All the big company’s trading partners come under _______ pressure to turn into E－businesses too.

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Michael: They are testing the 3D printer. Don’t you come and see it？

Lucas: What？ Never heard of it.

Michael: It is one of the most latest technological innovations.

Lucas: Really？{A; B; C; D; E}.

Michael: Come on! You should learn to be open-minded.

Lucas: {A; B; C; D; E}

Michael: The 3D printing technology could be used in construction, engineering, biomedicine, and many other fields. It can print anything, a house, a car, even a liver!

Lucas: That can’t be true. I will never believe this.

Michael:{A; B; C; D; E}.All these will be absolutely carried out by 3D printers. There’s a company called Natural Machines has introduced a 3D printer for food producing.

Lucas: I guess that there are a lot of procedures involved in this process. So this printer must be very big.

Michael:{A; B; C; D; E}. It can print all kinds of dessert and starter.

Lucas: Is it expensive？

Michael:{A; B; C; D; E}.

A. It is about $.1,000

B. Maybe its functions are questionable

C. It is really true.

D. What are the main functions of it？

E. In fact, it is as big as an oven

, I know 【C1】______ personal experience how difficult this really is. For more than a year, I was 【C2】______ hundreds and sometimes thousands of dollars a day in investing in the market. It seemed so easy, I dreamed of 【C3】______ my job at the end of the year, of buying a small apartment in Paris, of traveling around the world. But these dreams 【C4】______ to a sudden and dramatic end when a stock I 【C5】______ , Texas cellular pone wholesaler, fell by more than 75 per cent 【C6】______ a one year period. On the 【C7】______ day, it plunged by more than $ 15 a share. There was a rumor that the company was 【C8】______ sales figures. That was when I learned how quickly Wall Street 【C9】______ companies that, in one way or another, misrepresent the 【C10】______ .

In a 【C11】______ , I sold all my stocks in the company, 【C12】______ margin debt with cash advances from my 【C13】______ card. Because I owned so many shares, I 【C14】______ a small fortune, half of it from money I borrowed from the brokerage company. One month, I am a 【C15】______ the next, a loser. This one big loss was my first lesson in the market.

My father was a stockbroker, as was my grand- father 【C16】______ him. (In fact, he founded one of Chicago's earliest brokerage firms. ) But like so many things in life, we don't learn anything until we 【C17】______ it for ourselves. The only way to really understand the inner 【C18】______ of the stock market is to invest your own hardeamed money. When all your stocks are doing 【C19】______ and you feel like a winner, you learn very little. It's when all are losing and everyone is questioning your stock picking 【C20】______ that you find out if you have what it takes to invest in the market.

【C1】

A．at

B．in

C．from

D．by

Many people invest in the stock market hoping to find the next Microsoft and Dell. However, I know 【C1】______ personal experience how difficult this really is. For more than a year, I was 【C2】______ hundreds and sometimes thousands of dollars a day in investing in the market. It seemed so easy, I dreamed of 【C3】______ my job at the end of the year, of buying a small apartment in Paris, of traveling around the world. But these dreams 【C4】______ to a sudden and dramatic end when a stock I 【C5】______ , Texas cellular pone wholesaler, fell by more than 75 per cent 【C6】______ a one year period. On the 【C7】______ day, it plunged by more than $15 a share. There was a rumor the company was 【C8】______ sales figures. That was when I learned how quickly Wall Street 【C9】______ companies that, in one way or another, misrepresent the 【C10】______ .

In a 【C11】______ , I sold all my stocks in the company, 【C12】______ margin debt with' cash advances from my 【C13】______ card. Because I owned so many shares, I 【C14】______ a small fortune, haft of it from money I borrowed from the brokerage company. One month, I am a 【C15】______ , the next, a loser. This one big loss was my first lesson in the market.

My father was a stockbroker, as was my grandfather 【C16】______ him. (In fact, he founded one of Chicago's earliest brokerage firms.) But like so many things in life, we don't learn anything until we 【C17】______ it for ourselves. The only way to really understand the inner 【C18】______ of the stock market is to invest your own hard-earned money. When all your stocks are doing 【C19】______ and you feel like a winner, you learn very little. It's when all are losing and everyone is questioning your stock picking 【C20】______ . that you find out if you have what it takes to invest in the market.

【C1】

A．at

B．in

C．from

D．by

e.()

en ________ his wildest dreams.

A) under B) over C) above D ) beyond

A.prestige

B.dedication

C.humanity

D.persecution

beautiful big bungalow and she bought herself a very expensive pearl necklace

The following summer, the Burwoods decided to throw a party. Early on the afternoon

of the party, Betty took her new silk dress out of the wardrobe and put her expensive pearl

necklace on her dressing-table ready to put on in the evening. Then, she went to see how the

preparations for the party were going

The catering company had just arrived - a cook, Mrs. Moore, and her two helpers,

Nancy and Harriet. They were all in the kitchen unpacking the piles of boxes which they had

brought with them. Soon, the fourth member of the team, Charlie Chivers, arrived on his

bicycle

By six o' clock, everything was ready. The garden looked magnificent - with small

round tables and colorful chairs and sun shades. The food and drink was all laid out in the

kitchen, ready to be brought out when the guests arrived

At ten past six, Betty went to her bedroom to get ready. She showered and put on her

best silk dress. It was when she was brushing her hair that she realized that her pearls were

not on the dressing-table. "Bill," she said, "have you moved my pearls？" "No, dear,"

answered Hill, "where were they？" "1 put them on the drussing-tabie this afternoon and

they're not here now. ""Are you sure？" asked Bill. "Maybe you put them down somewhere

else, or maybe you,ye moved them"

For a quarter of an hour they searched for the missing pearls, but couldn't find them

anywhere. It was then that they decided they must call the police

Soon, Inspector Morgan arrived and started to question all the suspects

Read Passage 1 and then try to give short answers 协 Questions 1-5. Write your answers on the

Answer Sheet

i. Why could Betty afford an expensive necklace？

2. Why did she take her necklace out early in the day？

3. How many people were there in the catering company？

4. What do you think was in the boxes？

5. Did the Burwoods call the police after they couldn't find the pear's？

Read again and then fill in the following blanks numbered 6-10 with the information from the passage. Write you answers on the Answer Sheet

Finding a job in such a big company has always been____ his wildest dreams.

A.under

B.under

C.Above

D.Beyond

A.set up

B.break up

C.get up

D.turn up