It was the summer of 1965. Deluca, then 17, visited Peter Buck, a family friend. Buck asked Deluca about his plans for the future. “I’m going to college, but I need a way to pay for it,” DeLuca recalls saying. “Buck said, ‘You should open a sandwich shop.’”

That afternoon, they agreed to be partners. And they set a goal: to open 32 stores in ten years. After doing some research, buck wrote a check for $1000. DeLuca rented a storefront (店面) in Connecticut, and when they couldn’t cover their start-up costs, Buck kicked in another $1000.

But business didn’t go smoothly as they expected. DeLuca says, “After six months, we were doing poorly, but we didn’t know how badly, because we didn’t have any financial controls.” All he and Buck knew was that their sales were lower than their costs.

DeLuca was managing the store and going to the University of Bridgeport at the same time. Buck was working at his day job as a nuclear physicist in New York. They’d meet Monday evenings and brainstorm ideas for keeping the business running. “We convinced ourselves to open a second store. We figured we could tell the public, ‘We are so successful, we are opening a second store.’” And they did—in the spring of 1966. Still, it was a lot of learning by trial and error.

But the partners’ learn-as-you-go approach turned out to be their greatest strength. Every Friday, DeLuca would drive around and hand-deliver the checks to pay their suppliers. “It probably took me two and a half hours and it wasn’t necessary, but as a result, the suppliers got to know me very well, and the personal relationships established really helped out,” DeLuca says.

And having a goal was also important. “There are so many problems that can get you down. You just have to keep working toward your goal,” DeLuca adds.

DeLuca ended up founding Subway Sandwich, the multimillion-dollar restaurant chain.

DeLuca opened the first sandwich shop in order to ____.

       A．support his family

       B．pay for his college education

       C．help his partner expand business

       D．do some research

Which of the following is true of Buck?

       A．He put money into the sandwich business.

       B．He was a professor of business administration.

       C．He was studying at the University of Bridgeport.

       D．He rented a storefront for DeLuca.

What can we learn about their first shop?

       A．It stood at an unfavorable palce.

       B．It lowered the prices to promote sales.

       C．It made no profits due to poor management

       D．It lacked control over the quality of sandwiches

They decided to open a second store because they ___    .

       A．had enough money to do it.

       B．had succeeded in their business

       C．wished to meet the increasing demand of customers

       D．wanted to make believe that they were successful

What contribute most to their success according to the author?

       A．Learning by trial and error.     B．Making friends with suppliers.

       C．Finding a good partner.       D．Opening chain stores.

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　　I am back in Brighton now after great holiday　　  (1)____

with Rosie in Dublin. I really enjoyed it. We travel   (2)____

by train and boat.I hated the boat journey--I tried to sleep, 

and　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    (3)____

it was very difficult. We both very tired when we　　  (4)____

arrived. We stayed with her parents for two weeks and she cooked

lovely meals for us. I　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  (5)____

practised my English at all the time. We visited Rosie's(6)____

friends and also some of Dublin's beautiful buildings.  (7)____

The castle was close so we didn't get in, and we　　    (8)____

just looked more at the outside. I liked the university (9)____

very much. What great to be a student!　　　　　　　　  (10)____

It was the summer of 1965. DeLuca, then 17, visited Peter Buck, a family friend. Buck asked DeLuca about his plans for the future. “I’m going to college, but I need a way to pay for it,” DeLuca recalls saying. “Buck said, ‘You should open a sandwich shop.’ ”

That afternoon, they agreed to be partners, and they set a goal: to open 32 stores in ten years. After doing some research, Buck wrote a check for $1000. DeLuca rented a storefront(店面) in Connecticut, and when they couldn’t cover their start-up costs, Buck kicked in another $1000.

But business didn’t go smoothly as they expected. DeLuca says, “After six months, we were doing poorly, but we didn’t know how badly, because we didn’t have any financial controls.” All he and Buck knew was that their sales were lower than their costs.

DeLuca was managing the store and going to the University of Bridgeport at the same time. Buck was working at his day job as a nuclear physicist in New York. They’d meet Monday evenings and brainstorm ideas for keeping the business running. “We persuaded ourselves to open a second store. We figured we could tell the public, ‘We are so successful; we are opening a second store.’ ” And they did—in the spring of 1966. Still, it was a lot of learning by trial and error.

But the partners’ learn-as-you-go approach turned out to be their greatest strength. Every Friday, DeLuca would drive around and hand-deliver the checks to pay their suppliers(供应商). “It probably took my two and a half hours and it wasn’t necessary, but as a result, the suppliers got to know me very well, and the personal relationships established really helped out.” DeLuca says.

And having a goal was also important, “There are so many problems that can get you down. You just have to keep working toward your goal,” DeLuca adds.

DeLuca ended up founding Subway Sandwich, the multimillion-dollar restaurant chain.

1.DeLuca opened the first sandwich shop in order to__________.

A．support his family

B．pay for his college education

C．help his partner expand business

D．do some research

2.Which of the following is true of Buck? 

A．He put money into the sandwich business.

B．He was a professor of business administration.

C．He was studying at University of Bridgeport.

D．He rented a storefront for DeLuca.

3.What can we learn about their first shop?

A．It stood at an unfavorable place.

B．It lowered the price to promote the sales.

C．It made no profits.

D．It lacked control over the quality of sandwiches.

4.They decided to open a second store because they_______. 

A．had enough money to do it

B．had succeeded in their business

C．wished to meet the increasing demand of customers

D．wanted to make believe that they were successful

 

Some people are lucky enough to be born with a good sense of direction and even if they have only visited a place once, they will be able to find it again years later.

　　I am one of those unlucky people who have poor sense of direction and I may have visited a place time after time but I still get lost on my way there. When I was young I was so shy that I never dared ask complete strangers the way and so I used to wander round in circles and hope that by some chance I would get to the place I was heading for.

　　I am no longer too shy to ask people for direction, but I often receive replies that puzzle me. Often people do not like to admit（承认）that they didn’t know their hometown and will insist on telling you the way, even if they do not know it; others, who are anxious to prove that they know their hometown very well, will give you a long list of directions which you can not possibly hope to remember, and still others do not seem to be able to tell between their left and their right and you find in the end that you are going in the opposite（相反的）direction to that in which you should be going.

　　If anyone ever asks me the way to somewhere, I always tell them I am a stranger to the town in order to avoid giving them wrong direction but even this can have embarrassing results.

　　Once I was on my way to work when I was stopped by a man who asked me if I would direct him the way to the Sunlight Building. I gave my usual reply, but I had not walked on a few steps when I realized that he had asked for directions to my office building. However, at this point, I decide it was too late to turn back and search for him out of the crowd behind me as I was going to meet with someone at the office and I did not want to keep him waiting.

　　Imagine my embarrassment when my secretary showed in the very man who had asked for directions of my office and his astonishment when he recognized me as the person he had asked.

1.What is the writer going to do when someone asks him for direction?

　  

A．He will direct the right way to the person willingly.

B．He will reply to it by the means of being a stranger to the town.

C．He will give the very person long list of direction.

D．He is going to show the man an opposite direction.

2.Why did the writer consider himself to be an unlucky dog?

A．Because of his poor sense of direction.

B．Because he always forget the way to home.

C．Because he did not have any friend.

D． Because he used to be shy and dared not ask others the way.

3.How did the visitor feel when he was showed into the very room?

A．He felt strange.	B．He felt embarrassed.
C．He felt very sad.	D．He felt astonished.

4.Who showed the right way to the interviewee according to the passage?

A．Someone we don’t know.

B．The writer did it for himself.

C．The secretary did so.

D．A warm-hearted old lady did itI.

 

短文填词。（共10小题，满分10分。）

Father and I left early．These shopping trips used to be Mother’s

business，so it was       (不寻常的)for us to go into town       1.       

t       ．We waited for over an hour before the bus drove up     2.       

finally．Father was        (有礼貌的)and stood by while others    3.       

all climbed onto it，so by the time we got         ，there were no 4.       

s       ．We had to stand all the way into town．At last we arrived，5.       

cold and       (疲惫)．“I’m hungry，”I said．Father took me to6.        

a r      for lunch．We were preparing to visit my grandmother，7.       

who lived in a cold  __(北方的)province。So we decided        8.________                                                                 

to get some clothes．We went from shop to shop，and b     shoes．9.        

It was very late       we visited the last shop for my coat． 10.