Andrew, my father's younger brother, will not be at the picnic, ______ to the family's dis
A.much
B.more
C.too much
D.much more
A.much
B.more
C.too much
D.much more
Andrew Carnegie
Born in Scotland, in 1835, Andrew Carnegie entered the world in poverty. Carnegie's father came to America when Andrew was twelve, and his brother, Thomas, was five. Arriving in New York in 1848, the Carnegies settled in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania Allegheny City provided Carnegie's first job, as a bobbin boy in a cotton factory, working for $1.20 a week. At 15, Carnegie became a telegraph messenger boy in Pittsburgh. Carnegie's next job was as a railroad clerk, working for the Pennsylvania Railroad. He worked his way up the ladder, through his dedication and honest desire to succeed, to become train dispatcher and then division manager. At this time, young Carnegie, age 24, had already made some small investments that laid the foundations of his what would be tremendous fortune. One of these investments was the purchase of stock in the Woodruff Sleeping Car Company.
In 1864, Carnegie entered the iron business, but did not begin to make steel until years later. In 1873, he built the Edgar Thomson works in Braddock, Pennsylvania, to make Bessemer steel. He established many other steel plants, and in 1892, he merged all of his interests into the Carnegie Steel Company. This act from Carnegie is fitting with one of his most famous quotations, "Put all of your eggs in one basket, and then watch that basket." This firm became one of the greatest industrial enterprises in America. Carnegie later sold it to J. P. Morgan's United States Steel Corporation in 1901 for $ 400 million, which would be a little over $4 billion today!
After retiring, Carnegie's fortune was estimated to be as large as half a billion dollars. From that time on, with the philosophy that the rich have a moral obligation to give away their money, he devoted himself to philanthropy. Although ironic, this man of great fortune strongly believed in the merits of poverty for the development of character and work ethic, and determined that wealthy men should not leave their fortunes to their children, but should give it away, claiming "The man who dies thus rich, dies disgraced." With the picture of community service, Carnegie is quoted as saying, "Pittsburgh entered the core of my heart when I was a boy, and cannot be torn out. I can never be one hair's breadth less loyal to her, or less anxious to help her in any way, than I have been since I could help anything. My treasure is still with you, and how best to serve Pittsburgh is the question which occurs to me almost every day of my life."
Andrew Carnegie was
A.an American by origin.
B.an Irishman by origin.
C.a Scotsman by origin.
D.a German by origin.
A.more
B.much
C.too much
D.much more
听力原文:W: John, remember to drop off those textbooks at Andrew's on the way to class.
M: Oh, thanks for the reminder. I'm on my way there.
Q: What will the man probably do next?
(13)
A.Go to Andrew's place before class.
B.Go to Andrew's place after class.
C.Go back to his room to get the book.
D.Go to class.
A.A.my father and my mother friends
B.B.my father and my mother's friends
C.C.my father's and my mother's friends
D.D.friends of my father and my mother
- Paul, _______?
- Oh, that's my father!And beside him, my mother.
A.what is the person over there
B.who's talking over there
C.what are they doing
D.which is that
My friend’s father is nearly 90, but he’s as fit as a ____.
A.piano
B.fiddle
To celebrate my father's birthday, I _____ a double-decker cake.
A.paid
B.purchased
C.chased
D.pursued
I came across a ______ on the street yesterday morning.
A.friend of my father's
B.friend of my father
C.my father's friend
D.father's friend
一Paul,_________? 一Oh,that’s my father! And beside him ,my mother.
A what is the person over there
B who’s talking over there
C what are they doing
D which is that
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