Question

【題目】 A man goes to apply for a job with Microsoft as a cleaner.

He was tested by the manager there on sweeping and cleaning. After the ______ , the manager says, "You will get the job, $5.5 an hour. Let me have your ______ address, so that I can send you a form to complete and tell you where to report for work on your first day." However, the man says he has neither a computer nor an e-mail address. To this the MS manager replies, "Well, then, that means you can ______ expect to get the job."

Not knowing where to turn and having only $10 in his ______ , he decides to buy 8.5 kilos of tomatoes at the supermarket. Within less than2 hours, he sells all the tomatoes at 100% profit (利潤(rùn)). ______ the process several times more that day, he ends up with almost $100 before going to sleep that night. And he realized that he could quite easily make a living ______ selling tomatoes.

Getting up early every day and going to bed ______ , his profits increases quickly. By the end of the second year, he is the ______ of a group of pick-up trucks and manages a staff of a hundred people, all selling tomatoes.

Planning for the ______ of his wife and children, he decides to buy some life insurance (保險(xiǎn)). Talking with an insurance adviser, he picks an insurance plan to ______ his new conditions. At the end of the telephone conversation, the adviser asks him for his e-mail address in order to send the ______ documents electronically.

When the man replies that he has no e-mail, the adviser ______ loudly, "What? You don't have an e-mail? How have you had such wealth ______ the Internet, e-mail and e-commerce (電子商務(wù))? Just imagine where you would be now, ______ you had been connected to the internet from the very start!"

After a moment of thought, the tomato millionaire replied, "Why, of course! I would be a floor ______ at Microsoft."

【1】A.testB.partyC.reportD.Rest

【2】A.homeB.schoolC.e-mailD.Internet

【3】A.clearlyB.quicklyC.easilyD.hardly

【4】A.studyB.walletC.mindD.office

【5】A.RepeatingB.StartingC.GuidingD.Controlling

【6】A.forB.byC.atD.in

【7】A.earlyB.lateC.fastD.slowly

【8】A.driverB.inventorC.makerD.owner

【9】A.travelB.healthC.futureD.past

【10】A.changeB.improveC.fitD.create

【11】A.finalB.firstC.publicD.private

【12】A.laughsB.singsC.talksD.shouts

【13】A.amongB.throughC.withoutD.with

【14】A.soB.ifC.unlessD.But

【15】A.sellerB.managerC.designerD.cleaner

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】D

【4】B

【5】A

【6】B

【7】B

【8】D

【9】C

【10】C

【11】A

【12】D

【13】C

【14】B

【15】D

【解析】

這篇短文主要講述了一位成功的商人講述自己因?yàn)闆]有電子郵箱而沒有應(yīng)聘成功清潔工的工作，最后自己是如何走向成功之路的。

【1】

句意：考試結(jié)束后，經(jīng)理說：“你會(huì)得到這份工作，每小時(shí)5.5美元�！�

test測(cè)試；party聚會(huì)； report報(bào)道； rest休息。根據(jù)下文“the manager says, "You will get the job, $5.5 an hour.”及“He was tested by the manager there on sweeping and cleaning.”可知，這里是在經(jīng)過測(cè)試之后。故選A。

【2】

句意：請(qǐng)告訴我你的電子郵件地址，這樣我就可以給你寄一張表格，讓你填寫表格，告訴你第一天去哪里報(bào)到。

home 家； school 學(xué)校； e-mail 電子郵件； Internet網(wǎng)絡(luò)。根據(jù)下文“so that I can send you a form to complete and tell you where to report for work on your first day.”可知，這里是讓我知道你的電子郵件地址。故選C。

【3】

句意：那么，那就意味著你很難得到這份工作。

clearly 清晰地； quickly快速地；easily容易地； hardly幾乎不。根據(jù)上文“However, the man says he has neither a computer nor an e-mail address.”可知，這里經(jīng)理回復(fù)他很難得到這份工作。故選D。

【4】

句意：他不知道該去哪里，錢包里只有10美元。

study學(xué)習(xí)；wallet 錢包； mind 介意； office辦公室；根據(jù)“and having only $10”可知，錢應(yīng)該放在錢包里，這里是說在他的錢包里只有10美元。故選B。

【5】

句意：那天他又重復(fù)了幾次這個(gè)過程，結(jié)果在晚上睡覺前他得到了將近100美元。

Repeating重復(fù)； Starting開始； Guiding 引導(dǎo)； Controlling控制；根據(jù)“Within less than2 hours, he sells all the tomatoes at 100% profit (利潤(rùn)).” 在不到2個(gè)小時(shí)內(nèi)，他就以100%的利潤(rùn)出售了所有的西紅柿，可知這里是說他重復(fù)了好幾次這個(gè)過程。故選A。

【6】

句意：他意識(shí)到他可以很容易地靠賣西紅柿謀生。

for 為了；by通過；at在；in在……；根據(jù)前面“the process several times more that day, he ends up with almost $100 before going to sleep that night. ”可知，這里是說他可以靠賣西紅柿謀生。make a living by doing sth.靠……謀生。故選B。

【7】

句意：每天早起晚睡，他的利潤(rùn)增長(zhǎng)很快。

early 早的；late晚地； fast 快地； slowly慢地；根據(jù)上文“Getting up early every day”可知，下文是說他每天早起晚睡，工作非常努力。故選B。

【8】

句意：到了第二年年底，他已經(jīng)擁有了一批皮卡車，管理著一百名員工，他們都在賣西紅柿。

driver司機(jī)；inventor 發(fā)明家；maker 制作者；owner擁有者。根據(jù)“manages a staff of a hundred people, all selling tomatoes.”可知，這里是說卡車的擁有者。故選D。

【9】

句意：為了妻子和孩子的未來，他決定買些人壽保險(xiǎn)。

travel旅行；health 健康； future將來；past過去。根據(jù)下文“he decides to buy some life insurance”可知，這里是為了妻子和孩子的未來，防范一些未來的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。故選C。

【10】

句意：在與保險(xiǎn)顧問交談時(shí)，他選擇了一個(gè)適合自己新條件的保險(xiǎn)計(jì)劃。

change 改變；improve 提高；fit 適合；create創(chuàng)建；根據(jù)上文“he picks an insurance plan”可知，這里是適合自己新條件的保險(xiǎn)計(jì)劃。故選C。

【11】

句意：顧問要求他提供電子郵件地址，以便以電子方式發(fā)送最終文件。

final最后的； first 第一； public公共的； private私人的；根據(jù)“the adviser asks him for his e-mail address”可知，這里是要電子郵件的地址是為了發(fā)送最終的文件，經(jīng)過討論之后，定下了最終稿。故選A。

【12】

句意：當(dāng)那個(gè)人回答說他沒有電子郵件時(shí)，顧問大聲喊道：“什么？你沒有電子郵件嗎？

laughs笑；sings唱歌； talks 交談； shouts大喊。根據(jù)“"What? You don't have an e-mail?”可知，顧問大聲喊道：“什么？你沒有電子郵件嗎？表示自己的難以置信。故選D。

【13】

句意：沒有互聯(lián)網(wǎng)、電子郵件和電子商務(wù)，你怎么會(huì)有這么多財(cái)富？

among在……之間；through 通過；without 沒有；with帶有，具有；根據(jù)“the Internet, e-mail and e-commerce”可知，這里是沒有互聯(lián)網(wǎng)、電子郵件和電子商務(wù)，你怎么會(huì)有這么多財(cái)富。故選C。

【14】

句意：想象一下，如果你從一開始就連接到互聯(lián)網(wǎng)，你現(xiàn)在會(huì)在哪里！

so因此；if如果； unless除非；but但是；根據(jù)“you had been connected to the internet from the very start!”可知，這里是if引導(dǎo)的虛擬語氣。故選B。

【15】

句意：想了一會(huì)兒，番茄百萬富翁回答說：“為什么，當(dāng)然！我會(huì)成為微軟的地板清潔工�！�

seller賣家；manager 經(jīng)理； designer設(shè)計(jì)者； cleaner清潔工；這里是他想起自己沒有成為微軟的清潔工，是因?yàn)樽约簺]有電子郵件。故選D。