One day,  John read an advertisement in a newspaper．It said, "Wanted．The best salesman in the world．" John thought he was a great salesman and went to ask for the job．" "I' m the best salesman in the world," he said to the manager．"Give me the job．"

"You must prove you're the best," the manager said．

"OK I will," John said．

"Good．" The manager took several boxes of sweets out of his desk．"Last week I bought a thousand boxes of sweets．If yon can sell them all before the end of the week, yon can have the job, " said the manager．

"That's easy, "John said．He took the boxes of sweets and left the office．

Every day and all day he went from shop to shop, trying to sell the sweets．But he couldn't sell one．The sweets were too bad for him to sell．At the end of the week he went back to the manager．"I'm sorry, sir," he said, "I was wrong about myself．I'm not the best salesman in the world, but I know who is．"

"Oh" said the manager．"Who?"

"The person who sold you a thousand boxes of the sweets．"

1．The manager told John             ．

A．he could start work at once

B．he was the best salesman in the world

C．he wasn't a good salesman

D．he must show he was the best salesman in the world

2．John could get the job if                  ．

A．he sold a thousand boxes of sweets

B．he gave a way a thousand boxes of sweets

C．he sent the manager a thousand boxes of sweets

D．he bought a thousand boxes of sweets  from the manager

3．Choose the right order (顺序) of the story．

(1) John went to ask for the job．

(2) John told the manager who the best salesman really was．

(3) John read an advertisement in a newspaper．

(4) John went to sell the sweets．

A．(1) (2) (3) (4)                                         B．(4) (3) (2) (1)

C．(3) (1) (4) (2)                                          D．(3) (4) (1) (2)

4．From this story we can know that              ．

A．John didn't get the job                          B．John was a good seller

C．the manager was a good seller             D．the advertisement was a good one

5．John couldn't sell the sweets because                     ．

A．he was not a good salesman                B．the sweets were too bad

C．he wanted to send them to his friends        D．nobody liked sweets

    One Friday afternoon，Tony saw an ad in a window．It said．“Wanted．The Best Salesman in the world，Top Pay．”

    Tony thought he was a great salesman and went to ask for the job．“I am the best salesman in the world．”he said to the manager，“Give me the job．”

  “You must prove(证明)you’re the best，”said the manager．

  “OK I will!”Tony answered．

  “Good!”The manager took a box of chocolates out of his desk．“Last week I bought a thousand boxes．If you are able to sell them all before the end of the week．you can have the job，”said the manager．

  “That’s easy,”Tony said．He took the boxes of chocolates and left the office．Every day he went from shop to shop，trying to sell them．But he couldn’t sell one．The chocolates were too bad for him to sell．At the end of the week he went back to the manager．“I’m sorry，Sir．”he said．“I was wrong about myself．I’m not the best salesman in the world．but I know who is．”

  “Oh．”asked the manager,“Who?”

  “The person who sold you a thousand boxes of these chocolates，”said Tony．

根据短文内容判断正(T)误(F)

1．Tony thought that he was the best salesman after he saw an ad．

2．The manager made him buy a thousand boxes to prove what he said．

3．At first Tony felt it difficult to sell these chocolates．

4．Tony sold none because the chocolates were too bad．

5．At last he thought the best salesman was the person who had sold the manager the chocolates．

One Tuesday morning, Harry saw an ad in a window. It said, “Wanted. The Best Salesman in the World. 　Top Pay . ”

    Harry thought he was a great salesman and went to ask for the job.” I am the best salesman in the world,” he said to the manager, “Give me the job.”

“You must prove you’re the best,” the manager said.

    “OK, I will!” Harry answered.

    “Good!” The manager took a box of sweets out of his desk.” Last week I bought a thousand boxes of sweets. If you can sell them all before the end of the week, you can have the job,” said the manager.

    “That’s easy.” Harry said. He took the boxes of sweets and left the office.

Every day and all day, he went from shop to shop, trying to sell the boxes of sweets. He couldn’t sell one. The sweets were too bad for him to sell. At the end of the week he went back to the manager. “I’m sorry, sir.” He said. “I was wrong about myself. I’m not the best salesman in the world, but I know who is.”

    “Oh,” said the manager. “Who?” The person who sold you a thousand boxes of these sweets.” Harry said.

(     ) 42. Harry went to ask for the job because he was _____ himself at first.

A. afraid of      B. wrong with       C. sure of                D. worried about

(     ) 43. If Harry wanted to get the job, he would have to _____.

A. buy all the sweets from the manager   B. sell out all the sweets in a few days

C. eat up all the sweets                    D. sell the sweets at the weekend

(     ) 44. Choose the right order (顺序) of this story.

①Harry went to ask for the job

②Harry told the manager who the best seller really was.

③Harry saw an ad in a window.

④Harry went to sell the sweets.

A. ①-②-③-④         B. ④-③-②-①   C. ③-①-④-②     D. ③-④-①-②

(     ) 45. From this story we can see that _____.

A. Harry didn’t get the job             B. Harry was a good seller

C. the manager was a good seller      D. the ad was a good one

(     ) 46. According to (根据) the story , which of the following is RIGHT?

A. Harry sold some of the sweets.   B. The sweets were too expensive.

C. Harry was not clever at all.      D. The sweets were terrible.