Question

When Boris left school，he could not find a job．He tried hard and pestered(纠缠)his relatives，but they had problems of their Own. He answered advertisements until he could not afford to buy any more stamps. Boris grew annoyed，then depressed，then a little hardened．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 in a vague sort of way．“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 a 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 build up his goodwill and profit．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 snag(障碍). But at long last，he managed to find an empty shop on a new estate where there were plenty of customers but no competition.

Boris and his assistant taught themselves how to repair scooters and motor-cycles．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．

1.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage ?

A．Goodwill is the key to success．

B．The world is a money-locker

C．No education, no future

D．Difficulty of starting a small business

2.Which of the following best describes Boris’ job hunting experience?

A．Surprising         B．Encouraging        C．Boring            D．Disappointing

3.Boris start his career by       . 

A．cycling around the town

B．developing a waste ground

C．repairing cycles

D．buying empty shops

4.Boris finally chose an empty shop on a new estate because      .

A．it was not so expensive

B．he had a lot of old customers there

C．he could make good use of his skills there

D．there were good opportunities there

5.We can infer from the last paragraph that Boris       .

A．still couldn’t make good profits

B．set off in a successful career

C．found a lot of gold coins by accident

D．had great difficulty running his business

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.D

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述的是Boris非常努力，却一直无法找到合适的工作，在亲戚的建议下自己做生意，最后取得成功的故事，告诉我们“The world is a  money-locker. You’d better find a way of opening it.”一切都要靠我们自己去努力。

1.B 主旨大意题。本文讲述的是Boris非常努力，却一直无法找到合适的工作，在亲戚的建议下自己做生意，最后取得成功的故事，告诉我们“The world is a  money-locker. You’d better find a way of opening it.”一切都要靠我们自己去努力。故B正确。

2.D 推理题。根据文章第一段He tried hard and pestered(纠缠)his relatives，but they had problems of their Own. He answered advertisements until he could not afford to buy any more stamps. Boris grew annoyed，then depressed，then a little hardened．Still he went on trying and still he failed．He began to think that he had no future at all.可知他尝试了所有的方法，都没有能够找到一份工作，所以他找工作的经历是非常不令人满意的。故D正确。

3.C 细节题。根据文章第四段Boris began to cycle around the town and found a suitable piece of a waste ground in the end. Then he set up his business as a cycle repairer．说明他最初的时候是修理自行车。故C正确。

4.D 细节题。根据文章倒数第二段最后2句But at long last，he managed to find an empty shop on a new estate where there were plenty of customers but no competition说明在这里顾客很多，而且没有竞争，说明他找到了一个好机会。故D正确。

5.B 推断题。根据文章最后一段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．

说明最后他取得了成功。故B正确。

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点评：本文讲述的是Boris非常努力，却一直无法找到合适的工作，在亲戚的建议下自己做生意，最后取得成功的故事，告诉我们“The world is a  money-locker. You’d better find a way of opening it.”一切都要靠我们自己去努力。文章基本上是考查细节题，对此类题型考生可以首先从问题中找到关键词，然后以此为线索，运用略读及查阅的技巧在文中迅速寻找这一细节，找到后再把这一部分内容仔细阅读一遍，仔细比较所给选项与文中细节的细微区别，在准确理解细节的前提下，最后确定最佳答案。