Question

    When Alibaba founder and CEO, Jack Ma，was a young adult, he applied (申请)for over 30 jobs. However, he was refused by___________of them. Although Ma didn’t start achieving career success until his 30s, his _________ Alibaba, is valued(市值} at $519 billion. “I have _________  so many times. People probably know that I applied for so many jobs, over 30 jobs, but all got refused. I did not even get a chance；24 of us were interviewed for a KFC job. 23 got accepted I was the___________ one that was refused,” he explained.

Ma also discussed the time he applied for a police job with five other people. He was .the only person from the group to be refused. Another time, he and his cousin applied for jobs as waiters at four-star hotel. They waited in a long line for two hours. _____________his cousin got the job, Ma was refused again.

When his mother shook her head at him, he refused to feel _________ and thought "This is a training course for me.”

Though he said he felt like a failure before reaching his 30s, Ma never____________ He made himself his own competitor (竞争者），pictured what he hoped to' do in 10 years and did everything he could to_________ his dream.

“No matter how smart you are, you will make mistakes,” Ma said in a TV interview, “You learn   _______mistakes not because you will be able to avoid them, but when these troubles come, you learn______________ to deal with them.”

1.A.one B.some C.all D.none

2.A.family B.company C.school D.restaurant

3.A.succeeded B.thought C.failed D.started

4.A.only B.special C.different D.same

5.A.Because B.Although C.So D.And

6.A.happy B.excited C.proud D.upset

7.A.fell over B.cut down C.gave up D.kept on

8.A.achieve B.believe C.break D.make

9.A.by B.with C.in D.from

10.A.what B.how C.why D.which

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.B

6.D

7.C

8.A

9.D

10.B

【解析】

本文介绍了马云。马云创立了自己的公司阿里巴巴。在这之前，他也是失败了许多次，但是他都没有放弃，最终取得了成功。

1.句意：然而，他们都拒绝了他。

考查动词辨析。one一个；some一些；all所有的；none一个没有。根据“People probably know that I applied for so many jobs, over 30 jobs, but all got refused.”人们可能知道我申请了这么多工作，超过30个，但都被拒绝了。可知，前面应该是他们都拒绝了他。故选C。

2.句意：尽管马云直到30多岁才开始取得事业上的成功，但他的公司阿里巴巴（Alibaba）的估值为5190亿美元。

考查名词辨析。family家庭；company公司； school学校；restaurant餐馆。我们知道阿里巴巴是马云的公司，所以选company。故选B。

3.句意：我失败了很多次。

考查动词辨析。succeeded成功；thought想法；failed失败；started开始。从第二段后面的内容可以看出马云在求职过程中失败了很多次，所以是failed many times。故选C。

4.句意：“我是唯一被拒绝的人，”他解释说。

考查形容词辨析。only唯一的；special特殊的；different不同的；same相同的。从“24 of us were interviewed for a KFC job. 23 got accepted”可以看出，24人面试，23人都被接受了，他是唯一一个被拒绝的，only唯一的，仅有的，故选A。

5.句意：虽然他的表弟得到了那份工作，但马云又被拒绝了。

考查连词。Because因为；Although尽管；So因此；And和。根据“ 5 his cousin got the job, Ma was refused again.”虽然他的表兄被接受了，但是他却再次被拒绝了。根据语境可知，这是一个转折关系，故选B。

6.句意：当他母亲向他摇头时，他拒绝感到沮丧，并认为“这是我的一门培训课程。

考查形容词辨析。happy高兴的；excited激动的；proud骄傲的；upset难过的。从“When his mother shook her head at him, he refused to feel……”可以看出虽然他的妈妈都对他摇头了，他也拒绝感到沮丧，并认为“这是我的一门培训课程。”故选D。

7.句意：尽管他说他30多岁之前觉得自己是个失败者，但马云从未放弃过。

考查动词短语辨析。fell over摔倒；跌倒；cut down削减；gave up放弃； kept on继续。

根据“Though he said he felt like a failure before reaching his 30s, Ma never 7 .”可知，尽管在他30岁之前，他感觉像是个失败者，但是他从没想过放弃。因此应该选择give up放弃，故选C。

8.句意：他让自己成为自己的竞争对手，描绘出他希望在10年内做的事情，并尽一切努力实现自己的梦想。

考查动词辨析。achieve实现；believe相信；break突破；make制造。根据“did everything he could to 8 his dream.”可知，他会做一切可以做的事情来实现他的梦想。实现某人的梦想：achieve one’s dream。故选A。

9.句意：你从错误中学习并不是因为你能避免它们，而是当这些麻烦来临时，你学会了如何处理它们。

考查介词。by在…旁边；with和…在一起； in在……里；from从…起。learn from：……从……中得到学习。本文中所表达的是你从错误中得到学习并不是为了避免它。故选D。

10.句意：你从错误中学习并不是因为你能避免它们，而是当这些麻烦来临时，你学会了如何处理它们。

考查疑问词。what什么；how怎么；why为什么；which哪个。how to deal with……：如何处理，如何应付，属于固定搭配，故选B。