Frank Woolworth was born in Rodman, New York, in 1852. His family were very poor farmers, and there was never enough to eat. Frank did not want to be a farmer. He took a short business course, and went to work as a salesman in a large city.
Woolworth realized he had a natural skill for showing goods to attract people’s interest, but he soon learned something more important. One day his boss told him to sell some odds and ends（小商品）for as much as he could get. Frank put all these things on one table with a sign which said “FIVE CENTS EACH’. People fought and pushed to buy the things and the table was soon cleared.
Soon afterwards, Woolworth opened his own store, selling goods at five and ten cents. But he had another lesson to learn before he became successful. That is, if you want to make money by selling low-price goods, you have to buy them in large quantities directly from the factories. Once, for example, Woolworth went to Germany and placed an order for knives. The order was so large that the factory had to keep running 24 hours a day for a whole year. In this way, the price of the knives was cut down by half.
By 1919, Woolworth had over 1000 stores in the US and Canada, and opened his first store in London. He made many millions and his name became famous throughout the world. He always ran his business according to strict rules, of which the most important was : ‘THE CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS RIGHT.”
小題1:Frank took a short business course in order to __________.
A．earn more money for his family
B．learn something from a salesman
C．get away from the farm
D．get enough to eat
小題2:Frank sold the odds and ends quickly because ________.
A．he knew how to get people to buy his goods
B．he cut down the price by half
C．he had put the goods on a table in a very nice way
D．the sign he put on the table was well designed
小題3: The price of the knives was cut down by half because _________.
A．the factory workers worked 24 hours a day
B．knives were ordered in large quantities directly from the factory
C．the knives were made in German, where labour was cheap
D．the knives were produced in one factory
小題4:__________  make Woolworth a world-famous man.
A．His business skills and his wealth
B．The low price of the goods he sold
C．His trip to Germany and his huge order of knives
D．His natural skill for showing things
小題5:The belief that “The customer is always right” suggests that __________.
A．whenever there is a quarrel between the customer and shop assistant, the customers are always right.
B．If you want to succeed, the rule is the only way
C．stores must always follow the customer’s orders if they want to make more money
D．stores should do their best to meet the customer’s needs if they want to be successful

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:A
小題5:D

試題分析：
小題1:C   Frank 的父母是農(nóng)民，家境貧寒，食不果腹， “Frank did not want to be a farmer”,所以才 “took a short business course, and went to work as a salesman.”
小題2:A  根據(jù) “… had a natural skill for showing goods to attract people’s interest”可知答案
小題3:B  根據(jù) “The order was so large that the factory had to keep running 24 hours a day for a whole year. In this way, the price of the knives was cut down by half.”可知答案
小題4:A   Woolworth的商業(yè)天才使他發(fā)財致富，Woolworth 天下聞名。
小題5:D  “顧客就是上帝”，商家應(yīng)該滿足顧客的需求。
點評：本文介紹了Frank的成長史，以細(xì)節(jié)題的考查為主，在解答這類問題時要求學(xué)生抓住題干文字信息，采用針對性方法進(jìn)行閱讀，因為這類題的答案在文章中可以直接找到。
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A．occurred to B．turned to C．referred to D．wrote to
小題7:
A．titles B．circulationsC．names D．columns
小題8:
A．kill B．work C．hurt D．do
小題9:
A．warm B．weird C．weak D．wild
小題10:
A．spirit B．tone C．way D．sound
小題11:
A．a(chǎn) birth motherB．a(chǎn) lovely babyC．a(chǎn)n ad company D．a(chǎn)n orphanage
小題12:
A．might B．should C．would D．dared
小題13:
A．turned overB．turned upC．turned outD．turned down
小題14:
A．safe B．comfortableC．brave D．honest
小題15:
A．classified B．identified C．picked D．recognized
小題16:
A．lookB．a(chǎn)ppointmentC．a(chǎn)ppearanceD．call
小題17:
A．painsB．pictures C．clues D．notes
小題18:
A．rushing B．speedingC．pressing D．running
小題19:
A．reply B．react C．restore D．release
小題20:
A．steadily B．gradually C．normally D．regularly

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