Who owns the large American companies that produce cars, washing machines, and television sets? They are owned by a large group of people called stockholders.
A company must have money to build factories and to buy machinery. To get this money, it sells shares of stock（股份）. Each share of stock is a share in the ownership of the company. The person who buys a share of stock becomes a part owner of the company. He is called a stockholder. A company can have thousands of stockholders. Sometimes a very large company is owned by millions of stockholders.
Few persons can afford to buy a whole company, but the average individual can become part owner of a business. He can save his dollars and buy a share of stock in a large company. A person does not have to be wealthy to be a stockholder.
When a company makes money, each stockholder may receive a dividend(股息) check, which is his share of the profits（利润）. Parts of a company’s profits are not paid out to the stockholders. This money is used by the company so it can grow larger. If the company does well, its shares of stock become more valuable.
More than 20 million people own shares of stock in America’s companies. By owning stock, they are helping America’s businesses grow. They are also putting their money to work to earn more money.
1.The story makes you think that _____.
A．a farmer is not allowed to buy the shares of stock
B．if a company does well, its shares of stock have no value
C．a person may own a part of the company that makes TV sets
D．the only people who can buy stocks are those who are wealthy
2.A dividend is the stockholder’s share of the _____.
A．company’s profits
B．company’s savings
C．company’s income
D．products made by the company
3.Why do companies keep part of their profits?
A．They want to buy the shares of stock, too.
B．They cannot find all the names of their stockholders.
C．They use the money to help the company grow larger.
D．They think they have sent their stockholders enough money.
A Brooklyn man who was quarreling with his girlfriend yesterday threw a dog off the balcony（阳台） of her 23rd-story apartment in TriBeCa, killing it, the police said.
The man, John Jefferson, 43, of Bedford-Stuyvesant, has been charged（指控） with robbery, criminal possession of a weapon and animal cruelty, the police said. He was taken to Bellevue Hospital Center yesterday for psychiatric evaluation（精神病鉴定）, they said.
The incident began shortly before 11 a.m., the police said, when Mr. Jefferson went to visit his girlfriend, Eugenia Miller, 41, at her apartment on 80 North Moore Street. She had filed a police report on Friday accusing（控告）Mr. Jefferson of stealing from her, but yesterday she allowed him in and they began arguing, the police said.
Mr. Jefferson threatened Ms. Miller with a knife, and she called 911, the police said. When officers arrived at her door, she ran into the hallway and Mr. Jefferson stayed in the apartment, they said. Mr. Jefferson began throwing Ms. Miller’s things off the balcony, first the television, the air-conditioner and clothes, then her dog, Ribsy, the police and witnesses said.
The dog had lived in the neighborhood for more than a decade and was well liked by children. “He was like a person and he would hang out with us guys or go visit kids at the basketball court,” said neighbors.
1.The man was taken to hospital because _____.
A．he killed a pet dog
B．he was badly injured
C．his girlfriend asked to do so
D．he needed a psychiatric evaluation
2.John Jefferson was accused of the following except _____.
A．his arguing with his girlfriend
B．criminal possession of a weapon
C．animal cruelty
D．robbery
3.From the passage we know that _____.
A．the dog was badly hurt and sent to hospital
B．the dog was popular in the neighborhood
C．the dog was able to play basketball
D．the dog never went out
We can’t live without food. Today our knowledge of food and what it does for our bodies is far more advanced than____1_____of the old times. Now we know____2___vitamins and how each kind of vitamins__3_____in the growth of a special part of our body._____4____ on the market all kinds of vitamins which we can take to______5____our lack of certain important things which are needed for good health.____6____ if we eat well and properly, the food that we eat will ___7____ our bodies and so there is no____8_____to take any kind of vitamins ____9____ our doctors tell us that our bodies are_____10____of something which can be supplied by it. Generally speaking, everything we eat ____11____ some good to our bodies, but if we eat ____12____ of one kind of food and pay______13____attention to others, we may have too much of one kind and not____14____ of others. Then we may be ____15___ trouble. We are often told___16_____ we must eat some meat every day in order to get the necessary proteins. That is only____17____true, for proteins are not found only in meat. We can also get them___18____some vegetables. The best advice about ____19___ to eat is that we should eat all kinds of food____20__ never too much of one kind.
1. A．it B．those C．that D．this
2. A．of B．about C．/ D．for
3. A．does B．makes C．helps D．works
4. A．There have B．There are C．They are D．They have
5. A．have for B．make for C．get for D．make up for
6. A．Of course B．Then C．But D．And
7. A．attend B．take care of C．look for D．pay attention to
8. A．worry B．possibility C．need D．chance
9. A．when B．if C．unless D．until
10. A．short B．lost C．part D．full
11. A．has B．is C．makes D．does
12. A．too much B．too little C．too few D．too many
13. A．too little B．too much C．a little too D．much too
14. A．a little B．little C．many D．enough
15. A．into B．at C．in D．out of
16. A．when B．that C．how D．where
17. A．likely B．partly C．hardly D．really
18. A．from B．for C．of D．into
19. A．what B．whether C．why D．which
20. A．even B．or C．and D．but
-----Will you help me do this?
-----____________, do it yourself.
A．Really B． Excellent C． No problem D．No way
Some pre-school children go to a day care center, __________they learn simple games and songs .
A．then B．there C．while D．where
The boss has ________to improve the working conditions in the company.
A．allowed B．accepted C．permitted D．agreed
