Do you know insurance? Buying insurance is a 1 by which people can protect themselves 2 large losses. Protection against fire is one kind of insurance. Large numbers of people pay 3 sums of money to an insurance company. Although thousands of people have paid for fire insurance, only 4 will lose their homes by fire. The insurance company will pay for these homes out of the sums of money it has 5 .
The first modern fire insurance company was 6 in London, England, in 1666. A great fire had just 7 most of the city, and people wanted protection against 8 losses. The first company 9 rapidly. Soon other companies were founded in other areas.
Bemjamin Franklin helped form the first fire insurance company in America in 1752. He also 10 a new kind of insurance for 11 . The new insurance would offer protection against the loss of crops 12 storms.
In 1795, Benjamin Franklin helped start 13 new insurance company in America. This company, 14 offered life insurance, collected some money 15 from many different men. 16 a man died, his family was given a large sum of money. Today, this company is 17 in business.
Over the years, people have 18 from many new kinds of insurance when they have suffered from 19 accidents as car and plane crashes. 20 , almost everyone has some kind of insurance.
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科目:高中英语 来源:英语教研室 题型:054
“What has caused you to stay 3 enough to become a manager?”I asked. After a while a new manager took the 4 and said slowly, “it was a baseball glove. ”
Cynthia said she used to 5 a Circle K clerk job as an interim(临时的) one while she looked for something 6 . On her second day behind the counter, she received a(an) 7 from her nine-year-old son, Jessie. He 8 a baseball glove for the little League. She 9 that as a single mother, money was 10 , and her first check would have to go for paying 11 .
When Cynthia arrived for work the next morning, Partircia, the store manager asked her to come to her small office and handed her a box. “I overheard you 12 to your son yesterday, ” she said, “and I know that it is 13 to explain things to kids. This is a baseball glove for Jessie. I know you have to pay bills 14 you can buy gloves. You know we can’t 15 good people like you as 16 as we would like to; but we do 17 and I want you to know how 18 you are to us. ”
The thoughtfulness, empathy(同情) and love of the store manager show vividly that people 19 more how much a(n) 20 cares than how much he pays.
1. A. topics B. problems C. difficulties D. lessons
2. A. employing B. praising C. keeping D. improving
3. A. soon B. long C. strong D. calm
4. A. position B. decision C. question D. advice
5. A. take B. change C. lose D. consider
6. A. lighter B. easier C. better D. higher
7. A. letter B. call C. answer D. email
8. A. bought B. kept C. needed D. offered
9. A. complained B. explained C. understood D. admitted
10. A. short B. enough C. spare D. tight
11. A. food B. education C. clothes D. bills
12. A. talking B. crying C. arguing D. scolding
13. A. easy B. hard C. simple D. nice
14. A. after B. until C. when D. before
15. A. value B. remain C. pay D. fire
16. A. much B. many C. pleasant D. possible
17. A. regret B. agree C. worry D. care
18. A. excellent B. important C. thankful D. thoughtful
19. A. remember B. refuse C. thank D. realize
20. A. mother B. clerk C. official D. manager
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:054
I do a lot of management training each year for the Circle K Company. Among the 1 we discuss in our classes is the 2 of quality employees(雇员).
“What has caused you to stay 3 enough to become a manager?”I asked. After a while a new manager took the 4 and said slowly, “it was a baseball glove. ”
Cynthia said she used to 5 a Circle K clerk job as an interim(临时的) one while she looked for something 6 . On her second day behind the counter, she received a(an) 7 from her nine-year-old son, Jessie. He 8 a baseball glove for the little League. She 9 that as a single mother, money was 10 , and her first check would have to go for paying 11 .
When Cynthia arrived for work the next morning, Partircia, the store manager asked her to come to her small office and handed her a box. “I overheard you 12 to your son yesterday, ” she said, “and I know that it is 13 to explain things to kids. This is a baseball glove for Jessie. I know you have to pay bills 14 you can buy gloves. You know we can’t 15 good people like you as 16 as we would like to; but we do 17 and I want you to know how 18 you are to us. ”
The thoughtfulness, empathy(同情) and love of the store manager show vividly that people 19 more how much a(n) 20 cares than how much he pays.
1. A. topics B. problems C. difficulties D. lessons
2. A. employing B. praising C. keeping D. improving
3. A. soon B. long C. strong D. calm
4. A. position B. decision C. question D. advice
5. A. take B. change C. lose D. consider
6. A. lighter B. easier C. better D. higher
7. A. letter B. call C. answer D. email
8. A. bought B. kept C. needed D. offered
9. A. complained B. explained C. understood D. admitted
10. A. short B. enough C. spare D. tight
11. A. food B. education C. clothes D. bills
12. A. talking B. crying C. arguing D. scolding
13. A. easy B. hard C. simple D. nice
14. A. after B. until C. when D. before
15. A. value B. remain C. pay D. fire
16. A. much B. many C. pleasant D. possible
17. A. regret B. agree C. worry D. care
18. A. excellent B. important C. thankful D. thoughtful
19. A. remember B. refuse C. thank D. realize
20. A. mother B. clerk C. official D. manager
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科目:高中英语 来源:英语教研室 题型:054
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I do a lot of management training each year for the Circle K Company. Among the 1 we discuss in our classes is the 2 of quality employees(雇员).
“What has caused you to stay 3 enough to become a manager?”I asked. After a while a new manager took the 4 and said slowly.“it was a baseball glove.”
Cynthia said she used to 5 a Circle K clerk job as an interim(临时的). One while she looked for something 6 . On her second day behind the counter, she received a(n) 7 from her nine-year-old son, Jessie. He 8 a baseball glove for the little League. She 9 that as a single mother, money was 10 , and her first check would have to go for paying 11 .
When Cynthia arrived for work the next morning, Partircia, the store manager asked her to come to her small office and handed her a box.“I overheard you 12 to your son yesterday,”she said,“and I know that it is 13 to explain things to kids. This is a baseball glove for Jessie. I know you have to pay bills 14 you can buy gloves. You know we can't 15 good people like you as 16 as we would like to; but we do 17 and I want you to know how 18 you are to us.”
The thoughtfulness, empathy(同情)and love of the store manager show vividly that people 19 more how much a(n) 20 cares than how much he pays.
1.
[ ]
A.topics B.problems
C.difficulties D.lessons
2.
[ ]
A.employing B.praising
C.keeping D.improving
3.
[ ]
A.soon B.long
C.strong D.calm
4.
[ ]
A.position B.decision
C.question D.advice
5.
[ ]
A.take B.change
C.lose D.consider
6.
[ ]
A.lighter B.easier
C.better D.higher
7.
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A.letter B.call
C.answer D.email
8.
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A.bought B.kept
C.needed D.offered
9.
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A.complained B.explained
C.understood D.admitted
10.
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A.short B.enough
C.spare D.tight
11.
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A.food B.education
C.clothes D.bills
12.
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A.talking B.crying
C.arguing D.scolding
13.
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A.easy B.hard
C.simple D.nice
14.
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A.after B.until
C.when D.before
15.
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A.value B.remain
C.pay D.fire
16.
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A.much B.many
C.pleasant D.possible
17.
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A.regret B.agree
C.worry D.care
18.
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A.excellent B.important
C.thankful D.thoughtful
19.
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A.remember B.refuse
C.thank D.realize
20.
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A.mother B.clerk
C.official D.manager
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科目:高中英语 来源:湖北省天门中学2008-2009学年高二下学期5月月考英语试题(B卷) 题型:054
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
There was a boy in India who was sent by his parents to a boarding school. Before being sent away this boy was the 26 student in his class. He was at the top in every 27 . He was a champion. k`
But the boy 28 after leaving home and attending the boarding school. His 29 started dropping. He hated being in a group. He was 30 all the time. And there were especially dark times when he felt like 31 himself. All of this because he felt 32 and that no one loved him.
His 33 started worrying about the boy. But 34 they did not know what was wrong with him. 35 his dad decided to travel to the boarding school and talk with him.
They sat 36 the bank of the lake near the school. The father started asking him 37 questions about his classes, teachers and 38 . After some time his dad said, “Do you know, son, 39 I am here today?”
The boy 40 , “to check my grades?”
“No, no” his dad replied, “I am here to tell you that you are the most important person for me. I want to see you happy. I don’t care about grades. I care about 41 . I care about your happiness. YOU ARE MY 42 .”
These words caused the boy’s eyes to fill with tears. He 43 his dad. They didn’t say anything to each other for a long time.
Now the boy had everything he wanted. He knew there was someone on this 44 who cared for him deeply. He 45 the world to someone. And today this young man is in college at the top of his class and no one has ever seen him sad!
26. A. richest B. prettiest C. laziest D. brightest
27. A. game B. school C. competition D. group
28. A. changed B. died C. arrived D. regretted
29. A. hair B. tears C. love D. grades
30. A. worried B. careless C. lonely D. busy
31. A. teaching B. killing C. helping D. enjoying
32. A. cold B. worthless C. well D. sick
33. A. parents B. classmates C. teachers D. companions
34. A. even B. now C. yet D. then
35. A. And B. But C. Or D. So
36. A. toward B. along C. opposite D. on
37. A. serious B. casual C. personal D. difficult
38. A. work B. study C. sports D. education
39. A. when B. where C. how D. why
40. A. turned away B. answered back C. whispered anxiously D. cried out
41. A. it B. you C. myself D. us
42. A. LIFE B. ANXIETY C. CARE D. NEED
43. A. forgave B. hit C. hugged D. begged
44. A. side B. earth C. trip D. day
45. A. meant B. owed C. moved D. left
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