Question

Albert was an ordinary worker in an oil company in America. His workmates gave a nickname (綽號)“Four dollars a bucket of oil” below his name whenever and wherever he wrote down his name. As time went by, people forgot his real name. Later, when Rockefeller, the board chairman(董事長)of the oil company heard of it, he was very surprised, so he invited Albert to his office.

“Some people give you a nickname. Why aren’t you angry?” asked Rockefeller with some puzzlement in his eyes.

“Mr. Rockefeller, I like this nickname very much, because it is our company’s advertisement. When someone calls me ‘Four dollars a bucket’, I think it’s free advertisement for our company. It’s not necessary for me to get angry. Don’t you think so, Mr. Rockefeller?”

“What a wonderful man!” Rockfeller said excitedly when hearing Albert’s words. “Young man, work harder, you must be successful in the future! I believe in you!”

Five years later, Albert became the second board chairman after Rockefeller. Later Albert said in one of his reports, “I don’t think we should feel upset when we have no way to do the world—shaking things.” We should treat everything actively because maybe our future success will begin from a small thing!”

1.Albert was ___________in the oil company at the beginning.

A. a workerB. an assistant

C. a managerD. the second board chairman

2.Albert wasn’t angry about his nickname because ____________.

A. he liked to have a nickname

B. it could make his workmates happy

C. he could become famous

D. it was a free advertisement for his company

3.What is the main idea of this passage?

A. Rockefeller asked young people to work harder.

B. It’s very important to do small things well.

C. You can’t get angry when someone calls your nickname.

D. You should make more advertisements for your company.

4.What did Rockefeller mean when he said “the world-shaking things”?

A. The big thingsB. The interesting things

C. The small thingsD. The frightening things

5.What would be the best title for this passage?

A. I Believe in YouB. Albert and Rockefeller

C. Four Dollars a BucketD. The Second Board Chairman

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.A

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：本人介紹了美國油業(yè)公司的普通工人Albert，同事們?yōu)樗�起了一個綽號叫“四美元一桶”，大家都叫他的綽號，以至于忘了真名，他不生氣，他認為這是為公司做免費廣告。后來他成了董事長，他認為：一個人如果沒有辦法做成大事，但一定要做好手頭的小事，因為未來的成功有可能從一件小事開始。

1.

2.

3.

4.world—shaking things.描述，可知他認為一個人沒有辦法做成大事也不用感到不安，world—shaking things驚天動地的事情，也就是大事，故選A。

5.

考點：故事類短文閱讀。