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The main idea of the passage is about ______.A．the history of the small businessB．how a sm

The main idea of the passage is about ______.

A．the history of the small business

B．how a small business works

C．helpful hints on how to start your own business

D．the best way to build up a profitable business

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第2题

"HI there． How's it going7" "Oh, fine． Fine． How about this weather, huh？" "Well, I guess

"HI there． How's it going7"

"Oh, fine． Fine． How about this weather, huh？"

"Well, I guess we can always use the rain．"

What's that？ This story？ Oh, just a little look at small talk． You know; those seemingly meaningless conversations you have dozens of times a day． Maybe you're waiting for the elevator． Or in a line at the bank． It all seems pretty trivial． Idle chatter about traffic doesn't do much more than fill the air with empty words that are quickly forgotten． But you should know that small talk actually has a big place in our lives．

Pat Oliver, assistant professor on arts, says that, "Left unchecked, small talk can be an invasion． It's so powerful． It does something to you．" "Every morning after spending an hour and a half on the freeway I start the day with small talk with my secretary," Oliver says, "If I don't make small connection with another person, I can't work．"

What causes it？ As a rule, you're either trying to force something into your life, or you're using conversation as an invisible force field to keep them out． You can be wanting to connect with another person, and small talk is your introduction to more meaningful conversation．

The way people use small talk is usually determined by where they happen to be at the time． Take the elevator, for instance． Now there's prime territory． Nobody knows anyone and there's no reason no start a conversation, but invariably, someone does． Making conversation in such peaceful social settings, according to oliver, "can confirm your territory． It's a way of feeling like and accepted．"

The topics of small talk don't matter． In fact, you don't want anything more taxing than the weather or tile traffic． It's non-threatening talk in a threatening situation． However, the rules change quickly when you're with lots of people doing lots of talking．

Let's say you're at a party． Now it's time to use small talk as a way of making others feel more comfortable around you, so you don't look silly standing by the food table alone all night．

"Small talk", as interpreted by the author,______．

A．has no real function in communication at all

B．is usually meaningless and therefore useless

C．is not as idle as it may seem to be

D．is restricted to certain topics only

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第3题

根据短文的内容，回答下列题目 How to Start a Small Business in the USPeople .from other co

根据短文的内容，回答下列题目

How to Start a Small Business in the US

People .from other countries often take America as the "land of opportunity". Americans, too,believe that the country gives no end of chances to those who want to open their own businesses.

Today, many Americans are still trying hard to become small business people, although only one out of two remains in operation after the first two years.

Many people start their small businesses for the wrong reasons. They want to get away from the paper work of their present jobs or to exchange the responsibility of their present jobs for free life styles. But more, not less, paper work and responsibility come with ownership of a small business.

Thomas is the owner of the news magazine Mother Earth, which is now quite successful. He says that he had to work sixty hours without stopping when he was trying to bring out the first issue.

Thomas had waited for years after he came up with the idea for Mother Earth. During that time,he collected as much information as he could about his business. He borrowed books from the library,talked to successful people in the field, and began planning carefully the amount of money and the kinds and numbers of supplies he would need. When he finally opened with a capital of $1,500, he set up his office in the kitchen and his printing press in the garage. Owing to his devotion to business, his talent, and his skill in management, Mother Earth now has a circulation of 300,000.

Not all small businesses are doing as fine as Mother Earth.50% of the 450,000 that start in America every year fail. Still,95% businesses in the US can be called "small". Altogether these businesses amount to 40% of America&39;s gross national product.

According to the passage， which of the following is TRUE of the small businesses in the US？查看材料

A.All of them close down in the first two years

B.Most of them fail within the first two years

C.They all make big profits

D.Only half of them continue to operate after the first two years

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第4题

"Hi there. How's it going？" "Oh, fine, fine. How about this weather, huh？" "Well, I guess

"Hi there. How's it going？"

"Oh, fine, fine. How about this weather, huh？"

"Well, I guess we can always use the rain."

What's that？ This story？ Oh, just a little look at small talk. You know, those seemingly meaningless conversations you have dozens of times a day. Maybe you're waiting for the elevator. Or in a line at the bank. It all seems pretty trivial. Idle chatter about traffic doesn't do much more than fill the air with empty words that are quickly forgotten. But you should know that small talk actually has a big place in our lives.

Pat Oliver, assistant professor on arts, says that, "Left unchecked, small talk can be an invasion. It's so powerful. It does something to you." "Every morning after spending an hour and a half on the freeway I start the day with small talk with my secretary," Oliver says, "If I don't make small connection with another person, I can't work."

What causes it？ As a rule, you're either trying to force something into your life, or you're using conversation as an invisible force field to keep them out. You can be wanting to connect with another person, and small talk is your introduction to more meaningful conversation.

The way people use small talk is usually determined by where they happen to be at the time. Take the elevator, for instance. Now there's prime territory. Nobody knows anyone and there's no reason to start a conversation, but invariably, someone does. Making conversation in such peaceful social settings, according to Oliver, "can confirm your territory. It's a way of feeling liked and accepted."

The topics of small talk don't matter. In fact, you don't want anything more taxing than the weather or the traffic. It's non-threatening talk in a threatening situation. However, the rules change quickly when you're with lots of people doing lots of talking.

Let's say you're at a party. Now it's time to use small talk as a way of making others feel more comfortable around you, so you don't look silly standing by the food table alone all night.

"Small talk'", as interpreted by the author, ______.

A．is not as idle as it may seem to be

B．is usually meaningless and therefore useless

C．has no real function in communication at all

D．is restricted to certain topics only

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第5题

听力原文：Stonefish live among rocks in the sea. They have wide, turned-down mouths and sma

听力原文： Stonefish live among rocks in the sea. They have wide, turned-down mouths and small eyes. Their skin is the same colours as rocks. This makes a stonefish took like one of the rocks.

Sometimes a swimmer will step on a stonefish. Then the fish will shoot some liquid into the swimmer's foot. The foot will become bigger and start to hurt. It may hurt for a long time. Because of the fish like the stonefish, the sea floor is sometimes not peaceful as it looks.

How are the eyes of a stonefish？

A．They are wide.

B．They are small.

C．They are turned-down.

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第6题

听力原文：（Man—PeterWoman—Ann)M: Hi, Ann, let's start planning the office Christmas party.W

听力原文：(Man—Peter Woman—Ann)

M: Hi, Ann, let's start planning the office Christmas party.

W: Good idea!

M: First, Ann, do you know how many people will come？

W: Well, last year two people didn't come and everyone brought a friend. That means there were 46 people.

M: Okay, but this year we've hired two more secretaries. One of them is married and one is not. I guess we should plan on everyone coming and bringing one other person.

W: Then that would mean 54 people.

M: That's a large group. Do you think that we can fit that many people into our conference room？

W: I think so and if we want some extra room we can open the small rooms on the side of the conference room.

M: Then what should we do about food？

W: If you remember, last year the office kitchen agreed to give us snacks and drinks. It worked just fine, I thought. No one wants to eat too much because most people will go out to eat after the party.

M: Yes, I'll contact them again. I remember they had those hot snacks that were delicious.

W: How about time？

M: We'll stop work at 3 in the afternoon on December 24 so we'll start the party at about 1 PM and everyone can leave when they wish. We'll hand out the Christmas bonuses right at the beginning.

W: It sounds like a good plan. I can hardly wait until the day before Christmas.

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A．Classmates.

B．Colleagues.

C．Neighbors.

D．Best friends.

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第7题

听力原文： Many thousands of years ago, people lived only in hot countries. They did not li

ve in cold countries because they could not keep warm. At first men did not know how to make a fire. Sometimes lightning hit a forest and started a fire. The people took some of this fire to make a fire near their homes. A fire was very important for three reasons. It kept them warm. It frightened wild animals, because they did not attack when they saw a fire. And then another thing was discovered: if you cook food, it tastes much better!

Men still did not know how to make a fire. When they had a fire they did not let it stop burning. If it went out, they could not start it again. They had to wait for lightning to start another fire! Sometimes they had to wait for years.

Later they discovered how to make a fire. If you rub pieces of wood together, they become hot and burn. You have to rub very fast! One way of doing it is to make a little hole in a piece of wood. Pieces of wood or dry leaves are put into the hole. Then you put the end of a stick into the hole. You rub the stick between your hands. This makes it turn very quickly. The end in the hole becomes very hot. The small pieces of wood and dry leaves begin to burn.

Another way of making a fire is to knock two stones together. This makes a spark. You can use this spark to start a fire. Nowadays we have matches. We can carry them in our pockets and make a fire when we want to. We also have cigarette lighters. They are, perhaps, handier and more useful than matches. There are, of course, other advanced methods of making a fire. Many people use heaters to keep warm. Oil heaters bum oil. Gas heaters burn gas. Electric heaters use electricity. We also use oil, gas and electricity for cooking.

How was fire first made？

A．Lightning hit a forest and started a fire.

B．People rubbed two pieces of wood together to make a fire.

C．People knock two pieces of stone together to make a fire.

D．People rubbed a stick between their hands to make a fire.

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第8题

BI find it annoying and funny when I think about how we use protective or decorative wrapp

B

I find it annoying and funny when I think about how we use protective or decorative wrappings ' (装饰性包装)in this country.

When I come home from the supermarket and start to unpack, I am always shocked at the lay-ers of wrappings we cover our food with.

There is hardly anything we buy that doesn ' t come in at least two wrappings, and then several of them are gathered by the shop assistant and put into a small bag. Then several of the small bags are grouped together and put into a big bag. If you have several big bags with small bags in them, they give you a cardboard box to put the packages-in-the-little-bags-in-the-big-bags in.

A lot of things we buy wouldn ' t really need any protective wrapping at all. The skin of an or-ange protects an orange pretty well for most of its natural life , but we aren ' t satisfied with what na-ture has given it. We wrap them in plastic or put them in a net bag, and then in a paper bag. The orange inside the skin, inside the plastic which is in the paper bag, must wonder where it is.

A box of biscuits often has waxed paper(蜡纸) next to the biscuits, a cardboard box holding the food and then a decorative wrapping around it.

A relative of ours bought a new sofa recently because she liked the fine leather (皮革)it was covered with. She liked it so much she didn ' t want it to get dirty, so she bought a cloth cover to put over it.

We may never again see the leather she' s protecting.

60. According to the author, the use of protective wrappings_______- .

[A] can be wasteful and unnecessary

[B] makes everything look funny

[C]gives people more work to do

[D] is a practice against natural life

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第9题

听音频，回答题 Have you ever noticed that while it"s pretty easy to tell your dog is sick，

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Have you ever noticed that while it"s pretty easy to tell your dog is sick， it"s much harder to know how your cat or bird are feeling？ Welt， before you start asking your dog why it can"t be more 26 like animals half its size， it"s probably worth 27 each animal"s place in the food chain. You see， the lower down the food chain you are， the more important it is for you to hide any sign of illness. Obvious illness or pain28 as red flags for predators. You may as well wear a sign saying， "Easy meal， guys. Come and get me."

Now， even small dogs are 29 programmed to function like predators，which 30 considering they are close relatives of wolves. And birds——you can probably 31 why the only way you"d find out your bird is sick is when it dies.

The situation with cats，32 dogs and birds， is much more interesting. On the one hand， cats are predators， but on the other， they"re small enough to be prey.

So how can you tell if your smaller pets need 33 attention？ For one thing，trust your feelings. No one knows your pets like you do， so if you notice even very 34 changes in habits and behavior， you may want to have a vet look them over. For a cat， other signs of illness might be that it has stopped grooming， is losing weight，35more or less than usual， or missing the litter box.

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第10题

It is impossible to find out exactly how many volunteers are at work today in the United S

tates. Thirty-seven million or so are known to belong to【C1】______like the Pink Ladies, Travelers' Aid, or Big Brothers', but those who work【C2】______or in small informal groups cannot be【C3】______. The total number of men and women who give their time to help others appears to be between fifty and sixty-eight million.

They do almost anything: they sew, clean,【C4】______, paint, cook, repair things,【C5】______books for the blind,【C6】______sick children in hospitals, or【C7】______senior citizens who do not want to go out alone. They give their blood; they work in libraries and schools; they【C8】______documents for new citizens with a language problem or【C9】______money to support local symphony orchestras; they answer the telephone calls of the【C10】______who are thinking of killing themselves, and who need a friendly【C11】______.

Volunteers start community projects too small to attract the attention of organized agencies, or work at jobs【C12】______no funds are available. A(n)【C13】______of city folk will turn an empty【C14】______into a playground for the children of their neighborhood; others decide to repair and paint a few dilapidated houses in their street.【C15】______Women cook and【C16】______two hot meals a day to elderly people【C17】______alone, and too sick or too tired to prepare their own food.【C18】______group calls lonely old people once a day to chat a little and【C19】______if they are all right. Some college students teach English, mathematics, or drawing to the inmates of a local jail. Anywhere one looks, the【C20】______of volunteers is hard at work--not only in the United States, but in many other countries where "volunteerism" is spreading.

【C1】

A．institutions

B．organizations

C．divisions

D．unions

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