Question

A short Chinese man seems to be tallest in the world right now. Jack Ma (Ma Yun) is executive chairman(董事局主席)of Alibaba Group, a business –to-business online platform. On September 19, 2014,Alibaba went public on the New York Stock Exchange (纽约证券交易所), raising $25 billion through an IPO, the biggest in US history. Ma, a former English teacher, has become the richest man on the Chinese mainland.

Born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang , Ma grew up as a happy kid. At the age of 12, he wanted to learn English. Every morning, he awoke at 5 am, cycled 40 minutes to a hotel near the West Lake where he could chat to foreign tourists. He did it for nine years, rain or shine.

The experience made him a fluent English speaker and also opened his eyes to the wider world. In a 1995 trip to the US, Ma was shown the Internet for the first time. He searched Yahoo using the word “Beer” ,and found that there was nothing in there about China. Seeing the chance, Ma returned to China and set up a website called China Pages without even knowing much about computers.

Four years later, 18 people including Ma, his wife and his friends founded Alibaba in Hangzhou. He believed in the Internet business potential(潜力)when few other Chinese did. People called him “ Crazy Jack Ma”. But 15 years later, Alibaba has developed into the world’s largest e-commerce(电子商务)company, owning popular shopping websites like Taobao and Tmall. It makes more profit online than Amazon and E-Bay combined.

No one thinks he’s mad now. Ma’s favourite line has been printed on Alibaba’s souvenir T-shirts. It reads: “Everybody should have a dream. What if that dream comes true?”

1.Why did Ma cycle to a hotel near the West Lake?

A. To work as a guide.    B. To chat with foreigners.

C. To work part time.    D. To do morning exercises.

2.When did Ma and his team found(建立) Alibaba?

A. In 1995.    B. In 1998.    C. In 1999.    D. In 2014

3.Which is the right order?

a.Ma became the richest man on the Chinese mainland.

b.Ma became executive chairman of Alibaba Group.

c.Ma worked as an English teacher in Hangzhou.

d.Ma set up a website called China Pages.

A. c-b-d-a    B. b-c-a-d    C. d-c-b-a    D. c-d-b-a

4.The title of the passage can be “_____________”.

A. Alibaba’s First IPO    B. The World’s Largest E-commerce Company

C. Crazy Jack Ma    D. The Internet Business Potential

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.C

【解析】这篇短文给我们介绍了阿里巴巴网站董事局主席马云的经历，讲述了他从一个普通的英语老师，变成了如今中国大陆的首富的过程。

1.细节理解题。根据短文第一段中At the age of 12, he wanted to learn English. Every morning, he awoke at 5 am, cycled 40 minutes to a hotel near the West Lake where he could chat to foreign tourists可知，在12岁的时候，马云为了能和外国人聊天、学习英语，他每天都骑自行车去西湖附近的一个宾馆。由此可知应选B。

2.细节理解题。根据短文第二段In a 1995 trip to the US, Ma was shown the Internet for the first time以及第三段Four years later, 18 people including Ma, his wife and his friends founded Alibaba in Hangzhou可知，1995年，马云第一次接触互联网，四年之后，他和他的妻子以及朋友们共同建立了阿里巴巴，也就是1999年。故应选C。

3.细节理解题。根据短文第二段和第三段的内容可知，马云先是做一名英语老师，然后建立了China Pages的网站，后来和朋友们一起建立了阿里巴巴，并成为了董事局主席，在2014年9月，阿里巴巴上市，马云成为了中国大陆的首富。故应选D。

4.主旨大意题。这篇短文给我们介绍了马云的经历，从他一开始对英语感兴趣，每天骑自行车去西湖附近的宾馆跟外国人交流，到他成为一名英语老师，然后第一次接触互联网，建立China Pages的网站，再就是和朋友们一起建立了阿里巴巴，在2014年上市，马云成为中国大陆的首富。因此整篇短文都是围绕马云这个人物来进行的，故C选项的题目最适合。