At five he was collecting old newspapers to make money. And when he was 15 he signed his schoolmates up to start a baby-sitting circle.
Now 20, third-year Cambridge University student, Peter Blackburn is managing director of a company with a £ 30,000 plan. And he thinks it will make more than $15,000 by next summer.
He set up Peter Black born Ltd last year to bring out a new, color term-planner that now students all over the UK are using.
“I felt that most of the planners going around were pretty unimaginative,” he says, “I believed that I could do a better job and decided to have a go”.
Blackburn admits that he is putting far more effort into business than his computer studies course at university. While fellow students are out with their friends, he keeps in touch with his business office in Lancashire by movable phone. Before he set up the company he spent one holiday preparing a plan that would persuade his bank to lend him money.
“Most students work hard for a good degree because they believe that will help them get a job to support themselves,” he says “I work hard at my company, because that is what will support me next year, after I leave college.”
Friends believe that Blackburn will make £ 1 million within 5 years.
He is not quite so sure, however. “There’s a lot to be done yet,” he says.
1.Choose the right order of the facts given in the passage.
a. He spent his holiday preparing a plan.
b. He collected newspapers.
c. He set up his own company.
d. He asked the bank for money.
e. He set up a babysitting circle.
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A．e, b, c, a, d |
B．b, e, a, d, c |
C．b, e, d, a, c |
D．b, e, c, a, d |
2.When he was quite young, Blackburn ____ .
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A．already made a lot of money |
B．already had a business brain |
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C．was already managing director of a company |
D．already set up his own business |
3. The underlined expression in the fourth paragraph “have a go,” here means ____ .
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A．give up this job and have a new one |
B．leave the company |
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C．have a try |
D．develop my business quickly |
4.In spite of a college student, Blackburn ____ .
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A．spends more time on his business than on his studies course |
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B．keep in touch with his business office by movable phone |
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C．seldom goes out with his friends |
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D．often spends whole holiday preparing business plan |
5. Which of the following best explain why Blackburn works hard at his company?
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A．He wants to do more business practice before he leaves college. |
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B．He wants to make more money before he leaves college. |
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C．He wants to get a good job like most students after he leaves the college. |
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D．he depends on the company for his living in the future. |
阅读下列的短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空白处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中的词语的正确形式填空。
The Internet has become part of young people’s life. 1. report shows that 38% of students often use the Internet. Most of them get 2. (use) information on the Internet 3. use the Internet to help in their studies. But many students don’t use it 4. a good way. Some play games too much, some visit websites they shouldn’t look 5..So bad things may happen 6. students spend too much time on the Internet.
7. is important for students to use the Internet properly. Now we have a textbook, ____8._____uses many examples to teach students some good ways to use the Internet. It gives useful ____9.___(advise).
Some students also make friends on the Internet. But if you want to have a face-to-face 10.(meet) with your online friends, let your parents know and meet in a proper place.
I lived next door to Debbie and her 84-year-old mother, Nan, for about six months. One night last summer, Debbie asked me to check on her mother because she worked the overnight shift (夜班) at a nursing home.
I was glad to help. But I 1 felt a little funny about it. 2 , I’ve been blind since I was a baby and out of 3 for years. In fact, at 54, I came to wonder if I had any 4 to live.
A bit after 9:00 pm, I heard a sound—over the years my ears have grown super 5 . It was Nan. “Jim, Jim. The house is 6 ! Help!”
I went as far as I could to Debbie’s. I got to the front door, 7 for the key and unlocked the door. “Nan! Where are you?” I called.
“Here, Jim. Help!” her voice was 8 and low.
I felt my 9 inside. “Nan, where are you? Keep 10 !” “Here, Jim, here!” sounds as if she’s 11 in front of me. I reached out and touched her shoulder. We felt our way down the steps. ___12____ in the sweet, fresh summer air.
Later the fire truck arrived. Debbie came too. Nan and I heard the sound of the 13 coming down. Finally, the firefighters 14 the fire.
I heard Nan crying. She said, “I was so 15 and got turned around. I couldn’t find the door. You saved my life.”
Now Debbie’s voice quivered (发抖)， “You’re a hero. You rescued my mom.”
I hardly knew what to say. Two hours earlier I was wondering whether I really mattered to anyone. And now I saved a life. Nan and Debbie were thanking me. Truth was, I wanted to thank them. Nan wasn’t the only one who had been saved that day.
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15.tired B. fortunate C. disappointed D. scared
你们学校学生会最近组织了一次“有烦恼向谁倾诉”的调查活动。请根据以下的调查数据，用英语给校报写一篇新闻稿，反映调查结果。
[写作内容]
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倾诉对象 |
百分比 |
理 由 |
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同学和朋友 |
61% |
同龄人容易交流和理解；不想让父母担心 |
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父母和家长 |
22% |
老师家长阅历丰富，有生活和教育经验 |
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没有 |
17% |
不愿和别人说自己的事或难以与别人相处 |
[写作要求]
1．只能使用5个句子表达全部内容； 2．短文的开头已为你写好。
[评分标准]
句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。
Recently the Student Union has carried out a survey—“To whom do you go when in trouble?” The results are as follows.
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16-25的相应位置上。
Making new friends means _1.______（put） yourself out on a limb and asking others not only to accept you, but to like you and want to be around you as well. ____2.____(fortunate)， there is no magical solution ___3.___ this part of the process, so if you want to make friends, take a deep breath and jump right in!
_4.____ first step to making new friends is figuring out what is holding you back. A lot of times people _5.____ are interested in making new friends don’t know why they don’t have them already. They can’t see that _6.____ own actions are working against them.
Once you can identify(确认，确定) what is keeping you from making new friends, you need to work through these concerns. This can be painful _7._____ you will need to put yourself outside of your comfort zones to see any real differences.
The next step is to shine in these social settings so that others will leave with a positive ___8.____ (impress). If you find social situations hard, just rely on a few simple rules.
When you feel ___9.____ (confidence) that you’ve made some great new friends, get out there and celebrate with them! No matter ____10.____ you decide to do, the important thing is to celebrate your new friends and hopefully continue cultivating more.
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意．然后从1—15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Returning from a trip overseas, I sensed that something was wrong between Keith, one of my two sons, and me. So I asked him, “Keith, have I done anything that really __1__your feeling?”
Immediately, he said, “Yes. Last Christmas you promised us a special 2 that I really wanted but you never gave it to me.”
The 3 was that I’d completely forgotten about it. I 4 , “Is there anything else I’ve done wrong, but didn’t apologized for?”
Again, his 5 was immediate, “Remember last Christmas when Mom said you had to go to the 6 because Stephen was going to be born? You left us at home and 7 in a hurry. Remember?”
“Well, you left and forgot the suitcase.” I couldn’t believe he 8 all the details! “After you came back from the hospital you were 9 . When you got home, the suitcase had been opened and everythinghad been thrown all over the place, and you 10 me.”
“And you didn’t do it?” I asked.
“No, I didn’t . I was just searching for my gift.”
My heart sank. I felt 11 . I hugged Keith and asked him to 12 me. His Honesty made me think of our other son, Kevin. Maybe I’d hurt his feelings, too. I went to ask him the same question. Kevin’s answer was as immediate as his 13 , “Last Christmas you promised us a special toy, but you forgot about it.”
Though Christmas had passed, I took my two sons to the store that day and bought them what I had promised. The 14 thing wasn’t the toy. The problem was I’d made a promise too 15 and didn’t keep it as their father.
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