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1、市25中高考英语：完形、阅读综合练五【1】The other day I was invited to a friends house for supperand had a meal I have never had beforeAll the friends invited were a little 1 Its not that Ben is unsociable，or a bad cook，but its just that he never 2 more than he has toSo how come he was inviting us round for a meal？Had
2、 he bought something special for his friends？He greeted us at the door and showed us into his dining room where a 3 table was waiting for us“Nothing but the 4 for my friends！ said BenWe all sat down and looked nervously at each otherwhat was he up to?Ben returned with four bowls of hot soup“Its a 5
3、of carrots，potatoes and tomatoes， said BenThe next 6 was also a little strange in that we didnt quite know what it was againIts just another mixture of vegetableAs we ate we chatted and finally the 7 turned back to what we were eating“Was there a recipe(食谱)for this，asked Marina，“or did you 8 it up？B
4、en put his fork down“What I cooked 9 what I could findMarina was surprised“But you can find anything in supermarkets these days“But theres less choice in what you can find outside supermarkets， he replied 10 that we had all finished the food，Ben decided to tell the truthHe had read recently that sup
5、ermarkets usually throw away 5 percent of their food every daySo Ben decided to look inside his local supermarket binsThere he found food that was slightly out of 11 ，boxes of throwaway vegetables and fruitSo Ben had successfully provided a decent meal for his friends，and made us away of the fact th
6、at there are many poor people who need the food，but the amount of food thrown away is enough to 12 millions of people1Aexcited BdisappointedCsurprised Ddelighted2Atakes BspendsCuses Ddoes3Anew BseparateCbooked Dlaid4Afreshest BmostCbest Dleast5Amixture BliquidCmatter Ddish6Acourse BfoodCsoup Dsalad7
7、Adinner BideaCfood Dsubject8Apick BlookCmake Dtake9Areferred to Bdepended onClay in Dresulted from10AFeeling BSeeingCRealizing DThinking11Aorder BplaceCseason Ddate12Aenrich BpleaseCaffect Dfeed【2】The Internet is an amazing information resourceStudents，teachers，and researchers use it as 1 investigat
8、ive toolJournalists use it to find information for storiesDoctors use it to learn more about unfamiliar diseases and the latest medical developmentOrdinary people use it for shopping，banking，billpaying，and communicating 2 family and friendsPeople all over the world use it to connect with individuals
9、 from 3 countries and culturesHowever，4 there are many positive developments associated with the Internet，there are also certain fears and concerns5 concern relates to a lack of control over 6 appears on the InternetWith television and radio there are editors to check the accuracy or appropriateness
10、 of the content of programs，and with television there are restrictions on what kinds of programs can be broadcasted and at what times of the day7 the Internet，parents cannot check a published guide to determine what is suitable 8 their children to see【3】Its time to stop complaining about the economy
11、Heres whyAt no other time in the recent history has it been easier or cheaper to start a new kind of company，possibly a very profitable companyLets call these startups LILOs，short for “a little in，a lot outThese are Webbased businesses that cost almost nothing to get off the ground yet can turn into
12、 great moneymakersIn addition，launching such a company now will make your company stronger lateryoull learn to survive in hard times until the economy improvesThats what John Tayman is doingHes an author who lives in San Francisco，where I met him；he wrote reviews for a business magazine I editedTaym
13、an knew little about technology and even less about business，but he dreamed of a website that would summarize car reviews from other sources and rank every model of new carsTayman said he intended to build the site on the side while continuing to write for a livingHe worked on his new company only a
14、t night and on weekendsOh，yes，he had only about $ 10,000 “Good luck with that！ I thoughtIdeas are much easier to hatch than they are to executeTayman went to work with nothing more than his PowerBook laptopOn a website called 37 signalscom he learned about the virtues of lightweight programming lang
15、uages like Ruby on Rails，which are ideal for the project he plannedHe visited the RentACodercom and Elancecom where you can find software developersHe picked up the special terms he needed to describe his project so he could put it out for a bid，and he found his first programmerin Ukrainewho agreed
16、to start building the digital scaffolding (脚手架) for the siteWithin months，Tayman had 20 employees working for him in five different countries“In fact，I hadnt even met the guy who built most of the site until the launch party， he saysMotorMouthscom went live in JanuaryTayman figures he works about 10
17、 hours a week on it and hasnt spent a cent on marketing or advertisingGrowth is modest but steadynearly 10,000 people visit each week，he says，all of whom get there by the word of mouth and via a software “bot that lets users of Twitter，the popular micromessaging service，request reviewsThe cost to Ta
18、yman？“Almost $ 9,800，all in， he saidAs for revenue，he just sold his first display ad，for，well，the low three figures“But its a start，and weve already reached ramen profitability He spends about $ 75 a month on server fees and other expensesThe term “ramen profitable was coined by Paul Graham，a Silico
19、n Valley startup investorIt means that your startup is selfsustaining and can create enough profit to keep you alive on instant noodles while your business gains strength1What does “LILO mean?AIt requires a large amount of money to launch a companyBIt can enjoy many governments favorable policiesCTh
20、e cost to launch a company is low but the profit can be high DIt doesnt need any space or money to establish a company2What is Tayman doing for a living now?AOffering new ideas to business companiesBWriting reviews for a business magazineCImproving the design of modern cars DApplying new technology
21、to car production3According to the passage，“Ruby on Rails might be Aa lightweight programming language来 Ba new type of PowerBook laptopCa website to find software developersDa website for foreign language learning4What website has Tayman launched?A37signalscom BMotorMouthscomCElancecom DRentACoderco
22、m5What does Tayman mean by saying “ramen profitability？AThe profit comes from selling instant noodlesBThe profit is much bigger than the investment来 CThe profit decreases with increases in the cost of living DThe profit is only enough to sustain the company答案【1】1C2B3D4C5A6A7D8C9B10B11D12D【2】1an2with3other/different4while 5One6what7With8for【3】1C2B3A4B5D