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Hello, and welcome to our program of successful business women.
Today, we are looking at the of Maria Silvers, the 【小题1】 (found) of a chain of coffee bars. She comes from Singapore, 【小题2】 later moved to London with her family. Her father, 【小题3】 was a factory manager, filled her a(n) 【小题4】 (believe) in hard work. Maria studied political science at university. After 【小题5】 (leave) university, she became a teacher. When her father died, she went to New York for a break. Every morning, she’d go to a coffee bar.
When she got back to London she realized that there 【小题6】 (be) nothing like those coffee bars. So she decided 【小题7】 (give) up her job and do something about it. She opened the first coffee bar in 1995, and her 【小题8】 (succeed) was quick. She opened ten more the 【小题9】 (follow) year. Now she is proud of her success and plans to open eighty more 【小题10】 the eighty-five she already had. And Maria is only 33 years old.
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Steve Jobs knew from an early age that he was adopted (收养). “My parents were very open with me about that,” he recalled. He had a clear memory of sitting in the yard of his house, when he was six or seven years old, telling the girl who lived across the street. “Does that mean your real parents didn’t want you?” the girl asked. “My whole world was falling apart,” according to Jobs. “I remember running into the house, crying. And my parents said, ‘No, you have to understand.’ They were very serious and looked me straight in the eyes. They said, ‘We specially picked you out.’ Both of my parents said that and repeated it slowly for me. And they stressed every word in that sentence.”
Abandoned (被抛弃). Chosen. Special. These words became part of who Jobs was and how he thought of himself. His closest friends think that the knowledge that he was given up at birth left some scars (伤疤). “He wants to control everything because of his personality and the fact that he was abandoned at birth,” said one longtime colleague (同事), Del Yocam.“He wants to control his environment, and he sees his product as a part of himself.” Greg Calhoun, who became close to Jobs right after college, saw another effect. “Steve talked to me a lot about being abandoned,” he said. “It caused great pains and made him independent. He was different from others because he was born into a different world.”
Later in life, Jobs became a father and abandoned one of his children. Andy Hertzfeld, who worked with Jobs at Apple in the early 1980s, is among the few who remained close to Jobs. “To understand Jobs, you have to know the reason why he can’t control himself and is sometimes cruel and harmful to others,” he said. “That goes back to being abandoned at birth. The real problem was the theme of abandonment in Steve’s life.”
【小题1】Which of the following is true about Jobs’ childhood?
A.He left his parents at the age of six or seven.
B.He was shocked knowing he was abandoned.
C.He couldn’t remember how he was abandoned.
D.His parents chose him because his family was poor.
【小题2】What did Del Yocam think of Jobs?
A.He hated to be born with scars.
B.He liked to get things under control.
C.He enjoyed good working environment.
D.He wanted to influence everyone.
【小题3】What does the underlined word “it” in the second paragraph refer to?
A.The fact that Jobs was abandoned.
B.Jobs’ pain from the abandonment.
C.Jobs’ talk with Greg Calhoun.
D.The world where Jobs lived.
【小题4】What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A.Jobs didn’t bring up any children.
B.Jobs had a lot of close friends.
C.Abandonment influenced Jobs.
D.Nobody likes Jobs’ character.
【小题5】What is the best title for this text?
A.Steve JobsB.Jobs’ Childhood
C.The AbandonmentD.A Terrible Memory

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   Clara Barton,founder of the American Red Cross , gained worldwide honour for her devotion to easing human suffering and earned the nickname“Angel of the Battlefield”.

Barton was born into a freethinking family in 1821. Her elder brothers and sisters happily educated her in math and reading, so when she entered school at three years old, she could read and spell three-syllable words. 【小题1】

Concerned about Barton's difficulty in making friends, her parents sent her to a boarding school,hoping it would make her more comfortable with her peers. 【小题2】 Barton lost her appetite(食欲)and cried constantly. After only one term, she had to be brought home. Then, Barton stayed out of school to nurse her brother through a serious injury and also volunteered to care for poor families during a smallpox (天花)outbreak.

In 1861, the Civil War broke out. The sight of wounded soldiers touched Barton deeply. She began to collect and give away food , bandages, medicines, and other supplies to the Union Army.

 【小题3】 There, with little concern for her own safety, she cooked meals, assisted surgeons, and comforted wounded soldiers.

Eventually, because of working too hard , Barton broke down finally. 【小题4】 It was there that she learned of an organization based in Switzerland called the International Committee of the Red Cross , whose work mirrored her own.

Shortly after Barton arrived back home in 1873,her sister died. 【小题5】 When recuperating(康复)at a health facility in New York, she began planning for the establishment of an American wing of the International Committee of the Red Cross. Although at first the government opposed it, her efforts finally paid off. The American Red Cross was officially organized on May 21, 1881. Her influence lives on today in the work of the organization she founded.

A.Barton fell into a deep depression.
B.Unfortunately, it had the opposite effect.
C.Many people felt sorry  for the loss of her sister and her own health.
D.When she recovered, her doctors suggested a long, restful trip to Europe.
E.Barton spent the  following several months learning basics of the Swiss Red Cross.
F.She easily kept up with the older children academically but did not fit in socially.
G.Barton risked her life to transport plenty of supplies to the front lines.