西安市25中高考英語(yǔ)：完形、閱讀綜合練（五）【1】TheotherdayIwasinvitedtoafriend’shouseforsupper—andhadamealIhaveneverhadbefore．Allthefriendsinvitedwerealittle1．It’snotthatBenisunsociable，orabadcook，butit’sjustthathenever2morethanhehasto．Sohowcomehewasinvitingusroundforameal？Hadheboughtsomethingspecialforhisfriends？Hegreetedusatthedoorandshowedusintohisdiningroomwherea3tablewaswaitingforus．“Nothingbutthe4formyfriends！”saidBen．Weallsatdownandlookednervouslyateachother—whatwasheupto?Benreturnedwithfourbowlsofhotsoup．“It’sa5ofcarrots，potatoesandtomatoes，”saidBen．Thenext6wasalsoalittlestrangeinthatwedidn’tquiteknowwhatitwasagain．It’sjustanothermixtureofvegetable．Asweatewechattedandfinallythe7turnedbacktowhatwewereeating．“Wastherearecipe(食譜)forthis，”askedMarina，“ordidyou8itup？”Benputhisforkdown．“WhatIcooked9whatIcouldfind．”Marinawassurprised．“Butyoucanfindanythinginsupermarketsthesedays．”“Butthere’slesschoiceinwhatyoucanfindoutsidesupermarkets，”hereplied．10thatwehadallfinishedthefood，Bendecidedtotellthetruth．Hehadreadrecentlythatsupermarketsusuallythrowaway5percentoftheirfoodeveryday．SoBendecidedtolookinsidehislocalsupermarketbins．Therehefoundfoodthatwasslightlyoutof11，boxesofthrow-awayvegetablesandfruit．SoBenhadsuccessfullyprovidedadecentmealforhisfriends，andmadeusawayofthefactthattherearemanypoorpeoplewhoneedthefood，buttheamountoffoodthrownawayisenoughto12millionsofpeople．1．A．excited 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D．feed【2】TheInternetisanamazinginformationresource．Students，teachers，andresearchersuseitas1．investigativetool．Journalistsuseittofindinformationforstories．Doctorsuseittolearnmoreaboutunfamiliardiseasesandthelatestmedicaldevelopment．Ordinarypeopleuseitforshopping，banking，bill-paying，andcommunicating2．familyandfriends．Peopleallovertheworlduseittoconnectwithindividualsfrom3．countriesandcultures．However，4．therearemanypositivedevelopmentsassociatedwiththeInternet，therearealsocertainfearsandconcerns．5．concernrelatestoalackofcontrolover6．a(chǎn)ppearsontheInternet．Withtelevisionandradiothereareeditorstochecktheaccuracyorappropriatenessofthecontentofprograms，andwithtelevisiontherearerestrictionsonwhatkindsofprogramscanbebroadcastedandatwhattimesoftheday．7．theInternet，parentscannotcheckapublishedguidetodeterminewhatissuitable8．theirchildrentosee．【3】It’stimetostopcomplainingabouttheeconomy．Here’swhy．Atnoothertimeintherecenthistoryhasitbeeneasierorcheapertostartanewkindofcompany，possiblyaveryprofitablecompany．Let’scallthesestart-upsLILOs，shortfor“alittlein，alotout”．TheseareWeb-basedbusinessesthatcostalmostnothingtogetoffthegroundyetcanturnintogreatmoneymakers．Inaddition，launchingsuchacompanynowwillmakeyourcompanystrongerlater—you’lllearntosurviveinhardtimesuntiltheeconomyimproves．That’swhatJohnTaymanisdoing．He’sanauthorwholivesinSanFrancisco，whereImethim；hewrotereviewsforabusinessmagazineIedited．Taymanknewlittleabouttechnologyandevenlessaboutbusiness，buthedreamedofawebsitethatwouldsummarizecarreviewsfromothersourcesandrankeverymodelofnewcars．Taymansaidheintendedtobuildthesiteonthesidewhilecontinuingtowriteforaliving．Heworkedonhisnewcompanyonlyatnightandonweekends．Oh，yes，hehadonlyabout$10,000．“Goodluckwiththat！”Ithought．Ideasaremucheasiertohatchthantheyaretoexecute．TaymanwenttoworkwithnothingmorethanhisPowerBooklaptop．Onawebsitecalled37signals．comhelearnedaboutthevirtuesoflightweightprogramminglanguageslikeRubyonRails，whichareidealfortheprojectheplanned．HevisitedtheRentACoder．comandElance．comwhereyoucanfindsoftwaredevelopers．Hepickedupthespecialtermsheneededtodescribehisprojectsohecouldputitoutforabid，andhefoundhisfirstprogrammer—inUkraine—whoagreedtostartbuildingthedigitalscaffolding(腳手架)forthesite．Withinmonths，Taymanhad20employeesworkingforhiminfivedifferentcountries．“Infact，Ihadn’tevenmettheguywhobuiltmostofthesiteuntilthelaunchparty，”hesays．MotorMouths．comwentliveinJanuary．Taymanfiguresheworksabout10hoursaweekonitandhasn’tspentacentonmarketingoradvertising．Growthismodestbutsteady—nearly10,000peoplevisiteachweek，hesays，allofwhomgettherebythewordofmouthandviaasoftware“bot”thatletsusersofTwitter，thepopularmicromessagingservice，requestreviews．ThecosttoTayman？“Almost$9,800，allin，”hesaid．Asforrevenue，hejustsoldhisfirstdisplayad，for，well，thelowthreefigures．“Butit’sastart，andwe’vealreadyreached‘ramenprofitability’．”Hespendsabout$75amonthonserverfeesandotherexpenses．Theterm“ramenprofitable”wascoinedbyPaulGraham，aSiliconValleystart-upinvestor．Itmeansthatyourstart-upisself-sustainingandcancreateenoughprofittokeepyoualiveoninstantnoodleswhileyourbusinessgainsstrength．1．Whatdoes“LILO”mean?A．Itrequiresalargeamountofmoneytolaunchacompany．B．Itcanenjoymanygovernments’favorablepolicies．C．Thecosttolaunchacompanyislowbuttheprofitcanbehigh．D．Itdoesn’tneedanyspaceormoneytoestablishacompany．2．WhatisTaymandoingforalivingnow?A．Offeringnewideastobusinesscompanies．B．Writingreviewsforabusinessmagazine．C．Improvingthedesignofmoderncars．D．Applyingnewtechnologytocarproduction．3．According