At five he was collecting old newspapers to make money.And when he was fifteen he signed his schoolmates up to start a baby-sitting circle(保姆中心).
Now 20,third- year Cambridge University student,Peter Blackburn is the managing director of company with a 30,000 pounds plan.And he thinks he will make more than $15,000 by next summer.
He set up Peter Blackburn Company last year to bring out a new color term-planner(學(xué)期計(jì)劃)that now students all over the UK are using.
“I felt that most of the planners going around were pretty unimaginative,”he says.”I believed that I could do a better job and decided to have a go.”
Blackburn agrees that he is putting far more effort into business than his computer studies course at university.While fellow students are out with their friends,he keeps in touch with his business office in Lancashire by mobile phone.Before he set up the company he spent one holiday preparing a plan that would persuade the bank to lend him money.
“Most students work hard for a good degree because they believe that will help them get a job to support themselves,”he says.”I work hard at my company,because that is what will support me next year,after I leave college.”
Friends believe that Blackburn will make one million pounds within five years.
He is not quite so sure,however.”There is a lot to be done yet,”he says.
小題1:When he was quite young,Blackburn______.
A.a(chǎn)lready made a lot of money
B.a(chǎn)lready had a business brain
C.was already a managing director of a company
D.a(chǎn)lready set up his own business
小題2:The underline expression in the fourth paragraph “have a go”means______.
A.give up his job and have a new one
B.leave the company
C.have a try
D.develop my business quickly
小題3:Which of the following best explains why Blackburn works hard at his company?
A.He wants to do more business practice before he leaves college.
B.He wants to make more money before he leaves college.
C.He wants to get a good job like most students after he leaves college.
D.He depends on the company for his living in the future.
小題4:Choose the right order of the facts given in the passage.
a.He spent his holiday preparing a plan.
b.He collected newspapers.
c.He set up his own company.
d.He asked the bank for money
e.He set up a baby-sitting circle
A.e,b,c,a,dB.b,e,a,d,cC.b,e,d,a,cD.b,e,c,a,d

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:D
小題4:B

試題分析:本文主要講述了商業(yè)天才Peter Blackburn的個(gè)人發(fā)展歷程。
小題1:.B 推理題。根據(jù)文章第一段At five he was collecting old newspapers to make money.And when he was fifteen he signed his schoolmates up to start a baby-sitting circle(保姆中心).說明在很小的時(shí)候他就有一顆做生意的心,故B正確。
小題2:C 推理題。根據(jù)“I felt that most of the planners going around were pretty unimaginative,”he says.”I believed that I could do a better job and decided to have a go.”說明他認(rèn)為自己能夠做得很好,也愿意為之努力,愿意做一個(gè)很好的嘗試,故C項(xiàng)正確。
小題3:D 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)3,4行I work hard at my company,because that is what will support me next year,after I leave college.說明他認(rèn)為自己可以依靠這個(gè)公司來給自己的學(xué)業(yè)提供支持,故D正確。
小題4:B 細(xì)節(jié)題題。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容可知在5歲時(shí)就賣報(bào)紙,15歲時(shí)成立保姆中心,花了一個(gè)暑假的時(shí)間做計(jì)劃,后來向銀行借錢開公司。故B正確。
點(diǎn)評(píng):本文主要介紹了Peter Blackburn的商業(yè)發(fā)展過程,本文考查細(xì)節(jié)題為主,細(xì)節(jié)題可以在文章中直接找到與答案有關(guān)的信息?或是其變體。搜查信息在閱讀中非常重要它包括理解作者在敘述某事時(shí)使用的具體事實(shí)、數(shù)據(jù)、圖表等細(xì)節(jié)信息。在一篇短文里大部分篇幅都屬于這類圍繞主體展開的細(xì)節(jié)。做這類題一般采用尋讀法?即先讀題,然后帶著問題快速閱讀短文,找出與問題有關(guān)的詞語或句子,再對(duì)相關(guān)部分進(jìn)行分析對(duì)比,找出答案。
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