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A jobless man wanted to apply(求職) for the position of “office boy” at Microsoft. The staff manager interviewed him and then gave him a ____: clean the floor. The man passed it; he cleaned the floor very well.

“You are hired(雇傭),” the manager told the man. “Give me your email address, and I’ll send you the form to _____. I shall also send you the ____ you should report for the work.”

The man replied, “I don’t have a _____, or email!”

“I’m sorry,” said the manager. “If you don’t have email, that means you do not exist(存在). And we cannot _____ persons who do not exsit.”

The man was very ___. He didn’t know what to do. He only had 10 dollars with him. Once that was___, he wouldn’t have any money to buy even food. He went from door to door and ___ the tomatoes in small bags. He doubled his money.

He ____ this three times, and returned home with 60 dollars. He realized that he could continue to live this way. He started to go earlier every day, and returned later. He doubled or made even three times his money every day. Soon, he ___ a cart, then a truck. In a very short time, he had his many delivery(遞送) trucks.

Five years later, the man became one of the biggest ____seller in the country. He started to plan his family’s future. He called an insurance(保險) broker, a man who sells insurance. At the end of the ____, the broker asked him for his email address. The man replied, “I don’t have an email.”

Hearing that, the broker felt very ___. “You don’t have email, and yet have succeeded in becoming so ___. Can you imagine what you could have been if you had email?” he said aloud. The man thought for a while, and replied, “an office ___ at Microsoft!”

If you just lost your job or just failed an interview, don’t worry, think of the positive(積極的)… Good days are on the way and something better will happen to you.

1.A. jobB. handC. chanceD. test

2.A. check outB. put upC. fill inD. write down

3.A. name B. dateC. addressD. ticket

4.A. computerB. screenC. websiteD. letter

5.A. believeB. payC. acceptD. refuse

6.A. pleasedB. excitedC. embarrassedD. disappointed

7.A. exchangedB. spent C. wastedD. lost

8.A. dividedB. showedC. keptD. sold

9.A. repeatedB. remindedC. triedD. counted

10.A. borrowed B. repairedC. receivedD. bought

11.A. truckB. insuranceC. foodD. door

12.A. introductionB. talkC. businessD. story

13.A. worriedB. satisfiedC. upsetD. surprised

14.A. cleverB. healthyC. richD. confident

15.A. boyB. secretaryC. cleanerD. head

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