A.more software is being developed | B.is more software being developed |
C.is being developed more software | D.being developed more software |
A.know | B.knows | C.knowing | D.known |
4 . What is time? Is it a thing to be saved or spent or wasted, like money? Or is it something we have no
Because Americans believe time is a limited resource, they try to conserve and manage it. People in the U.S. often attend lectures or read books on time
To Americans, punctuality is a way of showing
American lifestyles show how much people respect the time of others. When people plan an event, they often set the time days or weeks
Even Americans would admit that no one can master time. Time—like money—
A.effect | B.sense | C.control | D.notice |
A.natural | B.valuable | C.financial | D.forceful |
A.management | B.establishment | C.Experiment | D.movement |
A.Spare | B.pass | C.organize | D.kill |
A.track | B.account | C.secret | D.diary |
A.drive | B.push | C.release | D.squeeze |
A.respect | B.gratitude | C.sympathy | D.concern |
A.excuse | B.accident | C.delay | D.schedule |
A.extremely | B.thoroughly | C.automatically | D.exactly |
A.on average | B.in advance | C.for sure | D.on purpose |
A.convenient | B.accessible | C.casual | D.flexible |
A.fail | B.tend | C.hesitate | D.hate |
A.change | B.vary | C.extend | D.range |
A.spends | B.disappears | C.shrinks | D.slips |
A.capture | B.predict | C.announce | D.classify |
5 . At 14, Fraser Doherty was busy making jam after his grandparents taught him a family recipe. He started selling jars of his jam door to door near his parents’ home in Edinburgh. As interest grew, his hobby stated to turn into a business. He now makes 40,000 jars of jam a month and is well on his way to making his first million.
Doherty, who has been chosen to represent Britain in the Global Students Entrepreneurs Awards in Chicago next month, said there are several advantages to having started young: “As a young person you have a different view of the world. You have a naivety and an optimism and are willing to give things a shot. The downside for me isn’t particularly scary. I don’t have a mortgage or kids to worry about so I didn’t have a huge amount to lose if my idea had not worked.”
Duncan Cheatle, founder of The Supper Club, a forum for established entrepreneurs in London, agreed that becoming an entrepreneur at a young age has a lot to recommend it.
“For young people there is no concept of thinking outside the box because there isn’t a box. There is capacity in young people to see things in a different way that older people lose. And often not being an expert in something can be helpful because if you don’t understand why something works in a certain way, you will decide to do it differently.”
Emma Jones, founder of Enterprise Nation, the home business website, said that young people were much more confident about using technology as a base for their business than the older generation. “Whole sectors that didn’t exist ten years ago are coming up now because young entrepreneurs are challenging all previous rules and saying technology means that we can do things like this. They have an open capacity to think of new ideas and as a result they are starting very interesting businesses.”
1. According to Doherty, is the competitive edge of young people starting business compared with the older generation?A.ignorance of the reality | B.naïve pursuit of a hobby |
C.readiness to try things out | D.parents shouldering the financial burden |
A.are reluctant to obey the existing rules |
B.are not bound by established ways of doing things |
C.have superior ideas to those of the older generation |
D.will not fall into traps that old people set up for them |
A.Abandoning all previous rules is a must to establish new sectors. |
B.As people grow older, they are less able to take a fresh approach. |
C.Those lacking confidence are less able to start creative businesses. |
D.The use of technology contributes to the creation of new businesses. |
A.inform readers of success stories of young entrepreneurs |
B.introduce opinions on the advantages of being young entrepreneurs |
C.convince young people to follow the trend and start their own businesses |
D.provide specific guidance on how to become successful young entrepreneurs |
A.so long as | B.in order that | C.for fear that | D.on condition that |
A.romantic | B.clumpy | C.gloomy | D.timid |
A.dominant | B.deliberate | C.enterprising | D.considerate |
9 . “It’s a windy day in Laguna San Ignacio, and the waves seem to come from all directions,” said Sara Clemence in Bloomberg Businessweek. My children and I are riding on an 18-foot boat — small enough that we can reach down into the water if a gray whale swims up alongside. And then we see what we’ve come for: a heart-shaped shower of water and a dark mass rushing below it. As instructed, we splash (溅泼) the water strongly to signal the huge whale, which turns out to be a mother with her weeks-old baby. The baby soon swims beneath our boat, emerges to blow mist in my face, then “lies onto its side like a 2-ton puppy.” Leaning down, I touched its skin gently. “It feels electric. Also, a bit like petting a hard-boiled egg.”
San Ignacio is one of very few places where a person can pet a whale. The whales come each year to the coast of Baja California to give birth and to mate. If you’re lucky, you can “shake hands with a leathery fin (鳍)” or even “plant a kiss on a cold, salty cheek.” I usually worry about such interactions, because wild creatures can become deeply stressed by human contact. But boat numbers are strictly limited in these protected waters. And any whale that approaches a boat does so on its own terms. Like that baby whale: “We see him a few times, and he seems to like being petted and splashed.”
So we are two species, connecting through touch, but also through eye contact: “More than once, after nosing around our boat, a young gray whale turns on its side so one dark, baseball-size eye is looking up at us.” Whalers used to call gray whales “devil fish” because these magnificent creatures turn violent when threatened — “or, say, when their babies are harmed.” That makes it feel even more of a blessing when, on our third day there, a large mama whale approaches the boat. “I’m splashing when I feel her nose press up into my hand.” Though she’s “wiser and apparently more alert” than her child, “she still decides to trust us.”
1. According to the passage, people can NOT interact with a whale by ________.A.splashing water to it | B.gently touching its skin |
C.swimming alongside it | D.looking at it in the eye |
A.is mad with too many visitors |
B.is willing to be petted by people on the boat |
C.can interact with people based on its likes |
D.can decide its preferred swimming route |
A.Because she is smarter than her child and better at interacting with people. |
B.Because she believes in people and will not turn violent if her baby is harmed. |
C.Because a whale as large as this one is rare to see. |
D.Because she trusts people despite her concerns about her child’s safety. |
A.Preserving the Devil Fish in Laguna San Ignacio |
B.A Beautiful Encounter with Gray Whales |
C.A Risky but Exciting Whale-Watching Journey |
D.Appropriate Ways to Interact with Gray Whales |
A.absorption | B.consumption | C.composition | D.nutrition |