阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

A beautiful girl was shopping with her mother in Blue-sky Market. It was 31 hard outside. Many people all stood there under the awning (遮雨蓬). They waited, some patiently, others impatiently because of the bad weather.

       The girl’s32 was so sweet. “Mom, let’s run through the rain,” she said suddenly.

       “What?” Mom asked.

       “Let’s run through the rain!”

       “No, Honey. We’ll 33 until it slows down a bit,” Mom replied.

       The child waited about another 34 and repeated, “Mom, let’s run through the rain.”

       “We’ll get 35 if we do,” Mom said.

       “No, we won’t, Mom. That’s not what you said this 36,” the young girl said as she tugged (拽) at her mom’s arm.

       “This morning? 37did I say we could run through the rain and not get wet?”

       “Don’t you 38? When you were talking to Daddy 39 his cancer, you said, ‘If God can get us through this, he can get us through 40!’”

       The people became 41. Nothing could be 42 but the rain. Mom thought for a moment about what she would say.

       “Honey, you are 43. Let’s run through the rain.”

        44 they ran off. People all stood watching, smiling and laughing as they 45 past the cars and through the puddles (水坑). They 46 their shopping bags over their heads. They got wet through, but they were 47by a few who laughed like children all the 48 to their cars.

       People can 49 your money and health, but no one can ever take away your memories. So, don’t 50 to make time to make memories every day.

A. blowing           B. snowing         C. raining        D. shining

A. sound              B. voice             C. noise           D. language

A. leave               B. go                 C. run             D. wait

A. hour                B. minute          C. month         D. day

A. wet                 B. hurt               C. lost             D. bad

A. morning           B. afternoon        C. evening        D. night

A. When              B. What            C. Why             D. How

A. say                B. stop               C. ask             D. remember

A. with               B. for                C. about           D. of

A. something      B. anything        C. other           D. another

A. surprised         B. sad               C. silent          D. nervous

A. seen               B. smelled         C. heard          D. known

A. right               B. clever           C. great           D. brave

A. Because            B. While           C. Then           D. But

A. walked            B. rushed         C. jumped         D. stepped

A. held                B. brought        C. threw          D. pushed

A. watched            B. helped           C. saved          D. followed

A. time                B. way              C. direction      D. money

A. take away         B. take up          C. take off       D. take back

A. try                   B. hope             C. forget         D. decide

阅读下列各小题，根据汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子，并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号后。

1.At present there are few sites for car racing and testing in Beijing, _________________of the market.（meet）

目前北京地区可用于汽车比赛和测试的场地极少，这无法满足市场的需要。

2.______________________________, please come up to my office at 5 0’clock. (convenient)

如果你方便的话，请五点钟到我办公室来一下。

3.Take care not to keep your children ________________.(expose)

当心不要让孩子接触不良书籍。

4.Yesterday, the coach as well as the football players ____________________taking money for deliberately not scoring goals so as to let the other team win. ( accuse )

昨天一个足球运动员被控受贿，故意不进球，好让另一队赢球。

5.It was not until all the evidences had been shown to him ______________________.(admit)

直到所有的证据摆到他的面前，他才承认他的错误。

6.One of your friends is said _____________________in the supermarket when she was doing shopping yesterday. ( treat )

据说你的一位朋友在超市买东西时受到虐待。

7.He placed a fixed sun at the centre of the solar system with _______________________.(go)

他把太阳固定在太阳系的中心位置上，而行星们则围绕着它转。

8.________________________, I realized that I had left his jacket on the playground.（moment）

我一看见他，我就意识到我把他的夹克忘在操场上了。

9.___________________to find a job as a waitress for several months, Dina finally took a position at a local advertising agency. (struggle)

好几个月以来戴娜都在找个当服务员的工作，最后终于在当地一家广告公司找到了个职位。

10.___________________, his idea was accepted by all the people at the meeting. (as)

尽管它听起来很奇怪，但他的想法还是在会议上被大家接受了。

 

When 7-year-old Warren Buffett said, “I will be the richest man one day,” his friends made fun of his “daydreaming”. But ever since then the little boy has set about learning how to make money by selling drinks, delivering newspaper and buying stocks. The American had already earned $9,000 (equal to $90,000 today) by the time he graduated from the high school.

And this month the 78-year-old, who earned his fortune by making a lot of sound investment in the stock market, took the place of Microsoft founder, Bill Gates, as the world’s richest man. Gates’ worth declined $1.5 billion to $55.5 billion in 33 days after the recent financial storm, according to Forbes Magazine.

Buffett, the only son of a stockbroker, was ready to think outside the box to develop his business from a very early age. At 8, he went to golf courses collecting and selling the used balls. At 11 when he sold soda pop door-to-door with a friend, the pair collected lids on streets to judge which flavor was the most popular.

As a paper boy during high school, Buffett delivered two competitor papers, so that even when customers canceled one of the subscriptions (订阅) , he could still make a profit from the other. With his paper delivery savings, Buffett bought 162,000 square meters of farmland and collected rent. Young Buffett stepped into the stock market at 11 but earned only $5. The experience taught him one of the virtues（优点）in investing patience.

After graduating from university, Buffett started his venture with stocks with his childhood earnings and money from friends. He researched the stocks and just bought those of solid companies that were undervalued and inexpensive at the time. By sticking to companies such as American Express and Coca-Cola, Buffett has become rich.

“Learning is important to Buffett’s success. He is a learning machine who can spend his entire day reading. He keeps learning from books, street smarts and investigation, from both success and failure. In this way, he over achieved his aptitude (能力),” said Charlie Munger, his longtime business partner.

1.The passage is mainly about_____.

A．why Buffett took the place of Bill Gates as the world’s richest man

B．what effect Buffett’s childhood experiences have on his success

C．how Buffett earned his fortune and achieve his aptitude

D．what Buffett dreamt about when he was a child

2.How did Buffett behave at the stock market?

A．He will buy the stock whose price is lower than its value.

B．He often prefers some inexpensive stocks.

C．He always borrows money from his friends to buy stocks.

D．He will sell the stock if its price doesn’t go up.

3.Which is the main factor that determines Buffett’s success?

A．His desire to learn.

B．His family background.

C．His education.

D．His cooperation with his partner.

4.What can we infer from the passage?

A．Buffett is an immediate success in the stock market

B．Buffett and Gates are business partners.

C．His father helped him a lot in his business.

D．Buffett has a good sense of business.

 

根据下列句子及所给汉语注释，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。(每空一词)

It was not unitl the 20th century that some scientists doubted the _____(存在) of God.

The representatives from two parties _____(交换) their opinions with each other at the conference.

The bank has ______(分行) all over the country.

The plan received _____(普遍的) support throughout the country as they are warmly received.

She is very _____(失望) at losing the race.

In his youth he had the ambition of being a _____(钢琴家).

The teacher spends all her spare time in writing and we all say that she is _____(着迷于) to writing.

Did you know that English speakers also enjoy other forms of Asian poetry-Tang poems from China in ______(特别)

On hot days we often go _____(洗澡) in the river.

They studied the German market to find the _____(潜在性) there for investment.

This is a story that happened in Europe in the 17th century. Tulips (郁金香) were introduced into Holland before the 17th century but it did not take long for the flowers to gain popularity among the upper classes. Flowers of such beauty soon became symbols of power and the rich tried their best to lay their hands on some to display them in their gardens. When more people learned of the prices that the rich were willing to pay for tulips, they knew they just found a “get-rich-quick” gold mine.

By 1634, the whole country was so attracted by tulips that all other activities almost came to a stop. People were trading in tulips and even buying and selling bulbs (球茎). At that time, one rare bulb cost as much as ten tons of cheese.

Many made a fortune in the beginning. As the prices moved in one direction, they only needed to buy low and sell high, buy high and sell higher. After the gains, confidence rose and many sold away all their property in order to invest more money in tulips, hoping to make more money. The desire was so strong that those who were watching also rushed to the tulip market. Everyone thought that the high demand for tulips would continue forever and prices could only go up because more and more people from all over the world would start to like tulips.

When the prices of tulips was much higher than it should be, few people bought them for planting in their gardens. The real demand for the flowers seemed greater than it really was. Many people were buying them for speculation (投机), not appreciation. In 1637, for some unknown reasons, a group of people suddenly realized the danger. The prices of tulips began to fall and the market crashed. When confidence was destroyed, it could not be recovered and prices kept falling. Soon the nobles and the rich became poor. Cries of suffering were heard everywhere in Holland.

Why did the upper classes buy tulips in the beginning?

   A. Because the prices of tulips were low.      

B. Because they wanted to make a fortune.

C. Because tulips were introduced from abroad.         

D. Because tulips were beautiful and represented power.

It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

   A. greed(贪婪) was the reason why so many people were mad about tulips

   B. tulips became popular among the upper classes very slowly

   C. people who were mad about tulips bought them for appreciation

   D. when the prices were extremely high, most people planted tulips in their gardens

The passage is mainly about ________.

   A. Europe in the 17th century               B. buying and selling tulips         

C. being mad about tulips                           D. the life of the nobles and the rich