Question

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 Blackborn 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.

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

When he was quite young, Blackburn _______ .

   A. already made a lot of money                            B. already had a business brain

   C. was already managing director of a company      D. already set up his own business

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

In spite of a college student, Blackburn _______ .

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

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

   C. seldom goes out with his friends

   D. often spends whole holiday preparing business plan

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

【小题1】B

【小题2】B

【小题3】C

【小题4】A

【小题5】D

解析:

【小题1】 排序题。根据作者介绍文章的先后顺序可作出判断。

【小题2】推理判断题。从文中第一段叙述他5岁时收集报纸卖钱，15岁时又和同学一起创办了babysitting circle，由此可推断他从小就有商业头脑。

【小题3】 词义推测题。根据文中I believed that I could do a better job and decided to have a go.这句话可知，他认为他能比别人做得更好，所以决定去尝试。

【小题4】 细节理解题。文中第四段第一句Blackburn admits that he is putting far more effort into business than his computer studies course at university.表明，他在商业方面付出的努力比学习要多得多。

【小题5】 推理判断题。文中倒数第二段I work hard at my company, because that is what will support me next year, after I leave college."表明，他致力于经营公司是因为大学毕业后要靠公司养活自己。