The business executive was deep in debt and could see no way out. Creditors (债主) were closing in on him. Suppliers were demanding payment. He sat on the park bench, head in hands, wondering if anything could save his company from bankruptcy (破产).
Suddenly an old man appeared before him. “I can see that something is troubling you.” he said. After listening to the executive, the old man said: “I believe I can help you.”
He asked the man his name, wrote out a check, and pushed it into his hand saying: “Take this money. Meet me here exactly one year from today, and you can pay me back at that time.” Then he turned and disappeared as quickly as he had come.
The business executive saw in his hand a check for $500,000, signed by John D. Rockefeller, then one of the richest men in the world!
“I can settle all my debts in a moment!” he realized. But instead, the executive decided to put the uncashed check in his safe, just knowing it would give him the strength to work out a way to save his business.
With renewed optimism, he made better deals and extended terms of payment. He closed several big deals. Within a few months, he was out of debt and making money once again.
Exactly one year later, he returned to the park with the uncashed check. At the agreed-upon time, the old man appeared. But just as the executive was about to hand back the check and share his success story, a nurse came running up and grabbed the old man.
“I’m so glad I caught him!” she cried. “I hope he hasn’t been bothering you. He’s always escaping from the rest home and telling people he’s John D. Rockefeller.” And she led the old man away by the arm.
What was the executive worried about?
A. He couldn’t produce enough for the suppliers.
B. The creditors wouldn’t lend him any money.
C. His products didn’t sell well.
D. He might run into bankcruptcy.
Which of the following statements about the old man is TRUE?
A. The old man had known the executive was in trouble before he came.
B. The old man’s way of helping the executive worked out well.
C. The check he wrote was far from enough for the executive.
D. In fact the old man didn’t want to have his money back.
The executive didn’t cash the check because ____________.
A. He was afraid that the bank didn’t have so much money.
B. The check gave him a lot of strength and encouragement.
C. He was uncertain if he could ever pay back the money.
D. He knew the old man wasn’t John D. Rockefeller at all.
考前必练系列答案科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
An important question about eating out is who pays for the meal. If a friend of yours asks you to have lunch with him. You may say something like this, “I’m afraid it’ll have to be some place cheap, as I have very little money.” The other person may say, “OK, I’ll meet you at McDonald’s.” This means that two agree to go Dutch, that is, each person pays for himself. He may also say, “Oh, no. I want to take you to lunch at Johnson’s”, or “I want you to try the steak(牛排) there. It’s great.” This means the person wants to pay for both of you. If you feel friendly towards this person, you can go with him and you needn’t pay for the meal. You may just say, “Thank you. That would be very nice.”
American customs about who pays for dates(约会) are much the same as in other parts of the world. In the old days, American women wanted men to pay for all the meals. But, today, a university girl or a woman in the business world will usually pay her own way during the day. If a man asks her to dinner or a dance outside the working hours, it means “come as my guest”. So as you can see, it is a polite thing to make the question clear at the very beginning.
In the old days _______ often paid for all the meals.
A. women B. men
C. university students D. businessmen
“To go Dutch” means to _______.
A. go to play outside B. eat out
C. pay for oneself D. go to a cheaper eating place
“McDonald’s” here means _______.
A. a tea house B. a gate
C. an office D. an eating place
If you feel friendly to the person, _______.
A. you should pay for him B. you needn’t pay for him
C. you can accept his invitation D. you can’t accept his invitation
We’d better know who will pay for the meal _______.
A. at the beginning B. at the end
C. in the middle of the meal D. after drinking
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第二节 短文改错(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在答题卡相应的位置上画一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：
此行多—个词：把多余的词写在答题卡相应的位置上，用斜线（\）划掉。
此行缺—个词：在答题卡相应的位置上写出该加的词，并附带前（后）词。
此行错一个词：在答题卡相应的位置上写出该错词和改正后的词。
注意：原行没有错的不要改。
An English lady was finally decided that she really should
learn to drive, and after many attempts, she past her
driving test and told her husband that, to celebrate, he
was going to drive him over to France for a holiday. But
then a week after the trip, she suddenly announced that
they wouldn’t take the holiday. “How did you change your
mind?” he asked her by surprise. “Well, it’s all because
of the business of driving on right.” She said, “I have
been practising for three weeks now, but I still couldn’t
get used to it—in fact, I’ve nearly killed three peoples.”
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One good deed deserves another
One day, a poor boy who was trying to pay his way through school by selling goods door to door found that he only had one cent left. He was hungry so he decided to 36 a meal at the next house. However, he lost his courage when a lovely young woman opened the door. 37 a meal he asked for a drink of water. She thought he looked hungry so she brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it slowly, and then asked, “How much do I 38 you?”
“You don’t owe me 39 ,” she replied. “My mother has taught me never to accept money for 40 of kindness.” He said, “Then I thank you from the bottom of my heart.” As Howard Kelly left that house, he felt stronger 41 , and it also increased his faith in the human race.
Years later the young woman became critically ill. The local doctors were 42 . They finally sent her to the big city, where specialists were called in to study her 43 disease. Dr Howard Kelly, now famous, was also in the consultation (会诊). When he heard the name of the town she came from, he immediately 44 from the chair and went down 45 the hospital hall towards her room.
46 his doctor’s coat he went in to see her. He recognized her at once. He went back to the consultation room, 47 to do his best to save her life. From that day on, he gave special attention to her case.
After a long struggle, the 48 against the disease was won. Dr Kelly requested the business office to pass the final bill to him for approval. He looked at it and then wrote something on the side. The 49 was sent to her room. She was afraid to open it because she was 50 that it would take the rest of her life to pay it off. Finally she looked, and the note on the 51 of the bill 52 her attention. She read these words.
“Paid 53 for a glass of milk.”
Dr Howard Kelly
Tears of joy 54 her eyes as she saw it. She was grateful 55 love could spread widely through human hearts and hands.
A. beg for B. intend for C. seek for D. pay for
A. On top of B. In addition C. Instead of D. In spite of
A. own B. cost C. owe D. spend
A. anything B. something C. everything D. nothing
A. benefit B. reason C. sake D. acts
A. mentally B. thoroughly C. physically D. intellectually
A. defeat B. stuck C. hit D. struck
A. different B. rare C. infected D. casual
A. raised B. stood C. rose D. aroused
A. through B. over C. cross D. beneath
A. With B. Dressed in C. Dressing in D. Wore
A. determined B. concluded C. decided D. tried
A. game B. battle C. disease D. treatment
A. doctor B. patient C. approval D. bill
A. negative B. uncertain C. sure D. unsure
A. back B. side C. front D. page
A. paid B. caught C. fixed D. made
A. in turn B. in vain C. in full D. in return
A. blew B. floated C. flooded D. flew
A. that B. what C. which D. whose
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科目：高中英语 来源：2012-2013学年甘肃永昌县第一高级中学高二上学期期中考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
When I first got an email account ten years ago, I received communications only from family, friends, and colleagues. Now it seems that every time I check my e-mail, I have an endless series of advertisement and other correspondence that do not interest the at all. If we want e-mail to continue to be useful, we need special laws that make spamming(发送垃圾邮件) a crime.
If lawmakers do not do something soon to prohibit spam, the problem will certainly get much worse. Computer programs allow spammers to spend hundreds of millions of e-mails almost instantly. As more and more advertisers turn to spam to sell their products, individual e-mail boxes are often flooded with spam e-mails. Would people continue to use e-mail if they had to deal with an annoying amount of spam each time?
This problem is troubling for individuals and companies as well. Many spam emails contain computer viruses that can shut down the entire network of a company. Companies rely on e-mail on for their employees to communicate with each other. Spam frequently causes failures in their local communications networks, and their employees are thus unable to communicate effectively. Such a situation results in a loss of productivity and requires companies to repeatedly repair their networks. These computer problems raise production costs of companies, which are, in the end, passed on to the consumer.
For these reasons, I believe that lawmakers need to legislate (立法) against spam. Spammers should be fined, and perhaps sent to prison if they continue to disturb people. E-mail is a tool which helps people all over the world to communicate conveniently, but spam is destroying this convenience.
1.What does the underlined word “correspondence” in the Paragraph 1 probably mean?
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A．messages |
B．ideas |
C．connections |
D．programs |
2.According to the text, what is the major cause of the flooding spam?
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A．Companies rely on e-mail for communications. |
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B．More people in the world communicate by e-mail. |
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C．Many computer viruses contain spam e-mail. |
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D．More advertisers begin to promote sales through spam. |
3.According to Paragraph 3,who is the final victim of spam?
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A．The business |
B．The advertiser |
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C．The employee |
D．The consumer |
4.What is the purpose of the text?
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A．To inform |
B．To educate |
C．To persuade |
D．To instruct |
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科目：高中英语 来源：2013届湖北武汉部分重点（四校）高二上学期期中英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Until recently, women in advertisements wore one of three things — an apron, an attractive dress or a frown. Although that is now changing, many women still feel angry about offending advertisements. “This ad degrades women.” they protested（抗议）.Why does this sort of advertising exist? How can advertisers and ad agencies still produce, sometimes, after months of research, advertising that offends the consumer?
The ASA, the body which deals with complaints about print media, is carrying out research into how women feel about the way they are pictured in advertisements. Its conclusions are likely to be what the advertising industry already knows: although women are often annoyed by the ads, few feel strong enough to complain.
Women are not the only victims of poor and boring stereotypes（老套）— in many TV commercials men are seen either as useless, childish fools who are unable to perform the simplest household tasks, or as inconsiderate fellows, always on the lookout for an escape to the pub. But it is women who seem to suffer more from the industry’s inability to put people into an authentic present-day situation. Yet according to Emma Bennett, director of a London advertising agency, women are not aggressive or extremely angry about those stereotypes and sexist （歧视妇女）advertising. “They just find it annoying or tiresome.”
She says that it is not advertising’s use of the housewife role that bothers women, but the way in which it is handled. “The most important thing is the advertisement’s tone of voice. Women hate being insincerely praised or given desperately down-to-earth common-sense advice.”
In the end, the responsibility for good advertising must be shared between the advertiser, the advertising agency and the consumer. Advertising does not set trends but it reflects them. It is up to the consumer to tell advertisers where they fail, and the process of change will remain slow until people on the receiving end take the business seriously and make their –feelings known.
1.Despite recent changes in attitudes, some advertisements still fail to .
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A．change women’s opinions of themselves |
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B．show any understanding of consumers’ feelings |
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C．persuade the public to buy certain products |
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D．meet the needs of the advertising industry |
2.According to the writer, the commonest fault of present-day advertising is to .
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A．condemn the role of the housewife |
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B．ignore protests about advertisements |
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C．present a misleading image of women |
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D．picture the activities of men wrongly |
3.Emma Bennett suggests that advertisement ought to .
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A．give further emphasis to practical advice |
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B．change their style rather than their content |
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C．use male images instead of female ones |
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D．sing higher praise for women than before |
4.We can learn from the passage that advertising industry should .
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A．take its job more eagerly |
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B．do more pioneering work |
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C．take notice of the public opinion |
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D．concentrate on the products advertised |
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