Question

    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 you can sell them all before the end of the week,you 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 couldh start to work at once

   B. he was the best salesman in the world

   C. 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 away a thousand boxes of sweets

   C. he sent the manager a thousand boxes of sweets

3. The right order (顺序) of the story is .

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. ①②③④   B. ③④①②   C. ③①④②

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

5. John couldn’t sell the sweets because .

   A. he was not a good salesman

   B. the sweets were too bad

   C. nobody liked sweets

Answer 1

2. A 3. C 4. A 5. B

导读

这是一个关于应聘工作的故事。约翰在报纸上读到一 篇招聘世界上最好的销售员的广告后便去应聘了，老板让他 卖掉一千盒糖果之后再来应聘。他能否成功呢？

详析

1. c细节理解题。由第二段可知，老板让约翰证明自己是

世界上最好的销售员之后才答应给他工作。

2. A细节理解题。由第四段的最后一句可知，老板让约翰

销售一千盒糖果。

3. C细节理解题。文章第一段的前三句谈到了约翰读到了

一份报纸，然后就去应聘。文章的第六段讲述了约翰 去卖糖果的经历，结果一盒也没卖掉。约翰在文章的 最后说他知道谁是世界上最好的销售员了，故答案 为C.

4. A推理判断题。由第六段可知，约翰没有完成任务，所以，他没有应聘上这份工作。

5. B细节理解题。由第六段的“The sweets were too bad for

him to sell. ”可知，约翰没有卖掉糖果的原因是这些糖 果太差了。

prove v.证明 sweet n.糖果

too.. . to...太 而不能

障碍句分析

I'm not the best salesman in the world,but I know who is.

我不是世界上最好的销售员，但是我知道谁是。

本句是一个由but连接的并列句。在第二个并列句中， who is是一个宾语从句。