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．two men and two women | B．three men and one woman |
| C．three women and one man | D．four women |
【小題3】The banker thought________．
| A．he was really important because he was a rich banker |
| B．the visitor to the White House to meet the President of the U．S was really important |
| C．the visitor who met the President of the US |
| D．the reporter was really important |
【小題4】The owner of the very large company thought_________．
| A．she was really important because she owned one of the largest companies |
| B．the banker was really important |
| C．the owner of many buildings in the center of New York was really important |
| D．the visitor would be really important if while he was visiting the President．the President would not answer any telephone call |
【小題5】The owner of many buildings thought__________．
| A．he was really important because he owned many buildings in the center of New York |
| B．the owner of the very large company was really important |
| C．the visitor was really important if he was talking to the President and the President received a telephone call for the visitor |
| D．the person who worked in the White House was really important |
