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【題目】D. Answer the questions (根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容回答下列問(wèn)題):

A jobless man wanted to apply for the position (職位) of “office boy” at a company. The manager interviewed him and then gave him a test: clean the floor. The man passed the test; he cleaned the floor very well.

“You are hired (雇傭),” the manager told the man with a big smile. “Give me your email address, and I’ll send you the table to fill out to be hired here.

The man replied, “I don’t have a computer, or email!”

“I’m sorry,” said the manager. “If you don’t have email, that means you do not exist (存在). And we cannot hire persons who do not exist.”

The man was very disappointed. He didn’t know what to do. He only has $10 with him. Once that was spent, he wouldn’t have any money to buy even food. He went to the supermarket and bought a box of tomatoes with his $10. He went from door to door and sold the tomatoes in small bags in less than two hours. He doubled his money. He went on doing this three times, and went back with $80 that day. He realized that he could make a living this way.

Five years later, the man became one of the biggest food sellers in the company. He started to plan his family’s future. He decided to take out insurance on his life so that if he were to die, they would have enough money. He called an insurance broker, a man who sells insurance. At the end of the conversation, the broker asked him for his email address.

The man replied, “I don’t have email.”

The broker was very surprised. “You don’t have email, and yet have become so rich. Can you imagine what you could have been if you had email?” he explained.

The man thought for a while, and replied, “An office boy in a company!”

If you have lost your job or just failed an interview, it doesn’t matter. Think of the positive… Good days are on the way and something better will happen to you.

【1】Was the manager satisfied with what the jobless man did in the test?

【2】Why didn’t the manager hire the jobless man?

【3】From the sentence “He doubled his money”, how much did the man have then?

【4】What did the man do in order to plan his family’s future?

【5】In the broker’s opinion, how would the man be if he had email?

【6】Which personality (性格) do you think makes the jobless man successful? Your reason?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Yes, he was.

【2】Because he didn't have email. /Because he had no email. (不給分…didn't have a computer. )

【3】$20

【4】He decided to take out insurance on his life.

/ By taking out insurance on his life /He took out ...

【5】The man would be more successful./ ... be much richer. / ... earn a bigger company. /... have more and more money. /...

【6】Never give up. Because success comes from your hard work and confidence.

Never lose hope. Because when you insist, you will succeed in solving your problems.

Be strong. / Don't be disappointed. Because if you try more times, you will come to success one day.

Be confident and believe in yourself. When you trust yourself, you can have more ways.

Think of the good future. Problems will be solved in the end and the future is bright.

Be positive. .When you aren't afraid of your difficulty, you will be brave enough to work it out.

【解析】

一個(gè)失業(yè)的人想要申請(qǐng)公司“勤雜工”的工作。經(jīng)理面試他，并給他打掃地板的測(cè)試。通過(guò)測(cè)試后，由于沒(méi)有郵箱而被拒絕。他通過(guò)自己的努力獲得成功。這件事告訴我們?nèi)绻�你丟了工作或者面試失敗，沒(méi)什么，可能更好的事情將會(huì)發(fā)生。

【1】根據(jù)The man passed the test; he cleaned the floor very well.可知他成功通過(guò)測(cè)試，可推測(cè)經(jīng)理對(duì)他很滿意。此句為一般疑問(wèn)句，答案是肯定的，因此用Yes, he was.回答。故答案為Yes, he was。

【2】根據(jù)“I’m sorry,” said the manager. “If you don’t have email, that means you do not exist (存在). And we cannot hire persons who do not exist.”可知經(jīng)理沒(méi)有雇傭他的原因是因?yàn)樗麤](méi)有郵箱。故答案為Because he didn't have email. /Because he had no email。

【3】He doubled his money.可知他手里的錢(qián)翻倍了，根據(jù)He only has $10 with him. 可知他原來(lái)有10美元，翻倍就是20美元。故答案為$20。

【4】根據(jù)He started to plan his family’s future. He decided to take out insurance on his life so that if he were to die, they would have enough money. 可知他考慮到家人的未來(lái)，決定買(mǎi)保險(xiǎn)。故答案為He decided to take out insurance on his life. / By taking out insurance on his life /He took out ...。

【5】根據(jù)You don’t have email, and yet have become so rich. Can you imagine what you could have been if you had email?可知保險(xiǎn)推銷(xiāo)員說(shuō)你沒(méi)有郵箱都已經(jīng)如此的富有，如果有郵箱的話難以想象。根據(jù)語(yǔ)氣可推測(cè)如果有郵箱，就會(huì)更有錢(qián)、更成功……故答案為The man would be more successful./ ... be much richer. / ... earn a bigger company. /... have more and more money. /...。

【6】根據(jù)全文可知，失業(yè)的人身上有很多因素讓他成功，比如不放棄、努力工作、自信、堅(jiān)持等等。故答案為Never give up. Because success comes from your hard work and confidence.

Never lose hope. Because when you insist, you will succeed in solving your problems.

Be strong. / Don't be disappointed. Because if you try more times, you will come to success one day. 對(duì)應(yīng)說(shuō)出自己的理由，合乎文意即可。故答案為Be confident and believe in yourself. When you trust yourself, you can have more ways.Think of the good future. Problems will be solved in the end and the future is bright.Be positive. .When you aren't afraid of your difficulty, you will be brave enough to work it out。