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閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出可以填入空白的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

With the help of Gloria ,his wife ,Tom Peterson worked for many years to build a solid business selling television sets, stereo systems, and home appliances. Tom developed an excellent with their full satisfaction guarantee and friendly service. He was proud of his high percentage of repeat .

About five years ago, Tom was by the owners of a competing company, Stereo Super Stores. They wanted him to them out. The price was very attractive. Everything looked good. Before making his final Tom asked Gloria what she thought about the purchase. She told him that the numbers looked good it didn't feel to her. However, Tom was so self-confident and so convinced that this was a rare , he went ahead and made the . Within months he discovered that he had made a big .He had paid too much for a company. He tried as hard as he could to make it work out, but he couldn't turn things . He was forced into bankruptcy（破產(chǎn)）. He was about to lose everything, including his business.

Tom was embarrassed, but he is a survivor. He looked at his situation. He decided to admit his mistake and, rather than getting stuck in lawsuits(訴訟), he would focus his on saving and rebuilding his original business. He saw also that he had made a mistake by not listening to his , and that he needed to learn from this .He dealt with the crisis in a way that delighted people, who in turn respect for him. Old customers poured into his store. He and Gloria _to changes in retailing(零售) and have built an even better business than before.

In the business world, it is natural to gain and lose, of Peterson’s experience is an example. Only those who regard their mistakes as gifts and learn from them attract endless profits.

1.A．popularity B．reputation C．cause D．foundation

2.A．customers B．a(chǎn)ssistants C．friends D．visitors

3.A．a(chǎn)ppointed B．a(chǎn)pproved C．a(chǎn)pproached D．a(chǎn)ppreciated

4.A．sell B．pay C．buy D．check

5.A．decision B．choice C．determination D．judgement

6.A．a(chǎn)s though B．now that C．even though D．in case

7.A．terrible B．fair C．right D．a(chǎn)ttractive

8.A．possibility B．occasion C．event D．opportunity

9.A．profit B．purchase C．reservation D．a(chǎn)ppointment

10.A．difference B．discovery C．commitment D．mistake

11.A．dying B．controversial C．clumsy D．tiring

12.A．in B．a(chǎn)round C．down D．up

13.A．original B．various C．unique D．precious

14.A．quietly B．loudly C．openly D．secretly

15.A．beliefs B．spirits C．a(chǎn)ttempts D．energies

16.A．producer B．wife C．relative D．a(chǎn)dviser

17.A．experience B．enterprise C．process D．history

18.A．won B．showed C．a(chǎn)chieved D．earned

19.A．belonged B．a(chǎn)dapted C．a(chǎn)dopted D．a(chǎn)ppealed

20.A．them B．what C．that D．which

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In 1909, Mrs. Dodd from Spokane, Washington, thought of the idea of a day to honor fathers. She wanted to honor her own father, William Smart. After her mother died, he had the responsibility of raising a family of five sons and a daughter. In 1910, the first Father’s Day was observed in Spokane. Senator Margaret Chase Smith helped to established Father’s Day as a national commemorative （ 紀(jì)念）day, in 1972.

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A. His dream of being an inventor.

B. The support of his wife.

C. The greatly increasing usage of the Internet.

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B. He would be very excited if he tried it out.

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However, British language scholar David Graddol says English will probably drop in dominance(主導(dǎo)) by the middle of this century to rank after Chinese, about equally with Arabic, Hindi, and Urdu. “The number of people speaking English as a first language continues to rise, but it isn’t rising nearly as fast as the numbers of many other languages around the world, simply because the main population group has been largely in the less developed countries where languages other than English have been spoken,” he says.

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1.In David Graddol’ s opinion, English will _______.

A．remain widespread and important

B．be more important than any other language

C．lose its dominant position

D．die away in the near future

2.The underlined sentence in the last paragraph implies that ______.

A．more and more language users will choose English

B．the English language snowball is rolling down faster than any time in the past

C．English language will soon drop in dominance

D．snowballs will roll down faster than language balls

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A．2. B．3. C．4. D．5.

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1. . Try the following steps:

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