Ⅰ. 阅读理解
When Boris left school, he could not find a job. He tried hard and he wrote letters to many companies until he could not afford to buy any more stamps. Boris began to lose his confidence, then depressed. Still he went on trying and still he failed. He began to think that he had no future at all.
“Why don’t you start your own business?” one of his uncles told him. “The world is a money-locker. You’d better find a way of opening it. ”
“But what can I do?”
“Get out and have a look round. ” advised his uncle.
“See what people want; then give it to them, and they will pay for it. ”
Boris began to cycle around the town and found a suitable piece of waste ground in the end. Then he set up his business as a cycle repairer. He worked hard, made friends with his customers and gradually managed to win his good fame. A few months later, he found that he had more work than he could deal with by himself. He found a number of empty shops but they were all no good: in the wrong position, too expensive or with some other problems. But at long last, he managed to find an empty shop in a new place where there were plenty of customers but no competition.
Boris and his assistant taught themselves how to repair motorcycles. Slowly but surely the profits increased and the business developed. At last, Boris had managed to open the money-locker and found bank notes and gold coins inside.
【语篇概述】本文讲述了Boris从开始时求职失败到最后成功的故事。
1. Which of the following best describes Boris’s job hunting experience?
A. Boring. B. Surprising.
C. Encouraging. D. Disappointing.
【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据第一段可知Boris的求职都失败了,由此可知他的求职经历是令人失望的,故D项正确。
2. Boris started his career by _______.
A. repairing cycles
B. buying empty shops
C. cycling around the town
D. developing a waste ground
【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据Then he set up his business as a cycle repairer. 可知他的职业从修自行车开始,故A项正确。
3. Boris finally chose an empty shop in a place because _______.
A. it was not so expensive
B. he had a lot of old customers there
C. there were good opportunities there
D. he could make good use of his skills there
【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据he managed to find an empty shop in a new place where there were plenty of customers but no competition. 可知他选择那个空的商店是因为有许多顾客,而且没有竞争,也就是有许多好机会,故C项正确。
4. What’s the best title for the passage?
A. No Education, No Future
B. The World Is a Money-Locker
C. Good Fame Is the Key to Success
D. Difficulty of Starting a Small Business
【解析】选B。主旨大意题。根据文章内容,尤其是文中The world is a money-locker. 和Boris had managed to open the money-locker可推断出B项是最佳题目,故选B。
