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【題目】Could we look back some day and say that Warren Buffett's greatest genius(天才) was finding two talented people to replace(代替)him? These two people are Ted Weschler, aged 56，and Todd Combs，aged 46，who have been chosen by Buffett as money managers to begin to ______

the key investment(投資)operations of Berkshire Hathaway.

But how did Ted and Todd catch Buffett's ______ ? "These are the only two persons I could find. who read as ______ as I did, " Buffett says with a laugh. Actually he's not really kidding. Both Ted and Todd spend lots of time ______ .

Ted spends half a day reading many materials like ______ and trade periodicals(期刊). In a recent interview，Ted ______ that to become a successful investor, one needs to be hungry, curious and read all the time. Different kinds of reading will allow you to ______ things that might give you an insight(洞察力)to where a business is going in five years.

And Todd describes himself as a book with legs. He gets up at around 7 or 8 a.m. and reads

______ about 7 or 8 p. m. . After dinner; he also leads for ______ hour or two in bed.

What's the secret for financial success? It seems that _____ a habit of reading really matters.

【1】A. take off B. take over C. take in D. take down

【2】A. leg B. hand C. eye D. breath

【3】A. many B. little C. few D. much

【4】A. working B. reading C. sleeping D. thinking

【5】A. newspapers B. films C. TV series D. cartoons

【6】A. turned out B. pointed to C. pointed out D. turned to

【7】A. connect B. contact C. communicate D. complete

【8】A. at B. for C. until D. during

【9】A. the other B. another C. other D. the others

【10】A. developing B. growing C. raising D. planting

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】D

【4】B

【5】A

【6】C

【7】A

【8】C

【9】B

【10】A

【解析】試題本文通過講述泰德和托德的成功事例，說明了“養(yǎng)成讀書的習慣很重要”的道理。

【1】句意：…被巴菲特選為基金經理，開始接管伯克希爾哈撒韋公司的投資業(yè)務。A. take off脫下、起飛；B. take over接管、接收；C. take in吸收、領會；D. take down取下。根據語境可知，本句指 “接管”業(yè)務。故選：B。

【2】句意：但是泰德和托德是如何吸引了巴菲特的眼球的呢? A. leg名詞，腿；B. hand名詞，手；C. eye名詞，眼睛；D. breath名詞，呼吸。本句指他們兩人被巴菲爾發(fā)現(xiàn)，用吸引 “眼球”合適。故選：C。

【3】句意：這是我能找到的僅有的兩個人，他們讀的和我一樣多。A. many形容詞，許多，修飾名詞復數(shù)；B. little形容詞，少的，修飾不可數(shù)名詞；C. few形容詞，少的，修飾可數(shù)名詞復數(shù)；D. much形容詞，許多，修飾不可數(shù)名詞；還可作副詞，修飾動詞。根據后文Both Ted and Todd spend lots of time ___4___ .可知，此處指“讀得多”，修飾動詞read。故選：D。

【4】句意：泰德和托德都花很多時間閱讀。A. working動名詞，工作；B. reading動名詞，讀；C. sleeping動名詞，睡覺；D. thinking動名詞，思考。根據前文who read as ___3___ as I did中read可知，本處指“閱讀”。固定搭配spend…(in) doing sth.，花費…做某事。故選：B。

【5】句意：泰德花了半天時間閱讀許多材料，比如報紙和貿易期刊。A. newspapers名詞，報紙；B. films名詞，電影；C. TV series名詞，電視連續(xù)劇；D. cartoons名詞，卡通片。根據reading many materials可知，“報紙”在此范疇內。故選：A。

【6】句意：在最近的一次采訪中，泰德指出, 要成為一名成功的投資者, 需要渴求、好奇和閱讀。A. turned out結果是；B. pointed to指向；C. pointed out指出； D. turned to轉向、求助于、翻書到。根據語境可知，本處“指出”成功的投資者是什么樣的。故選：C。

【7】句意：不同類型的閱讀會讓你接觸到一些能讓你洞察未來五年生意的事情。A. connect動詞，連接；B. contact動詞，使接觸、與…聯(lián)系；C. communicate動詞，溝通、交流，指人與人之間；D. complete動詞，完成。connect一般是物與物的聯(lián)系，而contact 此詞指使接觸、交流來往的這一狀態(tài)或事實。故選：A。

【8】句意：他早上7、8點起床，一直讀到晚上7、8點。本句考察時間介詞。A. at介詞，在（某具體點刻）；B. for介詞，達，后跟一段時間，指時間持續(xù)的長度；C. until介詞，直到（某個時間點），指read持續(xù)到晚上7、8點；D. during介詞，在…期間，后跟一段時間。故選：C。

【9】句意：晚飯后，他又在床上讀一兩個小時。 A. the other剩余的；專指某人或某物；B. another 另一、又一；后跟單數(shù)名詞或“數(shù)詞+名詞復數(shù)”；C. other其他的，泛指；D. the others剩下所有的，復數(shù)含義，專指某些人/物。本句泛指“另外的一兩個小時”。故選：B。

【10】句意：看來養(yǎng)成讀書的習慣真的很重要。A. developing動詞。發(fā)展、形成；B. growing生長； C. raising籌集、提升；D. planting種植�！傲晳T”是“形成、養(yǎng)成”的。故選：A。