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【題目】 Dale Carnegie(戴爾·卡耐基) was an American writer and lecturer, and the developer of famous courses in self-improvement, salesmanship, corporate training, public speaking and interpersonal skills.

Born in 1888 in Maryville, Missouri, Carnegie was a poor farmer's boy. His family moved to Belton, Missouri when he was a small child. In his teens, though still having to get up at 4 a.m. every day to milk his parents' cows, he managed to obtain an education at the State Teacher's College in Warrensburg. His first job after college was selling correspondence courses. He moved on to selling bacon, soap, and lard（豬油）for Armour & Company.

After saving $500, Dale Carnegie quit sales in 1911 in order to achieve a lifelong dream of becoming a lecturer. He ended up instead attending the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, but found little success as an actor. Later he got the idea to teach public speaking. In his first session, he suggested that students speak about “something that made them angry”, and discovered the technique that made speakers unafraid to address a public audience. From its beginning, the Dale Carnegie Course developed. Carnegie had made use of the average American's desire to have more self-confidence.

Perhaps one of Carnegie's most successful marketing moves was to change the spelling of his last name from “Carnagey” to Carnegie, at a time when Andrew Carnegie was a widely recognized name.

Carnegie's works include Lincoln the Unknown (1932), Public Speaking and Influencing Men in Business (1937), and How to Stop Worrying and Start Living (1948). His greatest achievement, however, was when Simon &. Schuster published How to Win Friends and Influence People. The book was a bestseller from 1936. By the time of Carnegie's death, the book had sold five million copies in 31 languages, and there had been 450,000 graduates of his Dale Carnegie Institute.

Carnegie died at his home in New York in 1955.

【1】What do you think of Dale Carnegie's childhood?

A.Difficult.B.Joyful.

C.Lonely.D.Boring.

【2】Which of the following is important for Dale Carnegie?

A.Encouraging one to trust himself.B.Helping people to get wealthy.

C.Teaching people speaking skills.D.Advising people to live happily.

【3】Why did Dale Carnegie change his last name?

A.To get more help and support.B.To replace Andrew Carnegie.

C.To become more famous.D.To avoid misunderstanding.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】A

【3】C

【解析】

本文是一篇記敘文，主要介紹了美國著名作家和演講大師卡耐基的生平和主要作品。

【1】推理判斷題。根據第二段中的“Carnegie was a poor farmer's boy.”及“In his teens, though still having to get up at 4 a.m. every day to milk his parents' cows”可知，卡耐基出生在一個貧窮的農民家庭，小時候每天早上四點就起床幫父母擠牛奶，由此可知，卡耐基的童年是艱苦的，故A項正確。

【2】推理判斷題。根據第三段中的“Carnegie had made use of the average American's desire to have more self-confidence.”可知，卡耐基利用了普通美國人對自信的渴望，由此可知，鼓勵一個人相信自己對卡耐基很重要，故A項正確。

【3】推理判斷題。根據第四段“Perhaps one of Carnegie's most successful marketing moves was to change the spelling of his last name from “Carnagey” to Carnegie, at a time when Andrew Carnegie was a widely recognized name.”可知，也許卡耐基最成功的營銷舉措之一是將他的姓氏拼寫由Carnagey改為Carnegie，因為當時安德魯·卡耐基是一個廣受認可的名字，由此可知，卡耐基改變姓氏是因為他想變得更有名，故C項正確。