In the summer of 1838, John Wannamaker was born in Philadelphia. His father was a brick- maker. Whenever he was not（1）school, John was engaged in turning bricks which were laid in the sun to（2）. Thus, the quality of working（3）was instilled (灌输) into the young man.（4） his own diligence, he later became the merchant prince of Philadelphia.
A few years later, school was（5）and he worked in a store four miles away（6）his home. He walked eight miles every day, going to work in the morning and（7）back home in the evening. He（8）only $ 1.25 for the entire week’s work. Afterwards he was（9）as a clerk in a law office, and later he worked in a clothing store at a（10）of $ 1.50 per week. Here he seemed to find the calling（11）suited his taste, and he developed a pleasing disposition (性格). People（12）to trade with the young clerk. It was not long（13）he was called to responsible positions.
In 1861, he already saved several hundred dollars. As he had（14）a reputation for honesty and ability, he was able to start in business on his own account. This firm of Wannamaker & Brown was situated（15）the corner of Sixth and Market streets. As the business（16）, other stores were opened. John Wannamaker, the poor clerk—after a（17）of twenty years of hard work, pushed by energy, controlled a force of 6,000 employees. Not only did the firm handle clothing, but also articles that could be generally（18）in retail (零售) stores.
The secret of his great success is his tireless diligence, and a（19）mastery of his business. He was one of the most successful merchants in history who were extremely good at thinking of new business ideas and（20）them successful.
问题1选项
A.at
B.with
C.for
D.about
问题2选项
A.work
B.see
C.fly
D.dry
问题3选项
A.quite
B.hard
C.shortly
D.easily
问题4选项
A.Beyond
B.Along
C.By
D.In
问题5选项
A.absorbed
B.announced
C.abandoned
D.advanced
问题6选项
A.for
B.through
C.with
D.from
问题7选项
A.coming
B.came
C.leaving
D.left
问题8选项
A.captured
B.received
C.combined
D.returned
问题9选项
A.employed
B.consumed
C.followed
D.displayed
问题10选项
A.service
B.number
C.salary
D.course
问题11选项
A.where
B.which
C.when
D.what
问题12选项
A.worried
B.hated
C.permitted
D.liked
问题13选项
A.although
B.after
C.because
D.before
问题14选项
A.earned
B.reached
C.pushed
D.repaired
问题15选项
A.above
B.below
C.at
D.with
问题16选项
A.followed
B.divided
C.increased
D.dropped
问题17选项
A.justice
B.period
C.recall
D.misery
问题18选项
A.visited
B.caught
C.produced
D.found
问题19选项
A.thorough
B.public
C.normal
D.recent
问题20选项
A.put
B.made
C.putting
D.making
第1题:A
第2题:D
第3题:B
第4题:C
第5题:C
第6题:D
第7题:A
第8题:B
第9题:A
第10题:C
第11题:B
第12题:D
第13题:D
第14题:A
第15题:C
第16题:C
第17题:B
第18题:D
第19题:A
第20题:D
1. 考查介词辨析。在学校用介词“at”，所以选项A正确。
2. 考查上下文语义。根据句意可知，这里是“把砖放在太阳下晒干”。所以选项D符合语境。
3. 考查固定搭配。work hard意为“努力工作”。句意：努力工作的品质被灌输给了这个年轻人。选项B正确。
4. 考查介词辨析。A选项beyond“超过”；B选项along “沿着，顺着”；C选项by“由…通过…”；D选项in “在…里面”。根据句意：通过自己的勤奋，他后来成为了费城的商业王子。选项C符合句意。
5. 考查语法结构。A选项absorb“吸收，承受”；B选项announce“宣布，宣告”；C选项abandon“离开，放弃”；D选项advance“前进，增加”。原文指的是“他离开了学校…”，所以选项C符合语境。
6. 考查固定搭配。away from意为“远离，离开”。选项D符合语境。
7. 考查并列结构。这里是由and连接的两个并列短语，前面的动词词组是going to，所以填空处同样也是-ing形式。由此可排除选项B和选项D。再根据句意可知，这里表达的是“回家”，所以用coming back，选项A正确。
8. 考查动词辨析。A选项capture “俘获，捕捉”；B选项receive “接收，获得”；C选项combine “联合”；D选项return“返回”。根据句意可知，这里是指“他一周的工作仅仅只获得1.25美元的工资”。选项B符合语境。
9. 考查动词辨析。A选项employ“雇佣”；B选项consume“消耗”；C选项follow“跟随”；D选项display“陈列，展示”。根据句意：后来他在一家律师事务所当职员。表示雇佣关系用“employ”，所以选项A正确。
10. 考查名词辨析。A选项service“服务”；B选项number“数目”；C选项salary“薪水”；D选项course“课程”。根据句意可知，这里指他每周的薪水是1.5美元，所以选项C正确。
11. 考查定语从句。在这里，calling做名词，意为“职位”。填空处及后面的成分做定语从句来修饰calling，并且关系词在从句中充当主语，所以应该用关系代词which。选项B正确。
12. 考查动词辨析。A选项worry “担忧”；B选项hate “憎恨”；C选项permit “允许”；D选项like “喜欢”。根据原文句意：人们喜欢和这个年轻人做生意。选项D符合语境。
13. 考查固定搭配。it is not long before是固定用法，意为“不久以后”，带入符合语境，所以选项D正确。
14. 考查动词辨析。A选项earn“赢得，获得”；B选项reach“达到”；C选项push“推动”；D选项repair“修理”。根据原文可知，这里是指“他赢得了诚实和能干的名声”，选项A符合句意。
15. 考查固定搭配。“在…角落”固定用介词at。所以选项C正确。
16. 考查动词辨析。A选项follow “跟随；B选项divide “分开”；C选项increase “增加”；D选项drop “下降”。根据下文内容“其他的商店也开业了”，说明他的生意越做越大，所以选项C符合原文语境。
17. 考查名词辨析。A选项justice “司法，正义”；B选项period “一段时间”；C选项recall “召回，回想起”；D选项misery “痛苦，不幸”。根据原文句意：经过20年的辛苦工作之后……。这里表示的是一段时间，所以选项B正确。
18. 考查动词辨析。A选项visited “拜访，参观”；B选项caught “抓住”；C选项produced “生产”；D选项found “发现，找到”。根据句意：这家公司不仅经营服装，而且经营在零售商店里随处可见的商品。填入选项D符合语境。
19. 考查形容词辨析。A选项thorough“彻底的”；B选项public“公共的”；normal“正常的，标准的”；D选项recent“最近的”。根据句意：他取得巨大成功的秘诀在于他孜孜不倦的努力和对业务的精通。也就是对业务彻底的掌握，选项A符合语境。
20. 考查固定搭配。根据句意可知，这里指的是“使这些商业想法获得成功”。“使某人或某物…..”用动词make，所以首先排除选项A和选项C。再根据and连接并列成分，其前面用的是thinking，所以这里同样也是用动词的-ing形式，选项D正确。
