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【题目】Ted Turner achieved high goals and great success by the time he was 43. Best known for his CNN, Ted Turner launched a second nationwide all-news network, Headline News, purchased the Atlanta Braves baseball team, and became the world's best yachtsman at the America's Cup in 1977. In 1982 Ted Turner was named by Forbes one of the 400 richest people in the U. S. He was named Time magazine's "Man of the Year" in 1992. How did Ted Turner accomplish all of this at such a young age?

Ted Turner's father, Ed, was a self-made millionaire who demanded that his only son try to achieve similar success. He instilled in the boy a strong belief that hard work was good. Besides reading a new book every two days, Ted Turner was also charged rent at home during summer vacations from boarding school. Ed Turner was a strong influence in his son's life.

As a child, Ted Turner lived a very lonely life, often separated from his family. During World War Ⅱ，his father served in the navy. Ed Turner took his wife and daughter with him so they could live nearby but left his 6-year-old son behind in a boarding school in Cincinnati, Ohio. When Ted Turner was in the fifth grade, his father enrolled him in a military academy. Even though Turner had friends at school, it didn't make up for the absence of his parents and sister. Eventually Ted Turner enrolled at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. He attended college off and on, became involved in sailboat racing, and became a member of the U. S. Coast Guard for a while. In his early twenties, he became general manager of one of his father's branch offices-the Turner Advertising Company in Macon, Georgia.

Two years later after his father's suicide, Ted Turner took over the company. He soon discovered that he was more skilled than his father in managing the business. During the next twenty years, Ted Turner worked hard to accumulate enough power and money to fulfill his father's dream.

Reflecting on his father's death, however, Ted Turner realized that it was dangerous to put too much emphasis on material possessions. He decided to use his hard-earned influence to serve the public.

Concerned about the environment, Ted Turner established the Better World Society in 1985. The purpose of this organization was to produce documentaries to educate people about pollution, hunger, and the danger of building weapons of mass destruction. In1986 Turner began sponsoring the Goodwill Games to promote world peace. The Turner Tomorrow Awards were created to encourage writers and thinkers to focus their attention on solving world problems. The Turner Family Foundation was established in 1992.

【1】 What is CNN according to the passage?

A. It's a broadcast news company.

B. It's a basketball team agency.

C. It's a charity organization.

D. It's a publishing house.

【2】 What is the main idea of Paragraph 1?

A. The creation of CNN encouraged broadcasters to be more successful.

B. Towering goals and hard work led to fame and prosperity.

C. Ted Turner was expert at sailboat racing and playing basketball.

D. Ted Turner became very successful at an early age.

【3】 As a student in a military academy, Turner __________.

A. wasn't as lonely as he looked because of his many friends at school

B. missed his family very much despite having friends at school

C. served as a member of the U. S. Coast Guard for a while

D. showed little interest in studying

【4】 The author seems to believe that Ted Turner is __________.

A. bossy

B. incapable

C. ambitious

D. modest

Answer 1

【答案】【1】 A

【2】 D

【3】 B

【4】 C

【解析】本文讲述了 Ted Turner的童年及其在商业上取得的成就。

【1】 细节理解题。根据第一段 Best known for his CNN, Ted Turner launched a second nationwide all news network 可判断选A。

【2】 主旨大意题。本段首句就指出Ted Turner在43岁之前就有所建树，之后具体列举他所取得的成就，最后一句提问：他为什么能如此年轻就取得这些成就呢？由此判断该段旨在说明:Ted Turner在早年的时候就已经非常成功，故选D。

【3】 推理判断题。根据第三段第五句Even though Turner had friends at school, it didn't make up for the absence of his parents and sister. 可判断选B。

【4】 推理判断题。全文重点介绍了Ted Turner所取得的成就，尤其结合第四段最后一句During the next twenty years, Ted Turner worked hard to accumulate enough power and money to fulfill his father's dream. 可推断作者认为 Ted Turner 是一个有抱负的人，故选C。