Question

A jobless man wanted very much to have the position of “office boy” at Microsoft. The HR manager interviewed him and then watched him cleaning the floor as a test. “You have passed the test,” he said. “Give me your e-mail address and I’ll send you the form to fill in and the date when you may start.” The man replied, “But I don’t have a computer, neither an e-mail.” “I’m sorry,” said the HR manager. “If you don’t have an e-mail, that means you are not living. And anyone who isn’t living cannot have the job.”

The man left with no hope at all. He didn’t know what to do with only $10 in his pocket. He thought and thought. Then he went to the supermarket and bought 10 kilos of tomatoes. He sold the tomatoes from door to door. In less than two hours, he had 20 dollars. He repeated the operation three times, and started to go early every day, and returned home late. Shortly, he bought a cart , then a truck, then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles(運貨車隊). Five years later, the man was one of the biggest food retailers (零售商)  in the US.

One day, one of his friends asked him for his e-mail. He said, “I haven’t got one.” His friend couldn’t believe his ears. “Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an e-mail?” The man thought for a while and replied, “Yes, I’d be an office boy at Microsoft!”

根據(jù)材料內(nèi)容選擇最佳答案，并將其標號填入題前括號內(nèi)。

1.What did the man do for the test?

A．He sent e-mails.                        B．He did the cleaning

C．He sold computers.                      D．He filled in forms.

2.The man didn’t get the job because he_____________.

A．disliked such a job

B．didn’t pass the test

C．didn’t have an e-mail

D．knew nothing about computers

3.The man ______after he left Microsoft.

A．went to look for another job

B．a(chǎn)sked for food from door to door

C．thought of an idea to make monkey

D．bought a computer and got an e-mail

4.“office boy” means            in Chinese.

A．勤雜工           B．學徒             C．男職員           D．男程序員

5.Why could the man become one of the biggest food retailers in the US?

A．Because he had many friends to help him.

B．Because he was smart and worked very hard.

C．Because he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles.

D．Because he wanted to show Microsoft he was living.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.C

3.C

4.A

5.B

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文中的主人公，因為沒有電子郵箱，從而沒能進入微軟公司。但是他憑著自己的精明和努力，在五年后成為了美國最大的零售商。

1.根據(jù)The HR manager interviewed him and then watched him cleaning the floor as a test. 描述，可知選B。

2.根據(jù)第一段“If you don’t have an e-mail, that means you are not living. And anyone who isn’t living cannot have the job.”描述，可知選C。

3.根據(jù)短文描述，可知這個人在離開微軟公司后想到了一個掙錢的注意，故選C。

4.聯(lián)系前文The HR manager interviewed him and then watched him cleaning the floor as a test.看他打掃辦公室作為測試，可知此處指的是勤雜工，故選A。

5.根據(jù)短文第二段描述，可知這是個很聰明又努力的人，故選B。

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