C

Who is there among us who hasn’t dreamed of having his or her own small (maybe, several years later, even big) business, and having wonderful freedom, both from a boss and from the time clock: the freedom to make up our own rules for our work, and our own planes --- arranging our own hours of work? That way work would be both painless and fun. Or, so we imagine.

Well, in fact it isn’t quite as simple as that. Yes, it is true that being the boss has its satisfactions and that you can arrange your working hours freely if you own your own small business. But in those early years of starting your own business, you shouldn’t think of a free day, not to mention flying off for a month’s vacation. It is not unusual for new business owners to work seventy or eighty hours a week, and if there is a day off, that day might need to be devoted to accounting.

But this negative picture doesn’t destroy the beautiful hopes. The possibility of getting something wonderful in return --- both material and mental --- continues to drive that large number of people who start up small businesses each year in the United States.

7. From the first paragraph, we know that everybody hopes _____.

A. to rule others        B. to be his or her own boss

C. to get a time work    D. to be free from work

8. Most new business owners have to _______.

A. work more than 10 hours a day    B. devote himself to accounting

C. fly to some places in the world    D. have a day off in a week

9. The expression “negative picture” most probably means “_____________”.

   A. a terrible experience   B. a poor picture  

C. limited freedom      D. unpleasant situations

10. The beautiful hopes will never be destroyed because _____.

   A. people love beautiful things by nature

   B. people have a strong desire to seek personal gains

   C. small businesses make big money each year in the US

   D. small businesses have advantages over big companies

D

Giving backing

Fair Way

The Westborough High School golf team had taken the official photos with the state prize. The other teams, disappointed, were on the bus heading home. And then Westborough instructor Greg Rota noticed something wrong on one of the score cards. A 9 had been recorded as a 7. They were not the state prize winner; Wobum High had won. “No one would have known,” said Wobum’s instructor, Bob Doran. For Rota, it wasn’t difficult decision: “The prize wasn’t ours to take.”

Coin Stars

“College students are lazy, but they also want to help,” says University of Pennsylvania graduate Dana Hork. So she made it easy, placing cups in rooms where students could leave their spare coins, and handing out cups to first-year students to keep in their rooms. Her “Change for Change” effort has collected $40, 000 for charities(慈善机构), which were decided upon by students.

Never Forgotten

A school in Massachusetts received a $9.5 million check from Jacques LeBermuth. But it took officials several days of digging to discover his connection to the school. Records showed that on hard times, he was offered free room and board. LeBermuth became a trader, owned shares of AT&T and lived off the earnings until he died, at age 89.

11. What did Greg Rota probably do in the end?

  A. Took photos of Doran        B. Had meeting with Doran

  C. Returned the prize to the organizer     D. Apologized to Wobum High school

12. Greg Rota’s decision shows that he was ______.

  A. honest   B. polite     C. careful     D. friendly

13. The underlined word “change” in the second paragraph means _______.

  A. Idea    B. Decision    C. Cups    D. Coins

14. What did the school officials do after receiving the check from Mr. LeBermuth?

  A. They tried to find out why he gave them the money.

  B. They went to Belgium to pay their respects to him.

  C. They dug out the records that were buried underground.

  D. They decided to offer their students free room and board.

15. Jacques LeBermuth gave the money to the school because __________.

  A. the school asked for it      B. He had no need for that much money

  C. the school had helped him in the past    

D. He wanted to be remembered by the students

V.单词拼写(10分)

1. Scientists have been searching for ________(外星人)for a long time .

2. It is hard to become an ___________.（宇航员）

3.This _____news made us happy.（惊人）

4.It is an _____（经济的）to buy good shoes; they cost more, but they last much longer than cheap ones.

5. Football has many ___________.（球迷）

6. He is thinking of going into _______.（政界）

7. It is a good way to know what is happening in the world by reading the ________（标题）in the newspaper.

8. She dreams to be an _____.（演员）

9. The ______ （编辑）didn’t think highly of her novels.

10.Sometimes _____（新闻工作者）work very hard while interviewing war event.

I．单项选择：1. C   2. A   3. A   4. D   5. D   6. A    7. C    8. B

9. A    10. B    11. D   12. C    13. B    14. A   15. D

II 完形填空

1～5 AABDA  6～10 BACAC  11～15 ADACA  16～20 ABCDA

III 阅读理解

1-5: ACCCD  6-10DBADB  11-15CADAC

IV.单词拼写：.

 1. aliens   2. astronaut    3. surprising    4. economy

5. fans  6. politics     7. headlines    8. actor  9. editor  10. journalists