Question

A jobless man Hambley applied for the position of "office boy" at Microsoft. The HR manager interviewed him 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 date when you may start."

Hambley replied "But I don't have a computer, neither an email."

"I'm sorry", said the HR manager. "If you don't have an email 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 ten kilograms tomatoes. He then sold the tomatoes in a door to door round. In less than two hours, he succeeded to double his capital（本金）. He repeated the operation three times, and returned home with sixty dollars.

Hambley realized that he can survive by this way, and started to go earlier every day, and return late. Thus, his money doubled every day. Shortly, he bought a cart, then a truck, and then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles. Five years later, Hambley 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 email. Hambley replied, "I don't have an email."

The broker answered curiously, "You don't have an email, and yet have succeeded to build a company. Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an email?" Hambley thought for a while and replied, "Yes, I'd be an office boy at Microsoft!"

1. Hambley was refused by the HR manager because he________.

A. didn’t have an email

B. didn’t exist

C. couldn’t clean the floor.

D. was dishonest

2.In less than two hours, Hambley succeeded in earning ________ dollars.

A. twenty B. sixty C. ten D. thirty

3. What do the underlined words “the retailers ”refer to?

A. People that sell insurance.

B. People that sell goods to the public.

C. People that double their capital

D. People that have their own truck.

4. What is Hambley’s opinion on Network?

A. It’s helpful

B. He wanted to use it later.

C. An office boy should use it.

D. It doesn’t mean everything.

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.D

【解析】

試題分析: 本文是一篇記敘文。失業(yè)人士Hambley在面試微軟公司職員時(shí)因?yàn)闆]有電子郵箱而被拒絕錄用。他用10美元買了10㎏西紅柿又把它們賣出去，結(jié)果利潤(rùn)倍增，后來(lái)他起早貪黑，掙的錢越來(lái)越多，然后擁有了自己的汽車運(yùn)輸公司，五年后成為美國(guó)最大的食品零售商之一。最后在與他的保險(xiǎn)代理商交談時(shí)說(shuō)自己一直沒有電子郵箱。

1.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段人事部經(jīng)理說(shuō)的話"If you don't have an email that means you do not exist. And who doesn't exist, cannot have the job."可知如果Hambley沒有電子郵箱，他就不能擁有這份工作。所以說(shuō)Hambley被拒絕是因?yàn)樗麤]有電子郵箱。選項(xiàng)A與之相符，故選A。

2.C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第五段第三行In less than two hours, he succeeded to double his capital（本金）.可知不到兩個(gè)小時(shí)他就成功的將他的本金翻倍。由本段第一行with only ten dollars in his pocket.可知他本金10美元，翻倍后是20美元，所以他盈利10美元。故選C。

3.詞義猜測(cè)題。A. People that sell insurance. 賣保險(xiǎn)的人；B. People that sell goods to the public. 賣物品給大眾的人（零售商）；C. People that double their capital. 使本金翻倍的人；D. People that have their own truck.擁有自己的卡車的人。由本句Hambley is one of the biggest food retailers in the US.中“food”可知“retailers”與B項(xiàng)“零售商”最適合，故選B。

4.主旨大意題。本篇文章主要描述了失業(yè)人士Hambley在面試微軟公司職員時(shí)因?yàn)闆]有電子郵箱而被拒絕錄用，后來(lái)起早貪黑的工作，擁有了自己的汽車運(yùn)輸公司，還成為美國(guó)最大的食品零售商之一，但他一直沒有電子郵箱。這說(shuō)明沒有網(wǎng)絡(luò)，他照樣事業(yè)成功。又根據(jù)文章最后一句他的回答"Yes, I'd be an office boy at Microsoft!" 可知Hambley認(rèn)為網(wǎng)絡(luò)并不代表一切。故選D。

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