It was clear that at this stage the success of the Benetton business lay in the strength of the family. In 1975 Luciano married the 20-year-old Marina Salomon who worked in one of his shops. After careful research, Benetton opened his first shop in the USA, in Manhattan, New York, where it attracted some very special customers including Princess Diana and Jackie Onassis. In 1982 Luciano was introduced to Oliviero Toscani, the photographer who was to change the image (形象) of Benetton forever.
Although Benetton was growing very quickly, they needed an international image and for this reason in the early 1980s they decided to provide money for Formula 1 motor racing. This was followed by the advertising campaigns (广告攻势) for which the company became famous.
Luciano Benetton succeeded in turning the company he started in the 1950s into one of the world's most successful businesses but he paid a high personal price. He spent so much of his life working and traveling that he lost touch with his family and friends.
What did Luciano Benetton's father hope he would do?
A. Sell clothes.
Build a factory.
C. Learn medicine.
D. Run a bicycle business.
Section A
Directions: In this section, there are 10 incomplete sentences. You are required to complete each one by deciding on the most appropriate word or words from the 4 choices marked A , B, C, and D.
Your hair needs ______ You'd better have it cut tomorrow.
A. Cutting
B. to cut
C. cut
D. being cut
Section A
Directions: This section is to test your ability to understand short dialogues. There are 5 recorded dialogues in it. After each dialogue, there is a recorded question. The dialogues and the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices A , B, C, and D.
听力原文:W: Hi, John. I haven't seen you since we were at the university.
M: That's right. You took business administration, didn't you'?
Q: What is the relationship between the two speakers?
(1)
A. They were schoolmates.
B. They are very good friends.
C. They were both businessmen years ago.
D. They are professors of a certain university.
Adopt-A-Book at Leeds University Library
Is there a book that means a lot to you? A book that has encouraged you? A book that is of great value in the history of a subject you care about? A book with some personal importance to you? A work by Shakespeare, Isaac Newton, Tolkien—or something only you would think of ?
If there is, there may well be a copy in Leeds University Library's Special Collections, and from as little as £25 you can Adopt-A-Book at Leeds. We will place a bookplate in the book recording your support for the Library. You can also adopt a book as a gift for someone else—perhaps to celebrate a special event, like a birthday or wedding.
Please help us to protect our rare (珍稀的) books and keep them safe for present and future users. Our copies of many of the most important works ever printed are kept in safe conditions and the collections are well known worldwide. They are consulted (参阅) by thousands of students and researchers visiting from all over the world, and you may have worked with the valuable works yourself during your studies. When you adopt a healthy book, you help us to revive (使复苏) another that's not so fit!
The writer uses questions at the beginning ______.
A. to show the value of works by Shakespeare, Newton and Tolkien
B. to show the popularity of the library with students and teachers
C. to draw readers' attention to the low price for adopting a book
D. to draw readers' attention to the Adopt-A-Book program.