题目内容
--I’m planning to visit your city next month.
--If so, I can at my home.
A. keep you up B. put you up C. pick you up D. call you up
B
Elizabeth and I are 18 now, and about to graduate．I think about our elementary-school friendship, but some memories have blurred （模糊）．What happened that day in the fifth grade when Beth suddenly stopped speaking to me? Does she know that I've been thinking about her for seven years? If only we could go back, and discover what ended our relationship．
I have to speak with Beth．I see her sometimes, and find out school is "fine"．It's not the same．It never will be．Someone says that she's Liz now．What happened to Beth?
I can't call her．Should I write? What if she doesn't answer me? How will I know what she's thinking?
Yes, I'll write her a letter．These things are easier to express in writing．" Be-," no, " Li-," no, " Elizabeth," I begin．The words flow freely, as seven year old memories are reborn．I ask her all the questions that have been left unanswered in my mind, and pray she will answer．I seal my thoughts in the perfect white envelope, and imagine Beth looking into her mailbox．W
ill she know why I'm writing? Maybe she once thought of writing the same letter．
As the mailman takes my envelope from me forever, I wo
nder if I've made the right decision．Do I have the right to force myself into Beth's life again? Am I simply part of the past? I have taken the first step．Beth has control of the situation now．
One day has passed．Are my words lying on the bottom of the post office floor?
Two days are gone．I'm lost in thought and don't even hear the phone ting．
"Hello? It's Elizabeth．"
【小题1】What can we learn about Beth?
| A．She had a quarrel with the author in the fifth grade． |
| B．She moved to another school in the fifth grade． |
| C．She is now called Liz instead of Beth． |
| D．She hasn't seen the author for seven years． |
| A．She is sure that Beth will not answer． |
| B．She's afraid that they'll quarrel on the phone． |
| C．She doesn't know Beth's telephone number． |
| D．It is easier to express her feelings in writing． |
| A．Their elementary-school friendship． |
| B．Her future plan after graduation． |
| C．Her expectations for Beth's reply． |
| D．The questions about the endings of their friendship． |
| A．Beth answers her letter two days later． |
| B．The letter doesn't reach Beth at all． |
| C．They make up their friendship． |
| D．Beth refuses to make peace with her． |
I shall never forget the day when the earthquake took place. The time was about 5 o’clock in the afternoon and I was driving along the road to take my daughter from school. Our plan was to go swimming together. I finished my work at 4 o’clock and then went to the post office. Then I stopped off at a shop in order to get some fresh fruit. We’d like to have some fruit after swimming.
I was driving along a high road on my way to my daughter’s school. Over my road was another road, which was built like a bridge for cars coming to the other way. I was hungry so I put the bag of apples in the seat beside me and started to eat one.
Suddenly I saw the cars in front of me start to move from side to side. Then my car started to shake! I didn't know what was happening. Perhaps something had gone wrong with my car. I drove more slowly and then I stopped the car and at the same moment the road fell onto the cars in front of me.
I found myself in the dark. I couldn't move. The bottom parts of both of my legs and my feet were hurting badly and I couldn't move them. All around me was quiet. But above me I could hear shouts and a lot of noise. Then I memorized what had happened. I had been in an earthquake.
For about two hours nobody came. Luckily I could reach the bag of apples, so at least I had plenty to eat. Then I heard people climbing towards me. A team of people had come to see if anyone was under the broken road. I called out, “I’m here!” when I heard a shout. Soon a stranger climbed to the side of the road near my car. “How are you doing?” he asked. “Not too bad, ”I said. “But my feet and legs feel as if they’re broken.”“We’ll have you out of there just as soon as we can.” They didn't get me out until the next morning. I had been in my car for fourteen hours.
【小题1】When the earthquake took place, the writer was .
| A．on his way to the post office | B．stopping off at a shop |
| C．doing some shopping | D．under a road built like a bridge |
| A．there was something wrong with his car | B．he ate apples as he drove |
| C．an earthquake happened | D．he drove too fast |
| A．When the earthquake happened, the writer was with his daughter together. |
| B．The writer’s legs and feet were badly wounded in the earthquake. |
| C．The writer was saved as soon as the stranger climbed up the road. |
| D．The writer was so frightened that he forgot everything that happened around him. |
a. A stranger climbed to the side of road near his car and asked how he was doing.
b. The writer finished his work.
c. He felt his car shaking on his way to his daughter’s school.
d. He bought some fresh fruit in a shop.
e. He was saved the next morning.
f. The writer found himself in the dark.
g. He went to the post office.
| A．b,g,d,c,f,a,e | B．b,d,c,g,f,a,e |
| C．d,b,c,f,g,a,e | D．c,a,f,g,b,d,e |
| A．a teacher of a school | B．a manager of a shop |
| C．a father of a girl | D．a worker of a post office |
Mom noticed that something was wrong when I started getting so thirsty, I’d have a lot to drink before bed, which was unusual for me. One time, I opened a big container of apple juice and kept refilling my glass. Before I knew it, I’d drunk the entire container! My mom call my doctor. I then had a few blood tests, and the results were certain ------ I had diabetes, which meant that the amount of sugar in my blood was very high. That can be dangerous, so I had to learn how to control my blood-sugar level.
My eating habits had to change in a big way. With diabetes, I can’t eat a lot of sugar or carbohydrates. I have to figure out exactly how much sugar I plan to eat, and then I get an injection of insulin before the meals to help my body process the food. Also, I test my blood-sugar level often. I’m always trying to keep my blood sugar at a healthy level. The level can drop when I exercise, but that doesn’t keep me out of gym class or off the basketball court ------ I just keep some juice boxes around to boost my blood sugar if I need to.
It’s a lot of work ------ and not a lot of fun ------ to keep track of everything, but I’ve gotten used to my new habits. I was a little scared at first because I wasn’t sure how my life would change. Once I knew what I needed to do, though, it wasn’t a big deal. My life is different now from what it was before, but it has become completely regular to me.
【小题1】The first paragraph is mainly about ______.
| A．who found the author had diabetes |
| B．the author’s life before having diabetes |
| C．how the author was found to have diabetes |
| D．the author’s eating habits before having diabetes |
| A．change people’s eating habit | B．help process the food |
| C．hasten the growth of organs | D．prevent high blood level |
| A．She stopped playing basketball in the gym. |
| B．She controlled her blood-sugar level strictly. |
| C．She stopped eating food with natural sugar. |
| D．She tested her blood-sugar level before every meal. |
| A．Increase. | B．Control. | C．Absorb. | D．Test. |
| A．Worried. | B．Frightened. | C．Pessimistic. | D．Positive. |
It was the summer of 1965. Deluca, then 17, visited Peter Buck, a family friend. Buck asked Deluca about his plan for the future. “I’m going to college, but I need a way to pay for it,” Deluca recalls saying. “Buck said, ‘you should open a sandwich shop.’”
That afternoon, they agreed to be partners. And they set a goal: to open 32 stores in ten years. After doing some research, Buck wrote a check for $ 1,000. Deluca rented a storefront (店面) in Connecticut, and when they couldn’t cover their start-up costs, Buck kicked in another $1,000.
But business didn’t go smoothly as they expected. Deluca says, “After six months, we were doing poorly, but we didn’t know how badly, because we didn’t have any financial controls.” All he and Buck knew was that their sales were lower than their costs.
Deluca was managing the store and to the University of Bridgeport at the same time. Buck was working at his day job as a nuclear physicist in New York. They’d meet Monday evenings and brainstorm ideas for keeping the business running. “We convinced ourselves to open a second store. We figured we could tell the public, ‘We are so successful, we are opening a second store.’” And they did — in the spring of 1966. Still, it was a lot of learning by trial and error.
But the partners’ learn-as-you-go approach turned out to be their greatest strength. Every Friday, Deluca would drive around and hand-deliver the checks to pay their supplies. “It probably took me two and a half hours and it wasn’t necessary but as a result, the suppliers got to know me very well, and the personal relationships established really helped out,” Deluca says.
And having a goal was also important. “There are so many problems that can get you down. You just have to keep working toward your goal,” Deluca adds.
Deluca ended up founding Subways Sandwich, the multimillion-dollar restaurant chain.
1. Deluca opened the first sandwich shop in order to ________.
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A．support his family |
B．pay for his college education |
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C．help his partner expand business |
D．do some research |
2.Which of the following is true of Buck?
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A．He put money into the sandwich business. |
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B．He was a professor of business administration. |
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C．He was studying at the University of Bridgeport. |
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D．He rented a storefront for Deluca. |
3.What can we learn about their first shop?
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A．It stood at an unfavorable place. |
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B．It lowered the prices to poor management. |
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C．It made no profits due to poor management. |
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D．It lacked control over the quality of sandwich. |
4.They decided to open a second store because they _________.
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A．had enough money to do it |
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B．had succeeded in their business |
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C．wished to meet the increasing demand of customers |
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D．wanted to make believe（假装）that they were successful |
5.What contributes most to their success according to the author?
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A．Learning by trial and error. |
B．Making friends with supplies. |
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C．Finding a good partner. |
D．Opening chain stores. |