John and Bobby joined a company together the same year. 36 of them worked very hard. After several years, 37  the boss promoted(提升）only Bobby to manager, but John remained a worker. John could not take it anymore and wanted to leave this company.

　　The boss knew 38 John worked very hard for years and wanted to change his mind to leave. So he asked John to find anyone selling watermelons in the 39

　　John went and returned soon. He said he had found a man selling watermelons. The boss asked how much per kg. John 40 his head and went back to the market to ask and returned to inform the boss $1.2 per kg.

　　The boss told John to wait 41 second, and he called Bobby to come to his office. He asked Bobby to go and find anyone selling watermelons in the market.

　　Bobby went, returned and said, “Boss, There is only one person 42 watermelons. $1.2 per kg, and $10 for 10 kg. There are 58 melons on the table, and each one weights about 2 kg. They were bought from the South two days ago, and are 43 and red, good quality.” John was very impressed(印象深刻的）and realized the difference 44 himself and Bobby. He decided not to leave but to learn from Bobby.

　　This 45 tells us that a more successful person sees more and farther. Do you think so?

36.A. Both      B. Either  C. Neither       D, None

37.A. instead   B. besides       C. luckily D. however

38.A. that       B. if C. whether     D. how

39.A. shop      B. street  C. market       D. company

40.A. nodded  B. shook  C. hid      D. hurt

41.A. the B. an       C. a D./

42.A. sold       B. selling C. sell     D. to sell

43.A. old B. cheap  C. green  D. fresh

44.A. with     B. for      C. between     D. about

45.A. story     B. message     C. news  D. notice

The greatest saleswoman in the world today doesn’t mind if you call her a girl. That’s because Markita Andrews has got more than eight thousand dollars selling Girl Scout cookies since she was seven years old.
Going door-to-door after school, the terribly shy Markita changed herself into the cookie-selling dynamo（高手）.
It starts with great wish.
For Markita and her mother, whose husband left them when Markita was eight years old, their dream was to travel the world. “I’ll work hard to make enough money to send you to college,” her mother said one day. “When you leave college, you’ll make enough money to take you and me around the world. Okay?”
So at the age of 13 when Markita read in her Girl Scout magazine that the Scout（童子军）who sold the most cookies would win a free trip for two around the world, she decided to sell all the Girl Scout cookies she could—more Girl Scout cookies than anyone in the world, ever.
Wish, however, alone is not enough. To make her dream come true, Markita knew she needed a plan.
“When you are doing business, wear your Girl Scout clothes when you go up to people in their building, ” her aunt told her. “Always smile, whether they buy something or not and always be nice.”
Lots of other Scouts may have wanted that trip around the world, but only Markita went off in her own uniform each day after school, ready to ask—and keep asking—people to help in her dream.
Markita sold 3,526 boxes of Girl Scout cookies that year and won her trip around the world. Since then, she has sold more than 42,000 boxes of Girl Scout cookies.
Markita is no cleverer than thousands of other people, with dreams of their own. The difference is that many people fail before they even begin. They fear（恐惧）that they will be refused. This fear leads many of us to refuse ourselves and prevents us from getting where we have set off for long before anyone else ever has the chance—no matter what we are selling.
“It takes courage（勇气）to ask for what you want,” she said. “Courage is not that you don’t have fear. It means doing what it takes although you have a fear of it”.
【小题1】From the passage we learn that ________.

John and Bobby joined the same company together just after they completed their university studies the same year. Both of them worked very hard. Several years later, however, the boss promoted(提拔) Bobby to manager but John was still a worker. John could not take it, and gave his resignation（辞职书） to the boss. He complained that the boss did not think much of those who were hard -working, but promoted only those who flattered him.

The boss knew that John had worked very hard for the years. He thought a moment and said, “Thank you for what you said, but I hope you will do one more thing for our company before you leave”

John agreed. The boss asked him to go and find anyone selling watermelons in the market. John went and returned soon. He said he had found a man selling watermelons. The boss asked how much they cost every kilogram. John shook his head and went back to the seller to ask and returned to tell the boss $1.2 every kilogram.

The boss told John to wait a second, and he called Bobby to come to his office.  He asked Bobby to go and find anyone selling watermelons in the market. Bobby went and returned, saying, “Boss, only one person is selling watermelons. $1.2 every kilogram, and $10 for 10 kilograms. The seller has 340 melons. On the table there are 58 melons, and each weighs about 2 kilograms. They were brought from the South two days ago. They are of good quality.”

Hearing what Bobby said, John realized the difference between himself and Bobby. He decided to stay and learn from Bobby.

1.How did John feel when Bobby was promoted to manager?

A．Angry.            B．Nervous.          C．Unlucky.          D．Helpless.

2.The boss gave John a task because______________.

A．he wanted John to do more for his company

B．he wanted John to learn more about himself

C．he wanted to punish John for what he said

D．he wanted to prove what John said was right

3.We can infer from the passage that_____________.

A．Bobby was unselfish                     B．John was lazy

C．the seller was dishonest                  D．the boss was wise

4.What can we learn from the passage?

A．The boss should treat all his workers in a fair way.

B．The boss should not promote one who flatters him.

C．One should not only work hard but also use his head.

D．One should try to get every detail of watermelons.