A jobless man applied for the position of "office boy" at Microsoft. The manager interviewed him and then watched him cleaning the floor as a test.
"You are employed," he said. "Give me your e-mail address and I'll send you the application to fill in, as well as the date when you may start."
The man replied, "But I don't have an e-mail."
"I'm sorry," said the manager. "If you don't have an e-mail, that means you do not exist. And who doesn't exist cannot have the job."
The man left with no hope at all. He didn't know what to do, with only ten dollars in his pocket. He then decided to go to the supermarket and buy 10kg tomatoes. He then sold the tomatoes from door to door. In less than two hours, he succeeded to double his money. He repeated the practice three times, and returned home happily with 60 dollars.
The man realized that he can survive in this way, and started to go every day earlier and return late. Thus, his money doubled or tripled every day. Shortly, he bought a cart, then a truck, and then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles. Five years later, the man is one of the biggest food retailers in the US.
He started to plan his family's future and decided to have a life insurance. He called an insurance broker (代理人) and chose a protection plan.
When the conversation was concluded, the broker asked him his e-mail. The man replied, "I don't have an e-mail."
The broker answered curiously, "You don't have an e-mail, and yet have succeeded to build an empire. Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an e-mail?" The man thought for a while and replied, "Yes, I'd be an office boy at Microsoft!"
小題1:Why can't the man have the job at Microsoft?
A．Because he was lazy.
B．Because he didn't pass the test.
C．Because he didn't have an e-mail.
D．Because he didn't have a computer.
小題2:The underlined word "triple" in the passage can be replaced by "____".
A．become twice
B．become 3 times
C．decrease twice
D．decrease 3 times
小題3:Which of the following is TRUE?
A．The man is one of the biggest food retailers in the world.
B．The man didn't give up though he failed the interview.
C．He started his career by selling tomatoes in the supermarket.
D．Those who have e-mails can work at Microsoft.
小題4:The man can be described as ____.
A．helpful and thoughtful
B．positive and generous
C．smart and hardworking
D．stubborn and selfish
小題5:Which of the following can best describe the story?
A．Misfortune may be an actual blessing.
B．A good beginning is half done.
C．Accidents will happen.
D．No pains, no gains.

小題1:C 
小題2:B 
小題3:B 
小題4:C 
小題5:A
文章告訴我們一時的不幸會轉(zhuǎn)化成上帝的賜福！
小題1:細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第4段If you don't have an e-mail, that means you do not exist. And who doesn't exist cannot have the job."可知C正確。正是因為他沒有e-mail，所以才會失去這份工作。
小題2:猜測詞義題。根據(jù)his money doubled or tripled every day可知這里是按照幾何級數(shù)增加的。1到2倍，2到4倍。故B正確。
小題3:推理題。根據(jù)文章第5段內(nèi)容可知盡管他沒有得到那份工作，但是他沒有灰心，努力創(chuàng)造了自己的商業(yè)帝國。
小題4:根據(jù)文章第四，五兩段創(chuàng)業(yè)的過程可知這個人非常的努力，也非常的聰明能抓住機會。
小題5:主旨大意題。文章講述的正是一時的不幸會轉(zhuǎn)化成上帝的賜福！
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These animals live in open woodlands, or in the plains of Africa. Today, however, most of the animals can be found in eastern or southern Africa. These animals are beautiful. They have rounded ears instead of pointed like most dogs, and they have four toes (腳趾) on each of their four feet, also a unique characteristic because other dogs have five. Their fine fur is always different from each other. The fur is usually a combination of black, brown, red, and white, and sometimes even yellow. No wonder they’re called the painted wolf.
The African wild dog is a very social animal. They live in groups and have numbers from five to about twenty. The members of a group are always very close to one another. They communicate in their own language or body language. When someone is very old or sick, the others will help, and they are willing to share the food with the elders and with those who are weak, which is what we should learn from.
The family does everything together, from raising young, to sleeping together, to hunting. When they hunt, they will work together suing team work to kill animals that are larger than them.
They sometimes hunt farm animals. This is unfortunate, because both poachers (偷獵者), and people who own farms shoot the painted dogs who are just trying to survive.
Before, there used to be many large groups throughout the land, but now the African wild god is very rare. They are also losing their population because of their own loss of habitat thanks to human’s farming and forest cutting.
小題1:From the text we learn that the African wild dog         .
A．lives in the north of Africa
B．has sixteen toes altogether
C．has pointed ears like most dogs
D．lives in forests in groups
小題2:Why do African wild dogs get the name “painted dogs”?
A．They all have colorful fur.
B．The dogs in the same group are of different colors.
C．Artists love to paint them in different colors.
D．None of them has the same color.
小題3:According to the author, what should we learn from African wild dogs?
A．They always do everything together.
B．They help the sick, the elderly and the weak.
C．They are always very close to one another.
D．They communicate in their own language.
小題4:Which of the following is NOT the reason why African wild dogs are becoming very rare?
A．Poachers kill some of them.
B．They are short of food sometimes.
C．They are losing their habitat.
D．Farmers shoot some of them.
小題5:Where could this passage probably be found?
A．The TravelersB．Fashion WeeklyC．Animal WorldD．Star Magazine

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