7.Jeffrey P.Bezos,the 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 25,000acre 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,Jeff 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 2300percent 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 on-line bookstore but soon diversified (多樣化) to all kinds of products. His work with Amazon eventually led him to become one of the most excellent dot-com entrepreneurs (企業(yè)家).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,Jeff Bezos lives north of Seattle and is increasingly concerned with charity (慈善) activities."Giving away money takes as much attention as building a successful company."he has said.
56.Jeffrey changed the course of business history because heC.
A.rose quickly,looking forward to a bright career in finance on Wall Street
B.observed the Internet usage was increasing by 2300% a year
C.founded a new form of commerce that developed fast later
D.was the first to speak of Internet commerce
57.Bezos named his company Amzaon with the aim ofB.
A.opening numberless branches all over the world
B.wishing his company to run smoothly and endlessly
C.earning endless money and being wealthy
D.living a quiet life along the Amazon River
58.Which of the following isn't mentioned in the passage?A
A.How hard Beans studied physics 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 Jeffery Bezos decided to found Amazon.com.
59.It can be inferred from the passage thatD.
A.it was Bezos's grandfather on the farm who helped him a lot
B.Bezos invented E-commence to win the world fame overnight
C.Bezos is aiming at being"Earth's biggest bookstore"
D.Bezos had a sharp business mind and a kind heart.
分析 本文屬于說(shuō)明文閱讀,作者通過(guò)這篇文章主要向我們描述了Bezos的人生經(jīng)歷,他及時(shí)捕捉到了因特網(wǎng)商業(yè)中的巨大商機(jī),功成名就之后,他又積極投入到慈善事業(yè)中,為我們樹(shù)立了一個(gè)良好的榜樣.
解答 56.C.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章第三段"He saw an opportunity for a new circle of commerce,and immediately began considering the possibilities"提到他的發(fā)現(xiàn)改變了他的人生,也改變了商業(yè)歷史的進(jìn)程,由此可知原因是他后來(lái)創(chuàng)建了一種快速發(fā)展的新型商業(yè)模式;故選C.
57.B.推理判斷題.根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段"The company was called Amazon for the seemingly endless South American river with its numberless branches"該公司被稱為南美洲的擁有無(wú)盡分支的亞馬遜河.可推測(cè)他以Amazon命名自己的公司是希望公司能夠順利而且永無(wú)止境地運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn);故選B.
58.A.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章第三段"After he graduated from Princeton University with a degree in computer science and electrical engineering"他畢業(yè)于計(jì)算機(jī)科學(xué)學(xué)位和電氣工程普林斯頓大學(xué),可知他從普林斯頓大學(xué)畢業(yè),但文中并沒(méi)有提到他在普林斯頓大學(xué)攻讀物理的刻苦程度;故選A.
59.D.推理判斷題.通讀全文,可知Bezos及時(shí)捕捉到了因特網(wǎng)商業(yè)中的巨大商機(jī),功成名就之后,他又積極投入到慈善事業(yè)中,由此可推斷他具有敏銳的商業(yè)頭腦和一顆善良的心;故選D.
點(diǎn)評(píng) 考察學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力,做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時(shí)一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進(jìn)行比較,再做出正確的選擇.在做推理判斷題不要以個(gè)人的主觀想象代替文章的事實(shí),要根據(jù)文章事實(shí)進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.