Markita Andrews became a great salesgirl when she discovered, at age 13, the secret of selling.

It 36  with desire. For Markita and her mother, who worked  37 a waitress in New York after her husband left them when Markita was eight, their  38 was to travel the globe. "I'll work hard to make enough money to send you to 39  ," her mother said one day. "You'll go to college and when you 40  , you'll make enough money to take you and me around the world. Okay?"

So at age 13 when Markita 41 in her Girl Scout(女童子軍)magazine that the scout who sold the most cookies would  42 an all-expenses-paid trip for two around the world, she  43  to sell all the Girl Scout cookies she could --- more Girl Scout cookies than anyone in the world, ever.

But desire alone is not   44  . To make her dream come true, Markita knew she needed a plan.

Her aunt   45  . "When you are doing business, dress like you are doing business.  46  your Girl Scout uniform. Always smile, whether they buy or not, always be 47  . And don't ask them to buy your cookies; ask them to 48  ."

Lots of other Scouts may have 49  that trip around the world. But only Markita went off in her uniform each day after  50  . "Hi, I have a dream. I'm earning a trip around the world for me and my mom by selling Girl Scout cookies," she'd say 51  the door. "Would you like to invest in one dozen or two dozen boxes of cookies?"

Markita  52  3,526 boxes of Girl Scout cookies that year and won her trip around the world.

Markita is not 53  than thousands of other people. The 54  is that Markita had discovered the secret of selling: Ask, Ask, Ask! Many people fail before they 55  begin because they fail to ask for what they want. The fear of rejection leads many of us to reject ourselves and our dreams

36. A. goes          B. starts           C. stays             D. ends

37. A. as            B. for             C. like              D. in

38. A. decision        B. dream          C. task             D. interest

39. A. work          B. hospital         C. home            D. college

40. A. marry         B. grow           C. graduate          D. succeed

41. A. wrote         B. heard           C. found            D. read

42. A. win           B. go             C. take             D. give

43. A. needed         B. asked           C. decided           D. hesitated

44. A. attractive       B. enough          C. perfect           D. difficult

45. A. complained      B. advised          C. declared          D. ordered

46. A. Put           B. Wash           C. Prepare           D. Wear

47. A. patient         B. fair            C. nice             D. honest

48. A. invest         B. choose          C. attend            D. taste

49. A. wanted        B. experienced      C. planned           D. arranged

50. A. supper         B. school          C. evening           D. education

51. A. behind         B. beside          C. at               D. on

52. A. sold           B. produced        C. advertised         D. bought

53. A. prettier         B. happier          C. luckier           D. smarter

54. A. answer        B. fact            C. difference         D. conclusion

55. A. immediately     B. even            C. slowly            D. still

36—40 BABDC   41—45 DACBB    46—50 DCAAB    51—55 CADCB

36. B. 接第一段內容,說Markita Andrews十三歲就成為一名偉大的女銷售員,是從她強烈的愿望開始的。

37. A. 本處交待Markita Andrews母親的工作是當一名女服務員。

38. B. 此時Markita Andrews八歲,所以環(huán)球旅行是她和母親的一個夢想,后文反復提及她們的這一夢想,如To make her dream come true,I have a dream等處。

39. D. 從下一句母親的話You'll go to college可知她是說要掙足夠多的錢供Markita Andrews將來上大學。

40. C. 等到Markita Andrews能賺到夠多的錢讓母女實現(xiàn)環(huán)球旅行的夢想,接上句,肯定是在大學畢業(yè)后。

41. D.  Markita Andrews在《女童子軍》雜志上看到這則消息。

42. A. 賣出餅干最多的女童子軍成員將獲得一次可供兩人的全免費環(huán)球旅行,D項在此處若用主動態(tài)則語意不通。

43. C. 從后文她的行動可以看出,看到這則消息后,Markita Andrews決定竭盡所能地去賣女童子軍餅干。

44. B. 從下一句講她需要可行的計劃可知,這里是說光有愿望是不夠的。

45. B. 從講話內容可以看出,這里姨媽是給Markita Andrews支招,給她提建議。

46. D. 從上一句dress like you are doing business中的dress和下一段中的went off in her uniform each day可知D正確,姨媽首先就穿著提建議。

47. C. 從句首的Always smile結合下文所說到的上門推銷可知姨媽說不管人家買不買,對人的態(tài)度都要好。

48. A. 從下一段最后一句Would you like to invest…可知Markita Andrews是按姨媽的建議去做的,故A正確。

49. A. 許多看到這則消息的女童子軍成員也可能想得到這次環(huán)球旅行的機會。

50. B. Markita Andrews這時才十三歲,母親是要把她培養(yǎng)上大學的,所以她此時應是在校學生,所以賣女童子軍餅干當然只能在放學后才可以做。

51. C. Markita Andrews當然是站在人家門口跟人家推銷,at the door是候在人家門外等人家開門應答。

52. A. 按前文雜志上的要求是賣餅干,故此處是說這一年Markita Andrews賣出了3,526盒女童子軍餅干。

53. D. 本處是就賣餅干這件事把Markita Andrews和其他人做比較,從后面講她的成功原因可知這里是說她并不比別人聰明。

54. C. 此處是講Markita Andrews的與眾不同之處:她發(fā)現(xiàn)了銷售的決竅。

55. B. 此處用even表示強調,反襯出Markita Andrews的成功之道。許多人甚至在沒有開始行動前就已經(jīng)失敗了。

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