Question

At five he was collecting old newspapers to make money.And when he was fifteen he signed his schoolmates up to start a baby-sitting circle(保姆中心).
Now 20,third- year Cambridge University student,Peter Blackburn is the managing director of company with a 30,000 pounds plan.And he thinks he will make more than $15,000 by next summer.
He set up Peter Blackburn Company last year to bring out a new color term-planner(学期计划)that now students all over the UK are using.
“I felt that most of the planners going around were pretty unimaginative,”he says.”I believed that I could do a better job and decided to have a go.”
Blackburn agrees that he is putting far more effort into business than his computer studies course at university.While fellow students are out with their friends,he keeps in touch with his business office in Lancashire by mobile phone.Before he set up the company he spent one holiday preparing a plan that would persuade the bank to lend him money.
“Most students work hard for a good degree because they believe that will help them get a job to support themselves,”he says.”I work hard at my company,because that is what will support me next year,after I leave college.”
Friends believe that Blackburn will make one million pounds within five years.
He is not quite so sure,however.”There is a lot to be done yet,”he says

1. 1.
   When he was quite young,Blackburn______.
   1. A.
      already made a lot of money
   2. B.
      already had a business brain
   3. C.
      was already a managing director of a company
   4. D.
      already set up his own business
2. 2.
   The underline expression in the fourth paragraph “have a go”means______.
   1. A.
      give up his job and have a new one
   2. B.
      leave the company
   3. C.
      have a try
   4. D.
      develop my business quickly
3. 3.
   Which of the following best explains why Blackburn works hard at his company?
   1. A.
      He wants to do more business practice before he leaves college
   2. B.
      He wants to make more money before he leaves college
   3. C.
      He wants to get a good job like most students after he leaves college
   4. D.
      He depends on the company for his living in the future
4. 4.
   Choose the right order of the facts given in the passage.
   a.He spent his holiday preparing a plan.
   b.He collected newspapers.
   c.He set up his own company.
   d.He asked the bank for money
   e.He set up a baby-sitting circle
   1. A.
      e,b,c,a,d
   2. B.
      b,e,a,d,c
   3. C.
      b,e,d,a,c
   4. D.
      b,e,c,a,d

Answer 1

BCDB
试题分析：本文主要讲述了商业天才Peter Blackburn的个人发展历程。
1..B 推理题。根据文章第一段At five he was collecting old newspapers to make money.And when he was fifteen he signed his schoolmates up to start a baby-sitting circle(保姆中心).说明在很小的时候他就有一颗做生意的心，故B正确。
2.C 推理题。根据“I felt that most of the planners going around were pretty unimaginative,”he says.”I believed that I could do a better job and decided to have a go.”说明他认为自己能够做得很好，也愿意为之努力，愿意做一个很好的尝试，故C项正确。
3.D 细节题。根据文章倒数3,4行I work hard at my company,because that is what will support me next year,after I leave college.说明他认为自己可以依靠这个公司来给自己的学业提供支持，故D正确。
4.B 细节题题。根据文章内容可知在5岁时就卖报纸，15岁时成立保姆中心，花了一个暑假的时间做计划，后来向银行借钱开公司。故B正确。
考点：考查人物介绍类短文
点评：本文主要介绍了Peter Blackburn的商业发展过程，本文考查细节题为主，细节题可以在文章中直接找到与答案有关的信息或是其变体。搜查信息在阅读中非常重要它包括理解作者在叙述某事时使用的具体事实、数据、图表等细节信息。在一篇短文里大部分篇幅都属于这类围绕主体展开的细节。做这类题一般采用寻读法即先读题，然后带着问题快速阅读短文，找出与问题有关的词语或句子，再对相关部分进行分析对比，找出答案。