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• Read the text below about the start of a new business. • Choose the best word to fill each gap, from A, B, C or D on the oppos
• Read the text below about the start of a new business. • Choose the best word to fill each gap, from A, B, C or D on the oppos
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2010-01-22
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问题
• Read the text below about the start of a new business.
• Choose the best word to fill each gap, from A, B, C or D on the opposite page.
• For each question 19-33, mark one letter (A, B, C or D) on your Answer Sheet.
In 1998, 25-year old John Stewart was found redundant. He was left with a compensation (19) of £5,000 and a determination to be his own (20) As a supporter of his local football club, he had often helped them by maintaining and repairing their seating. He now (21) to set up his own company and make a (22) out of his hobby.
His first (23) was to get 1,000 brochures printed, (24) the two main services which he could (25) repair and maintenance. He sent these brochures to amateur and professional football clubs, and other similar (26) such as hockey clubs.
The week after completing the mailing was the worst of his life. He had no responses at all. Then a letter arrived from Scotland inviting him to give a (27) for a pre-season check of a football club’s seating. He arrived in Scotland in three hours; by the end of the afternoon he had signed the (28) to do the work. For£500 the club had its seating made good, and on arriving home three days later, John worked (29) that he had made a £250 (30)
The next four weeks were extremely busy, as club after club (31) John to work for them. He priced each job in the same way as the first, working out all the direct (32) then adding 100%. Money started to flow in and John bought a van and rented a factory unit on an industrial estate near his house.
Then in late August the phones stopped (33) as the pre-season work dried up. John realised that he needed longer-term work and decided to move into the manufacture of seating for new sports stadiums and the replacement market.
选项
A、profit
B、credit
C、receipt
D、reward
答案
A
解析
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