Question

Albert was an ordinary worker in an oil company in America. His workmates gave a nickname(綽號) “Four dollars a bucket (桶)” to him, for he was always used to leaving an advertisement of his company “Four dollars a bucket of oil” below his name whenever and wherever he wrote down his name.

As time went by, people forgot his real name. Later, when Rockefeller, the board chairman of the oil company, heard of it, he was very surprised, so he invited Albert to come to his office.

“Some people give you a nickname for ‘Four dollars a bucket’. Why aren’t you angry?” asked Rockefeller with some puzzlement in his eyes.

“Oh! Mr. Rockefeller! I like this nickname very much, because ‘Four dollars a bucket’ is our company’s advertisement. As long as someone calls me ‘Four dollars a bucket’ once, I think it’s a free advertisement for our company. I have no reason to get angry. Don’t you think so, Mr. Rockefeller?”

“Oh! What a fantastic man!” Rockefeller said excitedly when hearing Albert’s words. “Young man, work harder! You must succeed in the future! I believe in you!”

Five years later, Albert became the second board chairman after Rockefeller.

Later Albert said in one of his reports, “I don’t think we should feel frustrated when we have no way to do the world-shaking things. We should treat every thing actively because maybe our future success will begin from a small thing!”

1.Why wasn’t Albert angry at his nickname?

A. He could become famous.

B. He liked to have a nickname.

C. It could make his workmates happy.

D. It could advertise for his company for free.

2.What is the main idea of this passage?

A. It’s very important to do small things well.

B. Rockefeller asked young people to work harder.

C. You can’t get angry when someone calls your nickname.

D. You should make more advertisements for your company.

3.What would be the best title for this passage?

A. A Clever Way to Make Advertisements.      B. Albert and Rockefeller.

C. Four Dollars a Bucket.                        D. The Second Board Chairman.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.A

3.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要描述了一個(gè)普通工人因?yàn)樽约旱木b號引起公司董事長的注意，在這個(gè)綽號問題上反映出來的主人公的細(xì)密思維，受到董事長欣賞，后來成為第二任董事會主席的故事。短文最后通過阿爾伯特的報(bào)告告訴我們要注意從小事做起。

1.細(xì)節(jié)題：根據(jù)“Oh! Mr. Rockefeller! I like this nickname very much, because ‘Four dollars a bucket’ is our company’s advertisement.”哦!洛克菲勒先生!我非常喜歡這個(gè)昵稱,因?yàn)?美元一桶是我們公司廣告。以及下面的描述可知他喜歡這個(gè)外號是因?yàn)榭梢悦赓M(fèi)給公司做廣告。故選D。

2.推理題：根據(jù)阿爾伯特最后一段中在短文中的描述可知把小事情做好非常重要。故選A。

3.推理題：通過閱讀短文可知本文就是告訴人們要從小事做起，而主人公這個(gè)綽號正好體現(xiàn)除了他注意細(xì)節(jié)問題的性格。故選C

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