阅读理解

　　A jobless man wanted very much to have the position of “office boy” at Microsoft．The HR manager interviewed him and then watched him cleaning the floor as a test．“You have passed the test,” he said．“Give me your e-mail address and I'll send you the form to fill in the date when you may start．” The man replied, “But I don't have a computer, neither an e-mail．” “I'm sorry,” said the HR manager．“If you don't have an e-mail, that means you are not living．And anyone who isn't living cannot have the job．”

　　The man left with no hope at all．He didn't know what to do with only ＄10 in his pocket．He thought and thought．Then he went to the supermarket and bought 10 kilos of tomatoes．He sold the tomatoes from door to door．In less than two hours, he had 20 dollars．He repeated the operation three times, and started to go early every day, and returned home late．Shortly, he bought a cart, then a truck, then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles(运货车队)．Five years later, the man was one of the biggest food retailers(零售商)in the US．

　　One day, one of his friends asked him for his e-mail．He said, “I haven't got one．” His friend couldn't believe his ears．“Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an e-mail?” The man thought for a while and replied, “Yes, I'd be an office boy at Microsoft!”

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仔细阅读下列短文, 根据题目, 选出最佳选项. Can you remember the day when you spoke your first word If you can, you are not common. Probably it happened sometime near your first birthday. Try to imagine(想象)what the first few months of your life were like. You spent most of your time eating and sleeping. It took only a few sounds to let people know when you were happy or if you needed something. As you grew older, you were not asleep more of the time. Your parents spent more time playing with you and talking to you. You watched and listened. You began to know that people made certain sounds to express certain things. It seemed that there had to be a certain sound for each thing and each person. In time you began to try to make the sounds you heard. And one day you were able to make the right sound for one thing. On that day, you "found out" the secret of language. The secret is that a certain sound means a certain thing. One sound might be as good as another. "Abbadabba" would be just as good a sound to mean "dog" as our word "dog". But it's no good as a word unless everybody agrees on its meaning. Only when a group of people use the same group of sounds for things can everybody understand one another. Then, and only then, do these people have one language. After you discovered(发现) the secret of language, you learned words. Some of the words meant things, such as "book", "chair", "bed" and "shoe". Some words meant doing things, such as "go", "give", "eat", and "throw". And some words described(描写) things, such as "good", "bad", and "funny". Soon you learned to put words together to express(表达) an idea such as "I want to go outside and play with my friends". You had discovered language. You were learning to use it to get what you needed and wanted.

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　　Imagine the situation．You are driving along a desert or on a mountain．You have no idea where you are．You passed the last house two hours ago．Then your car breaks down．It is night and it is cold．You have no mobile phone．What do you do? Well, next time take a GPS with you．This invention may be able to help you．It is a device(装置)which uses satellites(卫星)to find the user's position(位置)．It can find your position to within 20 metres．A GPS cannot start your car, but at least you will know where you are．

　　GPS, which means Global Positioning System, is a small radio receiver．It looks like a mobile phone．You can hold it in your hand, or put in your pocket．It is sometimes put into a watch or a telephone．We also find GPS devices in cars, planes, or boats．Some of these devices have electronic maps, so you know where you are．For example, in a city they can tell you the name of the street．

　　There are three parts to the Global Positioning System．The first part is the receiver．You can hold it in your hand, or have it fixed into your car, plane, etc．The second part is a group of satellites orbiting the Earth．The receiver contacts at least four of the satellites and calculates(计算)its position．The third part of the system is a network of ground stations．They are all over the world．They control the satellites and make sure they are working well．

　　Some people think that in the future the GPS will be as common as the mobile．They are becoming cheaper and more and more accurate(精确的)．There are also new uses for the GPS．Perhaps they will become like watches．Everyone will have one and you will never be lost again．

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阅读理解

　　A jobless man wanted very much to have the position of “office boy” at Microsoft．The HR manager interviewed him and then watched him cleaning the floor as a test．“You have passed the test,” he said．“Give me your e-mail address and I'll send you the form to fill in and the date when you may start．” The man replied, “But I don't have a computer, neither an e-mail．” “I'm sorry,” said the HR manager．“If you don't have an e-mail, that means you are not living．And anyone who isn't living cannot have the job．”

　　The man left with no hope at all．He didn't know what to do with only ＄10 in his pocket．He thought and thought．Then he went to the supermarket and bought 10 kilos of tomatoes．He sold the tomatoes from door to door．In less than two hours, he had 20 dollars．He repeated the operation three times, and started to go early every day, and returned home late．Shortly, he bought a cart , then a truck, then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles(运货车队)．Five years later, the man was one of the biggest food retailers(零售商)in the US．

　　　One day, one of his friends asked him for his e-mail．He said, “I haven't got one．” His friend couldn't believe his ears．“Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an e-mail?” The man thought for a while and replied, “Yes, I'd be an office boy at Microsoft!”

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