It was the summer of 1965. Deluca, then 17, visited Peter Buck, a family friend. Buck asked Deluca about his plan for the future. “I’m going to college, but I need a way to pay for it,” Deluca recalls saying. “Buck said, ‘you should open a sandwich shop.’ ”
That afternoon, they agreed to be partners. And they set a goal: to open 32 stores in ten years. After doing some research, Buck wrote a check for $ 1,000. Deluca rented a storefront (店面) in Connecticut, and when they couldn’t cover their start-up costs, Buck kicked in another $1,000.
But business didn’t go smoothly as they expected. Deluca says, “After six months, we were doing poorly, but we didn’t know how badly, because we didn’t have any financial controls.” All he and Buck knew was that their sales were lower than their costs.
Deluca was managing the store and to the University of Bridgeport at the same time. Buck was working at his day job as a nuclear physicist in New York. They’d meet Monday evenings and brainstorm ideas for keeping the business running. “We convinced ourselves to open a second store. We figured we could tell the public, ‘ We are so successful, we are opening a second store.’” And they did — in the spring of 1966. Still, it was a lot of learning by trial and error.
But the partners’ learn-as-you-go approach turned out to be their greatest strength. Every Friday, Deluca would drive around and hand-deliver the checks to pay their supplies. “It probably took me two and a half hours and it wasn’t necessary but as a result, the suppliers got to know me very well, and the personal relationships established really helped out,” Deluca says.
And having a goal was also important. “There are so many problems that can get you down. You just have to keep working toward your goal,” Deluca adds.
Deluca ended up founding Subways Sandwich, the multimillion-dollar restaurant chain.
小題1:Deluca opened the first sandwich shop in order to ________.
A．support his familyB．pay for his college education
C．help his partner expand businessD．do some research
小題2:Which of the following is true of Buck?
A．He put money into the sandwich business.
B．He was a professor of business as ministration.
C．He was studying at the University of Bridgeport.
D．He rented a storefront for Deluca.
小題3:What can we learn about their first shop?
A．It stood at an unfavorable place.
B．It lowered the prices to poor management.
C．It made no profits due to poor management.
D．It lacked control over the quality of sandwich.
小題4:They decided to open a second store because they _________.
A．had enough money to do it
B．had succeeded in their business
C．wished to meet the increasing demand of customers
D．wanted to make believe that they were successful
小題5: What contributes most do their success according to the author?
A．Learning by trial and error.B．Making friends with supplies.
C．Finding a good partner.D．Opening chain stores.

小題1:B
小題3:A
小題4:C
小題4:D
小題5:A

小題1:細節(jié)理解題。由第一段關(guān)鍵句““I’m going to college, but I need a way to pay for it,”.”可知其目的是為了支付大學的費用。
小題2:判斷正誤題。由第二段關(guān)鍵句“Buck wrote a check for $1000”和“Buck kicked in another $1000.”，可知是投資人，他投入了很多運轉(zhuǎn)資金。B項錯在a professor of …C項錯在studying at ….D項錯在rented a …
小題3:推理判斷題。由第三段的內(nèi)容描述，But business didn’t go smoothly as they expected. DeLuca says, “After six months, we were doing poorly, but we didn’t know how badly, because we didn’t have any financial controls.” All he and Buck knew was that their sales were lower than their costs.可判斷出他們的第一家商店由于經(jīng)營不善，以虧本失敗而告終。
小題4:細節(jié)理解題。由第四段的“We convinced ourselves to open a second store. We figured we could tell the public, ‘We are so successful, we are opening a second store.’ 可知他們之所以在開第二家商店主要就是為了向別人證明他們是能夠成功的。
小題5:推理判斷題�？偨Y(jié)全文故事發(fā)展脈絡(luò)，根據(jù)第四段最后一句話“Still, it was a lot of learning by trial and error” 可推論出他們?nèi)〉贸晒Φ闹饕蛟谟谒麄兊膱猿植恍�，反�?fù)嘗試。
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