The young man was ________ of stealing money from the company in order to buy an iphone 5.

   A. charged            B. blamed               C. scolded                D. accused

Chinese GDP has been growing steadily year by year, _________ second in the world now.

   A. to rank              B. ranked              C. ranking                D. ranks

You can go out, _________ you promise to be back before 11 o'clock.

       A. as far as             B. so far as              C. when                  D. so long as

Unless _________ by the police, you should keep silent over the accident.

　 A. asked B. ask C. being asked D. having asked

The media today can draw public attention to situation ________ help is actually needed.

　 A. that B. which C. what D. where

 _________ in the mountain for more than 2 days, the climbers looked pale and weak. 

   A. To be trapped         B. Having trapped       C. Trapping              D. Trapped

Since the film “Life of Pi” was on, it _________ more and more people around the world.

   A. attracted            B. had attracted       C. has attracted    D. will have attracted

When asked about his happiness, Baoqiang said that if he could afford _________ house, he would feel he was really _________ success.

   A. /, a                                                        B. /, the                C. a, a          D. a, /

The most frightening words in the English language are, “Our computer is down.” You hear it more and more when you are on business. The other day I was at the airport waiting for a ticket to Washington and the girl in the ticket office said, “I’m sorry, I can’t sell you a ticket. Our computer is down.”

“If your computer is down, just write me out a ticket.”

“I can’t write you out a ticket. The computer is the only one allowed to do so.”

I looked down on the computer and every passenger was just standing there drinking coffee and staring at the black screen. Then I asked her, “What do all you people do?”

“We give the computer the information about your trip, and then it tells us whether you can fly with us or not.”

“So when it goes down, you go down with it.”

“That’s good, sir.”

“How long will the computer be down?” I wanted to know.

“I have no idea. Sometimes it’s down for 10 minutes, sometimes for two hours. There’s no way we can find out without asking the computer, and since it’s down it won’t answer us.”

After the girl told me they had no backup (備用) computer, I said. “Let’s forget the computer. What about your planes? They’re still flying, aren’t they?”

“I couldn’t tell without asking the computer.”

“Maybe I could just go to the gate and ask the pilot if he’s flying to Washington,” I suggested.

“I wouldn’t know what gate to send you to. Even if the pilot was going to Washington, he couldn’t take you if you didn’t have a ticket.”

“Is there any other airline flying to Washington within the next few hours?”

“I wouldn’t know,” she said, pointing at the dark screen. “Only ‘IT’ knows. ‘It’ can’t tell me.”

By this time there were quite a few people standing in lines. The word soon spread to other travelers that the computer was down. Some people went white, some people started to cry and still others kicked their luggage.

56. The best title for the article is ____________.

A. When the Computer Is Down                 B. The Most Frightening Words

C. The Computer of the Airport                  D. Asking the Computer

57. What could the girl in the ticket office do for the passengers without asking the computer?

A. She could sell a ticket.

B. She could write out a ticket.

C. She could answer the passengers’ questions.

D. She could do nothing.

58. Why didn’t they have a backup computer?

A. Because it was easy down

B. It isn’t mentioned.

C. Because it was not advanced enough.

D. Because it was not as big as the main computer.

59. The last paragraph suggests that ____________.

A. a modern computer won’t be down

B. computers can take the place of humans

C. sometimes a computer may bring suffering to people

D. there will be great changes in computers

60. What's the purpose of the author’s writing this story?

    A. To state that nowadays people are too dependent on computers.

    B. To blame the girl in the ticket office.

    C. To inform passengers of the news.

    D. To describe how the airport staff work.

    Frank W. Woolworth was born in Rodman, New York, in 1852. His family was very poor farmers, and there was never enough to eat. Frank decided he did not want to be a farmer. He took a short business course, and went to work as a salesman in a large city.

    Woolworth realized he had a natural skill for displaying goods to arouse people’s interest, but he soon learned something more important. One day his boss told him to sell some odds and ends (小商品) for as much as he could get. Frank put all these things on one table with a sign which said: FIVE CENTS EACH. People fought and pushed to buy the things and the table was soon cleared.

    Soon afterwards, Woolworth opened his own store, selling goods at five and ten cents. But he had another lesson to learn before he became successful. That is, if you want to make money by selling low-price goods, you have to buy them in large quantities directly from the factories. Once, for example, Woolworth went to Germany and placed an order for knives. The order was so large that the factory had to keep running 24 hours a day for a whole year. In this way, the price of the knives was cut down by half.

    By 1919, Woolworth had over 1,000 stores in the USA and Canada, and opened his first store in London. He made many millions and his name became famous throughout the world. He always ran his business according to strict rules, of which the most important was: "THE CUSTOMER (顧客) IS ALWAYS RIGHT."

51. Frank took a short business course in order to ____________.

A. earn more money for his family                             B. learn something from a salesman

C. get away from the farm                                  D. get enough to eat

52. Frank sold the odds and ends quickly because ____________.

A. he knew how to get people to buy his goods

B. he cut down the price by half

C. he had spread the goods on a table in a very nice way

D. the sign he put on the table was well designed

53. The price of the knives was cut down by half because ____________.

A. the factory workers worked 24 hours a day

B. knives were ordered in large quantities directly from the factory

C. the knives were made in Germany, where labor was cheap

D. the knives were produced in one factory

54. ____________ made Woolworth a world-famous man.

A. His business skills and his wealth

B. The low price of the goods he sold

C. His trip to Germany and his huge order of knives

D. His natural skill for displaying things

55. The belief that “The customer is always right” suggests that ____________.

A. Whenever there is a quarrel between the customer and shop assistant, the customer is

always right

B. shop assistants should always show respect for and be polite to their customers during

business hours

C. stores must always follow the customer's wishes if they want to make more money

D. stores should do their best to meet the customer's needs if they want to be successful