Question

IE.閱讀理解(10小題，共30分)

A (2015 •河南鄭州一模)

A jobless man appl,ed (if) for the position of "Office boy" at Microsoft. The HR manager interviewed him and then watched him cleaning the floor as a test.

" You are employed,he said. "Give me your e-mail address and I'll send you the application form to fill in,as well as the date when you may start. ”

The man replied, “But I don't have a computer or an e-mail. ”

I'm  sorry,”said the HR manager, “If you don't have an e-mail,that means you do not exist. And the one who doesn't exist cannot have the job. ”

The man left with no hope at all. He didn't know what to do. With only $ 10 in his pocket,he decided to go to the supermarket and buy 10kg tomatoes. He then sold the tomatoes from door to door. In less than two hours,he succeeded in making his money double. He repeated the operation three times,and returned home with The man realized that he could survive in this way,and started early and returned late.

Thus,his money doubled or tripled every day. Shortly,he bought a cart,then a truck,and then he had his own fleet to send food. Five years later,he became one of the biggest food sellers in the US.

He started to plan his family's future,so he called an insurance broker (保險經(jīng)紀(jì)人) _to have a discussion When the conversation was over,the broker asked him for his e-mail. The man replied again,"I don't have an The broker answered in surprise, "You don't have an e-mail,and yet have succeeded building an empire. Can you imagine what you could have been if you had had an e-mail?^"

The man thought for a while and replied,“Yes,I would be an office boy at Microsoft!”

1. Why was the man refused by Microsoft?

   A. He didn't pass the test. B. He didn't do well in the interview.

   C. He didn't get on well with the manager. D. He didn't have a computer or an e-mail.

2. How much money did the man make in less than two hours by selling tomatoes?

   A. $ 10.   B. $ 20.   C. S 40.   D. $60.

3. What does the underlined word “fleet” mean in Chinese?

_A.公司   B. 農(nóng)場   C. 車隊   D. 商場

4. What does the insurance broker's answer mean?

   A. He suggests that the man should have an e-mail.

   B. The man doesn’t have an e-mail,so he has succeeded.

   C. The man could be more successful if he had an e-mail.

   D. He can't imagine there exists someone who has no e-mail.

5. What,s the best title of the passage?

   A. I Don’t Have an E-mail

   B. I Used to Be an Office Boy

   C. Having an E-mail Is Important

   D. Insurance Is Important in One's Life

Answer 1

Ⅲ. 1.D解析:通讀第二段到第四段可推斷，那個男人被微軟拒絕了，因為他沒有電腦，也沒有郵箱。故答案為D.

2. A 解析：由第五段中的“With only $ 10 in his pocket...”以及其后的 “In less than two hours,he succeeded in making his money double. ”可計算出，他賺了$ 10.

3. C解析:畫線的詞是fleet ,結(jié)合上文中的 a cart,then a truck,and then…可推斷，fleet意為“車隊”。

4. C解析:通讀倒數(shù)第二段可知答案為C.

5. A解析:通讀全文可知，適合本文的標(biāo)題是A項。