Question

One day in 1999, a Chinese man was having lunch in a US restaurant. Suddenly, the word “Alibaba” came into his mind. He asked a waitress: “What do you know about Alibaba?” The woman answered: “Alibaba and the 40 thieves.” “Yes, this is the name!” the man replied.The man was Jack Ma (Ma Yun). Later that year, he founded Alibaba, which would become China’s largest e-commerce (电子商业) company. After 15 years, Alibaba went public – selling shares (股份) of a private company to new investors (投资者) – on Sept 19. The 50-year-old became Chinese mainland’s richest man with a fortune of 150 billion yuan.

Few Chinese people saw the Internet business’ potential (潜力) when Ma started Alibaba.? He got the nickname “Crazy Jack Ma”.However, the man believed that everyone should live their dream. “The most important thing is that we believed in our dream from day one, to today and tomorrow. Of course we made many mistakes, but we never gave up hope,” Ma said.

Ma’s business is not only focused on e-commerce. Alibaba has a large stake (股份) in Sina Weibo and Youku Tudou. He’s also on the board of China’s most successful soccer club, Guangzhou Evergrande.

Now, Ma is dreaming even bigger. “We have a dream. We hope in the next 15 years that the world changes because of us,” he said.

1.What did the waitress know about Alibaba?

A. She know it was a e-commerce company.

B. She Knew nothing about it.

C.She knew it was a clever man of a story Alibaba and the 40 thieves

2.When was Ma Yun born?

A. In 1999 B. In 2014 C. In 1964

3.What does the underlined word “fortune” mean?

A.命运 B.财富 C. 成功

4. What is the most important to success according to Ma Yun?

A. Believing in his dream.

B. Making some mistakes.

C. Being crazy.

5.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Alibaba has a large stake in Sina Weibo ,Youku, Tudou,Leshi.

B.Guangzhou Evergrande is a soccer team founded by Alibaba.

C. Alibaba hope that the world changes because of them in the next 15 years .

Answer 1

1.C

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了中国最大的电子商业公司--阿里巴巴名字的由来及马云执着梦想最后成功的故事。

1.The woman answered: “Alibaba and the 40 thieves.”及选项对比A电子商业公司，B什么也不知道，C在阿里巴巴和四十个海盗故事中的那个聪明的人，故选C。

2.】计算理解题。根据短文的开头事情发生的时间是1999年，而十五年后在马云五十岁的时候他成为大陆最富有的人。可以推断马云出生在1964年，故选C.

3.前面的提到他是最富有的人，那么后面的做定语的介词短语是指他所有的财富，故选B.

4.马云的话“The most important thing is that we believed in our dream from day one, to today and tomorrow. Of course we made many mistakes, but we never gave up hope,”可知成功的关键是相信自己的梦想，故选A。

5.短文最后一段马云的话可知，故选C。

考点：人物介绍类短文阅读。