One day, Wilson was walking quietly along the road when someone hit him hard on the back of his neck. He looked behind him, and saw a young man whom he had never seen before.

  “How dare you hit me like that?” shouted Wilson.

  The young man said he had mistaken Wilson for a friend of his and that he thought Wilson was making a lot of noise about nothing.

  This insult(侮辱) made Wilson even angrier, of course, and he at once decided to bring the young man before a judge.

  Now , the judge who heard the case was a friend of the young man’s father’s, and, although he pretended to be quite fair, he was thinking about what he could do to protect the young man from being punished while at the same time not to be appearing unfair.

  Finally he said to Wilson, “I understand your feelings in this matter very well. Would you be satisfied if I let you hit the young man as he hit you?”

  Wilson said he would not be. The young man had insulted him and should be properly punished.

  “Well, then,” said the judge to the young man, “I order you to pay ten coins to Wilson.”

  Ten coins was very little for such a crime, but the young man did not have it with him, so the judge allowed him to go and get it.

  Wilson waited for him to return with the money. He waited an hour, and then two hours, while the judge took care of other business.

  When it was nearly time for the court to close, Wilson chose a moment when the judge was especially busy, came up quietly and hit him hard on the back of the neck. Then he said to him, “I am sorry, but I can’t wait any longer. When the young man comes back, tell him that I have passed my right to the ten coins on to you.”

Why did the young man hit Wilson from behind?

A. Wilson had hit him before.              B. He had mistaken Wilson for a friend of his.

C. Wilson was a stranger there.             D. Wilson made a lot of noise when he was walking.

The judge thought about how to protect the young man because      .

A. he thought it a small matter                 B. as a judge, he should be fair

C. he thought the man too young to be punished   D. the young man was his friend’s son

According to the passage, while of the following is TRUE?

A. The young man was ordered to hit himself as hard as he had done on Wilson.

B. Wilson was allowed to hit the young man as hard as he had done.

C. Wilson was allowed to do more insulting on the young man.

D. The young man was ordered to hand a lot of money to Wilson.

The judge allowed the young man to go home, hoping      .

A. he would not return any more                B. he could escape from there

C. he would return in two hours                 D. he would get the money

The best title for this passage is      .

A. I’ve passed my right on to you               B. The judge and Wilson

C. Wilson and the young man                  D. The young man was set free

A few years ago, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, where I was employed. purchased Norand Corporation. Pioneer's sales representatives in the field used Norand hand-held terminals to upload daily sales information and download new price and sales incentive information. Pioneer bought so many of these hand-held-terminals, the economies made the purchase of Norand look interesting. Owning Norand also allowed Pioneer to explore high-technology markets outside agriculture.

But after a few years, the emerging laptop PC technology made the hand-held units obsolete (已废弃的). Pioneer sold Norand at a loss. Pioneer always took a given percent of the annual profits to divide equally among all employees, so our profit-sharing checks were lower than if Pioneer had not purchased Norand. Additionally, my Pioneer stock was lower than it had been before the purchase of Norand. I was not pleased.

The CEO of Pioneer, Tom Urban, made annual formal visits to each of the Pioneer divisions to talk about the state of the business and to listen to employees' concerns. When he walked into the meeting room for his first visit after the sale of Norand, he acknowledged the group, remove his jacket, and neatly folded it across the back of the chair. He loosened his tie, undid his collar and rolled up his sleeves.The next thing he said was the last thing I ever expected to hear a CEO say.

He said, "I made a mistake buying Norand and I am sorry. I am sorry your profit-sharing was lower because of the purchase, and I am sorry your stock was hurt by the purchase. I will continue to take risks, but I am a bit smarter now, and I will work harder for you."

A great man and leader stood before us that day. As I sat listening to him, I knew I could trust him, and that he deserved every bit of loyalty I could give to him and to Pioneer. I also knew I could take risks in my own job.

In the brief moment of silence before the questions started, I recall thinking that follow him into any battle.

1.All of the following are the results brought by Pioneer's purchase of Norand except     .

A.Pioneer can explore high-technology markets outside agriculture

B.Pioneer's sales representatives can upload information using Norand hand-held terminals

C.some of Norand's employees joined the Pioneer

D.it later led to the lower of profit-sharing checks of Pioneer's original employees

2.The underlined sentence in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to       .

A.the next thing he said was what I expected least to hear a CEO say

B.the next thing he said was the last thing I heard from a CEO

C.the next thing he said was what I expected most to hear a CEO say

D.the next thing he said was what I heard from the last CEO

3.Why did Tom Urban remove his jacket, loosen his tie, undo his collar and roll up his sleeves before he spoke?

A.He felt hot in the room.

B.He wanted to look cool by doing this.

C.He was too excited.

D.He wanted to be close and frank with his employees.

4.What did the employees feel after Tom Urban apologized to them?

A.They felt he was a stupid CEO.

B.They felt he did not deserve their loyalty

C.They felt he was more trustworthy.

D.They didn't want to take risks with him.

 

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