Ajoblessmanappliedforthepositionof“officeboy”atMicroso...
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A jobless man applied for the position of “office boy” at Microsoft. The HR manager __41__ him, then watched him cleaning the floor as a __42__.
“You are employed,” he said. “Give me your e-mail address, and I’ll send you the application to __43__, as well as the date when you will start.”
The man replied, “But I don’t have a __44__, neither an email.”
“I’m __45__,” said the HR manager. “If you don’t have an email, that means you do not __46__. And anyone who is not existent cannot have the job.”
The man left with __47__. He didn’t know what to do, with only $10 in his __48__. He then decided to go to the __49__ and buy a basket of tomatoes. He then sold the tomatoes in a door-to-door round. In less than two hours, he __50__ to double his capital. He repeated the operation three times, and returned home with $60.
The man realized that he can __51__ in this way, so he started to go __52__ every day, and returned later. Thus, his __53__ increased with years. Soon, he bought a cart (手推車), then a __54__. He had his own fleet of delivery vehicles 5 years later. Now the man is one of the biggest __55__ retailers (零售商) in the U.S., selling vegetables and fruit.
He started to plan his family’s future and __56__ to have a life insurance. He called an insurance broker (經紀人), and chose a protection plan. When the conversation was __57__, the broker asked him for his email. The man replied: “I don’t have an email.”
The broker answered __58__, “You don’t have an email, and __59__ have succeeded in building a business empire. Can you imagine what you could have been __60__ you had an email?”
The man thought for a while, and replied: “An office boy at Microsoft!”
41. A. examined | B. interviewed | C. comforted | D. called |
42. A. sign | B. quiz | C. test | D. symbol |
43. A. fill in | B. put down | C. write with | D. break up |
44. A. basket | B. house | C. dictionary | D. computer |
45. A. glad | B. sure | C. sorry | D. confident |
46. A. live | B. lie | C. exist | D. know |
47. A. hope | B. regret | C. doubt | D. interest |
48. A. book | B. bag | C. pocket | D. box |
49. A. station | B. bank | C. restaurant | D. supermarket |
50. A. managed | B. pretended | C. decided | D. seemed |
51. A. settle | B. survive | C. escape | D. react |
52. A. earlier | B. more cautiously | C. harder | D. less carefully |
53. A. health | B. wealth | C. luck | D. fame |
54. A. telephone | B. toy | C. radio | D. truck |
55. A. food | B. book | C. tomato | D. drink |
56. A. decided | B. refused | C. preferred | D. failed |
57. A. interrupted | B. recorded | C. concluded | D. corrected |
58. A. angrily | B. politely | C. quickly | D. curiously |
59. A. somehow | B. yet | C. therefore | D. furthermore |
60. A. unless | B. until | C. though | D. if |
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知識點:人物傳記 故事閲讀類
題型:完型填空