Passage 13
I had two jobs growing up and they all helped shape my life.
When I was about 12, I started caddying(当球童) at a nearby country club. All the kids in the neighborhood did it, and I like it a lot. I got to watch people who were generally pretty wealthy. They were business men and doctor. I would listen to them talking about things and see hoe\w they behaved with each other. It was like a fly on the wall at a meeting.
The second job was at a shoe stone. I constantly met people from all walks of life and the challenge was exciting. I’d start bringing them different kinds of shoes and get right down there and put them on their feet. If they didn’t like a certain shoe, I always tired to be thinking ahead to a pair they might like better. It was like stepping up to the plate in a baseball game. Every time someone walked into that store, I was going to bat and taking a swing. I never wanted to let a customer get out of that store without buying a pair of shoes to his satisfaction.
This job helped teach me an important business lesson: You have take risks in business. If you take a risk and fail, get up bat and swing again.
1. The author thinks what he has learned from his job is__.
A. how to learn to like a job B. how to talk and behave properly
C. how to become wealthy D. how to listen to people
2. The phrase “people from all walks of life” in the third paragraph means people__.
A. walking in different ways B. having different interests in life
C. coming form different parts of the city D. working in different occupations
3. The author thinks his second job is__.
A. challenging B. important C. different D. satisfying
4. The author compares his second job as__.
A. a fly on the wall at a meeting B. stepping into a golf course
C. joining a baseball game D. taking a bat to swing
5. The business lesson the author gets from selling shoes is__.
A. thinking ahead of the customers
B. trying every possible way to satisfy a customer
C. never be afraid of taking risks
D. never let go anyone walking into the shop
Passage 14
Paper was invented by the Chinese in the first century AD. Paper was not made in southern Europe until about the year 1100. Scandinavia—which now makes a great deal of world’s paper—did not begin to make it until 1500. Most paper is made from wood. Paper—making is an important British industry and paper from Britain is sold to many countries such as Australia and South Africa. Some of the wood used in the British paper making industry comes from trees grown in Britain, but wood is also bought from other counties such as Norway. One tree is needed for every four hundred copies of a forty—paper newspaper. If half the adults in Britain buy one daily paper, this uses up over a thousand trees a day. All over the world , trees are being cut down faster than they are being planted, so there may be a serious need for paper at the beginning of next century.
When we think of paper, we think of newspaper, books, letters and writing paper. But there are many other uses. Only half of paper is used for books and newspaper, etc. Paper is very good for keeping you warm. Each year, more and more things are made of paper. Now we hear that chairs, tables, and even beds can be made of paper. But the latest in paper making seems to be paper houses.
6. Where was paper invented?
A. In China B. In southern Europe
C. In Scandinavia D. In Britain
7. Scandinavia began to make paper__.
A. in 1100 B. in 1400
C. in 1500 D. in the first century
8. Every four hundred copies of a forty-page will need__.
A. half a tree B. one tree
C. two trees D. more than one tree
9. All over the world, trees are being cut down__ than they are being planted.
A. more slowly B. much faster
C. much more slowly D. faster
10. The latest things made of paper are__.
A. chairs B. tables C. clothes D. houses
参考答案:
Passage 1-2 1-5 CBADB 6-10 DBCAD
Passage 3-4 1-5 BABDC 6-10 CCDAB
Passage 5-6 1-5 DBCCA 6-10 DABDC
Passage 7-8 1-5 CADBC 6-10 CADCA
Passage 9-10 1-5 DDCCA 6-10 BDACC
Passage 11-12 1-5 CCADA 6-10 ADDBC
Passage 13-14 1-5 BDACC 6-10 ACBDD
