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A jobless man wanted to apply (求職) for the position of “office boy” at Microsoft.The staff manager interviewed him and then gave him a __________: clean the floor.The man passed it: he cleaned the floor very well.“You are hired(雇用)，” the manager told the man.“Give me your email address, and I'll send you the form to __________. I shall also send you the __________ you should report for the work.” The man replied, “I don't have a __________ or email！” “I am sorry，” said the manager.“If you don't have email, that means you do not exist(存在)．And we cannot __________persons who do not exist.” The man was very __________.He didn't know what to do.He only had 10 dollars with him.Once that was __________, he wouldn't have any money to buy even food.He went to the supermarket and bought a box of tomatoes with his 10 dollars.He went from door to door and __________ the tomatoes in small bags.He doubled his money.

He __________ this three times, and returned home with 60 dollars.He realized that he could continue to live this way.He started to go earlier every day, and returned later.He doubled or made even three times his money every day.Soon, he __________ a cart, then a truck.In a very short time, he had his many delivery(遞送)trucks. Five years later, the man became one of the biggest __________ sellers in the country.He started to plan his family's future.He called an insurance(保險(xiǎn))broker, a man who sells insurance.At the end of the __________, the broker asked him for his email address.The man replied, “I don't have email.”

Hearing that, the broker felt very __________.“You don't have email, and yet you have succeeded in becoming so __________.Can you imagine what you could have been if you had email？” he said aloud.The man thought for a while, and replied, “An office __________at Microsoft！”

If you just lost your job or just failed an interview, don't worry.Think of the positive(積極的)things.Good days are on the way and something better will happen to you.

1.A. job B. hand C. chance D. test

2.A. check out B. put up C. fill in D. write down

3.A. name B. date C. address D. ticket

4.A. computer B. screen C. website D. letter

5.A. believe B. pay C. accept D. refuse

6.A. pleased B. excited C. embarrassed D. disappointed

7.A. exchanged B. spent C. wasted D. lost

8.A. divided B. showed C. kept D. sold

9.A. repeated B. reminded C. tried D. counted

10.A. borrowed B. repaired C. received D. bought

11.A. truck B. insurance C. food D. door

12.A. introduction B. conversation C. business D. story

13.A. worried B. satisfied C. upset D. surprised

14.A. clever B. healthy C. rich D. confident

15.A. boy B. secretary C. cleaner D. head

1.D 2.C 3.B 4.A 5.C 6.D 7.B 8.D 9.A 10.D 11.C 12.B 13.D 14.C 15.A 【解析】試題分析：本文介紹了一個(gè)男人因?yàn)闆]有電子郵箱，沒有被微軟公司錄用為勤雜工。他用僅有的10美元買了西紅柿，挨家去出售，逐漸地賺了錢。五年后，他成為全國(guó)最大的食品銷售商之一。...

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