With the money he got,first Hobbs________.
A.planned to have a happy life for a few days
B.decided to give up his work in the office
C.was to give a dinner to his friends
D.had no idea what to do
A.planned to have a happy life for a few days
B.decided to give up his work in the office
C.was to give a dinner to his friends
D.had no idea what to do
Before John Shuttleworth started his business, he ______.
A.borrowed money
B.waited for a good time to open his business
C.developed an inadequate plan
D.studied, prepared a plan, and trained himself
A.study abroad
B.work abroad
C.pay for the debts
D.1earn to paint pictures
A scientist who wants to predict the way in which consumers (消费者) will spend their money must study consumer behavior. He must obtain data both on the resources of consumers and on the motives that tend to encourage or discourage money spending.
If an economist were asked which of three groups borrow most — people with rising incomes, stable incomes, or decreasing incomes—he would probably answer, those with decreasing incomes. Actually in the years 1947 ~ 1950, the answer was: people with rising incomes. People with decreasing incomes were next and people with stable incomes borrowed the least. This shows us that traditional assumptions (假设) about earning and spending are not always reliable. Another traditional assumption is that if people who have money expect prices to go up they will hasten to buy. If they expect prices to go down, they will postpone buying. But research surveys have shown that this is not always true.
The expectations of price increases may not stimulate buying. One typical attitude was expressed by the wife of a mechanic in an interview at a time of rising prices. "In a few months, "she said, "we' 11 have pay more for meat and milk; we' 11 have less to spend on other things. "Her family had been planning to buy a new car but they postponed this purchase. Furthermore, the rise in prices that has already taken place may be disliked and buyer's resistance may be produced. This is shown by the following typical comment; "I just don't pay these prices; they are too high. " The investigations mentioned above were carried out in America; The condition most helpful to spending appears to be price stability. If prices have been stable and people consider that they are reasonable, they are likely to buy. Thus, it appears that the common business policy of maintaining stable prices is based on a correct understanding of consumer psychology (心理学) .
According to the passage, if one wants to predict the way spend their money, he should
A.rely on traditional assumptions about earning and spending
B.try to encourage or discourage consumers to spend money
C.carry out investigations on consumer behavior. and get data on consumers incomes and money spending motives
D.do researches in consumer psychology in a laboratory
How to Be a Successful Businessperson
Have you ever wondered why some people are successful in business and others are not? Here's astory about one successful businessperson. He started out washing dishes and today he owns 168 res-taurants.
Zubair Kazi was born in Bhatkal,a small town in southwest India. His dream was to be an airplanepilot,and when he was 16 years old,he learned to fly a small plane.
At the age of 23 and with just a little money in his pocket, Mr. Kazi moved to the United States.He hoped to get a job in the airplane industry in California. Instead, he ended up working for a compa-ny that rented cars.
While Mr. Kazi was working at the car rental(租赁的)company,he frequently ate at a nearby KFCrestaurant. To save money on food,he decided to get a job with KFC. For two months,he worked as acook's assistant. His job was to clean the kitchen and help the cook. "I didn't like it,"Mr,Kazi says,"but I always did the best I could. "
One day, Mr. Kazi's two co-workers failed to come to work. That day,Mr. Kazi did the work of allthree people in the kitchen. This really impressed the owners of the restaurant. A few months later,the owners needed a manager for a new restaurant. They gave the job to Mr. Kazi. He worked hard asthe manager and soon the restaurant was making a profit.
A few years later,Mr. Kazi heard about a restaurant that was losing money. The restaurant wasdirty inside and the food was terrible. Mr. Kazi borrowed money from a bank and bought the restau-rant. For the first six months,Mr. Kazi worked in the restaurant from 8 a. m. t0 10 p. m. ,seven days aweek. He and his wife cleaned up the restaurant,remodeled the front of the building,and improved thecooking. They also tried hard to please the customers. If someone had to wait more than ten minutesfor their food, Mrs. Kazi gave them a free soda. Before long the restaurant was making a profit.
A year later, Mr. Kazi sold his restaurant for a profit. With the money he earned, he bought threemore restaurants that were losing money. Again, he cleaned them up,improved the food,and retrainedthe employees. Before long these restaurants were making a profit,too.
Today Mr. Kazi owns 168 restaurants,but he isn't planning to stop there. He's looking for morepoorly managed restaurants to buy. "I love it when I go to buy a restaurant and find it's a mess, "Mr.Kazi says. "The only way it can go is up. "
When Mr. Kazi was young, his dream was to
A.sell cars
B.own a restaurant
C.become a good cook
D.be an airplane pilot
When Lilian Hanson graduated from high school, she went to the bank to borrow money for the further education. The banker gave her no encouragement. He didn' t think that a country girl should borrow money to go to college. He thought she should be at home doing work in the house or around the farm. So Lilian Hanson went home and raised a family of nine children instead of going to college. Mrs. Hanson never forgot her dream of getting a higher education. When her children were grown, she tried again. She finds the hardest part of going back to school at her age is to sit in class for long periods of time. Because she is not as quick as she used to be, Mrs. Hanson often gets up and walks around classes to keep from getting stiff (僵硬) . At the beginning of a course in using the computer, the other students all stood up to give her a warm welcome when she introduced herself and explained why she was there and what her aims were.
1.Mrs. Hanson couldn' t go to college immediately after she graduated from high school because①().
A.she hadn' t got enough money
B.she was a country girl
C.the banker ordered her not to borrow money
2.Mrs. Hanson wanted to borrow money from the bank②().
A.to support her family
B.because she was 73 years old
C.to further her education at college
3.In the college, what makes Mrs. Hanson different from her classmates is③().
A.the fact that she is poor
B.that she has a family of nine children
C.that she is 73 years old
4.The computer students welcome Mrs. Hanson warmly because④().
A.she had got an excellent result in the exam
B.she was good at telling funny stories
C.they were deeply moved by her spirit
5.Mrs. Hanson is the sort of person who⑤().
A.cares for study very much
B.likes to borrow money from the bank
C.tries to save money for her family
destination, but to my_41_he coldly refused my offer. I asked him why. Finally he told me that he was afraid I would ask
him for money if |42him in this way.
Money! | fell deep into thought. Is it money that comes between us? Money has no___43it cannot be connected withgood or bad. The problem_44what attitude we have towards it.
At present, we have a more plentiful material life than ever before, but we're becoming more and more45_Why? Inmy opinion, the key is the change in people's personal_46They wrongly believe that making money should be their onlyaim in life, so they47all sorts of ways they can to realize this aim. They are afraid of being48and fooled. Ifeveryone acts like this, what will our society be like? Needless to say, money is becoming more and more important in our society,__49it shouldn't be the "be-all and endall” of life. If a person only concentrates on money, he will be lonely and void (空虚),and even go astray (犯错误).
It is up to us to make our lives happy, not money. We should try our best to help others50and freely. If everyonedoes so, our society will be better and better.
41.()
A joy
B fear
C excitement
D surprise
42. ()
A stopped
B told
C asked
D helped
43.()
A problem
B price
C lifte
D use
44. ()
A takes in
B depends on
C leads to
D smoothes away
45.()
A cold-hearted
B warm-hearted
C good-looking
D humorous
46. ()
A worth
B habits
C fame
D values
47.()
A think up
B come up
C give off
D break out
48. ()
A found
B discovered
C cheated
D followed
49.()
A or
B but
C if
D since
50. ()
A separately
B obviously
C mainly
D whole-heatedly
A.that
B.those
C.ones
D.one
In the morning he changed his mind, led partly by the dim foreshadowing of the result of his literary adventure for the little book caught all Scotland by storm. Not only scholars, literary men, but even cowboys and maid servants, eagerly spent their hard earned shillings for the new book. Instead of going to America, the young poet hurried to Edinburgh to arrange for another edition of his work. His journey was a constant success, and in the capital he was welcomed and feasted by the best of Scottish society. This unexpected triumph lasted only one winter. Burns' extreme fondness for a fast life shocked his cultured entertainers, and when he returned to Edinburgh next winter, he received scant attention. He left the capital and went back in disappointment to the soil, where he was more at home.
Burns had the first edition of his poems published because______.
A.he could not bear the temptation of being famous
B.he thought that it would bring him a large sum of money
C.he felt like going to travel for pleasure
D.he needed money to go to another country
Each morning, Billy leaves the house at 5:15 to go to the【C3】______ where the newspapers always are. The newspapers were【C4】______ to the comer by truck at midnight. He always takes a wagon to【C5】______ them.
In the winter it is still dark【C6】______ he gets up every day, but during the rest of the year it is【C7】______. Billy'must send the newspapers to the houses of people on his. 【C8】______ in all kinds of weather. He tries to put each paper on the porch(门廊)where it will be【C9】______ from wind and rain or snow. Sometimes his customers give him tips, 【C10】______ him very excited.
Billy earns about$70 per month through hard【C11】______, and he is saving some of the money to go to【C12】______, where he has always been longing to go. Besides that, he【C13】______ the rest of the earnings on records and clothes. Once a month, he has to collect the【C14】______ at night since many of them work during the day. That is when he is【C15】______ so that he is full of excitement. Luckily, he gets greatly supported by his family. Billy has seventy customers now, but he doesn' t feel happy about the number.
He dreams that he will get as many customers as possible some day. If that, he might win a prize for being an outstanding newspaper boy. He wants to win a trip to Europe, but he will be happy if he wins a new bicycle.
【C1】
A.were
B.take
C.gets
D.pick
Jim was a greedy boy. He enjoyed having good food. One day when he came to have breakfast, he found there was only bread and grufel(麦片粥). So he didn,t want to have any. Then he thought out a plan to fool his mother and get something good to eat. He put his hands on his stomach and said,“ I’ ve got a stomachache,Mum,and I don’ t want any breakfast now. ” His mother said,“ I’ m sorry to hear that. Go to Doctor Jones and he will give you some medicine. You know his house. ”Then she gave Jim some money and let him go by bus. Jim got off the bus after five minutes, ride. He didn’ t go to see Dr. Jones. He went into a shop and bought some pieces of cakes.
Jim was eating the cakes on his way back home. When he got home, his mother asked him,“What did Dr. Jones say,my boy?” Jim answered, “He said good food is better than any medicine for my stomachache. So I went and bought some cakes instead of buying medicine.
Now Jim’ s mother knew what Jim ’ s stomachache meant.
What did Jim, s mother give him for the breakfast that day?
A.Bread
B.Cake
C.Gruel
D.Both A and C
______That day Dr. Jones.A.gave Jim some medicine
B.went to see Jim
C.didn’ t meet Jim at all
D.advised Jim to buy some cakes
______At last Jim’ s mother.A.gave her son some good food
B.knew her son had told a lie
C.bought some medicine for her son
D.bought some cakes for her son
Jim is a boy marked by his______.A.cleverness
B.honesty
C.greed
D.naughtiness
【C1】
A.parts
B.areas
C.regions
D.classes