题目内容
The room became completely dark when the candle ________ out.
A.got
B.went
C.turned
D.blew
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 .
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A.Pioneer can explore high-technology markets outside agriculture |
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B.Pioneer's sales representatives can upload information using Norand hand-held terminals |
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C.some of Norand's employees joined the Pioneer |
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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 .
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A.the next thing he said was what I expected least to hear a CEO say |
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B.the next thing he said was the last thing I heard from a CEO |
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C.the next thing he said was what I expected most to hear a CEO say |
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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?
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A.He felt hot in the room. |
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B.He wanted to look cool by doing this. |
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C.He was too excited. |
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D.He wanted to be close and frank with his employees. |
4.What did the employees feel after Tom Urban apologized to them?
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A.They felt he was a stupid CEO. |
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B.They felt he did not deserve their loyalty |
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C.They felt he was more trustworthy. |
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D.They didn't want to take risks with him. |
A traveler hurried down to the hall of an American hotel and went to the cash-desk. He had just 15 minutes to pay his bill and get to the station. Suddenly he remembered that he had left something in his room.
"Look here, boy," he said to the bellboy, "run up to my room and see if I have left a parcel on the table there. Be quick about it."
The boy ran upstairs. Five minutes passed. The traveler was walking up and down the hall, looking very angry. At last the boy appeared.
"Yes, sir," he reported to the traveler," you have left the parcel there, it's right on the table in your room."
1. The traveler _______.
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A.ran down the street |
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B.came downstairs hurriedly |
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C.ran so quickly that he fell down |
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D.came into the hotel hall very quickly |
2.Which statement is true?
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A.He had to pay his bill and arrived at the station in 15 minutes . |
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B.It took him 15 minutes to go to the station from the hotel. |
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C.He could pay his bill in 15 minutes and then go to the station . |
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D.He had nothing but 15 minutes. |
3. According to the passage, a bellboy is _____.
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A.a boy whose work is to ring the bell |
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B.a boy who plays with a bell |
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C.a boy whose work in a hotel is to help guests with their bags |
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D.the hotel owner's boy |
4. The traveler asked the boy _____ .
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A.to go upstairs |
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B.to look for his parcel |
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C.to fetch the parcel he had left in his room |
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D.only to see if the parcel was on the table in his room |
5.Five minutes later, the boy ______ .
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A.ran up to the room |
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B.came downstairs |
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C.reported to the traveler in the room |
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D.came down to the hall but brought nothing back |