阅读下面短文，用方框内所给的适当形式填入相应的空白处，使短文意思完整。（每个词只能用一次）（本题共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）

pay, happen, their, way, but, why ,experience, start, creative, else

Do you want to be a TV news reporter? People often ask me __56__I love my job.Well, it’s very exciting. I’m the first to know about important news stories. I travel around the world and I talk to people. I found out what is __57__in different places. I talk to some important and famous people. I’ve talked to people in the government,as well as famous sportsmen and sportswomen and film stars. I ask people to tell me about __58__lives. I want to know how they feel.
A lot of people want to work in TV news, so you have to be energetic and___59___. You have to show that you can do it. You must learn how to use a video camera, to write reports, and to speak to the camera. What’s the best __60__to learn? Your school or college TV station is a good place to start, __61__you have to get a job!
Most people __62__with an unpaid job, so they can learn. The best place to learn is at a small station. There aren’t many people, and as a result, you get better__63___. I had an unpaid job at a small station, and one night, when everyone__64__ was ill, I read the news on air. I did well, and as a result, I got my first __65__job!

阅读下面短文，用方框内所给的适当形式填入相应的空白处，使短文意思完整。（每个词只能用一次）（本题共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）

pay, happen, their, way, but, why ,experience, start, creative, else

Do you want to be a TV news reporter? People often ask me __56__I love my job.Well, it’s very exciting. I’m the first to know about important news stories. I travel around the world and I talk to people. I found out what is __57__in different places. I talk to some important and famous people. I’ve talked to people in the government,as well as famous sportsmen and sportswomen and film stars. I ask people to tell me about __58__lives. I want to know how they feel.

A lot of people want to work in TV news, so you have to be energetic and___59___. You have to show that you can do it. You must learn how to use a video camera, to write reports, and to speak to the camera. What’s the best __60__to learn? Your school or college TV station is a good place to start, __61__you have to get a job!

Most people __62__with an unpaid job, so they can learn. The best place to learn is at a small station. There aren’t many people, and as a result, you get better__63___. I had an unpaid job at a small station, and one night, when everyone__64__ was ill, I read the news on air. I did well, and as a result, I got my first __65__job!

 

The first Starbucks coffee shop opened in 1971 in downtown Seattle, Washington, in the United States. It was a small coffee shop that roasted its own coffee beans. The coffee shop’s business did well, and by 1981 there were three more Starbucks stores in Seattle.

    Things really began to change for the company in 1981. That year, Howard Schultz met the three men who ran(经营) Starbucks. Schultz worked in New York for a company that made kitchen equipment. He noticed that Starbucks ordered a large number of special coffee makers, and he was curious about the company. Schultz went to Seattle to see what Starbucks did, and he liked what he saw. He wanted to become part of the company. In 1982, the original(原先的) Starbucks owners hired Schultz as the company’s head of marketing.

    In 1983, Schultz travelled to Italy. The unique atmosphere of the coffee bars there caught his eye. To Schultz it seemed that Italians spent their daily lives in three places: home, work and coffee bars. His experience in Italy gave Schultz a new idea for Starbucks back in Seattle.

    Schultz created an atmosphere for Starbucks coffee shops that was comfortable, and customers everywhere seemed to like it. Between 1987 and 1992, Starbucks opened 150 new stores—and that was only the beginning. In fact, by the year 2000, three new Starbucks stores opened somewhere around the world every day!

Today, Starbucks has thousands of stores, including stores in twenty-six countries. One thing that helps make Starbucks succeed in cities outside the United States is the way Starbucks works with local stores and restaurants. By working together with a store already in the city, Starbucks gets an understanding of customers in the city. This understanding helps Starbucks open stores in the right locations for their customers.

11．What is the main idea of this passage?

　　A．How Starbucks has grown     

B．What Starbucks makes．

　　C．Starbucks’customers．       

D．How Starbucks makes its coffee．

12．Which is true about Starbucks’first ten years of business?

　　A．It grew very quickly．       

B．It was run by Howard Schultz．

　　C．It made special coffee makers．  

D．It was a small company．

13．Who is Howard Schultz?

　　A．A coffee seller in New York．

　　B．An Italian coffee maker

　　C．The man who changed the company．

　　D．One of the original owners of the company．

14. How many new Starbucks stores probably opened in the year 2000 around the world?

　A.Three.   B.About1095.   C.Two thousand.  D. Thirty-six.

15．What helps Starbucks succeed in places outside the United States?

　　A．Opening restaurants in just a few locations each year．

　　B．Only selling locally produced coffee beans．

　　C．working with other major coffee-making companies．

　　D．Learning about local customers．

 

My life suffered a lot in a summer five years ago. My father died in a car accident, leaving my mother, my two younger brothers and I alone. At that time, I was a senior high school student. After my father’s funeral (葬礼), I had no choice but to drop out of school and work in a factory.
I really wanted to return to school and wanted to go to college, but I couldn’t. I only hoped to bring up my two younger brothers. Life was not easy for me, for I can’t afford their tuition (学费) even if I worked from day to night without stopping. Without my father’s protection, I thought I was a slave (奴隶) to the fate.
Later on, something changed my life. I still remember that it was a rainy day. I put myself in the rain and walked slowly in the street.
Suddenly the rain stopped! I raised my head and found “the sky” was in fact a dark blue umbrella. Then I noticed a middle-aged man with one leg on crutch (拐杖) standing behind me. He said to me, “Why not run without an umbrella? If you didn’t run, you would get drenched.”
The man told me that he was promoter (推销员). He once dreamed of being a policeman, but an accident ruined (毁灭) his dream. Though his present job was not suitable for his legs, it was wonderful start to him. He was very happy that he didn’t lose heart and still “ran” on the road of life…
I was encouraged by the man’s words. I went to a big city and I became an assurance representative (保险代理人). After two years’ running, I did well and my family condition turned better little by little. Later I returned to school and succeeded in my entrance to university.
Life is like this. When you are in rainy days in your life, if you couldn’t find a way to prevent you from being wet, you would be overwhelmed (被制服). But if you decide to get rid of it, you’ll discover that the rainy days last not so long as you imagine.
【小题1】What happened to the writer at the beginning of the story? 

A．His father died in a car accident six years ago.

B．He didn’t have money to hold the funeral for his father.

C．He had to drop out of school to look after his sick mother.

D．He couldn’t afford his two brothers’ tuition even if he worked from day to night.

【小题2】About the middle-aged man with one leg on crutch, which of the following is NOT true?

A．He lost one leg in an accident.

B．He had dreamed of being a policeman.

C．He became a promoter after an accident.

D．He had a good job which was suitable for him very well.

【小题3】What does the underlined word “drenched” mean in Chinese?

A．干燥的

B．湿透的

C．紧张的

D．舒服的

【小题4】What’s the main idea of the sixth paragraph?

A．The writer learned from the man and the situation soon got better.

B．The writer didn’t want to listen to the man and left without any word.

C．The writer had to give up his dream and became a promoter as the man.

D．The writer made friends with the man and they got on well with each other.

【小题5】Which is the best title for the passage?

A．Try to Be Independent.

B．Care for the Disabled Person.

C．Run out of the Rainy Season of Your Life.

D．Get to Know More About Middle-aged People

My life suffered a lot in a summer five years ago. My father died in a car accident, leaving my mother, my two younger brothers and I alone. At that time, I was a senior high school student. After my father’s funeral (葬礼), I had no choice but to drop out of school and work in a factory.

I really wanted to return to school and wanted to go to college, but I couldn’t. I only hoped to bring up my two younger brothers. Life was not easy for me, for I can’t afford their tuition (学费) even if I worked from day to night without stopping. Without my father’s protection, I thought I was a slave (奴隶) to the fate.

Later on, something changed my life. I still remember that it was a rainy day. I put myself in the rain and walked slowly in the street.

Suddenly the rain stopped! I raised my head and found “the sky” was in fact a dark blue umbrella. Then I noticed a middle-aged man with one leg on crutch (拐杖) standing behind me. He said to me, “Why not run without an umbrella? If you didn’t run, you would get drenched.”

The man told me that he was promoter (推销员). He once dreamed of being a policeman, but an accident ruined (毁灭) his dream. Though his present job was not suitable for his legs, it was wonderful start to him. He was very happy that he didn’t lose heart and still “ran” on the road of life…

I was encouraged by the man’s words. I went to a big city and I became an assurance representative (保险代理人). After two years’ running, I did well and my family condition turned better little by little. Later I returned to school and succeeded in my entrance to university.

Life is like this. When you are in rainy days in your life, if you couldn’t find a way to prevent you from being wet, you would be overwhelmed (被制服). But if you decide to get rid of it, you’ll discover that the rainy days last not so long as you imagine.

1.What happened to the writer at the beginning of the story? 

    A. His father died in a car accident six years ago.

    B. He didn’t have money to hold the funeral for his father.

    C. He had to drop out of school to look after his sick mother.

    D. He couldn’t afford his two brothers’ tuition even if he worked from day to night.

2.About the middle-aged man with one leg on crutch, which of the following is NOT true?

    A. He lost one leg in an accident.

    B. He had dreamed of being a policeman.

C. He became a promoter after an accident.

    D. He had a good job which was suitable for him very well.

3.What does the underlined word “drenched” mean in Chinese?

    A. 干燥的       B. 湿透的      C. 紧张的      D.舒服的

4.What’s the main idea of the sixth paragraph?

   A. The writer learned from the man and the situation soon got better.

B. The writer didn’t want to listen to the man and left without any word.

   C. The writer had to give up his dream and became a promoter as the man.

   D. The writer made friends with the man and they got on well with each other.

5.Which is the best title for the passage?

   A. Try to Be Independent.

B. Care for the Disabled Person.

   C. Run out of the Rainy Season of Your Life.

D. Get to Know More About Middle-aged People