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共用题干 Travel Across AfricaFor six hours we shot through the barren（荒芜的）landscape of the Karoo desert in South Africa. Just rocks and sand and baking sun.Knowing our journey was ending,Daniel and I just wanted to remember all we had seen and done.He used a
题目
Travel Across Africa
For six hours we shot through the barren（荒芜的）landscape of the Karoo desert in South Africa. Just
rocks and sand and baking sun.Knowing our journey was ending,Daniel and I just wanted to remember all
we had seen and done.He used a camera. I used words.I had already finished three notebooks and was into
the fourth,a beautiful leather notebook I'd bought in a market in Mozambique.
Southern Africa was full of stories and visions.We were almost drunk in sensations.The roaring（咆哮）
of the water at Victoria Falls,the impossible silence of the Okavango Delta in Botswana.
And then the other things:dogs in the streets,whole families in Soweto living in one room,a kilometre
from clean water.
As we drove towards the setting sun,a quietness fell over us.The road was empty一we hadn't seen
another car for hours.And as I drove,something caught my eye,something moving close enough to touch
them,to smell their hot breath.I didn't know how long they had been there next to us.
I shouted to Daniel:"Look!"But he was in a deep sleep,his camera lying useless by his feet. They
raced the car for a few seconds,then disappeared far behind us,a memory of heroic forms in the red
landscape.
When Daniel woke up an hour later I told him what had happened.
"Wild horses?"he said."Why didn't you wake me up,Sophia?"
"I tried.But they were gone after a few seconds.”
"Are you sure you didn't dream it?"
"You were the one who was sleeping!"
"Typical,"he said."The best photos are the ones we never take."
We checked into a dusty hotel'and slept the sleep of the dead.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned
相似问题和答案
第1题：
We ______our dinner when a policeman came to the door.
A. just had
B. have just had
C. just have had
D. had just had
11．答案为D 当警察到门口的时候我们刚吃完饭。根据主句动作比从句动作早发生，因此时态比从句要早，是过去的过去，所以选过去完成式。
第2题：
B
July 21st , 2007 was a typical English summer’s day — it rained for 24 hours! As usual, I rushed home from work at midday to check on the house. Nothing was amiss. By the time I lift work at 5 pm, however, the road into our village was flooded. Our house bad never been flooded but, as I opened the front door, a wave of water greeted me. Thank God the kids weren’t with me, because the house was 5 feet deep in water . We lost everything downstairs. And the plaster had to be torn off the walls, ceilings pulled down.
At first we tried to push on through. We didn’t want to move the children out of home, so we camped upstairs. We put a sheet of plastic across the floor to protect us from the damp. But after three months, we felt very sick, so we moved to a wooden house in a park. The house was small, but at first we were all just delighted to be in a new place. Unfortunately, things took longer than expected and we were there for 10 months. The life there was inconvenient. What surprised me most was how much I missed being part of a community（社区）.We had lived in a friendly village with good neighbors, and I’d never thought how much I’d miss that.
Although-our situation was very bad, it’s difficult to feel too sorry for yourself when you look at what’s happening elsewhere. I watched a news report about floods in Northern India and thought , “We didn’t have a straw hut（茅草房）that was swept away , and our house is still sanding . We’re lucky .”
We moved back home in August. With December coming, there’s reconstruction work to be done, so it’s difficult to prepare for Christmas. But I can’t wait — I’m going to throw a party for our friends in the village to say thanks for their support . This year, I won’t need any gifts — living away from home for months has made me realize how little we actually need or miss all our possessions . Although we are replacing things , there’s really no rush — we have our home back , and that’s the main thing .
45. What does the underlined word “amiss” in the first paragraph mean?
A. Wrong.B. Missing.C. Right. D. Found.
第3题：
A、just left
B、was just leaving
C、has just left
D、had just left
第4题：
Travel Across Africa
For six hours we shot through the barren（荒芜的）landscape of the Karoo desert in South Africa.Just rocks and sand and baking sun.Knowing our journey was ending,Daniel and I just wanted to remember all we had seen and done.He used a camera.I used words.I had already finished three notebooks and was into the fourth,a beautiful leather notebook I'd bought in a market in Mozambique.
Southern Africa was full of stories and visions.We were almost drunk on sensations,the roaring（咆哮）of the water at Victoria Falls,the impossible silence of the Okavango Delta in Botswana.
And then the other things:dogs in the streets,whole families in Soweto living in one room,a kilometre from clean water.
As we drove towards the setting sun,a quietness fell over us.The road was empty一we hadn't seen another car for hours.And as I drove,something caught my eye,something moving close enough to touch them,to smell their hot breath.I didn't know how long they had been there next to us.
I shouted to Dan:“Look!”But he was in a deep sleep,his camera lying useless by his feet.They raced the car for a few seconds,then disappeared far behind us,a memory of hero-ic forms in the red landscape.
When Daniel woke up an hour later I told him what had happened.
“Wild horses?”he said.“Why didn't you wake me up,Sophia?”
“I tried.But they were gone after a few seconds.”
“Are you sure you didn't dream it?”
“You were the one who was sleeping!”
“Typical”,he said.“The best photos are the ones we never take.”
We checked into a dusty hotel and slept the sleep of the dead.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned
题干意为“索非亚在笔记本中写下了她的经历”。利用题干中的名词Sophia, experiences, notebooks作为定位线索，在第一段找到相关句Knowing our journey was ending,Daniel and I（指Sophia)just wanted to remember all we had seen and done.He used a camera.I（指Sophia)used words.I had already finished three notebooks and was into the fourth，相关句提到“为了记住我们所见和所做的一切，我（索非亚）用文字进行记录，而且已经写完了第三本笔记本，将开始写第四本”。由此可见题干陈述的意义与短文相关内容一致。
题干意为“丹尼尔拍下了尼罗河的照片”。利用题干中的名词及名词短语 Daniel,photos,the Nile Rive作为定位线索，结果发现“尼罗河”一词在短文中根本没有出现，因此“尼罗河”是短文中没有提及的信息。而且短文只在第一段提到丹尼尔用照相机记录他在非洲的所见所闻，没有具体提到他用相机拍摄了什么，因此丹尼尔是否用相机拍摄了尼罗河的照片是短文中未提及的信息。
题干意为“丹尼尔和索非亚看到了很多精彩的东西”。利用题干中的名词及名词短语Daniel , Sophia , a lot of wonderful things作为定位线索，结果发现第二段和第三段主要讲述他们在非洲看到了很多精彩的东西（咆哮的维多利亚瀑布等）。因此题干陈述的意义与短文中的相关内容一致。题干其实就是对短文中相关内容的概括总结。提示：有的题干句是一个概括句，是对短文中相关内容的概括总结。
题千意为“在驾车途中，丹尼尔和索非亚看到了野马”。利用题干中的名词及名词短语Daniel, Sophia, wild horses作为定位线索，这样找到相关句When Daniel woke up an hour later I（指Sophia)told him what had happened.“Wild horses?”he said.“Why didn't you wake me up,Sophia?”，相关句意为“一个小时后当丹尼尔醒过来的时候，我告诉了他所发生的事情。他说‘野马？你为什么没有叫醒我呢？’”这表明丹尼尔没有看到野马，因此题干陈述的信息与短文相关信息不一致。
题干意为“那些马没有靠近汽车”。利用题干中的名词horses , car作为定位线索，这样找到相关句And as I drove（与car呼应）, something caught my eye, something moving close enough to touch them,to smell their hot breath（与horses呼应），相关句意“在我开车的途中，有什么东西引起了我的注意，这个东西离我们很近，以至于我都能感受到它们（野马）呼出的热气”。由此可见那些野马曾经靠近过索非亚驾驶的汽车，而不是没有靠近，因此题干陈述的意义与短文中的相关内容不一致。
题干意为“索非亚唤醒了丹尼尔以便他能拍下那些野马的照片”。在解答第五题时已经了解到这样的信息：一个小时后当丹尼尔醒过来的时候，我（索非亚）告诉了他所发生的事情。这说明丹尼尔是自己醒过来的，而不是被索非亚叫醒的。可见题干陈述的信息与短文中的相关内容不一致。
第5题：
Travel Across Africa
For six hours we shot through the barren（荒芜的）landscape of the Karoo desert in
South Africa. Just rocks and sand and baking sun. Knowing our journey was ending,Daniel and I just wanted to remember all we had seen and done. He used a camera. I used words. I had already finished three notebooks and was into the fourth,a beautiful leather notebook I'd bought in a market in Mozambique.
Southern Africa was full of stories and visions.We were almost drunk on sensations,the roaring（咆哮）of the water at Victoria Falls, the impossible silence of the Okavango Delta in Botswana.
And then the other things:dogs in the streets,whole families in Soweto living in one room,a kilometre from clean water.
As we drove towards the setting sun,a quietness fell over us. The road was empty一we hadn't seen another car for hours.And as I drove,something caught my eye,something moving close enough to touch them,to smell their hot breath. I didn't know how long they had been there next to us.
I shouted to Dan:“Look!”But he was in a deep sleep,his camera lying useless by his feet. They raced the car for a few seconds,then disappeared far behind us,a memory of he- roic forms in the red landscape.
When Daniel woke up an hour later I told him what had happened.
”Wild horses?”he said.”Why didn't you wake me up,Sophia?”
”I tried. But they were gone after a few seconds.”
”Are you sure you didn't dream it?”
”You were the one who was sleeping!”
”Typical”,he said.”The best photos are the ones we never take.”
We checked into a dusty hotel and slept the sleep of the dead.
A: Right
B: Wrong
C: Not mentioned
题干意为“索非亚在笔记本中写下了她的经历”。利用题干中的名词Sophia, experiences, notebooks作为定位线索，在第一段找到相关句：Knowing our journey was ending,Daniel and I（指Sophia)just wanted to remember all we had seen and done. He used a camera. I（指Sophia)used words. I had already finished three notebooks and was into the fourth，相关句提到“为了记住我们所看见的一切和我们所做的一切，我（索非亚）用文字进行记录，而且已经写完了第三本笔记本，将开始写第四本”。由此可见题干陈述的意思与短文 相关内容一致。所以答案为A。
题干意为“丹尼尔拍了些尼罗河的照片”。利用题干中的名词及名词短语 Daniel , photos , the Nile Rive作为定位线索，结果发现“尼罗河”一词在短文中根本没有出现，因此“尼罗河”是短文中没有提及的信息。而且短文只在第一段提到丹尼尔用照相机记录他在 非洲的所见所闻，没有具体提到他用相机拍摄了什么，因此丹尼尔是否用相机拍摄了尼罗河的 照片是短文中未提及的信息。所以答案为C。
题干意为“丹尼尔和索非亚看到了很多精彩的东西”。利用题干中的名 词及名词短语Daniel, Sophia, a lot of wonderful things作为定位线索，结果发现第二段和第三段主要讲述他们在非洲看到了很多精彩的东西（咆哮的维多利亚瀑布等）。因此题干陈述的意义与短文中的相关意义一致。所以答案为A。题干其实就是对短文中相关 内容的概括总结。 提示：有的题干句是一个概括句，是对短文中相关内容的概括总结。
题干意为“在驾车途中，丹尼尔和索非亚看到了野马”。利用题干中的名词 及名词短语Daniel, Sophia, wild horses作为定位线索，这样找到相关句：When Daniel woke up an hour later I（指Sophia)told him what had happened.”Wild horses?”he said.”Why didn't you wake me up,Sophia?”，相关句提到“一个小时后当丹尼尔醒过来的时候我告诉了他所发生的事情。他说‘野马？你为什么没有叫醒我呢？”，这表明丹尼尔没有看到野马，因此题干陈述的信息与短文相关信息不一致。所以答案为B。
题干意为“那些马没有靠近汽车”。利用题干中的名词horses, car作为定位 线索，这样找到相关句：And as I drove（与car呼应）,something caught my eye, something moving close enough to touch them, to smell their hot breath（与horses呼应），相关句意为 “在我开车的途中，有什么东西引起了我的注意，这个东西离我们很近，以至于我都能感受到它们（野马）呼出的热气”。由此可见那些野马曾经靠近过索非亚驾驶的汽车，因此题干陈述的意义与短文中的相关内容不一致。所以答案为B。
题干意为“索非亚唤醒了丹尼尔以便他能拍下那些野马的照片”。在解答第五题时曾经了解到这样的信息：一个小时后当丹尼尔醒过来的时候我（索非亚）告诉了他所发生的事情。这说明丹尼尔是自己醒过来的，而不是被索非亚叫醒的。可见题干陈述的信息与短文中的相关信息不一致。所以答案为B。
第6题：
Sunday was going to be the birthday for me and my other two classmates． As we were born in the (21) month，we decided to have a big party to (22) it．
On that evening，we invited all of our classmates． We prepared a lot of food and drinks．After singing the birthday song，we (23) the delicious cake together． We sang more songs and played games． Then someone told funny stories，and (24) laughed． Three hours flew by quickly．Because we had to (25) before 11:00，we ended our party at 10:00． Before we left，our classmates gave' (26 )0f us a birthday card with their best wishes． ( 27) we took some pictures together． What a great time we had! At that moment，l felt love，happiness and friend- ship．
Before the party，only my (28) could remember my birthday，and l had never had such a big party and so many friends wishes．(29) I wanted to say to my classmates，"Thank you，and I will (30) forget this evening，especially each of you!
( )21．
A．different
B．best
C．same
D．some
21．C【解析】由文章开头的第一句话可推知：我们出生于同一个月。
第7题：
Travel Across Africa
For six hours we shot through the barren（荒芜的）landscape of the Karoo desert in
South Africa. Just rocks and sand and baking sun. Knowing our journey was ending,Daniel and I just wanted to remember all we had seen and done. He used a camera. I used words. I had already finished three notebooks and was into the fourth,a beautiful leather notebook I'd bought in a market in Mozambique.
Southern Africa was full of stories and visions.We were almost drunk on sensations,the roaring（咆哮）of the water at Victoria Falls, the impossible silence of the Okavango Delta in Botswana.
And then the other things:dogs in the streets,whole families in Soweto living in one room,a kilometre from clean water.
As we drove towards the setting sun,a quietness fell over us. The road was empty一we hadn't seen another car for hours.And as I drove,something caught my eye,something moving close enough to touch them,to smell their hot breath. I didn't know how long they had been there next to us.
I shouted to Dan:“Look!”But he was in a deep sleep,his camera lying useless by his feet. They raced the car for a few seconds,then disappeared far behind us,a memory of he- roic forms in the red landscape.
When Daniel woke up an hour later I told him what had happened.
”Wild horses?”he said.”Why didn't you wake me up,Sophia?”
”I tried. But they were gone after a few seconds.”
”Are you sure you didn't dream it?”
”You were the one who was sleeping!”
”Typical”,he said.”The best photos are the ones we never take.”
We checked into a dusty hotel and slept the sleep of the dead.
A:Right
B: Wrong
C: Not mentioned
题干意为“索非亚在笔记本中写下了她的经历”。利用题干中的名词Sophia, experiences, notebooks作为定位线索，在第一段找到相关句：Knowing our journey was ending,Daniel and I（指Sophia)just wanted to remember all we had seen and done. He used a camera. I（指Sophia)used words. I had already finished three notebooks and was into the fourth，相关句提到“为了记住我们所看见的一切和我们所做的一切，我（索非亚）用文字进行记录，而且已经写完了第三本笔记本，将开始写第四本”。由此可见题干陈述的意思与短文 相关内容一致。所以答案为A。
题干意为“丹尼尔拍了些尼罗河的照片”。利用题干中的名词及名词短语 Daniel , photos , the Nile Rive作为定位线索，结果发现“尼罗河”一词在短文中根本没有出现，因此“尼罗河”是短文中没有提及的信息。而且短文只在第一段提到丹尼尔用照相机记录他在 非洲的所见所闻，没有具体提到他用相机拍摄了什么，因此丹尼尔是否用相机拍摄了尼罗河的 照片是短文中未提及的信息。所以答案为C。
题干意为“丹尼尔和索非亚看到了很多精彩的东西”。利用题干中的名 词及名词短语Daniel, Sophia, a lot of wonderful things作为定位线索，结果发现第二段和第三段主要讲述他们在非洲看到了很多精彩的东西（咆哮的维多利亚瀑布等）。因此题干陈述的意义与短文中的相关意义一致。所以答案为A。题干其实就是对短文中相关 内容的概括总结。 提示：有的题干句是一个概括句，是对短文中相关内容的概括总结。
题干意为“在驾车途中，丹尼尔和索非亚看到了野马”。利用题干中的名词 及名词短语Daniel, Sophia, wild horses作为定位线索，这样找到相关句：When Daniel woke up an hour later I（指Sophia)told him what had happened.”Wild horses?”he said.”Why didn't you wake me up,Sophia?”，相关句提到“一个小时后当丹尼尔醒过来的时候我告诉了他所发生的事情。他说‘野马？你为什么没有叫醒我呢？”，这表明丹尼尔没有看到野马，因此题干陈述的信息与短文相关信息不一致。所以答案为B。
题干意为“那些马没有靠近汽车”。利用题干中的名词horses, car作为定位 线索，这样找到相关句：And as I drove（与car呼应）,something caught my eye, something moving close enough to touch them, to smell their hot breath（与horses呼应），相关句意为 “在我开车的途中，有什么东西引起了我的注意，这个东西离我们很近，以至于我都能感受到它们（野马）呼出的热气”。由此可见那些野马曾经靠近过索非亚驾驶的汽车，因此题干陈述的意义与短文中的相关内容不一致。所以答案为B。
题干意为“索非亚唤醒了丹尼尔以便他能拍下那些野马的照片”。在解答第五题时曾经了解到这样的信息：一个小时后当丹尼尔醒过来的时候我（索非亚）告诉了他所发生的事情。这说明丹尼尔是自己醒过来的，而不是被索非亚叫醒的。可见题干陈述的信息与短文中的相关信息不一致。所以答案为B。
第8题：
The trip to that city was eye-opening for everyone, and near its end, all the young people in our group began to reflect on what it had meant. We __21___the first night we had arrived. We had all gone into the markets of the city ___22__the young people could experience its energy. But what we actually saw simply __23__ us all ---- the rundown houses, the children in rags, the people begging for money … Walking home, ___24____ under a low bridge, we came across ___25___ families of homeless people seeking a bit of dry ground to sleep on __26__ the night. We had to step over bodies as we found our way through the darkness.
The poverty(贫困) was __27__than anything my young companions had ever imagined. Back in the hotel, an air of sadness settled over the group. Many __28__ and cried. Spending time in this ___29__ moves a person to care about humanity.
That evening, our group spent hours talking about what we had ___30___. Gently, I encouraged everyone to talk about the difficult ___31__ that day’s discoveries had inspired. Sitting together ___32__ a circle as everyone had a chance to speak, we all began to realize that __33___ of us was alone in our struggle to cope with our reactions.
Based on my __34___ in poverty-stricken areas, I suggested that __35___ the emotions we had were painful, they could also be important in helping us to move forward. We all__36__ that we had seen things that should never be allowed to happen. ___37___, what could we do about it? Together, we began to brainstorm ways we could help to case the __38__ we had seen. As I encouraged group members to focus on __39__ they could do, a sense of determination __40___ the previous sadness, Instead of despair, these young people began to feel a call to action.
21.A. put up withB. got back toC. looked back onD. made up for
第9题：
Travel Across Africa
For six hours we shot through the barren（荒芜的）landscape of the Karoo desert in
South Africa. Just rocks and sand and baking sun. Knowing our journey was ending,Daniel and I just wanted to remember all we had seen and done. He used a camera. I used words. I had already finished three notebooks and was into the fourth,a beautiful leather notebook I'd bought in a market in Mozambique.
Southern Africa was full of stories and visions.We were almost drunk on sensations,the roaring（咆哮）of the water at Victoria Falls, the impossible silence of the Okavango Delta in Botswana.
And then the other things:dogs in the streets,whole families in Soweto living in one room,a kilometre from clean water.
As we drove towards the setting sun,a quietness fell over us. The road was empty一we hadn't seen another car for hours.And as I drove,something caught my eye,something moving close enough to touch them,to smell their hot breath. I didn't know how long they had been there next to us.
I shouted to Dan:“Look!”But he was in a deep sleep,his camera lying useless by his feet. They raced the car for a few seconds,then disappeared far behind us,a memory of he- roic forms in the red landscape.
When Daniel woke up an hour later I told him what had happened.
”Wild horses?”he said.”Why didn't you wake me up,Sophia?”
”I tried. But they were gone after a few seconds.”
”Are you sure you didn't dream it?”
”You were the one who was sleeping!”
”Typical”,he said.”The best photos are the ones we never take.”
We checked into a dusty hotel and slept the sleep of the dead.
A: Right
B: Wrong
C: Not mentioned
题干意为“索非亚在笔记本中写下了她的经历”。利用题干中的名词Sophia, experiences, notebooks作为定位线索，在第一段找到相关句：Knowing our journey was ending,Daniel and I（指Sophia)just wanted to remember all we had seen and done. He used a camera. I（指Sophia)used words. I had already finished three notebooks and was into the fourth，相关句提到“为了记住我们所看见的一切和我们所做的一切，我（索非亚）用文字进行记录，而且已经写完了第三本笔记本，将开始写第四本”。由此可见题干陈述的意思与短文 相关内容一致。所以答案为A。
题干意为“丹尼尔拍了些尼罗河的照片”。利用题干中的名词及名词短语 Daniel , photos , the Nile Rive作为定位线索，结果发现“尼罗河”一词在短文中根本没有出现，因此“尼罗河”是短文中没有提及的信息。而且短文只在第一段提到丹尼尔用照相机记录他在 非洲的所见所闻，没有具体提到他用相机拍摄了什么，因此丹尼尔是否用相机拍摄了尼罗河的 照片是短文中未提及的信息。所以答案为C。
题干意为“丹尼尔和索非亚看到了很多精彩的东西”。利用题干中的名 词及名词短语Daniel, Sophia, a lot of wonderful things作为定位线索，结果发现第二段和第三段主要讲述他们在非洲看到了很多精彩的东西（咆哮的维多利亚瀑布等）。因此题干陈述的意义与短文中的相关意义一致。所以答案为A。题干其实就是对短文中相关 内容的概括总结。 提示：有的题干句是一个概括句，是对短文中相关内容的概括总结。
题干意为“在驾车途中，丹尼尔和索非亚看到了野马”。利用题干中的名词 及名词短语Daniel, Sophia, wild horses作为定位线索，这样找到相关句：When Daniel woke up an hour later I（指Sophia)told him what had happened.”Wild horses?”he said.”Why didn't you wake me up,Sophia?”，相关句提到“一个小时后当丹尼尔醒过来的时候我告诉了他所发生的事情。他说‘野马？你为什么没有叫醒我呢？”，这表明丹尼尔没有看到野马，因此题干陈述的信息与短文相关信息不一致。所以答案为B。
题干意为“那些马没有靠近汽车”。利用题干中的名词horses, car作为定位 线索，这样找到相关句：And as I drove（与car呼应）,something caught my eye, something moving close enough to touch them, to smell their hot breath（与horses呼应），相关句意为 “在我开车的途中，有什么东西引起了我的注意，这个东西离我们很近，以至于我都能感受到它们（野马）呼出的热气”。由此可见那些野马曾经靠近过索非亚驾驶的汽车，因此题干陈述的意义与短文中的相关内容不一致。所以答案为B。
题干意为“索非亚唤醒了丹尼尔以便他能拍下那些野马的照片”。在解答第五题时曾经了解到这样的信息：一个小时后当丹尼尔醒过来的时候我（索非亚）告诉了他所发生的事情。这说明丹尼尔是自己醒过来的，而不是被索非亚叫醒的。可见题干陈述的信息与短文中的相关信息不一致。所以答案为B。
第10题：
Interview with Allan Gray
1. I was working for a multinational company in the early 1980s,and my brother asked me if I was interested in going into partnership with him to set up a language school.I'd always wanted to work for myself,and I was a bit fed up with working for someone else,so I said yes.Primarily, I wanted the freedom to make my own decisions,I wanted room to be creative,and also I wanted to be able to get the credit and keep the profits if we were successful.I was also happy to carry the can and take the blame if things went wrong.These things are not possible if you work as an employee in a large organization.
2. I had to borrow money to help start the business,but we were lucky because we also had some outside capital to put into the business.These days it can be really hard to persuade banks to lend money to people who want to start a company,so we were fortunate .It was fairly easy to set up the business,because we had a very clear idea of what we wanted to do.The problem was,all our preconceptions（预想）about what it would be like to run a business were wrong. We made lots of mistakes, and we almost went bankrupt（破产的）at the beginning. At one point, we only had two students in the school.
3. Far too long!We lost money for the first four years and,as I was saying,we nearly went out of business.It took quite a long time to start making profit. The best thing we did,though,was that we hired some really good people to work for us.In fact,some of those people are still work-ing for us,24 years later. Now we're doing well,but it was very risky at first.
4. One is financial constraint（约束）.It can be very tough. I think all small businesses have cashflow problems-it often takes a long time to get paid by your customers.The second big prob- lem is marketing. It takes a lot of funds to market your business,and you have to get your name known and build a reputation .But the biggest challenge is managing the people.All businesses are about people,and you have to learn how to deal with all kinds of people-and I think we've been extremely good at getting the best of our staff.
A: to lose your house
B: to manage your employees
C: to keep independent
D: to lend you money
E: to take the responsibility for it
F: to make profit
本段主要讲述的是自己开业遇到的种种困难，跟预想的大相径庭，犯了许多错误，差点破产，并且只招到两个学生。因此E项是本段大意。
本段主要讲成功之前花费的时间，前四年一直亏损，甚至差点破产。故本题选C。
本段主要讲在经营学校的过程中遇到的挑战。故本题选D。
根据第一段的“I was also happy to carry the can and take the blame if things went wrong.”可知，如果你做出错误决定，你就必须为其承担责任。故选E。
根据第二段“These days it can be really hard to persuade banks to lend money to people who want to start a company...”可知，困难是劝银行把钱借出来。
从第三段可知，作者招到了很好的员工为其工作，并因此获得盈利。故本题选F。
第四段讲述了三个挑战：资金约束、经营、管理员工。故本题选B。