阅读理解

　　After more discussion, Paul and John come to an agreement. Paul knows that the deal will fall through if he doesn't get his act together quickly with the Chinese building suppliers. He tells John that if John's company keeps away from the South Korean market for the time being, he'll get things worked out in about three weeks by lending the Chinese company some of the money, without charging the usual interest, for materials and labour costs to get them started on building the hotels almost immediately.

　　John thinks that is a good idea but he's a hard businessman and drives a hard bargain. He wants two guarantees (保证) that the deal won't fall through at the last minute.

　　The first is that, if Paul can't come up with his side of the contract (合同), then Paul's company will have to pay 400000 pounds, but with an agreement to discuss the project again in six month time. Paul knows that his bosses won't want to part with that sort of money and agrees.

　　However, the second guarantee is that, even if Paul's company does start up on time but falls behind schedule (进度表), it will cost his company 200000 pounds for every month lost. Paul thinks that is very hard and over the top, and he will have to look into it. But John says that is his “bottom line”, meaning that is the only deal he is going to make and Paul's company can either take it or leave it-either they give both guarantees or the deal falls through now. The business world can be a tough one.

1．The writer writes this article mainly ________.

[　　]

A．to show businessmen are hard to get along with

B．to suggest the business world is a rather difficult one

C．to tell people how to come to a business agreement

D．to show John is even tougher than Paul

2．When you drive a hard bargain, you ________.

[　　]

A．argue about the price

B．get everything cheaper

C．make sure that an agreement suits you best

D．do everything you can to make a deal

3．What does Paul think about the second guarantee that John asks for?

[　　]

A．He considers it is completely unacceptable.

B．He thinks it is something fair.

C．He believes it is unfair and decides to refuse it.

D．He thinks it is unfair and wants to change it.

4．The underlined word “them” in the last sentence of the first paragraph refers to ________.

[　　]

A．the things to be worked out

B．the hotels to be built

C．materials and labour costs

D．the Chinese building suppliers

阅读理解

　　After more discussion, Paul and John come to an agreement. Paul knows that the deal will fall through if he doesn't get his act together quickly with the Chinese building suppliers. He tells John that if John's company keeps away from the South Korean market for the time being, he will get things worked out in about three weeks by lending the Chinese company some of the money, without charging the usual interest, for materials and labor costs to get them started on building the hotels almost immediately.

　　John thinks that is a good idea but he's a hard business man and drives a hard bargain. He wants two guarantees (保证) that the deal won't fall through at the last minute.

　　The first is that, if Paul can't come up with his side of the contract(合同) , then Paul's company will have to pay 400,000 pounds, but with an agreement to discuss the project again in six months' time. Paul knows that his bosses won't want to part with that sort of money and agrees.

　　However, the second guarantee is that, even if Paul's company does start up on time but falls behind schedule (进度表) , it will cost his company 200,000 pounds for every month lost. Paul thinks that is very hard and over the top, and he will have to look into it. But John says that is his “bottom line” , meaning that is the only deal he is going to make and Paul's company can either take it or leave it. They give bath guarantees or the deal falls through now. The world can be a tough one.

1．The writer's purpose is mainly ________.

[　　]

A．to show business men are herd to get along with

B．to suggest the business world is a rather difficult one

C．to tell people how to come to a business agreement

D．to show John is even tougher than Paul

2．When you drive a hard bargain, you ________.

[　　]

A．argue about the price

B．get everything cheaper

C．make sure that an suits you best

D．do everything you can to make a deal

3．What does Paul think about the second guarantee that John asks for?

[　　]

A．He considers it is completely unacceptable.

B．He thinks it is something fair.

C．He believes it is unfair and decides to refuse it.

D．He thinks it is unfair and wants to change it.

4．The underlined word “them” in the last sentence of the first paragraph refers to ________.

[　　]

A．the things to be worked out

B．the hotels to be built

C．materials and labor costs

D．the Chinese building suppliers

Bruce Jones thinks there is still a healthy thirst for exploration into underwater worlds on our own planet. After growing up with his grandfather who was in the marine construction business,  Jones quickly got a feel for the water. He started diving at age 9 and, by the 1980s, began offering advice for those interested in the submarine business. By 1993, he was running his own company, U．S. Submarines, which designed and built submarines for resorts and individuals.

Jones plans to spend $40 million in building a hotel where the most expensive rooms will be 50 feet under the sea off Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas. Unlike the Jules Undersea Lodge — the only undersea hotel now, just off the coast of Key Largo, Fla. — guests at the Poseidon won't need to put on a wet suit to get to their rooms. They also won't need to worry about changing pressure levels since the rooms will be kept at above－surface pressure. Instead, they can move easily to their $1,500－a－night underwater rooms by escalator.

“I think there are a large number of people who would be interested，” said Jones, “including anyone who is looking for a different experience.”

Each room will feature strong windows that look out onto coral gardens. There will be controls in each room that guests can use to change the lighting of the underwater worlds outside their windows and to provide food for fish swimming by.

“By now I envisioned (展望) we'd have whole underwater cities，” Craig Cooper, the director for the Aquarius research station said. “It's about time some of these visions became reality.”

1. Which of the following is the correct order of the events that happened to Bruce Jones?

a. Jones started running U．S. Submarines.

b. Jones began to learn to dive.

c. Jones planned to build an undersea hotel.

d. Jones began giving others advice on the submarine business.

A. a, b, c, d  B. a, c, b, d

C. b, d, a, c  D. b, a, c, d

2. We can learn from the second paragraph that the Jules Undersea Lodge________.

A. lies off Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas

B. is the first undersea hotel in the world

C. needn't provide wet suits for its guests

D. sends its guests to their rooms by lift

3. What do we know about Bruce Jones' undersea hotel from the passage?

A. It will be much cheaper than the Jules Undersea Lodge.

B. It has taken Jones $40 million to build it.

C. Guests in it will open the windows to give food to the fish.

D. Guests in it will see beautiful coral through the windows.

4. The underlined word “Poseidon” in Paragraph 2 refers to ________.

A. Bruce Jones' undersea hotel

B. Jules Undersea Lodge

C. an island off the coast of Key Largo

D. another name of Eleuthera Island

5. Judging by Cooper's words, his attitude towards underwater hotels is ________.

A. disappointed  B. critical

C. objective  D. hopeful