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Five days off work is a harsh penalty for dragging a woman alongside a bus by her arm? Baxa said, "Any time you take money away from someone, it is a harsh punishment. The driver makes $14 an hour. Multiply that by 40 and you can see what he lost. "
Yes, that comes to $560, a tidy sum. But we know that people in the private sector are fired for far less every day. If the people who run the CTA think that the loss of a week's pay is more than enough, I offer them a sporting proposition: Give me a bus. Then have their wives stick their arms in the doorway of the bus, and I'll slam the door shut, stop the gas pedal and take them for a fast one-block jog. And I'll pay $560 to anyone who is bold enough to try it. Any takers? Mr. Baxa? Anybody? I didn't think so.
1.The nurse half-entered one of the buses because____.
A、the bus they wanted didn't stop there
B、she wanted the driver to stop the bus
C、she wanted to get some information from the driver
D、she and her uncle couldn't wait any longer at the corner
2.The reason why the woman trotted alongside the bus was that____.
A、she couldn't get herself away from the bus
B、the driver closed the door before she heard the answer
C、she was dragged by the bus driver
D、she wanted to get the driver's badge number
3.How many blocks was the woman away from the corner where she waited when the bus driver finally let her off? ____
A、Almost one block.
B、Almost two blocks.
C、Probably three blocks.
D、Probably five or six blocks.
4.The bus driver's punishment was____.
A、being dismissed from the CTA
B、being out of work for a week
C、paying a fine of $560
D、working without pay for five days
5.Why did the author offer a sporting proposition? ____
A、Because the CTA paid little attention to the incident.
B、Because the bus driver had not been fired.
C、Because he wanted to threaten the CTA people.
D、Because he thought the penalty was not a harsh on
, much less one as severe as hers. To them a disability was physical, something you could see. They knew her as a happy, normal child. That's how it is with a learning disability -you don't see obvious physical symptoms.
But as she grew out of preschool, she would pretend to read-I knew she was pretending because the book was upside down. She withdrew into her own world where she could fantasize about being a ballet dancer, a Broadway actress or a figure skater. In the real world, ballet classes and music lessons led only to confusion, frustration and, ultimately, disappointment.
As for school, there was no way she could be included in a mainstream classroom. I went through every special school in New York, only to be told over and over: "She doesn't belong here." The last blow came a few months after the diagnosis, when I was at a pay phone on 72nd Street, waiting for an answer from the very last school on my list. Finally a cold voice came on-I can still hear it-and said: "I'm sorry, but we feel this isn't the place for her." I hung up and stared at the phone in tears.
I had lived my life as the daughter of Henry Ford II, and for the first time in my life I faced a problem that neither money nor position could solve. I nearly gave up, but I knew I couldn't. Without me, my daughter stood no chance of making it.
21 .According to the first paragraph, Allegra's problem was _ .
A. psychological B. obvious C. physical D. invisible
22. Allegra was disabled in that _.
A. she was unable to learn like a normal child
B. she was always reading with her book upside down
C. she isolated herself from other children in her class
D. she was living in her dreams in conflict with the real world
23 .The expression "a mainstream classroom"(para. 3) refers, to _.
A. the last blow B. the last school
C. special schools D. normal education
24. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that _.
A. the author would ask Henry Ford II for help
B. the author would continue to help her daughter
C. the author would leave New York for the sake of her daughter
D. the author had to use money or position to deal with the problem
25.The phrase "making it" (para. 4) probably means _.
A. becoming a figure skater B. becoming a ballet dancer
C. becoming successful D. getting proper treatment
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Clint was playing a game with a girl. I sat in the corner watching him. I didn't feel that I had whatever it took to get up and mix with others because of my self-esteem problem. Finally I got up the courage to order a drink for him. When he got it, he gave me the most dazzling smile. We spent the rest of the evening talking until I realized that it was almost morning. I figured that he was simply being nice to me because I had bought him a drink, but the very next day he called and told me that he could not stop thinking about me and that he wanted to meet my kids too.
(81) About 3 months later, my divorce was final and Clint sat my boys down and asked them if it was all right with them if he asked me to marry him because he could not imagine life without the three of us anymore. I was so touched that he went to my boys and asked for their approval because they were the "men of the house" at the ripe old ages of 2 and 4. They said yes and we have all been together ever since. Clint gave me and my boys a second chance at a wonderful life. (82) Not a day goes by that he doesn't tell we are the best thing that ever has happened to him and that he loves us.
The writer's first marriage was unsuccessful because______ .
A.her husband often woke her up at midnight
B.her husband kept criticizing her
C.she was unattractive
D.she had a self-esteem problem
Then he sat down to think, "I must do something about the noise," he said.He thought and thought.At last he had an idea."Ah, I'll put some cotton in my ears.Then I won't be able to hear the noise." The next day he went to the door of his neighbor, and took hold of the bell.This time he pulled even harder.The bell rang loudly, but the thief did not hear anything.With another hard pull he got the bell out.Just then the neighbor came running out.
"Steal my bell? I'll teach you a lesson," the angry man shouted.And he hit the thief on the nose.
The foolish thief did not know how the neighbor found out he was stealing the bell."Why did he come out just then?" he wondered.
31.The thief was trying to get his neighbor's doorbell.()
A.T
B.F
32.The thief put some cotton in his ears so as not to hear anything.()
A.T
B.F
33.The neighbor ran out probably because he knew his doorbell was being stolen.()
A.T
B.F
34.The neighbor hit the thief to punish him for stealing.()
A.T
B.F
35.The thief thought the neighbor couldn't hear the noise of the bell.()
A.T
B.F
"My money has finished and my friends have gone," said the young man. "What will ___3___ to me now?"
"Don't ___4___, young man," answered Nasreddin. "Everything will soon be all right again. Wait, and you will soon feel much happier."
The young man was very glad. "Am I going to get rich again then?"
"No, I ___5___ mean that," said the old man. "I meant that you would soon get used to being poor and having no friends."
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B.dry-clean
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D.to dry-clean
As an example of how this works, when facial tissues (面巾纸) were first put on the market in 1924, they were made in limited quantities and sold at 65 cents per box of 200. People liked these facial tissues immediately and began asking for them when they went into different stores. Because there was such a demand for the product, manufacturers began making tissues in larger quantities, their production costs were lowered, so that the cost of tissues went down. In the meanwhile, the quality of facial tissues was constantly improving, because more manufacturers went into the business of making tissues, and each manufacturer strove to make his product better than his competitors'. Today, instead of costing 65 cents, a box of 200 tissues costs around one-third of that price, and they are both softer and stronger.
When people are free to compete when they are free to make more things and make them better everyone benefits.
1、In regard to the production of goods in greater quantities, the author states that ________.
A.the price of the goods should drop
B.the quantity of the goods should improve
C.the quality should rise and the price should drop
D.the price and quality should both rise
2、 lt can be inferred from the example that___.
A.increased demand led to mass production
B.facial tissues attracted much attention when first put on the market for their low prices
C.better quality resulted from mass production
D.lower price resulted in lower quality of the facial tissues
3、Improved quality of facial tissues resulted from ________.
A.mass-production methods
B.popular demand or a better product
C.a degrease in production costs
D.competition among manufacturers
4、According to the passage we can see that lower prices and better quality occur ________.
A.as a result of the effect of one on the other
B.always at the same time
C.independently of each other
D.when the demand exceeds the supply
5、The author believes that in a nation where free enterprise (自由企业制) exists, manufacturers will produce ________.
A.as much as they like
B.better quality goods
C.more than they are able to sell
D.both A and B
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B.has been
C.are being
D.is