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 (順序) 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

導(dǎo)讀

這是一個(gè)關(guān)于應(yīng)聘工作的故事。約翰在報(bào)紙上讀到一 篇招聘世界上最好的銷售員的廣告后便去應(yīng)聘了，老板讓他 賣掉一千盒糖果之后再來(lái)應(yīng)聘。他能否成功呢？

詳析

1. c細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第二段可知，老板讓約翰證明自己是

世界上最好的銷售員之后才答應(yīng)給他工作。

2. A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第四段的最后一句可知，老板讓約翰

銷售一千盒糖果。

3. C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。文章第一段的前三句談到了約翰讀到了

一份報(bào)紙，然后就去應(yīng)聘。文章的第六段講述了約翰 去賣糖果的經(jīng)歷，結(jié)果一盒也沒(méi)賣掉。約翰在文章的 最后說(shuō)他知道誰(shuí)是世界上最好的銷售員了，故答案 為C.

4. A推理判斷題。由第六段可知，約翰沒(méi)有完成任務(wù)，所以，他沒(méi)有應(yīng)聘上這份工作。

5. B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第六段的“The sweets were too bad for

him to sell. ”可知，約翰沒(méi)有賣掉糖果的原因是這些糖 果太差了。

prove v.證明 sweet n.糖果

too.. . to...太 而不能

障礙句分析

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

我不是世界上最好的銷售員，但是我知道誰(shuí)是。

本句是一個(gè)由but連接的并列句。在第二個(gè)并列句中， who is是一個(gè)賓語(yǔ)從句。