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Several years ago，a television reporter was talking to three of the most important people in America. One was a very rich banker，another owned one of the largest companies in the world，and the third owned many buildings in the center of New York.
The reporter was talking to them about being important. “How do we know if someone is really important？” the reporter asked the banker.
The banker thought for a few moments and then said， “I think anybody who is invited to the White House to meet the President of the United States is really important. ”
The reporter then turned to the owner of the very large company. “Do you agree with that？” she asked.
The man shook his head， “No. I think the President invites a lot of people to the White House. You‘d only be important if while you were visiting the President， there was a telephone call from the president of another country，and the President of the US said he was too busy to answer it. ”
The reporter turned to the third man. “Do you think so？”
“No， I don‘t，” he said. “I don’t think that makes the visitor important. That makes the President important. ”
“Then what would make the visitor important？” the reporter and the other two men asked.
“Oh， I think if the visitor to the White House was talking to the President and the phone rang， and the President picked up the receiver， listened and then said， ‘It’s for you. ‘ ”
小題1:This story happened in _______.

A．England

B．America

C．Japan

D．Australia

小題2:There are _______ in this passage.

A．three men and one woman	B．two men and two women
C．three women and one man	D．four women

小題3:The following is true EXCEPT_________.

A．The banker thought any visitor to the White House was really important.

B．The owner of the very large company thought the visitor would be important if while he was visiting the President, the President would not answer any telephone call

C．The owner of many buildings thoughtthe visitor was really important if he was talking to the President and the President received a telephone call for the visitor.

D．the reporter knew the way to find out who was the most important.

Answer 1

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:D

試題分析：這篇短文描述了一位記者對社會精英的采訪，想要知道誰才是最重要的人，結果這三個人誰都給不出最合適的答案。
小題1:根據第一段Several years ago，a television reporter was talking to three of the most important people in America.可知選B。
小題2:根據，a television reporter was talking to three of the most important people in America.描述，可知有四個人，根據下文“Do you agree with that？” she asked.及下文描述， 可知這位記者是女性，其他三個人是男性，故選A
小題3:根據“Then what would make the visitor important？” the reporter and the other two men asked.及短文描述，可知這位記者不知道誰才是最重要的，故選項D，描述錯誤。
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