[单项选择]When John and Simon officially retired,
A. Ford was already involved in the management of the corporation.
B. Ford had been meeting with influential investors.
C. Ford had been giving most of the presentation to analysts.

[填空题]When John recovered unexpectedly from cancer, his doctors______(将这归功于约翰的坚强意志).

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When John Weston awoke that morning, he remembered that his mother was going into hospital. He hadn’t worked out what was wrong with her. He knew, though, she hadn’t been well for some time now, and it bad become familiar to him to see her eyes narrowed in a sudden attack of pain, and her hand pressing against her heart. Their own doctor, who she had finally gone to for advice, had sent her to a specialist who knew all about these things. He had told her that just as soon as there was a bed for her, she would have to come into his hospital where he could look after her himself.
During the weeks since then the pains had come ever more frequently, and the narrowed eyes be came an almost lasting part of her expression. Always rather sharp, she began losing her temper over little things so that John’s father kept his thoughts to himself more and more. John, as ready as possible to make allowances (体谅), tried to think what it would be like to have toothache a
A. as soon as she realized that something was wrong
B. only after her husband advised her to
C. a long time after the trouble began
D. when John asked what was wrong with her

[单项选择]When John and Victoria Falls arrived in New York from London for a one-year stay, they did not bring many things with them. They had planned either to live in a furnished (配备家具)apartment or to buy used furniture. But they soon learned about a new system that more and more people are using. The renting (出租；租用) of home furnishings (beds, tables, dishes, and so on) has become one of America’s fastest growing business.
What kinds of people rent their home furnishings instead of buying them Many kinds of people, international businessmen, government officials, airline workers, young married couples -- the people whose jobs may force them to move frequently(频繁) from one city (or country ) to another. They saved the trouble and cost of moving their furniture each time. They simply rent new furniture when they reach their new homes. Young people with little money do not want to buy cheap furniture that they will soon grow to dislike. They prefer to wait until they have enough money to buy
A. a new way of buying furniture
B. a new way of moving from place to place
C. why some people rent their furniture
D. how some people rent their furniture

[填空题]When John answered the doorbell recently, he was rather
astonished to see what he had purchased on the Internet only
two days before sitting on his doorstep. "I never expected to get (1)
my books so quickly, " he told Business Weekly.
Tommy shared John’s experience. He said online shopping
was very good and always offered comparatively lower prices than
ordinary retailer stores. Along with the rapidly developing (2)
IT industry, online shopping is attracting the interest of more
and more people.
The general manager of the Electronic Business Department
of Federal Software Co. Ltd., said online shopping had tremendous
market potential giving the large population. The company established (3)
an online shopping center for Internet surfers. More than 14,000 kinds
of goods are available, including computers, software, books and