A jobless man applied for the position of “office boy” at Microsoft. The HR manager interviewed him and 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. ”The man replied, “But I don’t have a computer, neither an e-mail. ”
“I’m sorry,” said the HR manager. “If you don’t have an e-mail, 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 10kg tomatoes. He then sold the tomatoes from door to door. In less than two hours, he succeeded to double his capital. He repeated the operation three times, and returned home happily with 60 dollars.
The man realized that he can survive in this way, and started to go every day earlier, and return late. Thus, his money doubled or tripled every day. Shortly, he bought a cart, then a truck, and then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles. Five years later, the man 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 and chose a protection plan.
When the conversation was concluded the broker asked him his e-mail. The man replied, “I don’t have an e-mail. ”
The broker answered curiously, “You don’t have an e-mail, and yet have succeeded to build an empire. Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an e-mail?” The man thought for a while and replied, “Yes, I’d be an office boy at Microsoft!”
1.Why can’t the man have the job at Microsoft?
A．Because he was lazy. B．Because he didn’t pass the test.
C．Because he didn’t have an e-mail. D．Because he didn’t have a computer.
2.The underlined word “triple” can be replaced by ______.
A．become large B．become 3 times
C．increase quickly D．decrease quickly
3.According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A．The man is one of the biggest food retailers in the world.
B．The man didn’t give up though he failed the interview.
C．He started his career by selling tomatoes in the supermarket.
D．Those who have e-mails can work at Microsoft.
4.The man can be described as _______.
A．helpful and considerate B．positive and generous
C．smart and hardworking D．stubborn and unselfish
5.Which proverb can best describe the story?
A．Misfortune may be an actual blessing. B．Where there is a will, there is a way.
C．Accidents will happen. D．No pains, no gains.
Life became hard when I was 14. My mother and I moved to New York to 36 my father, who’d moved there to find 37 work when I was three years old. He had a job at a restaurant and only visited us 38 every couple of years.
Before I moved, I knew that people in the US spoke English. But honestly, I didn’t stop to analyze the 39 when I was 40 to leave. Just like I assumed I could easily become a doctor or a lawyer. I assumed that I had the skills to learn English in a few weeks.
When I 41 in the US and started 8th grade at Ditmas Middle School in Brooklyn, everyone was speaking a(n) 42 language I couldn’t understand. I 43 that life had subtitles, like in foreign movies. School was such a serious place here. Sometimes I felt like I was in a geek（呆子） class. The teachers were always 44 my moves so I couldn’t even throw a paper ball at a classmate’s head. And the worst thing was having to read 45 .
46 after almost seven months of complaining about everything, I realized that complaining didn’t change things. 47 just made my life worse. If I was going to 48 in this new concrete jungle, I had to 49 . I began to learn English by reading newspapers on my own 50 school. After about four months, I started enjoying reading the crime and sports stories. After six months of studying, my teachers 51 my improvement and moved me into a more 52 English class. I could go to the store and ask for things that I wanted to buy without 53 frustration. For the first time I felt like I was living on earth again, 54 I didn’t hear foreign talk. I 55 understand people.
1. A．find B．join C．see D．help
2. A．good-looking B．well-dressed C．better-paying D．highly-thought
3. A．once B．other C．each D．only
4. A．case B．condition C．situation D．state
5. A．packing B．trying C．managing D．arranging
6. A．reached B．entered C．got D．arrived
7. A．strange B．unusual C．standard D．foreign
8. A．hoped B．wished C．expected D．demanded
9. A．staring B．looking C．checking D．watching
10. A．texts B．newspapers C．English D．poems
11. A．Although B．Even if C．But D．Since
12. A．It B．They C．I D．Things
13. A．live B．study C．survive D．continue
14. A．adapt B．adopt C．adore D．admire
15. A．for B．in C．after D．at
16. A．made B．noticed C．concerned D．remember
17. A．modern B．advanced C．difficult D．convenient
18. A．even B．ever C．some D．any
19. A．if B．though C．ever D．because
20. A．could B．should C．would D．might
The number of people ________ this happens is not very large.
A．with whom B．to which C．to whom D．on which
I have no _____ that you will succeed, but I wonder whether you have really got everything ready.
A．doubt B．wonder C．chance D．point
The police set out in search of other children who might ______ Guizhou’s dustbins after 5 deaths for warmth.
A．live B．rescue C．exist D．survive
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