Question

Jason and Harry joined a wholesale company together just after graduation. They both worked very hard.

After several years, the boss made Harry sales manager but Jason   31  a salesman. One day Jason could not take it anymore. He handed in his resignation letter (辭職信) to the boss and complained that the boss did not   32  hard-working employees, but only raised those   33 tried to please him. He thought that it was really   34  .

In order to help Jason to realize the   35  between him and Harry, the boss asked Jason to do the   36  --- "Go and find out if there is anyone selling watermelons in the market." Charlie went, returned and only said, "Yes." The boss asked, "How much per kg?" Charlie went back to the market to ask and returned to   37  , "$ 12 per kg."

The boss told Jason that he would ask Harry the  38  question. Harry went, returned and said, "Boss, only one person selling watermelons. $12 per kg, $ 100 for 10 kg. He has a total of 340 melons. On the table are 58 melons, and every melon weighs about 15 kg,   39 from the South two days ago. They are fresh, red, and of good   40 ."

Jason was   41  and he realized the difference between himself and Harry. He decided not to leave but to learn from Harry.

My dear friends, you know, a more   42  person is more observant(觀察力敏銳的), thinks more and understands in   43  . For the same matter, he sees several years ahead,   44  you see only tomorrow. The difference between a year and a day is 365 times, so how could you   45 ?

Think: how far have you seen ahead in your life? How thoughtful are you?

1.	A．made B．became C．remained D．kept

 

2.	A．enjoy B．meet C．treat D．value

 

3.	A．which B．that C．who D．whom

 

4.	A．unusual B．unfair C．careless D．meaningless

 

5.	A．competition B．relationship C．difference D．distance

 

6.	A．following B．finding C．shopping D．searching

 

7.	A．offer B．a(chǎn)nswer C．retell D．repeat

 

8.	A．familiar B．difficult C．same D．simple

 

9.	A．taken B．come C．bought D．heard

 

10.	A．look B．quality C．condition D．shape

 

11.	A．moved B．surprised C．puzzled D．encouraged

 

12.	A．important B．intelligent C．successful D．hardworking

 

13.	A．time B．depth C．need D．common

 

14.	A．while B．though C．unless D．since

 

15.	A．see B．think C．know D．win

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.D

3.C

4.B

5.C

6.A

7.B

8.C

9.C

10.B

11.B

12.C

13.B

14.A

15.D

【解析】本文主要告訴我們?nèi)伺c人之間的區(qū)別，成功的人通常有著更敏銳的觀察力，思考得更多，理解得更深入。對(duì)于同一件事來(lái)說(shuō)，成功的人能看到未來(lái)幾年，而一般人只看到明天。

1.句意：老板讓Harry 當(dāng)銷售經(jīng)理，而Jason仍然是銷售員。故選C。

2.句意：老板并沒(méi)有使辛勤工作的員工發(fā)揮價(jià)值。故選D。

3.句意：指老板指提升那些討好他的人，故這里是定語(yǔ)從句故選C。

4.根據(jù)語(yǔ)境這里是unfair，不公平的。

5.根據(jù)語(yǔ)境這里指不同點(diǎn)，故選C.

6.這里指做下面的事件，故用following。

7.這里指跑過(guò)來(lái)回答，故用answer。

8.這里指相同的問(wèn)題，故選C。

9.句意:西瓜兩天前從南部買回來(lái)的，故選C。

10.固定短語(yǔ) of good quality 質(zhì)量好，故選B。

11.句意：杰森非常驚訝他意識(shí)到自己和哈利之間的區(qū)別。故選B。

12.根據(jù)語(yǔ)境這里指一個(gè)較成功的人他有著更敏銳的觀察力……,故選C

13.固定短語(yǔ)，understand in depth ,深度理解，故選B。

14.while 然而，兩者比較。

15.句意：之間的區(qū)別是一年與一天，365倍差距，你又怎能獲勝了？故選D。