Question

Albert was an ordinary worker in an oil company in America. His workmates gave a nickname（綽號）“Four dollars a bucket of oil” below his name whenever and wherever he wrote down his name.

As time went by, people forgot his real name. Later, when Rockefeller, the board chairman(董事長)of the oil company, heard of it, he was very surprised, so he invited Albert to come to his office.

“Some people give you a nickname for ‘Four dollars a bucket’. Why aren’t you angry?” asked Rockefeller with some puzzlement in his eyes.

“Oh! Mr. Rockefeller! I like this nickname very much, because ‘Four dollars a bucket’ is our company’s advertisement. As long as someone calls me‘ Four dollars a bucket’ once, I think it’s free advertisement for our company. It’s not necessary for me to get angry. Don’t you think so , Mr. Rockefeller?”

“Oh! What a wonderful man!” Rockefeller said excitedly when hearing Albert’s words “Young man! Work harder, you must be successful in the future! I believe in you!”

Five years later, Albert became the second board chairman after Rockefeller.

Later Albert said in one of his reports, “I don’t think we should feel frustrated when we have no way to do the world-shaking things. We should treat everything actively because maybe our future success will begin from a small thing!”

1.What was Albert in The oil company at the beginning?

A．A worker.         B．An assistant.        C．A manager.        D．The second board chairman.

2.Why wasn’t Albert angry about his nickname?

A．He liked to have a nickname.               B．It could make his workmates happy.

C．He could become famous.                 D．It was a free advertisement for his company.

3.What is the main idea of this passage?

A．Rockefeller asked young people to work harder.

B．It’s very important to do small things well.

C．You can’t get angry when someone calls your nickname.

D．You should make more advertisements for your company.

4.What would be the best title for this passage?

A．I Believe in You                         B．Albert and Rockefeller

C．Four Dollars a Bucket                    D．The Second Board Chairman

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要描述了一個普通工人因為自己的綽號引起公司董事長的注意，在這個綽號問題上反映出來的主人公的細密思維，受到董事長欣賞，后來成為第二任董事會主席的故事。短文最后通過阿爾伯特的報告告訴我們要注意從小事做起。本文教育性較強，閱讀中注意體會作者要表達的主要觀點，進行合理分析總結。

1.根據Albert was an ordinary worker in an oil company in America.可知選A。

2.根據Oh! Mr. Rockefeller! I like this nickname very much, because ‘Four dollars a bucket’ is our company’s advertisement. 及下文描述可知選D。

3.根據阿爾伯特最后一段中在短文中的描述可知選B，把小事情做好非常重要。

4.通過閱讀短文可知本文就是告訴人們要從小事做起，而主人公這個綽號正好體現除了他注意細節問題的性格，故選C，最符合本文中心

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點評：本文難度較大，個別小題需要根據相關內容進行推理總結。首先要認真閱讀短文，注意前后聯系，掌握短文大意，然后帶著問題再讀短文，找出相關段落，分析總結，判斷出正確選項。文章所設試題主要考察細節查找，做題關鍵是找出原文的根據，認真核查小題和原文的異同。