows quickly. B. It’s wood.

C. It is easy to cut. D. It is very thin.

2. Though you can see bamboo everywhere, it doesn’t grow __________.

A. in China B. in Europe

C. on mountains D. in Africa

3.Why is bamboo used by African poor farmers?

A. It is cheap. B. It has different colors.

C. It is strong. D. It has been used by Asians.

4. In Asia, bamboo has been used for __________.

A. a short time B. about 100 years

C. many hundreds of years D. many thousands of year

A short time before she, the old lady _ a will, leaving all her money to her brother.

试题分类

A short time before she______, the old lady _______ a will, leaving all her money to her brother.

试题分类

A short time before she, the old lady _ a will, leaving all her money to her brother.