Jeffrey Bezos, founder, president and chairman of the board of Amazon.com, was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His mother’s ancestors were early settlers in Texas, and over the generations had acquired a 25,000 acre farm at Cotulla. Jeffrey spent most summers of his youth working with his grandfather on their farm.
Jeffrey showed intense and varied scientific interests at an early age. He set up an electric alarm to keep his younger sisters and brothers out of his room and changed his parents’ garage into a laboratory for his science projects.
After he graduated from Princeton University with a degree in computer science and electrical engineering, Jeffrey Bezos found employment on Wall Street, where computer science was increasingly in demand to study market trends. He rose quickly, becoming a senior vice president, and looked forward to a bright career in finance, when he made a discovery that changed his life, and the course of business history.
In 1994, there was still no internet commerce to speak of. One day that spring, Jeffrey Bezos observed that Internet usage was increasing by 2300 percent a year. He saw an opportunity for a new circle of commerce, and immediately began considering the possibilities.
Bezos founded Amazon.com in 1994, setting up the original company in his garage. The company was called Amazon for the seemingly endless South American river with its numberless branches. It started as an online bookstore but soon diversified to all kinds of products. His work with Amazon eventually led him to become one of the most excellent dot-com entrepreneurs. He was named Time magazine’s Person of the Year in 1999. In 2008, he was selected by U.S. News & World Report as one of America’s Best Leaders. Bezos’ Amazon has become “the Earth’s biggest anything store”. Amazon.com is now called “one of the smartest strategies in business history”.
Today, Jeffrey Bezos lives north of Seattle and is increasingly concerned with charity activities. “Giving away money takes as much attention as building a successful company,” he said.
小題1: In his childhood, Bezos ______.
A．had to work with his grandfather on their farm all day long
B．showed great interest in science
C．didn’t get along well with his brothers and sisters
D．wanted to become a businessman
小題2:Jeffrey changed the course of business history because he ______.
A．looked forward to a bright career in finance on Wall Street
B．considered the possibility of setting up an original company
C．founded a new form of commerce that developed fast later
D．was the first to speak of Internet commerce
小題3:Which of the following isn’t mentioned in the passage?
A．How hard Bezos studied in Princeton University.
B．“Amazon.com” only sold books in the beginning.
C．Bezos not only devoted his life to Internet commerce but also to charity.
D．The reason why Jeffrey Bezos decided to found Amazon.com.
小題4: It can be inferred from the passage that ______.
A．it was Bezos’s grandfather on the farm who helped him a lot
B．Bezos invented e-commerce to win the world fame overnight
C．Bezos has a sharp business mind and a kind heart
D．Bezos aimed at setting up “the Earth’s biggest bookstore”

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:C   

試題分析：
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題：從第二段的句子：Jeffrey showed intense and varied scientific interests at an early age. 可知答案是B
小題2:推理題：從文章第三段的句子：He rose quickly, becoming a senior vice president, and looked forward to a bright career in finance, when he made a discovery that changed his life, and the course of business history.說(shuō)明杰夫－貝佐斯發(fā)現(xiàn)了一種新的商業(yè)模式。選C
小題3:從最后一段的句子：It started as an online bookstore but soon diversified to all kinds of products.可知B正確，從最后一段的句子：Today, Jeffrey Bezos lives north of Seattle and is increasingly concerned with charity activities. 可知C正確，從文章倒數(shù)第三段可知D項(xiàng)是正確的，文章沒(méi)有提到A。
小題4:歸納題：從整篇文章看出杰夫－貝佐斯創(chuàng)立了亞馬遜，說(shuō)明他有商業(yè)頭腦，從最后一段可知他的心地善良。選C   
點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文介紹了名校畢業(yè)生貝佐斯一直對(duì)所有由網(wǎng)絡(luò)引發(fā)的革命性變革很感興趣。當(dāng)他看到互聯(lián)網(wǎng)使用人數(shù)出現(xiàn)驚人增長(zhǎng)現(xiàn)象后/貝佐斯創(chuàng)造了一個(gè)商業(yè)模式。該模式充分利用了網(wǎng)絡(luò)傳播信息的高效、快速及海量的特點(diǎn)。1994年/他創(chuàng)立亞馬遜網(wǎng)站。試題兼有細(xì)節(jié)題，推理題和歸納題，要求考生即關(guān)注細(xì)節(jié)也要有一定的推理能力。
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