The manager got his secretary _____ a working lunch for us.

a famous jewelry shop and (1) to be shown some gold necklaces.(2) examining several, he decided to buy a gold necklace with a precious stone, and asked (3) he could pay by cheque .The assistant said that was quite in order，(4) the moment my friend signed his name, he was invited into the manager' s office. The manager was very polite，(5) he explained that someone with with exactly the same name (6) had given them a worthless cheque not long before.My friend got very angry (7) he heard this (8) said that he would buy a necklace somewhere else.When he got up to go, the manager told him that the police would arrive at any moment and he had better stay (9) he wanted to get into serious trouble.Sure enough, the police arrived soon afterwards.They were polite too, but explained that a person (10) had used the same name as his was responsible for a number of recent robberies.

1.A.asking

B.asked

C.toask

D.being asked

2.A.When

B.If

C.After

D.Until

3.A.unless

B.after

C.if

D.that

4.A.but

B.when

C.after

D.since

5.A.if

B.until

C.but

D.when

6. A.who

B. that

C.which

D./

7.A.when

B. while

C.until

D. before

8.A.and

B.then

C.but

D.if

9.A.until

B.unless

C.if

D.because

10.A./

B.who

C. whom

D.whose

of the best mutual funds (互惠基金) of the last decade.He is the only fund manager to perform. the best for nine years in a row.

Cooper's interests in stocks(证券) began at the age of nine, when he noticed his father reading something in the newspaper.So Bill asked his father what it was.His father explained that he was reading the financial pages.His father pointed to a column with some company's logo in it."If you owned a share of this company," he told his young boy, you have 25 cents more today than you had yesterday." Young Cooper asked, "You can make money without doing any work？" His father replied yes.So Bill responded, "Well, that's what I want to do."

With this idea, he made his way out of his secondary school and into the university.He worked very hard at his studies of finance.When he got his first job in a bank, he found that a university degree is not a sign that one in a finished product, but an indication a person is prepared for his career.He is now making big money, yet he knows clearly that is based on hard work.

21.In the last sentence of the first paragraph, the phrase "for nine years in a row" means().

A.for nine years in a line

B.for nine years continuously

C.for nine years as if rowing a boat

22.It was that Bill got an impression on finance when he was only nine years old().

A.through his father's explanation

B.from the financial pages in the newspaper

C.from his father's reading

23.It was the idea that that attracted the young boy()

A.one can make money without working in a bank

B.one can make money through buying stocks

C.one can make money without buying any stocks

24.From the passage, we know that Bill's success lied in his().

A.good luck

B.hard work

C.his father's help

25.Bill Cooper soon learnt after his graduation that a university degree().

A.meant nothing in a bank

B.did mean that one was finished

C.only indicated that one was ready to start his career

A.consent

B.conception

C.assurance

D.insurance

A.an

B.the

C./

A.let

B.have

C.allow

D.agree

A.steal

B.to steal

C.stolen

D.stealing

A.a way

B.the way

C.his way

D.way

直到在法庭受到审讯时，他才明白了事情的真相。（)

A、It was until his trial in the court that he got to know the truth of it.

B、It was not until his trial in the court that did he get to know the truth of it.

C、It was not until his trial in the court that he got to know the truth of it.

D、It was until his trial in the court that did he get to know the truth of it.

A.I had reached

B.did I reach

C.had I reached

D.I reached

A.because

B.until

C.so that

D.if

A.except

B.beyond

C.besides

D.beside