[单项选择]He defends his unusual personal style by saying that ______.
A. it is important in business to make a strong impression
B. image and ability are equally important
C. most business people are too serious and traditional
D. his business ideas are more important than his appearance

[单项选择]He added a （）to his letter by saying that he would arrive before 8 pm.
A. presidency
B. prestige
C. postscript
D. preliminary

[填空题]By saying "he is an unframed picture to his subordinates" (Line 2, Para. 4) the author suggests that the manager is __________.

[单项选择] Every artist knows in his heart that he is saying something to the public. Not only does he want to say it well, but he wants it to be something which has not been said before. He hopes the public will listen and understand what he wants to teach them, and he wants them to learn from him. What visual artists like painters want to teach is easy to make out but difficult to explain, because painters translate their experiences into shapes and colors, not words. They seem to feel that a certain selection of shapes and colors, out of the countless billions possible, is exceptionally interesting for them and worth showing to us. Without their work we should never have noticed these particular shapes and colors, or have felt the delight which they brought to the artist. Most artists take their shapes and colors from the world of nature and from human bodies in motion and repose; their choices indicate that these aspects of the world are worth looking at, that they contain beautiful sight
A. they use shapes and colors instead of words
B. they want the public to understand them and get something from their works
C. they want to show the public something that is difficult to explain
D. they want to learn from the public

[单项选择]A. He thinks he is a stranger here. B. He thinks it is not as good as he thought.
C. He thinks it is a wonderful city. D. He doesn’t like it at all.

[填空题]In (explain) （） of his absence, he alleged that the message did not reach him.

[单项选择]A. He didn’t feel enthusiastic about it.
B. He thought the players were enthusiastic.
C. He felt very excited about it.
D. He thought it was very funny.

[单项选择]On the occasion of his 80th birthday, Sir Winston Churchill was presented with his portrait by a well-known modem artist, Graham Sutherland. The painting had been ordered and paid for by the members of Parliament,
Though moved by this mark of respect and affection, neither Sir Winston nor Lady Churchill liked it. "It makes me look stupid — which I am not!" protested Churchill in private. Publicly, he only remarked that it was "a fine example of modern art."
The Churchills were so unhappy about the portrait that finally they had it destroyed. Churchill died at ninety in 1965. Lady Churchill followed him in 1977. Shortly after her death, the public learned what had happened to Sutherland’s painting, and a heated argument broke out. The painter was understandably sad. The artistic community, shocked and angry, claimed that the destruction of the picture had been a crime. Historians said that they regretted the disappearance of a historical document. All agreed that the Churc
A. The death of the Churchills
B. Sutherland’s painting
C. Churchill’s private protest against the painting
D. The Churchills’ final disposal of the portrait