桃花散漫高二英语试题
the girl could have all the greedy millionaire’s money? you are interested in it, you may try 36. A. rightly B. directly C. at all D. exactly
37. A. collect B. bring C. count D. store
38. A. took B. spend C. waste D. cost
39. A. happiness B. pleasure C. joy D. excitement
40. A. require B. like C. demand D. want
41. A. cheat B. advise C. persuade D. give
42. A. money B. wealth C. amount D. bill
43. A. had B. used C. need D. ought
44. A. just B. even C. and D. also
45. A. could B. might C. should D. would
46. A. nice B. foolish C. clever D. fair
47. A. writing B. set C. sign D. making
48. A. hoping B. thinking C. fearing D. in order
49. A. plan B. word C. agreement D. mind
50. A. is B. or C. as D. means
51. A. it B. itself C. them D. themselves
52. A. had B. promised C. managed D. failed
53. A. why B. that C. even D. which
54. A. Because B. Since C. Even if D. If
55 A. set B. work C. solve D. turn
第四部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各项的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
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Mr. Briggs got a job with an insurance company(保险公司) after he left school and went around visiting people in their homes to sell them life insurance.
One day, after he had been working for the company for about a year, the insurance manager sent for him and said, ―Mr. Briggs, I have been looking at your record as a salesman with our company, and there is one thing that surprises me about it. Why have you been selling insurance only to people over 95 years old, and why have you been giving them such generous conditions? You’ll ruin our company if you go on like that. ‖
―Oh, no, sir,‖ answered Mr. Briggs at once, ―Before I started work, I looked at the figures(数字) for deaths in this country during the past ten years, and I can tell you that few people die at the age of 95. ‖
A . He was a worker. B. He was an official.
C. He was a student. D. He was a businessman.
57. The word ―ruin‖ in the second paragraph means .
A. lose B. break C. leave D. destroy
58. As a salesman with the company, Mr. Briggs .
A. visited people to ask them to work with him
B. called on people to make them join the company
C. saw old people in order to help them
D. visited many people so as to offer insurance
59. What was it that surprised the manager? _______
A. Mr. Briggs sold life insurance only to 95 people.
B. Mr. Briggs sold insurance only to people of more than 95.
C. Mr. Briggs had ruined the insurance company.
D. Mr. Briggs gave people generous conditions.
