Question

    A story happened when the telegraph (电报) was the fastest method of long-distance communication. One day,a young man went to an interview for a job as a Morse code operator (莫尔斯电码报务员).

    Answering the ad in the newspaper,he went to the office. When he arrived,he walked into a large,busy office filled with noise,including the sound of the telegraph. An office worker asked him to wait until he was called to go into the inner office. Seven other people were already in the waiting area for the interview. The young man sat down and waited with them. After a few minutes,the young man stood up,crossed the room to the door of the inner office,and walked right in. Naturally the other people wondered what was going on. They were sure that the young man made a mistake and would be refused.

    A few minutes later,however,the boss came out of the inner office with the young man and said to the other people,M Gentlemen,thank you very much for coming,but the young man has got the job. 

    The other people were surprised,and one of them said,M Wait a minute. I don't understand. He was the last to come in,and we never even got a chance to be interviewed. Yet he got the job. That's not fair!n

The boss saidI'm sorry,but all the time you’ve been sitting here,the telegraph has been sending out the following message in Morse code ： * If you understand this message,then come right in. The job is yours. None of you heard it or understood it. This young man did. The job is his."

49. The young man got the information about the job from.

   A. the telegraph   B. the newspaper

   C. an office worker   D. a friend

50. What was the office like?

   A. Large,busy and noisy.

   B. Busy,noisy and crowded.

   C. Large,crowded but quiet.

   D. Busy,crowded but quiet.

51. How many people went for the job interview that day?

   A. 7.   B. 8.   C. 9.   D. 10.

52. The young man was offered the job because .

   A. he was young

   B. he knew the boss

   C. he heard the telegraph message and understood it

   D. he was the last one to walk into the inner office 

Answer 1

49. B 50. A 51. B 52. C

[阅读C篇短文大意]一个年轻人去应聘莫尔斯电码报务 员，他最晚到达应聘地点，却在其他人还在等待的时候径直走进里 面的办公室。之后，老板出来告诉那些还在等待的人他录用了那 个年轻人。原来，在那些人坐在那里等候期间，电报已经以莫尔斯 电码的形式发出去了，电报的内容就是"如果你理解这个信息，就 直接进来吧，这份工作就是你的了"。

49. B 由第二段中的” Answering the ad in the newspaper,he went to the office.’可知答案为B.

50. A 由第二段中的” When he arrived,he walked into a large, busy office filled with noise,including the sound of the telegraph”可知答案为A.

51. B 在第二段中提到了” Seven other people were already in the waiting area for the interview"，由此可知，除了那个年轻人之 外，还有七个人去参加面试，故答案为B.

52. C通读最后一段可知答案为C.