My father and I were very close. I loved pleasing him, and he was always    21    of my success. If I    22    a spelling contest at school, he was on top of the   23   . Later in life whenever I got a promotion, I’d call my father    24    and he’d rush out to tell all his    25   . In 1970, when I was    26    as president of the Ford Motor Company, I don’t know    27    of us was more excited.

Like many native Italians, my parents were very open with their    28    and their love not only at home, but also in public. Most of my friends would    2 9    hug their fathers. But I hugged and kissed my dad at every    30   —nothing could have felt more    31   .

He was a(n)    32    man who was always trying new things. He was the first person in Allentown to buy a motorcycle.    33   , my father and his motorcycle didn’t    34   too well. He fell off it so often that he   35    it just a month after buying it. As a result, he never again    36    any vehicle with less than four wheels.

Because of that motorcycle, I wasn’t    37    to have a bicycle when I was growing up. Whenever I wanted to ride a bike, I had to   38    one from a friend. However, my father let me drive a car as soon as I    39    sixteen.

       My father and I loved and   40    each other. We were close to each other all the time.

A. pleased                  B. content                     C. proud                       D. satisfied

A. won                     B. beat                         C. gained                      D. failed

A. mountain               B. world                      C. spirit                        D. earth

A. ever since                     B. just then                   C. on time                    D. right away

A. families                 B. relatives                   C. workers                    D. friends

A. honored                 B. appointed                 C. praised                     D. called

A. who                      B. what                        C. whom                      D. which

A. thoughts                B. views                       C. feelings                   D. ideas

A. never                    B. often                        C. frequently                D. occasionally

A. occasion                     B. time                         C. opportunity              D. choice

A. necessary             B. embarrassing            C. comfortable                     D. natural

A. interesting            B. strange                     C. curious                    D. open-minded

A. Unfortunately      B. Strangely                 C. Unbelievably            D. Surprisingly

A. get through          B. get along                 C. get off                            D. get over

A. put up with          B. got rid of          C. broke away from              D. did away with

A. sold                     B. trusted                            C. played                      D. believed

A. allowed               B. hoped                      C. suggested                 D. demanded

A. ride                     B. require                            C. borrow                    D. use

A. turned                 B. went                        C. changed                   D. grew

A. thought of            B. took care                  C. attended on               D. cared about

My father and I were very close. I loved pleasing him, and he was always    21   of my success. If I    22   a spelling contest at school, he was on top of the   23  . Later in life whenever I got a promotion, I’d call my father    24   and he’d rush out to tell all his    25  . In 1970, when I was    26   as president of the Ford Motor Company, I don’t know    27   of us was more excited.
Like many native Italians, my parents were very open with their    28   and their love not only at home, but also in public. Most of my friends would    2 9   hug their fathers. But I hugged and kissed my dad at every    30  —nothing could have felt more    31  .
He was a(n)    32   man who was always trying new things. He was the first person in Allentown to buy a motorcycle.    33  , my father and his motorcycle didn’t    34  too well. He fell off it so often that he   35   it just a month after buying it. As a result, he never again    36   any vehicle with less than four wheels.
Because of that motorcycle, I wasn’t    37   to have a bicycle when I was growing up. Whenever I wanted to ride a bike, I had to   38   one from a friend. However, my father let me drive a car as soon as I    39   sixteen.
My father and I loved and   40   each other. We were close to each other all the time.

【小题1】
A.pleasedB.contentC.proudD.satisfied
【小题2】
A.won B.beatC.gainedD.failed
【小题3】
A.mountainB.world C.spiritD.earth
【小题4】
A.ever sinceB.just thenC.on timeD.right away
【小题5】
A.familiesB.relativesC.workersD.friends
【小题6】
A.honoredB.appointedC.praisedD.called
【小题7】
A.whoB.whatC.whomD.which
【小题8】
A.thoughtsB.viewsC.feelings D.ideas
【小题9】
A.never B.oftenC.frequentlyD.occasionally
【小题10】
A.occasionB.timeC.opportunity D.choice
【小题11】
A.necessaryB.embarrassingC.comfortableD.natural
【小题12】
A.interestingB.strangeC.curious D.open-minded
【小题13】
A.Unfortunately B.StrangelyC.UnbelievablyD.Surprisingly
【小题14】
A.get throughB.get along C.get offD.get over
【小题15】
A.put up withB.got rid of C.broke away fromD.did away with
【小题16】
A.soldB.trustedC.playedD.believed
【小题17】
A.allowedB.hopedC.suggestedD.demanded
【小题18】
A.rideB.requireC.borrow D.use
【小题19】
A.turnedB.wentC.changedD.grew
【小题20】
A.thought ofB.took careC.attended onD.cared about

Bells sound. Lighted messages appear. Men and women work at computers. They talk on the telephone. At times they shout and run around.
This noisy place is a stock exchange (证券交易所). Here expert salespeople called brokers buy and sell shares(股份) of companies. The shares are known as stocks. People who own stock in a company own part of that company.
People pay brokers to buy and sell stocks for them. If a company earns money, its stock increases in value. If the company does not earn money, the stock decreases in value. Brokers and investors(投资者)carefully watch for any changes on the Big Board. That is the name given to a list of stocks sold on the New York Stock Exchange.
Investors and brokers watch the Big Board to see if the stock market is a bull market or a bear market. In a bear market, prices go down. In a bull market, prices go up.
Investors in a bear market promise to sell a stock in the future at a set price. But the investor does not own the stock yet. He or she waits to buy it when the price drops.
The meaning of a bear market is thought to come from an old story about a man who sold the skin of a bear before he caught the bear. An English dictionary of the sixteen hundreds said, to sell a bear is to sell what one has not.
Word experts dispute the beginnings of the word bull in the stock market. But some say it came from the long connection of the two animals – bulls and bears – in sports that were popular years ago in England.
Investors always care about the possibility of a company failing. In the modern world, a company that does not earn enough profit (利润)is said to go belly up. A company that goes belly up dies like a fish. Fish turn over on their backs when they die. So they are stomach, or belly up.
Stock market investors do not want that to happen to a company. They want a company whose stock they own to earn more profit than expected. This would sharply increase the value of the stock. Investors are hoping for a windfall(横财).
72. The first paragraph is written for the purpose of ________.
A. making readers interested in buying stocks
B. telling readers the place is so busy
C. telling readers people in the stock exchange are busy
D. attracting readers’ attention to the topic of the passage
73. A fresher of a stock market probably turns to a (n) _______ for advice.
A. company                                 B. investor
C. broker                                   D. word expert
74. John bought his stock from a company which has gone belly up this year. We can infer _________ .
A. John would lose money this year
B. John would earn money this year
C. the stock market is a bear market
D. the stock market is a bull market
75. The reason why investors pay attention to the company whose stock they own is that _______ .
A. the company belongs to them
B. the company earns much money
C. they work for the company
D. they are financially connected with the company

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阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的四个选项中,选出最佳选项 。

Water and its importance to human life were the centre of the world’s attention last week. March 22 was World Water Day and     36    the theme “Water for Life”.

There are more than one billion people in the world who live without     37    drinking water. The United Nations      38    to cut this number in half by 2015.

Solving such a big problem seems like a(n)     39    challenge. But everyone,     40    teenagers, can do something to help. A teenage girl in the US has set an example to the     41  of her age around the world.

Rene Haggerty, 13, was awarded the 2004 Gloria Barron Prize for her work—     42    discarded(废弃的) batteries(电池)which pollute water.

In 2003, Haggerty went on a field trip to the Great Lakes Science Centre in Ohio. There she saw an exhibit about how     43    in old batteries harm the water of Lake Erie.

Haggerty learnt that     44     the batteries was an easy solution. “I think everybody can do it, because everyone     45    batteries, and it can make a big difference.” With these words, she began to     46    awareness in her area.

She     47     her county government and school board. She got permission to start a recycling programme in schools     48    the public library, hospital, and churches. With help from her family, friends and local waste-management    49   , she gathered containers, arranged transportation, and made a(n)     50    video.

Over the past two years, she collected four tons of batteries and drew the attention of officials, who were in charge of a battery recycling programme but had made     51   progress.

When asked     52    she feels like a hero, Haggerty is quite ____53   . “Not really. Well, maybe for the fish I saved!”

Every year the Gloria Barron Prize     54  young Americans aged 8 to 18 who have shown leadership and courage in     55    the public and the planet. Each year ten winners receive US $ 2,000 each, to help with their education costs or their public service work.

1.

A.had

B.gave

C.wrote

D.discussed

 

2.

A.enough

B.safe

C.much

D.polluted

 

3.

A.asks

B.orders

C.hopes

D.ensures

 

4.

A.good

B.strong

C.important

D.unreal

 

5.

A.especially

B.sometimes

C.even

D.seldom

 

6.

A.boys

B.others

C.students

D.grown-ups

 

7.

A.collecting

B.selling

C.buying

D.using

 

8.

A.things

B.chemicals

C.water

D.air

 

9.

A.making

B.recycling

C.reducing

D.handling

 

10.

A.uses

B.has

C.throws

D.needs

 

11.

A.tell

B.increase

C.spread

D.inform

 

12.

A.talked to

B.listened to

C.heard from

D.thought about

 

13.

A.and

B.beside

C.as well as

D.as good as

 

14.

A.officials

B.workers

C.clerks

D.experts

 

15.

A.industrial

B.agricultural

C.scientific

D.educational

 

16.

A.much

B.no

C.some

D.little

 

17.

A.if

B.how

C.when

D.why

 

18.

A.proud

B.glad

C.modest

D.worried

 

19.

A.praises

B.helps

C.supports

D.honors

 

20.

A.awarding

B.saving

C.serving

D.favoring

 

I got a cancer when I was 18. This was a big deal for someone to 31. I chose to fight. After treatments, I 32 from my illness. Life couldn’t have been any 33. When I became fit years later, I met a wonderful man and got married. 34, I still felt something missing and eager to find my 35.

As my 20-year anniversary (周年纪念) of being a cancer 36 approached, I wanted to do something special and 37. I organized a fundraiser, calling it “A Mission (使命) of Love” and thanks to my 38 family and friends, raised﹩4,000 for St. Jude’s, planning to 39 it myself. Three quarters of the money would be given as a (n) 40 to the hospital, and what was left would go toward buying 41 for the children. I also organized a T-shirt 42 activity for any child who felt well enough.

Thanksgiving Day seemed the most 43 day of the year for the mission, and so it was all arranged. We went to a store and 44 three shopping carts with toys. It was 45 we were celebrities (名人) when the employees and other shoppers knew what we were doing.

On Thanksgiving Day, as we got to St. Jude’s, I became 46 emotional, as my eyes were filled with tears of 47. After dropping the toys off, we arrived where six children were waiting anxiously to begin painting. To me, it was as though they weren’t sick, and to see them smile was the greatest gift I could have ever 48.

Leaving there that day, I knew I had finally found my purpose. All of us are born for a reason, but all of us don’t 49 why. Success in life has nothing to do with what you 50 in life. It’s what you do for others.

1.

A.stand

B.ignore

C.recognize

D.command

2.

A.developed

B.arose

C.treated

D.recovered

3.

A.worse

B.better

C.richer

D.poorer

4.

A.Therefore

B.Thus

C.However

D.Finally

5.

A.concern

B.freedom

C.purpose

D.attitude

6.

A.photographer

B.survivor

C.sailor

D.operator

7.

A.unbelievable

B.unacceptable

C.unforgettable

D.uncomfortable

8.

A.determined

B.generous

C.educated

D.intelligent

9.

A.use

B.admit

C.keep

D.deliver

10.

A.help

B.application

C.character

D.evidence

11.

A.food

B.toys

C.candies

D.medicine

12.

A.making

B.designing

C.wearing

D.painting

13.

A.proper

B.natural

C.universal

D.common

14.

A.downloaded

B.selected

C.expressed

D.filled

15.

A.if

B.though

C.even if

D.as though

16.

A.exactly

B.extremely

C.actually

D.gradually

17.

A.sadness

B.eagerness

C.happiness

D.kindness

18.

A.received

B.brought

C.ordered

D.remembered

19.

A.discover

B.ask

C.wonder

D.doubt

20.

A.show

B.desire

C.get

D.need

 

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