Test 3

Stretton was working as a salesgirl for a    1   company. But she was always dreaming of becoming her own boss. When the opportunity arose, Stretton    2    her own clothing business on her family’s farm on New Zealand’s North Island. Soon she started getting    3    －her first for 20, 000 dresses. “It was a    4    task for one woman sitting on a farm,” says Stretton. “ But I never doubt I could do it.”

By the end of its first year of trading, Stretton Clothing Company had turned over $817,000. She worked hard, selecting materials and visiting customers. To    5    her business, she broadened her product line and opened boutiques(精品店) in    6    areas, offering local people services they could get in cities.

Within two years, she opened seven    7    in New Zealand. Today, her company    8    to 110 boutiques globally. As her business    9    , so did Stretton’s influence on the public. She    10    writing a monthly column in Her Business magazine. One day Stretton was told the future of the magazine was    11    ，she immediately decided to buy it. Her publishing company now produces three    12    .

Today, the mother of two is heavily involved in    13    and she teaches women how to succeed in    14   . Stretton says, “If you    15   what you are doing, get out and find something you do!”

1.A. clothing      B. farming       C. building       D. publishing

2. A. abandoned  B. took over    C. expanded      D. set up

3. A. suggestions  B. orders      C. invitations       D. services

4. A. tough      B. pleasant       C. common       D. vital

5. A. connect    B. advertise    C. control       D. strengthen

6. A. entire  B. rural       C. crowded       D. secure

7. A. stores   B. hospitals      C. libraries       D. agencies

8. A. devotes   B. responds       C. exports       D. returns

9. A. grew       B. changed       C. decreased      D. remained

10. A. considered   B. admitted       C. started    D. stopped

11. A. uncertain   B. unfinished    C. unusual    D. unbelievable

12. A. surveys  B. interviews       C. magazines  D. fiction

13. A. religion    B. charity      C. medicine      D. agriculture

14. A. family    B. research      C. education      D. business

15. A. value   B. dislike      C. follow       D. prefer