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　　Frank W, Woolworth was born in Rodman, New York, in 1852. His family were very poor farmers, and there was never enough to eat. Frank decided he did not want to be a farmer. He took a short business course, and went to work as a salesman in a large city.

　　Woolworth realized he had a natural skill for displaying goods to arouse people's interest, but he soon learned something more important. One day his boss told him to sell some odds and ends(小商品) for as much as he could get. Frank put all these things on one table with a sign which said: FIVE CENTS EACH. People fought and pushed to buy the things and the table was soon cleared.

　　Soon afterwards, Woolworth opened his own store, selling goods at five and ten cents. But he had another lesson to learn before he became successful. That is, if you want to make money by selling low - price goods, you have to buy them in large quantities directly from the factories. Once, for example, Woolworth went to Germany and placed an order for knives. The order was so large that the factory had to keep running 24 hours a day for a whole year. In this way, the price of the knives was cut down by half.

　　By 1919 , Woolworth had over 1,000 stores in the USA and Canada, and opened his first store in London . He made many millions and his name became famous throughout the world. He always ran his business according to strict rules of which the most important was: “THE CUSTOMER(顧客)IS ALWAYS RIGHT.”

1．Frank took a short business course in order to ______.

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A．earn more money for his family

B．learn something from a salesman

C．get away from the farm

D．get enough to eat

2．Frank sold the odds and ends quickly because ______.

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A．he knew how to get people to buy his goods

B．he cut down the price by half

C．he had spread the goods on a table in a very nice way

D． the sign he put on the table was well designed

3．The price of the knives was cut down by half because ______

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A．the factory workers worked 24 hours a day.

B．knives were ordered in large quantities directly from the factory.

C．the knives were made in Germany, where labour was cheap.

D．the knives were produced in one factory.

4．______ made Woolworth a world - famous man.

A．His business skills and his wealth.

B．The low price of the goods he sold.

C．His trip to Germany and his huge order of knives.

D．His natural skill for displaying things.

5．The belief that: “The customer is always right”suggests that ______.

[　　]

A．whenever there is a quarrel between the customer and shop assistant, the customer is always right

B．shop assistants should always show respect for and be polite to their customers during business hours

C．stores must always follow the customer's orders if they want to make more money

D．stores should do their best to meet the customer's needs if they want to be successful

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科目：高中英語 來源：2010年普通高等學校招生全國統(tǒng)一考試、英語(重慶卷) 題型：050

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　　Humans are naturally drawn to other life forms and the worlds outside of our own．We take delight in the existence of creatures and even whole socicties beyond our everyday lives．

　　This sense of wonder is universal look at the efforts that scientists have made to find out whether life of some kind exists on Mars, and the popularity of fantasy(幻想)litcrature or movies like The lord of the Rings, This sense of wonder drous us to each other, to the world around us, and to the world of make-believe．But have we gone to far in creating worlds of fantasy that we are missing the phcasure of other worlds that alrewly exist all around us?

　　Human beings, as biologists have suggested, possess an inborn desire to connect with and understand other life forms, However, people, especially in big cities, often lead rather isolated lices．In a study of British schoolchildren, it was found that children bye age eight were much more familiar with hurmans for television shows and cideo games than with common wildlife．Without modern technology ,a amall pond could be an amazing world filled with strange and beautiful plants, insects, birds, and animals．When we lack meaningful interaction(交互)with the world around us, and sometimes ecen with our families and friends , we seek to understand and communicate with things that exist only in our imaginations or on a computer screen

　　The world of make-believe is not neccsanly bad, But when the world of famsity becomes the only outlet(出路)our sense of wonder ,then we are really missing something, We are missing a connection with the living world．Other wonderful worderful worlds exist all around us．But even more interesting is that if we look closely enough ,we can see that these worlds, in a broad sense , are really part of our own．

(1)

The popularity of The Lord of the rings proves ________

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A．

the close connestion between man and the fantasy world

B．

the wonderful achievements of fantasy literature

C．

the fine taste of moviegoers around the world

D．

the general existence of the sense of curiosity

(2)

What can we infer from the underlineed sentence in Paragraph 3?

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A．

People are fra less familiar with the world of fantasy．

B．

The world around us could serve as a sound of wonder．

C．

The world of fantasy can be mirred by a small and lively pond．

D．

Modern technology prevents us from developing our sense of wonder．

(3)

If our sense of wonder relics totally on the world of make-believe．we will ________．

[　　]

A．

fail to appreciate the joy in our lives

B．

be confused by the world of make-believe

C．

miss the chance to recognizc the fantas world

D．

be tranped by other worlds exsting all around us

(4)

What is the main purpose of the passage?

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A．

To show us the hidden beauty in our world．

B．

To warn us not to get lost in the fantasy wonder

C．

To argue against the misuse of the sense of wonder

D．

To discuss the influence of the world of make-believe

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