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Kyra Komac, 28 years old, now has 25 furniture(家具) stores all over the country. The new store, in London’s Camden High Street, takes her back to where it all started. She tells us about how the business began.
When I was little, my mother began selling flowers in Camden Market. She couldn’t leave me at home on my own, so I had to go to the market with her.
To begin with, I didn’t have to do anything. I just sat there, and my mum told me jokes and stories so I didn’t get bored. When I got older, I gave my mum a hand and I really enjoyed it.
Then, one year, my grandma gave me a book for Christmas. It was all about making candles and I loved it. I was 14, and I didn’t have to go to the market any more because mum could leave me at home on my own. I made candles of all shapes and sizes in my free time. I made hundreds of them.
One day, my mother was ill so I had to go to the market on my own. I decided to take some candles with me and see if I could sell them. They were sold out in twenty minutes! The next week, my mum gave me some money to buy some wax(蜡) to make more candles. They sold out really quickly, too.
Nine months later, we decided to stop selling flowers. My mum and I couldn’t make enough candles during the week, so some of my school friends started to give us a hand. I paid them ￡1 for every candle, and we used to sell them for three or four times that. It was fun and my friends worked with me in the market.
At the age of 22, my uncle helped me to open my first shop in Portobello Road by lending me some money. Since then, I’venever looked back, even in difficulties. In the first store, we only sold candles, but now we sell everything from furniture to paintings. Oh, and candles, of course.
1.How many furniture stores does Kyra Komac have now?
2.Where did Kyra’s mother sell flowers? (no more than 3 words)
3.What did Kyra do in her free time when she was fourteen?
4.Who helped when Kyra and her mum couldn’t make enough candles?(no more than 5 words)
5.How did Kyra’s uncle help her to open her first shop?
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The more books you read, the better your life will be. | |
1. | Details |
2.your brain power. | Reading makes you smart and learn 3.. |
| You will have more knowledge and your brain Will store more4. and resources. |
Have 5. to talk about at parties. | You can start a talk more 6. with a stranger |
Get a 7. vocabulary. | Using more 8. to express oneself must be better. |
Enioy a good night’s 9. | You’d better choose a good book to read before Going to bed |
Books can give you mncu knowledge, 10. and creativity. | |
Last Wednesday night, a young lady was attacked in the street. It 1. (happen) at around 8:00 p.m. Some people heard a shout from the lady. When people got there, the lady2. (lie) on the ground, crying. It's said that the lady was a nurse in a hospital. She was on her way back home from work at that time. Suddenly a strong man ran to her and shouted, " 3.(give) me all your belongings(所带的东西), or I4. (kill) you." She had to give all her money to the man.Luckily the lady5.(not hurt). Now, the police 6. (search)for the robber.
1.Miss Brown is the _________ (own) of the house.
2.His father began to learn English in his _________ (fifty).
3.Look at the _________ (follow) examples, please.
4.Maybe a director is the most _________ (power) person at a studio.
5.The young mother put down the baby on the bed _________ (gentle).
worried, close, harmful, come true, open, believe
1.I'm sure my dream will ______________ if I work hard.
2.Watching too much TV is_______________ to your eyes.
3.The mother is _____________ about her lost child.
4.Please _______________ the window and let in some fresh air.
5.I'm sure he is telling a lie. You'd better not ______________ what he said.
In 1826, a Frenchman named Niepce needed pictures for his business. But he was not a good artist. So he invented a very simple camera. He put it in a window of his house and took a picture of his garden. That was the first photo.
The next important date in the history of photography was in 1837. That year, Daguerre, another Frenchman, took a picture of his reading room. He used a new kind of camera in a different way. In his picture you could see things very clearly, even the smallest thing. This kind of photo was called a Daguerreotype.
Soon, other people began to use Daguerre's way. Travellers brought back wonderful photos from all around the world. People took pictures of famous buildings, cities and mountains.
In about 1840, photography was developed. Then photographers could take pictures of people and moving things. That was not simple. The photographers had to carry a lot of films and other machines.
Mathew Brady was a famous American photographer. He took many pictures of great people. The pictures were unusual because they were very lifelike.
Photography also became one kind of art by the end of the 19th century. Some photos were nor just copies of the real world. They showed their feelings, like other kinds of art.
1.The first photo taken by Niepce was a picture of__________________ .
A. his business B. his house C. his garden D. his window
2.The Daguerreotype was______________ .
A. a Frenchman B. a kind of picture
C. a kind of camera D. a photographer
3.If a photographer wanted to take pictures of moving things in the year of 1840, he had to________________________ .
A. watch lots of films
B. buy an expensive camera
C. stop in most cities
D. take many films and something else with him
4.Mathew Brady__________________ .
A. was very lifelike
B. was famous for his unusual pictures
C. was quite strong
D. took many pictures of moving people
5.This passage tells us____________________ .
A. how photography was developed
B. how to show your ideas and feelings in pictures
C. how to take pictures in the world
D. how to use different cameras
