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       Bob and Jackie joined a company together just after finishing high school.They both worked very hard.After several years,the boss made Jackie sales manager but Bob was still a salesman.One day Bob could not take it anymore. He handed in his resignation (辭職信) to the boss and complained that the boss did not value hardworking workers.

       The boss knew that Bob didn’t work hard for the company all these years,but in order to help Bob to realize the difference between him and Jackie,the boss asked Bob to do the following.“Go and find out if there is anyone selling watermelons in the market."          Bob went,returned and only said,“Yes”. The boss asked,“How much per kilogram?”Bob went back to the market to ask and returned to answer, “$ 12 per kilogram."

The boss told Bob to ask Jackie the same question.Jackie went,returned and said ,“Boss,only one person is selling watermelons.

$ 12 per kilogram, $ 100 for 10 kilograms.He has 340 melons in all On the table are 58 melons,and every melon weighs about 15 kilograms,bought from the South two days ago.They are fresh and red.”

       Bob realized the difference between himself and Jackie. He de cided not to leave but to learn from Jackie.

       My dear friends,you know,a more successful person is mon careful,thinks more and understands in depth. For the same matter he sees several years ahead,while you see only tomorrow.The differ ence between a year and a day is 365 times,so how could you win?            Think:how far have you seen ahead in your life?

1. Bob wrote a letter to his boss because he      .

    A .didn’t think Jackie worked hard

   B. thought he was better than Jackie

   C. didn’t think his boss valued him

   D. thought he worked hard for the company

2. The boss asked Bob to go to the market in order to make him      .

   A. know the watermelon seller well

   B. realize the difference between him and Jackie

   C. learn to sell watermelons later

   D. learn the way to be a successful person

3. Every melon weighs about      .

   A. 10 kilograms   B. 12 kilograms

   C. 15 kilograms   D. 58 kilograms

4. At last Bob decided to       .

   A. leave the company   B. go back to school

   C. look for a new job   D. learn from


1. C 2. B 3. C 4. D

Passage 3

[語篇解讀]本文主要介紹了 Bob和Jackie—起到一家公司工作,在幾年后Jackie被提拔為銷售經(jīng)理,Bob卻仍是銷售員。

Bob向老板遞交辭職信來表示不滿,老板用巧妙的方法使他認識到自己和Jackie的不同,并使他下決心留下來向Jackie學(xué)習(xí)。

1. C細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第一段最后一句可知選C項。

2. B細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段第一句可知選B項。

3. C細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第三段倒數(shù)第二句可知選C項。

4. D細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第四段可知選D項。

題目來源:2016年5年中考3年模擬中考英語廣東專用 > 專題十七 閱讀理解

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