8．Start Small and Grow Big
Jack Ma，F(xiàn)ounder and Chairman of e-commerce（電子商務） giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd．，is one of those self-made billionaires in the technology field．His rags-to-riches journey is just as spectacular as his Internet Empire．
Jack Ma，whose Chinese name is Ma Yun，was born in a normal family in 1964．Like most Chinese parents back then，Ma's father beat him growing up．He was poor at math but loved English．Starting at age 12，he awoke at 5a．m．to walk or bicycle to Hangzhou's main hotels so he could practice his English with foreign tourists．He did this for nine years and acted as a free tour guide to many，befriended several and later visited one family in Australia．Those experiences opened his eyes．
After twice failing the national college entrance exams，Ma entered what he called"Hangzhou's worst college．"Graduating in 1988，Ma married his college sweetheart and taught English at a local college for five years，earning 15a month．During that time，he also applied for jobs at a local KFC，a hotel and the city police，and failed to land．
Determined to enter business，Ma set up a translation company，but he still had to peddle goods on the street to get by．During a short trip to the US as an interpreter in 1995，Ma first experienced the Internet．He believed in the Internet's business potential when few other people did．In 1999，with the help of more than a dozen friends who pooled their resources-just 60，000-he started Alibaba in his Hangzhou apartment．At that time，e-commerce was unheard of in China．"I called myself a blind man riding on the back of blind tigers，"he once said，according to The Guardian．His unusual ideas earned him the nickname"Crazy Jack Ma"．
Since its foundation，Alibaba has grown from 15employees to more than 30，000．The company floated on the New York Stock Market in September 2014for 25billion-the largest public offering in history．The company now makes more profit than rivals Amazon．com and e-Bay combined．Alibaba has directly and indirectly created 40million jobs for China．Ma hopes to keep expanding Alibaba outside of China （the company is already big in Russia and Brazil） and is aiming for 2billion consumers and 10million small businesses to use the company abroad．
Ma's lifestyle is very simple and modest．Ma enjoys meditation（冥想） in the mountains，playing poker with friends and writing his own kung fu novels．Forest Gump is Jack Ma's hero．
"Forest Gump never gives up and believes in what he is doing，"said Ma．He also quoted the phrase"Life is like a box of chocolates because you never know what you're going to get．"
56．What made him into e-commerce industry？B
A．His English learning experience．
B．His foresight and ambitions．
C．His simple and modest lifestyle．
D．His friends and 60，000funds．
57．The underlined sentence in Para.4 means thatD．
A．Ma had no confidence in his business future
B．Ma was a blind man riding on a blind tiger
C．Ma had not enough money at that time
D．Ma knew little about e-commerce
58．What's the personality of Ma Yun according to the passage？B
A．Funny and competitive．
B．Determined and creative．
C．Friendly and kind．
D．Stubborn and crazy．
59．The passage is mainly aboutC．
A．the development of Alibaba Group
B．Jack Ma's personal life
C．the journey of Jack Ma's success
D．Jack Ma's work experience．
分析 本文講述了阿里巴巴的創(chuàng)始者馬云的成長，從小時候的學習不好考上"杭州最差大學"到畢業(yè)后從事各種工作有了經驗，到最終他接觸到互聯(lián)網，并且認識到了互聯(lián)網所存在的潛力并開展電子商務，因此獲得非凡的成功以及如今取得的巨大成就．
解答 56．B 推理判斷題．由文章第四段，馬云相信在沒有人接觸到電子商務的時候認識到其存在的巨大商機He believed in the Internet's business potential when few other people did．是馬云有遠見以及有雄心．故選B．
57．D 推理判斷題．由劃線語句所在原句，At that time，e-commerce was unheard of in China．"I called myself a blind man riding on the back of blind tigers，"he once said，according to The Guardian．可知，當時電子商務還沒在中國流行，因此沒人了解，馬云說自己是騎在盲虎背上的盲人，說明他自己也不了解電子商務．故選D
58．B 推理判斷題．通讀全文后發(fā)現(xiàn)馬云是個有決心并且有創(chuàng)造力的人，而在文中沒有體現(xiàn)出他的善良，頑固，幽默，友善，有競爭力．盡管他被稱為"crazy Ma Yun"，然而瘋狂并不能形容他．故選B
59．C 主旨大意題．考察學生對文章的理解，全文主要講述馬云的經歷以及成功的經過，故選C
點評 考點：考察記敘文閱讀，主要考察學生對短文的理解，以及根據短文內容對題目所出問題的判斷，需要學生認真讀所給文章，并且到原文尋找答案所在內容．
