Ⅸ. 阅读理解(10分)

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(证明)you’re the best, ”the manager said.

“OK, I will. ”John said.

“Good. ”The manager took several boxes of sweets(糖果)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 could start to 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

【解析】选D。推理判断题。由第二段中“You must prove you’re the best”可知, 约翰若想得到这份工作, 必须得证明自己是世界上最好的推销员。故选D。

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

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

【解析】选A。细节理解题。由第四段中“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. ”可知, 如果约翰卖掉这一千箱糖果, 他就能得到这份工作。

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

①John went to ask for the job.

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

③John read an advertisement in a newspaper.

④John went to sell the sweets.

A. ①②③④       B. ④③②①

C. ③①④②       D. ③④①②

【解析】选C。主旨大意题。综合全文可知, 这个故事的顺序是: 约翰读到了报纸上的招聘广告→前去应聘→经理让他去卖糖果→最后约翰告诉经理谁才是最好的推销员。故选C。

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

【解析】选A。推理判断题。由倒数第三段信息可知, 约翰没有卖掉糖果, 因此他也得不到这份工作。故选A。

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

【解析】选B。事实细节题。由倒数第三段中“But he couldn’t sell one. The sweets were too bad for him to sell. ”可知, 约翰没有把糖果卖出去是因为糖果太劣质了。故选B。

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