问题 选择题

---how many students are there in the classroom?

---_____Idon’t know where they have gone.

A.No one

B.None

C.Nobody

D.Nothing

答案

答案:B

题目分析:句意:上文有多少学生在教室里,一个都没有。none 既可以指代物也可以指代人,no one ,nobody只可以指代人,nothing只能够指代物。 2、none用于回答how many ,how much提出的问题,no one,nobody用于回答who提出的问题,nothing 用于回答what提出的问题。3、上文如果已经出现过的名词下文只能用none来替代(人或物)故选B

阅读理解与欣赏

阅读下面的短文,完成问题。

母亲情怀 

  那天是周末,说好了要同朋友去逛夜市,母亲却在下班的时候打来了电话,声音是小女孩般的欢呼雀跃:“明天我们单位组织春游,你下班的时候到威风糕饼店帮我买一袋椰蓉面包,我带着中午吃。”

  “春游?”我大吃一惊,“你们还春游?”想都没想,我一口回绝,“妈,我跟朋友约好了要出去.我没时间。”

  跟母亲讨价还价了半天,最后她有点生气了,我才老大不情愿地答应了。

  刚下班我就飞身前往,但是远远看见那家糕饼店,我的心便一沉:店里竟挤满了人,排队的长龙一直蜿蜒到店外。我忍不住暗自叫苦。

  随着长龙缓缓地向前移动,我频频看表,又不时踮起脚向前张望。春天独有的温柔的风绕满我周身,而在出炉的面包的薰人欲醉的芳香里,挟裹的却是我一触即发的火气。真不知母亲是怎么想的,休息日在家休息休息不好吗?怎么会心血来潮去春游,还说是单位组织的,一群半老太太们在一起,又有什么可玩的?而且春游,根本就是小孩子的事,妈都什么年纪了?

  就在这时,背后有人轻轻叫了声:“小姐。”我转过头去,是个不认识的妇女。

  我没好气:“干什么?”她的笑容几近谦卑:“小姐,我们商量一下好吗?你看,我只在你后面一个人就得再等一炉。我这是给儿子买,他明天春游,我待会儿还得回家做饭,晚上还得送他去学校听课,如果你不急的话,我想,嗯……”她的神情里有说不出的请求,“请问你是给谁买?”

  我很自然地回答:“给我妈买,她明天也春游。”

  有人大声问我:“你说你给谁买?”我还来不及回答,售货小姐已经笑了:“嗬,今天卖了好几百袋,你可是第一个买给当妈的。”

  我一惊,环顾四周才发现,排在队伍里的,几乎都是女人。从白发苍苍的老妇到妙龄少妇,每个人手里的大包小包,都在注解着她们的母亲和主妇的身份。

  “那你们呢?”

  “当然是买给我们的‘小皇帝’的。”不知谁接了口,大家都笑了。

  我身后的那位妇女连声说:“对不起,我没想到,我没想到这家店里人这么多,你都肯等,真不简单。我本来都不想来了,是儿子一定要,一年只有一次的事,我也愿意让他吃好玩好。我们小时候春游,还不是就想着个吃?”

  我问:“现在还记得?”

  她笑了起来:“怎么不记得,现在也想去啊,每年都想,哪怕就是只在草坪上坐坐,晒晒太阳也好啊——到底是春天。可总没时间。”她轻轻地叹了口气,“大概,我也只有等到孩子长到你这种年纪时,才有机会吧。”

  原来是这样,并不是母亲心血来潮,而只是母亲心中一个埋藏了几十年的心愿,而我怎么会一直不知道呢?我是母亲的女儿啊。

  她手里的塑料袋里,全是饮料、水果、果冻……小孩子爱吃的东西。沉甸甸的,坠得身体微微倾斜,她也不肯放下来歇一歇。她向我解释:“都是不能碰不能压的。”她就这样,背负着她不能碰不能压的责任,吃力而又安详地等待着。

  我说:“你太辛苦了。”她的笑容平静里有喟叹:“谁叫我是当妈的?熬吧,等孩子懂得给我买东西的时候就好了。”她的眼睛深深地看着我,声音里充满了肯定,“反正,那一天也不远了。”

  只因为我的存在,她便有了那么大的信心吗?我在瞬间想起了我的推三阻四,整张脸像着火了一样热了起来,而我的心,开始狠狠地发痛

  这时,新一炉的面包热腾腾地端了出来,芳香像原子弹一样的炸开。我前面的那位妇女转过身来:“我们换一下位置,你先买吧!”

  我一愣,连忙谦让:“不用了,你等了那么久。”

  她已经走到我身后,略显苍老的脸上明显有生活折磨的痕迹,声调却是天生只有母亲才有的温柔和决断:“但是你母亲已经等了二十几年了。”

  她前面的一位老太太微笑着让开了,更前面的只回身看一眼,也默默地退开去。我看见,她们就这样,安静地,从容地,一个接一个地,在我面前铺开了一条小径,一直通向柜台

  “快点啊,”有人催我,“你妈还在家里等你呢。”

  我怔怔地对着她们每一个人看了过去,而她们微笑着回看我,目光里有岁月的力量,也有对未来的信心,更多地,只是无限的温柔。

  刹那间,我分明知道,在这一瞬间,她们看到的不是我,而是她们长大成人的儿女。是不是一切母亲已经习惯了不提辛苦,也不提要求,惟一的小小的梦想,只是盼望有一天,儿女们会在下班的路上为自己提回一袋面包呢?

  泪水模糊了我的双眼,通往柜台的路一下子变得很长很长。我慎重地走在每个母亲的情怀里,就好像走过了长长的一生,从未谙人事的女孩走到了人生的尽头。

  终于读懂了母亲的心。

1.从母亲小女孩般的欢呼雀跃中,你读出了什么信息?

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2.说说你对“她就这样,背负着她不能碰不能压的责任,吃力而又安详地等待着”一句中“吃力而又安详”的理解。

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3.细读“我在瞬间想起了我的推三阻四,整张脸像着火了一样热了起来,而我的心,开始狠狠地发痛”一句,请结合上下文说说为什么“脸像着火了一样热”,又为什么“心”“狠狠地发痛”。

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4.“她们就这样,安静地,从容地,一个接一个地,在我面前铺开了一条小径,一直通向柜台。”对于“她们”的这一举动,你是如何理解的?

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5.文章结尾说我“终于读懂了母亲的心。”你读懂了么?请写一段话,记录下你的阅读体会。

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问答题

Fubuki Co,an unlisted company based in Megaera,has been manufacturing electrical parts used in mobility vehicles for people with disabilities and the elderly,for many years.These parts are exported to various manufacturers worldwide but at present there are no local manufacturers of mobility vehicles in Megaera.Retailers in Megaera normally import mobility vehicles and sell them at an average price of $4,000 each.Fubuki Co wants to manufacture mobility vehicles locally and believes that it can sell vehicles of equivalent quality locally at a discount of 37.5% to the current average retail price.Although this is a completely new venture for Fubuki Co,it will be in addition to the company’s core business.Fubuki Co’s directors expect to develop the project for a period of four years and then sell it for $16 million to a private equity firm.Megaera’s government has been positive about the venture and has offered Fubuki Co a subsidised loan of up to 80% of the investment funds required,at a rate of 200 basis points below Fubuki Co’s borrowing rate.Currently Fubuki Co can borrow at 300 basis points above the five-year government debt yield rate.A feasibility study commissioned by the directors,at a cost of $250,000,has produced the following information.1.Initial cost of acquiring suitable premises will be $11 million,and plant and machinery used in the manufacture will cost $3 million.Acquiring the premises and installing the machinery is a quick process and manufacturing can commence almost immediately.2.It is expected that in the first year 1,300 units will be manufactured and sold.Unit sales will grow by 40% in each of the next two years before falling to an annual growth rate of 5% for the final year.After the first year the selling price per unit is expected to increase by 3% per year.3.In the first year,it is estimated that the total direct material,labour and variable overheads costs will be $1,200 per unit produced.After the first year,the direct costs are expected to increase by an annual inflation rate of 8%.4.Annual fixed overhead costs would be $2.5 million of which 60% are centrally allocated overheads.The fixed overhead costs will increase by 5% per year after the first year.5.Fubuki Co will need to make working capital available of 15% of the anticipated sales revenue for the year,at the beginning of each year.The working capital is expected to be released at the end of the fourth year when the project is sold.Fubuki Co’s tax rate is 25% per year on taxable profits.Tax is payable in the same year as when the profits are earned.Tax allowable depreciation is available on the plant and machinery on a straight-line basis.It is anticipated that the value attributable to the plant and machinery after four years is $400,000 of the price at which the project is sold.No tax allowable depreciation is available on the premises.Fubuki Co uses 8% as its discount rate for new projects but feels that this rate may not be appropriate for this new type of investment.It intends to raise the full amount of funds through debt finance and take advantage of the government’s offer of a subsidised loan.Issue costs are 4% of the gross finance required.It can be assumed that the debt capacity available to the company is equivalent to the actual amount of debt finance raised for the project.Although no other companies produce mobility vehicles in Megaera,Haizum Co,a listed company,produces electrical-powered vehicles using similar technology to that required for the mobility vehicles.Haizum Co’s cost of equity is estimated to be 14% and it pays tax at 28%.Haizum Co has 15 million shares in issue trading at $2.53 each and $40 million bonds trading at $94.88 per $100.The five-year government debt yield is currently estimated at 4.5% and the market risk premium at 4%.Required:

(a)Evaluate,on financial grounds,whether Fubuki Co should proceed with the project.(17 marks)