【正文】 hey won the great support of new salesmen. C. they opened it in a very crowded neighborhood. D. they did all they could to meet their customers39。t have something in store, he would pick it up for customers on his weekly trip to Bangor. One time Dad was in Bangor getting shoes for someone at a shoe factory. He saw big boxes full of shoes and asked about them. They were the mates(一雙鞋中的一只 ) to faulty shoes that had been thrown away. He looked through the boxes and realized that there were usable brandnew shoes in there. He offered the manager five cents a shoe. Dad made the deal and got the manager to reserve any future boxes for him. Of course Mon, his business partner, was more practical, and her first reaction was, “But what are you going to do with them?” Dad bought an old school bus. He cleaned it up, removed the seats and placed big containers down both sites of the aisle(通道 ). When all was ready, the whole family helped 此卷只裝訂不密封 班級 姓名 準考證號 考場號 座位號 to put the shoes in place. At first, it looked like we had plenty of room on the bus, but Dad kept bringing home more boxes. There was no sign on the Shoe Bus. The only advertising Dad did was to place a piece of paper beside the store exit that read “Shoes $1 a pair.”When folks asked about the deal. they learned it wasn’t that easy because they had to find their own pairs. The attraction was a bination of getting a good deal on a quality pair of shoes and the thrill of the hunt. To this day I still run into people who talk about the fun they had searching for pairs in Dad39。 A When I was a kid in the 1960s. my parents had a country store in the small town of Frankfort, Maine. No neighboring houses could be seen from our place， and new salesmen were always amazed at the amount of business we did. Dad39。 考試結(jié)束后，請將本試題卷和答題卡一并上交 。 如需改動，用橡皮擦干凈后，再選涂其它答案標號。絕密 ★ 啟用前 2018 屆高考考前適應(yīng)性試卷 英 語 （二） 注意事項： 答題前， 考生務(wù)必將自己的姓名、準考證號填寫在答題卡上 。 回答 選擇題 時， 選出每小題答案后，用鉛筆把答題卡上對應(yīng)題目的答案標號涂黑?；卮鸱沁x擇題時，將答案寫在答題卡上，寫在本試卷上無效 。 第 Ⅰ 卷 第一部分 聽力（共兩節(jié)，滿分 30 分） (略 ) 第二部分 閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分 40 分） 第一節(jié)（共 15 小題：每小題 2 分，滿分 30 分） 閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（ A、 B、 C 和 D）中選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。s motto was, “We sell everything.” If he didn39。s Shoe Bus. 21. The author39。 need. 22. Why did the customers think it fun shaping in the Shoe Bus? A. There were free bus rides offered on them. B. 39。s father from the text? A. He had a good nose for business. B. He was clever at transforming a store. C. He was patient with customers D. He had a strong preference for bargains. 【答案】 21. D 22. C 23. A 【解析】 作者的父親很有商業(yè)頭腦，他開辦的公交車鞋店的銷售策略很受顧客歡迎，大家在買到物超所值的鞋子的同時還能體會到在公交車上尋找合適鞋子的快樂。根據(jù)第一段 When I was a kid in the 1960s. my parents had a country store in the small town of Frankfort, Maine. No neighboring houses could be seen From our place， and new salesmen were always amazed at the amount of business we did. Dad39。t have something in store, he would pick it up for customers on his weekly trip to ，因為他們時刻想著為顧客提供他們想要購買的商品。 22. 細節(jié)理解題。故選 C。根據(jù) To this day I still run into people who talk about the fun they had searching for pairs in Dad39。故選 A。 24. 細節(jié)理解題。故 選 C。由第二段 Shockingly, he made a shocking discoverythe students, even the older ones, knew nothing about reading except the 認為自己必須為孩子們做些事情 。 26. 推理判斷題。 故選 B。由最后一段 Parmar has a simple piece of ads ice: “Try to educate just one child a year, and see the difference it makes to the society.”可知最后一段 Parmar 的建議是號召更多的人教 導(dǎo) 貧苦孩子 。 C If you want to be productive, you must plete work. Almost everything we do has many stages to pletion and in many situations, you don’t actually create value until you finish the last stage. Farmers can’t sell their grain until it is harvested. Automakers can’t sell cars that have made it 90% of the way through the assembly line(生產(chǎn)線 ). Most employers aren’t going to pay you for having a degree unless you finished the last class and graduated. Now all those things require starting, but if you have work in progress, the most valuable thing you can do is to pick something and finish it. Finishing is where you start benefiting from the value you’ve created. I’ve noticed that many successful people aren’t the ones who are the smartest or have the best ideas. They are often the ones who do the best job of taking an idea and pleting it. A good idea fully carried out is better than a great idea that never gets pleted. Does this mean you need to finish everything you start? Not necessarily, but if you don’t think something is worth finishing, be honest with yourself and terminate the project. Don’t leave hundreds of half finished efforts lying around physically or mentally acting like you are going to e back and pick them up. If you need to drop something , do so strategically and intentionally. If you’ve put significant effort into a project, you may still benefit from finishing it even if you wouldn’t start it again based on changed circumstances. For example, if you are in your last few months before graduating from college and realize you don’t want to career in what you are majoring in, you probably should go ahead and graduate because there is significant value in having the degreeeven if you don’t intend to actually work in that field. What projects do you have that are currently in progress? Can you find something and finish it? 28. Why do many people bee successful according to the author? A. They are the smartest. B. They have the best ideas. C. They start things smoothly. D. They make ideas fully pleted. 29. What does the underlined word “terminate” in paragraph 3 mean? A. Develop. B. End. C. Plan. D. Support. 30. According to the author, which of the following is the correct way of creating value? A. A man decides to f