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At five he was collecting old newspapers to make money. And when he was 15 he signed his schoolmates up to start a baby-sitting circle.

Now 20, third-year Cambridge University student, Peter Blackburn is managing director of a company with a £ 30,000 plan. And he thinks it will make more than $15,000 by next summer. He set up Peter Blackburn Ltd last year to bring out a new, color term-planner that now students all over the UK are using.

"I felt that most of the planners going around were pretty unimaginative," he says, "I believed that I could do a better job and decided to have a go".

Blackburn admits that he is putting far more effort into business than his computer studies course at university. While fellow students are out with their friends, he keeps in touch with his business office in Lancashire by movable phone. Before he set up the company he spent one holiday preparing a plan that would persuade his bank to lend him money.

"Most students work hard for a good degree because they believe that will help them get a job to support themselves," he says "I work hard at my company, because that is what will support me next year, after I leave college."

Friends believe that Blackburn will make £ 1 million within 5 years. He is not quite so sure, however. "There's a lot to be done yet," he says.

1.Choose the right order of the facts given in the passage.

a. He spent his holiday preparing a plan.   b. He collected newspapers.

c. He set up his own company.           d. He asked the bank for money.

e. He set up a babysitting circle.

A．e, b, c, a, d	B．b, e, a, d, c
C．b, e, d, a, c	D．b, e, c, a, d

2.When he was quite young, Blackburn _______ .

A．a(chǎn)lready made a lot of money	B．a(chǎn)lready had a business brain
C．was already managing director of a company	D．a(chǎn)lready set up his own business

3.The underlined expression in the fourth paragraph "have a go," here means _______ .

A．give up this job and have a new one	B．leave the company
C．have a try	D．develop my business quickly

4.In spite of（盡管） a college student, Blackburn _______ .

A．spends more time on his business than on his studies course

B．keeps in touch with his business office by movable phone

C．seldom goes out with his friends

D．often spends whole holiday preparing business plan

5.Which of the following best explain why Blackburn works hard at his company?

A．He wants to do more business practice before he leaves college.

B．He wants to make more money before he leaves college.

C．He wants to get a good job like most students after he leaves the college.

D．he depends on the company for his living in the future.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.D

【解析】文章講述了一位創(chuàng)業(yè)的大學(xué)生的事情。

1.B 排序題。根據(jù)第一段說(shuō)明5歲，收集報(bào)紙排在第一，排除A。15歲創(chuàng)辦start a baby-sitting circle.排第2，根據(jù)第4段4,5行Before he set up the company he spent one holiday preparing a plan that would persuade his bank to lend him money.說(shuō)明a在d前。從銀行取得貸款以后開(kāi)辦了公司，放在最后。故B正確。

2.B 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段He set up Peter Blackburn Ltd last year說(shuō)明去年他就辦了公司，而今年他只有20歲，說(shuō)明19歲就辦了公司，真是分詞年輕故B正確。

3.C 推理題。根據(jù)第四段2,3行. While fellow students are out with their friends, he keeps in touch with his business office in Lancashire by movable phone說(shuō)明他很忙，幾乎沒(méi)有時(shí)間和朋友出去。故Ｃ正確。

4.A 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第四段1,2行Blackburn admits that he is putting far more effort into business than his computer studies course at university.說(shuō)明A正確。

5.D 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)"I work hard at my company, because that is what will support me next year, after I leave college."說(shuō)明他鞋子辦公司是為了在畢業(yè)以后養(yǎng)活自己，以后是依靠這家故事生活的。故D正確。