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     Stubbornness can push an entrepreneur (企業(yè)家) to hold on but it can also kill a business if it gets
too extreme.
     Because I'm stubborn, I realized my dream of creating a petfood company. Our foods include organic
fruits, vegetables and meats. At first we packaged our foods in transparent bags, as it was part of our
guiding philosophy.
     To start the company in 2003, I visited every petfood store in Manhattan and some outside the city.
In 2007 I moved the company to Muskego, Wis., and our earnings were almost $500,000 that year. But
getting my products into stores was just the beginning. We were competing against much bigger petfood
companies whose monthly marketing budgets were more than our yearly sales. So we invested in
advertising and a website.
     With more customers came more feedback, much of which I dismissed. I was also receiving
complaints about ice crystals (晶體) on the food, which form when the air temperature changes during
transport. For this reason, most frozen foods are packaged in opaque (不透明的) bags or boxes.
Studies have proved that ice crystals have little, if any, effect on either the quality or the taste of the food.
So I ignored the complaints. After all, I told myself, we were better than competitors that wouldn't even
show their products. We didn't hide anything.
     In 2007 our sales kept growing, but not as fast as those of our competitors. We were told that new
consumers were choosing products packaged in opaque bags. When I visited the stores and forced
myself to consider my products objectively, I had to agree:The ice crystals destroyed the look I wanted.
We switched to opaque bags and tried to make the ice crystals smaller. Customers responded:In 2009
our products were sold in 2,500 stores across the country.

1. What was the author's purpose of packaging their foods in transparent bags at first?
A. To make their foods look attractive.
B. To show their guiding philosophy to consumers.
C. To make sure that their foods could be seen clearly.
D. To show that their foods were environmentally friendly.

2. Why did the author invest in advertising and a website?
A. Because few people knew about their products.
B. Because his company faced great challenges.
C. Because he wanted to move his company to Muskego.
D. Because his company was about to close down.

3. According to the passage, ice crystals ________.
A. only appear in frozen foods
B. may make pets feel uncomfortable
C. won't form if pet food is transported well
D. have little effect on the quality of pet food

4. The author's company switched to opaque bags because ________.
A. consumers disliked seeing ice crystals
B. opaque bags helped reduce ice crystals
C. foods in opaque bags are easy to keep fresh
D. opaque bags are cheaper than transparent ones

5. This passage was written mainly to show that ________.
A. people shouldn't let stubbornness stop them from taking advice
B. stubbornness can make people succeed or fail
C. the road leading to success is full of difficulties
D. stubbornness always leads to failure
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(     )2．A.battle        
(     )3．A.took          
(     )4．A.statue        
(     )5．A.otherwise    
(     )6．A.leave        
(     )7．A.good          
(     )8．A.amused        
(     )9．A.meaningful    
(     )10．A.aside        
(     )11．A.wrote        
(     )12．A.proud        
(     )13．A.figured      
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(     )3. A. next to     
(     )4. A. English   
(     )5. A. check     
(     )6. A. ended     
(     )7. A. which     
(     )8. A never      
(     )9. A. in       
(     )10. A.book     
(     )11. A. highest   
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(     )13. A. if       
(     )14. A. low      
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(     )18. A. out        
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C. onto     
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C. unusual 
C. until   
C. same     
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to her. He  15   home and spent the night, sad and  16   for his family.
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rich man that he had six thousand bags of  18   which he wanted to sell quickly and the man could buy it
at a   19   price on loan(借用) from him. The poor man did so and sold the rice 20  . He took some
more bags several days later and in this way he was able to make much more money. Soon he became
rich.
(     )1. A. clever      
(     )2. A. living with  
(     )3. A. decided      
(     )4. A. Until        
(     )5. A. message      
(     )6. A. sell        
(     )7. A. saved        
(     )8. A. travel      
(     )9. A. money        
(     )10. A. crying      
(     )11. A. believed    
(     )12. A. hungry      
(     )13. A. sadness    
(     )14. A. took        
(     )15. A. drove      
(     )16. A. worried    
(     )17. A. happily    
(     )18. A. rice        
(     )19. A. low        
(     )20. A. slowly      		 B. rich        
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B. forgot      
B. Before      
B. reason      
B. make        
B. collected  
B. business    
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B. explained  
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B. interest    
B. needed      
B. returned    
B. pleased    
B. surprisingly
B. meat        
B. fair        
B. quickly     		C. lazy              
C. asking about      
C. refused          
C. After            
C. time              
C. keep              
C. paid              
C. family            
C. hope              
C. sleeping          
C. shouted          
C. crazy            
C. shame            
C. owned            
C. left              
C. excited          
C. carelessly        
C. vegetables        
C. high              
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D. hile          
D. lan            
D. ind            
D. asted          
D. esson          
D. urniture      
D. tanding        
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D. ngry          
D. ity            
D. arned          
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I walked toward her and quietly asked what was  11 . "Oh, nothing," came a soft reply. "I am just too short."
The coach told her that at her height she would probably  12  get to play for a top ranked team,  13  offered
a scholarship. So she  14  stop dreaming about college.
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told me that her father said those coaches were wrong. They just did not  16  the power of a dream. He told
her  17   she really wanted to play for a good college, if she truly wanted a scholarship,  18  could stop her
except one thing-her own attitude. He told her again, "If the dream is big enough,the facts don@^@^@t count."
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(     )2. A. brought out    
(     )3. A. only           
(     )4. A. dark           
(     )5. A. how            
(     )6. A. worriedly      
(     )7. A. go             
(     )8. A. worse          
(     )9. A. determined     
(     )10. A. covered        
(     )11. A. the affair     
(     )12. A. ever           
(     )13. A. far more       
(     )14. A. should         
(     )15. A. overjoyed      
(     )16. A. understand     
(     )17. A. even if        
(     )18. A. anything       
(     )19. A. prize          
(     )20. A. dreamed of      		B. across        
B. showed out    
B. lonely        
B. dawn          
B. when          
B. shyly         
B. get           
B. better        
B. encouraged      
B. enclosed      
B. the wrong     
B. even          
B. much less     
B. must          
B. moved         
B. experience    
B. as if         
B. nothing       
B. medal         
B. accepted       		C. over             
C. stood out        
C. simply           
C. midnight         
C. why              
C. quietly          
C. enter            
C. the best         
C. fixed            
C. dropped          
C. matter           
C. once             
C. much fewer       
C. can              
C. embarrassed      
C. learn            
C. that if          
C. something        
C. scholarship      
C. thought of      		D. into         
D. work out     
D. alone        
D. daybreak     
D. what         
D. directly     
D. attend       
D. the worst    
D. fascinated   
D. buried       
D. the matter   
D. never        
D. many more    
D. may          
D. heartbroken                        
D. believe      
D. only if      
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       I had the meanest mother in the world. While other kids ate candy for breakfast, I had to have
cereal (谷類食物), eggs or toast. While others had Cokes and candy for lunch, I had to eat a
sandwich. As you can guess, my supper was different from other kids' too. But_at_least_I_wasn't
_alone_in_my_sufferings.   My sister and two brothers had the same mean mother as I did.
       My mother insisted upon knowing where we were at all times. She had to know who our friends
were and where we were going. She insisted if we said we'd be gone an hour, then we be gone one
hour or less-not one hour and one minute. And she always insisted upon us telling the truth. Now you
can see how mean she was.
     The worst is yet to come. We had to be in bed by nine each night and up at eight the next morning.
We had to wash dishes, make beds, and learn to cook. We had to wear clean clothes and take a bath,
while the other kids always wore their clothes for days. I believe she laid awake at night thinking up
mean things to do to us.
    Through the years, things didn't improve a bit. We could not lie in bed, "sick" like our friends did,
and miss school. Our marks in school had to be up to par(達(dá)到正常水平). Our friends' report cards
had beautiful colors on them, black for passing, red for failing. My mother, being as different as she
was, would settle for nothing less than ugly black marks.
      As the years rolled by, we were one by one put to shame. We were graduated from high school.
With our mother behind us, talking, hitting and demanding respect, none of us was allowed the pleasure
of being a dropout.
      My mother was a complete failure as a mother. Out of four children, a couple of us attained some
higher education. And whom do we have to blame for the terrible way we turned out? You're right,
our mean mother. She forced us to grow up into educated and honest adults.
      Now I am trying to raise my three children. I am filled with pride when my children call me mean.
Because, you see, I had the meanest mother in the world.

1. What does the sentence "But at least I wasn't alone in my sufferings." mean?
A. The author's mother was only mean to her.
B. The author's mother suffered her.
C. The author's mother was mean to her sister, brothers and her.
D. The author wasn't alone because of suffering.

2. According to the passage, the author's mother will ask her children to do all the following
     EXCEPT ________.
A. learn to cook
B. wear clean clothes
C. go to bed and get up at fixed time
D. drink as much Cokes as they want

3. Why was the author's mother mean to her children?
A. Because she wanted her children to be top students in school.
B. Because she wanted her children to bring home colored report cards like her friends did.
C. Because she wanted her children to drop out.
D. Because she wanted her children to do their best at school and be educated and respected citizens.

4. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Some of the children weren't able to go to college because of their mean mother.
B. Mother didn't let the author tell lies.
C. Mother asked the author to wear clean clothes.
D. The author could not miss school even if she was ill.

5. What's the main idea of the passage?
A. The kind mother.  
B. The meanest mother
C. The failure mother  
D. The successful mother

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科目：高中英語 來源：吉林省期中題 題型：閱讀理解

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     A lot of teachers hate doodlers(亂寫亂畫的人)during classes. "Pay attention!" Teachers will often
warn doodling students, sure that they must be daydreaming.
     However, according to a recent study, doodling while listening to a boring lecture helps concentrate(集中)the attention:
     Andrade, a psychology professor in England asked participants to listen to a boring lecture. Half the
participants were told to color in squares and circles freely on a piece of paper while listening to the
lecture. The other half weren’t given a task. After it was over, the participants were asked to retell the
lecture.    
     Those given the doodling task (color in squares and circles) remembered 29 percent more information
than the non-doodlers. Andrade said.   
     "If someone is doing a boring task, like listening to a dull conversation, they may start daydream,"
said Professor Andrade.
    "Daydreaming distracts(使分心)them from the task, resulting in poorer performance. A  simple task,
like doodling, can stop them from daydreaming without affecting their performance at the task," he said.    
     So the next time you're doodling during a class, and you hear "pay attention", you can tell the teacher
with confidence that you've been paying attention to every word．  
1. The passage mainly tells us              .
A. doodling will be banned(禁止) in classes  
B. teachers are against doodling
C. doodling may help concentrate    
D. doodling can lead to daydream
2. Teachers hate doodlers because they thought               .
A. doodlers are not good at study      
B. doodlers are doing no task 
C. doodlers pay no attention in class  
D. doodlers are not polite to them
3. According to the text, it is helpful to doodle when               . 
A. a boring lecture is given            
B. an interesting story is told
C. watching a long TV program      
D. having a conversation with the teacher
4. Professor Andrade thinks                .  
A. those given the doodling task can remember less information
B. if you have daydream during classes you'll have a good memory
C. daydreaming is better than doodling
D. doodling can stop us from daydreaming
5. We can learn from the text that                . 
A. doodling is the best way to draw attention
B. daydreaming is different from doodling
C. doodling will be helpful in any occasion
D. every student should doodle in class

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