题目内容
The secret of success
Since 1989， Dave Thomas， who died at age 69， was one of the most recognizable faces on TV. He appeared more than 800 commercials for the hamburger chain named for his daughter. "As long as it works,” he said in 1991，"I'll continue to do those commercials."
Even though he was successful， Thomas remained troubled by his childhood. "He still won't let anyone see his feet， which are out of shape because he has never had proper-fitting shoes,” Wendy said in 1993 and told us that sixty-one years ago， Dave Thomas was born to a single mother, he was adopted as a baby by Rex and Auleva. Thomas of Kalamazoo in Michigan when he was six weeks old. After Auleva died when he was 5，Thomas spent years on the road as Rex traveled around seeking con?struction work. "He fed me，" Thomas said, "and if I got out .of line， he'd beat me." "When I found out I was (adopted), I didn't want to talk about it， and as I talked to people I grew older… I got really a lot of encouragement" When he was 12 years old， Thomas started working at a barbecue restaurant in Knoxville，Tenne. Moving out on his own at 15， Thomas worked, first as a waiter, in many restaurant. But he had something much better in mind. “I thought if I owned a restaurant,” he said，"I could eat for
| In (71) _____ | He was born to a single mother. |
free." When he was 24， meeting with Harland Sanders led Thomas to a career as a manager of a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant that made him a million?aire in 1968.
A year later, after breaking with Sanders，Thomas started the first Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers，in Columbus，Ohio，which set itself apart by serving made-to-order burgers. With 6，000 restaurants worldwide，the chain now makes $ 6 billion a year in sales.
Although troubled by his own experience with an adoption， Thomas，married since 1954 to Lorraine, 66, and with four grown kids besides Wendy，felt it could offer a future for other children. He started the Dave Thomas Foundation for adoption in 1992. Later，Thomas，who had left school at 15，graduated from Coconut Great High School in Florida. He even took Lorraine to the graduation dance party. The kids vot?ed him "Most likely to succeed". Thomas is survived by his wife of 47 years，Lorraine， five children and 16 grandchildren. His foundation helps raise awareness for the 134000 foster children available for adoption，and helps make adoption more afford?able. "The Dave you saw on TV was the real Dave," said his friend Pat Williams. "He wasn't a great actor or a great speaker." He was just Joe Everybody." The main events of Dave’s life
| 6 weeks old | He (72) _____ as a baby by Rex an Auleva Thomas. |
| At the age of five | Thomas spent years on the road as Rex traveled around (73) _____. |
| In 1944 | Thomas started working at (74) _____ in Knoxville, Tenn. |
| 15 years old | He (75) _____ on his own. |
| In 1954 | Thomas (76) _____ Lorraine. |
| In (77) _____ | He met with Harland Sanders. |
| In 1968 | He became a (78) _____. |
| In (79) _____ | Thomas started the first Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers，in Columbus. |
| In 1993, graduated from Coconut Great High School in Florida." The Dave you saw on TV was the real Dave," said his friend Pat Williams. "He wasn't a great actor or a great speaker." He was just Joe Everybody." And in 2001, Thomas (80) _____. | |
71.1932 72.was adopted 73.seeking construction work 74.a barbecue restaurant 75.moved out 76.married 77.1956 78.millionaire 79.1969 80.died/passed away
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| A LITTLE PRINCESS by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The novel tells of the story of a wealthy young girl, Sara Crewe, who is sent to a boarding school during her father’s campaign in India. Thanks to Capt. Crewe’s money, Sara is treated as a little princess until, one day, word comes of her father’s tragic death. Miss Minchin, the school’s greedy headmistress, wastes no time in putting the now-penniless Sara to work for her room and board. It is only through the friendship of two other girls and some astonishing luck that Sara eventually finds her way back to happiness. | ||||
| THE SECRET GARDEN by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Frances Hodgson Burnett was the highest paid and most widely read woman writer of her time, publishing more than fifty novels and thirteen plays. The Secret Garden is a beautiful tale of friendship, secrets and human spirits. A spoiled orphan named Mary returns to England from India when her parents die. She is sent to live in Yorkshire with her uncle. Miserable and lonely, she begins to explore the house’s gardens and discovers a key to a secret garden that the uncle sealed off when his wife died. There she discovered a secret so important, so enchanting, that it will change her life forever. |
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| PETER PAN by J. M. Barrie and Scott Gustafson
It is a children’s story full of imagination and adventures. A boy who can fly and magically refuses to grow up, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood adventuring on the small island of Neverland as the leader of his gang the Lost Boys, interacting with mermaids, Indians, fairies and pirates, and from time to time meeting ordinary children from the world outside. | ||||
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Which of the following is NOT TRUE about the three books?
A. The little princess refers to a girl named Sara Crewe.
B
. A Little Princess was written by a famous female writer.
C. Peter Pan is a boy with magic powers who never grows up.
D. The secret garden mentioned in the passage is located in India.
How much does it cost to order these three books online?
A. $5.60 B. $22.40 C. $25.00 D. $ 28.00
What do these three books have in common?
A. They were published in the same year. B. They all have a hard cover.
C. They have children as their main characters. D. They are all stories with tragic endings.
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Without plants, people could not live. We eat plants. ____56____ And we need plants for another reason: we need them because they are beautiful.
___57____ Imagine no flowers with their sweet smell, their beautiful colors and their lovely shapes. Imagine, when the wind blows, we’re not able to hear the leaves in the trees or watch the branches swing from side to side.
___58____ That is why we have parks full of trees and flowers. That is why people always like houses with room for some grass or a garden.
Do you talk to your plants? ___59____ Peter Tompking and Christopher Bird wrote a book called The Secret Life Of Plants, telling of an experiment in which two seeds were planted in different places. While the plants were growing, one plant was given love and hopeful ideas. The other plant was given only hopeless ideas. ___60____ Under the earth it had more and longer roots; above the earth, it had a thicker stem and more leaves. While the other one nearly stopped growing.
| A．Plants get energy from the sun. |
| B．Do you give them love and attention? |
| C．After six months, the deserted plant faded away. |
| D．After six months, the beloved plant was bigger. |
F. Everywhere people need beautiful plants.
G. Imagine a world with no plants.