Question

Could we look back some day and say that Warren Buffett's greatest genius(天才) was finding two talented people to replace(代替)him? These two people are Ted Weschler, aged 56，and Todd Combs，aged 46，who have been chosen by Buffett as money managers to begin to ______

the key investment(投资)operations of Berkshire Hathaway.

But how did Ted and Todd catch Buffett's ______ ? "These are the only two persons I could find. who read as ______ as I did, " Buffett says with a laugh. Actually he's not really kidding. Both Ted and Todd spend lots of time ______ .

Ted spends half a day reading many materials like ______ and trade periodicals(期刊). In a recent interview，Ted ______ that to become a successful investor, one needs to be hungry, curious and read all the time. Different kinds of reading will allow you to ______ things that might give you an insight(洞察力)to where a business is going in five years.

And Todd describes himself as a book with legs. He gets up at around 7 or 8 a.m. and reads

______ about 7 or 8 p. m. . After dinner; he also leads for ______ hour or two in bed.

What's the secret for financial success? It seems that _____ a habit of reading really matters.

1.A. take off    B. take over    C. take in    D. take down

2.A. leg    B. hand    C. eye    D. breath

3.A. many    B. little    C. few    D. much

4.A. working    B. reading    C. sleeping    D. thinking

5.A. newspapers    B. films    C. TV series    D. cartoons

6.A. turned out    B. pointed to    C. pointed out    D. turned to

7.A. connect    B. contact    C. communicate    D. complete

8.A. at    B. for    C. until    D. during

9.A. the other    B. another    C. other    D. the others

10.A. developing    B. growing    C. raising    D. planting

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.B

5.A

6.C

7.A

8.C

9.B

10.A

【解析】试题本文通过讲述泰德和托德的成功事例，说明了“养成读书的习惯很重要”的道理。

1.句意：…被巴菲特选为基金经理，开始接管伯克希尔哈撒韦公司的投资业务。A. take off脱下、起飞；B. take over接管、接收；C. take in吸收、领会；D. take down取下。根据语境可知，本句指 “接管”业务。故选：B。

2.句意：但是泰德和托德是如何吸引了巴菲特的眼球的呢? A. leg名词，腿；B. hand名词，手；C. eye名词，眼睛；D. breath名词，呼吸。本句指他们两人被巴菲尔发现，用吸引 “眼球”合适。故选：C。

3.句意：这是我能找到的仅有的两个人，他们读的和我一样多。A. many形容词，许多，修饰名词复数；B. little形容词，少的，修饰不可数名词；C. few形容词，少的，修饰可数名词复数；D. much形容词，许多，修饰不可数名词；还可作副词，修饰动词。根据后文Both Ted and Todd spend lots of time ___4___ .可知，此处指“读得多”，修饰动词read。故选：D。

4.句意：泰德和托德都花很多时间阅读。A. working动名词，工作；B. reading动名词，读；C. sleeping动名词，睡觉；D. thinking动名词，思考。根据前文who read as ___3___ as I did中read可知，本处指“阅读”。固定搭配spend…(in) doing sth.，花费…做某事。故选：B。

5.句意：泰德花了半天时间阅读许多材料，比如报纸和贸易期刊。A. newspapers名词，报纸；B. films名词，电影；C. TV series名词，电视连续剧；D. cartoons名词，卡通片。根据reading many materials可知，“报纸”在此范畴内。故选：A。

6.句意：在最近的一次采访中，泰德指出, 要成为一名成功的投资者, 需要渴求、好奇和阅读。A. turned out结果是；B. pointed to指向；C. pointed out指出； D. turned to转向、求助于、翻书到。根据语境可知，本处“指出”成功的投资者是什么样的。故选：C。

7.句意：不同类型的阅读会让你接触到一些能让你洞察未来五年生意的事情。A. connect动词，连接；B. contact动词，使接触、与…联系；C. communicate动词，沟通、交流，指人与人之间；D. complete动词，完成。connect一般是物与物的联系，而contact 此词指使接触、交流来往的这一状态或事实。故选：A。

8.句意：他早上7、8点起床，一直读到晚上7、8点。本句考察时间介词。A. at介词，在（某具体点刻）；B. for介词，达，后跟一段时间，指时间持续的长度；C. until介词，直到（某个时间点），指read持续到晚上7、8点；D. during介词，在…期间，后跟一段时间。故选：C。

9.句意：晚饭后，他又在床上读一两个小时。 A. the other剩余的；专指某人或某物；B. another 另一、又一；后跟单数名词或“数词+名词复数”；C. other其他的，泛指；D. the others剩下所有的，复数含义，专指某些人/物。本句泛指“另外的一两个小时”。故选：B。

10.句意：看来养成读书的习惯真的很重要。A. developing动词。发展、形成；B. growing生长； C. raising筹集、提升；D. planting种植。“习惯”是“形成、养成”的。故选：A。