Question

Albert was an ordinary worker in an oil company in America. His workmates gave a nickname (绰号)“Four dollars a bucket of oil” below his name whenever and wherever he wrote down his name. As time went by, people forgot his real name. Later, when Rockefeller, the board chairman(董事长)of the oil company heard of it, he was very surprised, so he invited Albert to his office.

“Some people give you a nickname. Why aren’t you angry?” asked Rockefeller with some puzzlement in his eyes.

“Mr. Rockefeller, I like this nickname very much, because it is our company’s advertisement. When someone calls me ‘Four dollars a bucket’, I think it’s free advertisement for our company. It’s not necessary for me to get angry. Don’t you think so, Mr. Rockefeller?”

“What a wonderful man!” Rockfeller said excitedly when hearing Albert’s words. “Young man, work harder, you must be successful in the future! I believe in you!”

Five years later, Albert became the second board chairman after Rockefeller. Later Albert said in one of his reports, “I don’t think we should feel upset when we have no way to do the world—shaking things.” We should treat everything actively because maybe our future success will begin from a small thing!”

1.Albert was ___________in the oil company at the beginning.

A. a workerB. an assistant

C. a managerD. the second board chairman

2.Albert wasn’t angry about his nickname because ____________.

A. he liked to have a nickname   

B. it could make his workmates happy

C. he could become famous

D. it was a free advertisement for his company

3.What is the main idea of this passage?

A. Rockefeller asked young people to work harder.

B. It’s very important to do small things well.

C. You can’t get angry when someone calls your nickname.

D. You should make more advertisements for your company.

4.What did Rockefeller mean when he said “the world-shaking things”?

A. The big thingsB. The interesting things

C. The small thingsD. The frightening things

5.What would be the best title for this passage?

A. I Believe in YouB. Albert and Rockefeller 

C. Four Dollars a BucketD. The Second Board Chairman

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.A

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：本人介绍了美国油业公司的普通工人Albert，同事们为他起了一个绰号叫“四美元一桶”，大家都叫他的绰号，以至于忘了真名，他不生气，他认为这是为公司做免费广告。后来他成了董事长，他认为：一个人如果没有办法做成大事，但一定要做好手头的小事，因为未来的成功有可能从一件小事开始。

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4.world—shaking things.描述，可知他认为一个人没有办法做成大事也不用感到不安，world—shaking things惊天动地的事情，也就是大事，故选A。

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考点：故事类短文阅读。