Roger Conner is a modern­-day Horatio Alger hero. Roger started out as an unpaid worker in a small flower shop. He has become the owner of a florist company whose sales are well over $100 000 a year.
One day when Roger was only twelve, he stopped at a local flower shop. He asked the owner if he could work for him, without pay, in order to learn the business. Roger started working every day after school and on weekends. After two years on the job, he finally asked for a small salary. The owners told him he “wasn't good enough to be paid.” So he quit, and found a paying job at another local flower shop. He worked hard there, but after six months they laid him off because business was slow.
Not discouraged, Roger decided to do it alone and started his own flower store in a basement in his town. He started his business with only sixty­-five dollars. He bought old refrigerators at garage sales and knocked the shelves out. This turned them into coolers for his fresh­-cut flowers. His business grew rapidly as he built up a reputation for top quality and fine service.
In 1977, Roger bought out the flower store where he had worked without pay for over two years. The people who said he “wasn’t good enough to be paid” were astonished to find that they were being taken over by a teenager. He had plans to renovate (振興) the whole store.
One of the reasons the owners sold out to Roger was that the store wasn't doing well. But after Roger took over ownership and redid the store, business started booming. In fact, business was so good that after one year, he celebrated by buying out the other store where he had worked. Roger then combined both stores and moved to a location in the center of his town.
The new store has 2 000 square feet and seven employees. And he did it all before he reached the age of twenty.
【小題1】The author is wants to show us that people who want to succeed in business should ________.

A.work without pay
B.own a flower shop
C.work hard and never give up
D.work as teenagers
【小題2】Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A.He worked for two years without pay.
B.He needed luck to be successful.
C.He opened his first flower business in a basement.
D.He became successful before the age of twenty.
【小題3】The passage may be a ________.
A.newspaper reportB.humorous story
C.television playD.scientific story
【小題4】The underlined part in Paragraph 2 probably means ________.
A.employed him
B.didn’t let him work there
C.paid him money
D.were proud of him
【小題5】From the passage, a “Horatio Alger hero” may be the kind of person who________.
A.works hard in the flower business
B.was born into a rich family
C.starts out poor and becomes rich
D.becomes famous as a result of good luck


【小題1】C
【小題2】B
【小題3】A
【小題4】B
【小題5】C

解析試題分析:本文介紹了Roger Conner的成功之路,并告訴我們成功靠的是努力和刻苦。
【小題1】C 推理題。根據(jù)第2段8,9行Not discouraged, Roger decided to do it alone and started his own flower store in a basement in his town.說明遇見很多困難,他都沒有放棄,而是一直向前,故要想成功要努力學(xué)習(xí)而且還不要放棄,故C正確。
【小題2】B 推理題。根據(jù)文章的講述可知他的創(chuàng)業(yè)經(jīng)歷里,沒有運氣的成分,只有努力和刻苦再加上思考,故B正確。
【小題3】A 推理題。本文介紹了一位商業(yè)成功的人士,最有可能是從報紙張摘錄下來的,故A正確。
【小題4】B 推理題。根據(jù)after six months they laid him off because business was slow.說明六個月以后因為生意下滑,他被解雇了,故B正確。
【小題5】C 推理題。根據(jù)文章第一段Roger Conner is a modern­-day Horatio Alger hero. Roger started out as an unpaid worker in a small flower shop. He has become the owner of a florist company whose sales are well over $100 000 a year.說明他是一個起點很低的人,最后取得了成功。故C正確。
考點:考查新聞報告類短文閱讀
點評:本文介紹了Roger Conner的成功之路。要求考生要在閱讀理解整體語篇的基礎(chǔ)上,把握文章的真正內(nèi)涵。①要吃透文章的字面意思,從字里行間捕捉有用的提示和線索,這是推理的前提和基礎(chǔ);②要對文字的表面信息進行挖掘加工,由表入里,由淺入深,從具體到抽象,從非凡到一般,通過分析、綜合、判定等,進行深層處理,符合邏輯地推理。不能就是論事,斷章取義,以偏概全。③要忠實于原文,以文章提供的事實和線索為依據(jù)。立足已知,推斷未知。立足現(xiàn)在,猜測未來。不能主觀臆想,憑空想象,隨意揣測,更不能以自己的觀點代替作者的觀點;④要把握句、段之間的邏輯關(guān)系,了解語篇的結(jié)構(gòu)。要體會文章的基調(diào),揣摸作者的態(tài)度,摸準邏輯發(fā)展的方向,悟出作者的弦外之音。

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