When he was just 19, Michael Dell started the company that would dominate the industry.
At the time, IBM personal computers sold in stores for about ＄3,000. After taking them apart and rebuilding them, Dell realized the components (零部件) could be bought for one-fourth the price. Soon he was buying components to reduce the cost. A good business decision, but it meant his room was starting to look like a mechanic’s shop.
“I was quite excited about the possibilities for personal computers and how they could change society. I had this idea to sell the products directly to the users over the phone”, he said. College plans and his parents’ expectations bothered him a lot. But Michael Dell was determined. He drove off to the University of Texas at Austin in August 1983 in a car he’d bought with earnings from selling newspapers. He was surprised that his mother wasn’t suspicious about the three computers in the backseat. By November, news reached his parents that he wasn’t attending classes. On a surprise visit to Austin, they caught their son on spot. Michael Dell told his dad that he wanted to compete with IBM.
Although Michael agreed to focus on his studies, the business chances and the timing couldn’t have been better. The public was becoming more interested in computers, but no one was producing them. In early May, a week before his final exams, Michael started Dell computer Corporation with ＄1,000. He took his exams, and then dropped out of college at the end of his freshman year. It was time to try out his direct-to-customer business model.
“Three years later”, Dell says, “we had already achieved annual sales of about ＄150 million, I was 22 years old then.”
小題1:What does the underlined word in paragraph 1 mean?
A．a(chǎn)ffectB．developC．supportD．lead
小題2:Which of the following is true according to paragraph 2?
A．Dell discovered a good chance to make money
B．Dell could buy a computer at one-fourth the price
C．IBM made little money from personal computers
D．Dell rebuilt computers in a mechanic’s shop
小題3:When Dell’s parents learned about his absence from class, they       .
A．tried to help with his business
B．were too suspicious to accept it
C．wanted him to go hack to class
D．encouraged him to compete with IBM
小題4:It can be inferred from the article that       .
A．Dell was tired of his college life
B．Dell was not devoted to his study at college
C．Dell’s college life helped him greatly
D．Dell didn’t finish his final exams
小題5:Dell’s experiences show that       .
A．determination and opportunity lead to success
B．family support plays an import in one’s success
C．there’s no need for all of us to go to college
D．we should insist on whatever we are doing

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:C
小題4:B
小題5:A

試題分析：文章講述了邁克爾?戴爾發(fā)現(xiàn)組裝電腦可以掙錢后，他在大一時放棄的大學學業(yè)。成立了一家公司，取得了巨大的成功。
小題1:推理題，“When he was just 19, Michael Dell started the company that would dominate the industry.”意思是當邁克爾?戴爾只有19歲時,他開了家將會將占據(jù)行業(yè)主導地位的公司。“ dominate”在...中占主要地位。 Affect影響，develop發(fā)展，support支持，lead領(lǐng)導四項中只有D項意思相近。故選D。
小題2:推理題，閱讀第二段可知邁克爾?戴爾發(fā)現(xiàn)買一臺IBM需要3000美元，而用零件組裝一臺電腦只需要花費四分之一的價錢，他認為這是一個機會，因此他決定組裝電腦來掙錢。故選A。
小題3:推理題。根據(jù)第二段中“ On a surprise visit to Austin, they caught their son on spot.”突訪奧斯丁,他們抓住了他們的兒子。和第三段中“Although Michael agreed to focus on his studies”盡管邁克爾同意把精力集中在學習上可知他的父母希望他們好好學習。故選C。
小題4:推理題，閱讀全文可知邁克爾上大學后他經(jīng)常逃課，組裝電腦賣電腦，后參加了考試就在大一結(jié)束后退學了。由此可知邁克爾并沒有專心致志上大學。故選B。
小題5:主旨題，通過閱讀全文可知邁克爾通過組裝電腦認識這是一個機遇，之后果斷放棄大學學業(yè)投身到公司建設(shè)中，可知決心和機遇會帶來成功。故選A。
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As time passed, I had my own children and went to visit every week or two. The kids loved the farm and the tractor rides with my dad. Me, well, I still hated the silence of the farm. While my mom loved to sit at her kitchen table and look out at her garden and flowers and retell all the old stories, I missed the hustle and bustle(喧鬧) of my life at home. But I sat there listening quietly as she reminisced.
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My heart skipped a beat. "Moon River" was playing on the radio. I sat there shocked, with a tear running down my cheek, as I listened to every familiar note.
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B．she could only sing one song in the small farm
C．there was nothing more that could make her excited
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A．passed away four years agoB．left the small farm
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A．rememberedB．comfortedC．shoutedD．sighed
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A．The writer was able to sing before she could speak.
B．The writer preferred to live a busy life in the city.
C．The writer was still quite familiar with the song "Ivory Tower".
D．The writer treasured all her childhood memories in the small farmhouse.
小題5:Which would be the best title for this passage?
A．Cherish lifeB．My happy childhood
C．Our small farmhouseD．Mom’s music

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