An Indian anthropologist, Chandra Thapar, made a study of foreign cultures, which had customs similar to (91) of his native land. One culture in (92) fascinated him because it reveres one animal (93) sacred, much as the people in India (94) the cow. The things he discovered might interest you (95) you will be studying India as part of this course.
The tribe Dr. Thapar (96) is called the Asu and is found on the American continent north of the Tamhumara of Mexico. Though it seems to be a (97) developed society of its type, it has an overwhelming (98) with the care and feeding of the rac—an animal much like a bull in size, strength and temperament. In the Asu tribe, it is almost a social (99) to own at least one (100) not more rats. People not possessing at least one are (101) in low esteem by the community because they are too poor to (102) one of these beasts properly. Some members of the tribe, to (103) their wealth and social prestige, even own (104) of racs.
(105) the rac breed is not very healthy and usually does not live more than five to seven years. Each family invests large (106) of money each year to keep its rac healthy and shod, for it has a tendency to throw its shoes often. There are rac (107) in each community, perhaps more than one if the community is particularly (108) . These specialists, however, due to the long period of ritual training they must undergo and (109) the difficulty of obtaining the right selection of charms to treat the rac, demand (110) offerings whenever a family must treat an ailing rac.

A．own

B．possess

C．protect

D．maintain

Who is there among us who hasn’t dreamed of having his or her own small (maybe , several years later , even big )business , and having wonderful freedom , both from a boss and from the time clock ; the freedom to make up our own rules for our work , and our own plans —arranging our own hours of work ? That way work would be both painless and fun. Or, so we imagine.

Well, in fact it isn’t quite as simple as that. Yes , it is true that being the boss has its satisfactions and that you can arrange your working hours freely if you own your own small business . But in those early years of starting your own business, you shouldn’t think of a free day, not to mention flying off for a month’s vacation. It is not unusual for new business owners to work seventy or eighty hours a week , and if there is a day off , that day might need to be devoted to accounting (算账).

But this negative picture doesn’t destroy the beautiful hopes. The possibility of getting something wonderful in return—both material and mental—continues to drive that large number of people who start up small businesses each year in the United States.

小题1:From the first paragraph, we know that everybody hopes  ________ .

A．to rule others

B．to be his or her own boss

C．to get a time clock

D．to be free from work小题2:Most new business owners have to  ________  .

A．work more than 10 hours a day

B．devote himself to accounting

C．fly to some places in the world

D．have a day off in a week小题3:The expression “negative picture” most probably means “  ________ “.

A．a terrible experience

B．a poor picture

C．limited freedom

D．unpleasant situations小题4:The beautiful hopes will never be destroyed because  ________ .

A．people love beautiful things by nature

B．people have a strong desire to seek personal gains

C．small businesses make big money each year in the US

D．small businesses have advantages over big companies