When Boris left school, he could not find

题目内容：

When Boris left school, he could not find a job. He tried hard and pestered (纠缠) his relatives, but they had problems of their own. He answered advertisements until he could not afford to buy any more stamps. Boris grew annoyed, then depressed, then a little hardened. Still he went on trying and still he failed. He began to think that he had no future at all.

“Why don't you start your own business?” one of his uncles told him. “The world is a money-locker. You'd better find a way of opening it.”

“But what can I do?”

“Get out and have a look round.” advised his uncle in a vague sort of way. “See what people want; then give it to them, and they will pay for it.”

Boris began to cycle around the town and found a suitable piece of a waste ground in the end. Then he set up his business as a cycle repairer. He worked hard, made friends with his customers and gradually managed to build up his goodwill and profit. A few months later, he found that he had more work than he could deal with by himself. He found a number of empty shops but they were all no good: in the wrong position, too expensive or with some other snag(障碍). But at long last, he managed to find an empty shop on a new estate where there were plenty of customers but no competition.

Boris and his assistant taught themselves how to repair scooters and motor-cycles. Slowly but surely the profits increased and the business developed. At last, Boris had managed to open the money-locker and found bank notes and gold coins inside.

小题1:Which of the following best describes Boris' job hunting experience?

A．Surprising.

B．Encouraging.

C．Boring.

D．Disappointing.小题2:Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A．Goodwill is the key to success

B．The world is a money-locker

C．No education, no future

D．Difficulty of starting a small business小题3:Boris started his career by .

A．repairing cycles

B．developing a waste ground

C．cycling around the town

D．buying empty shops小题4:Boris finally chose an empty shop on a new estate because .

A．it was not so expensive

B．he had a lot of old customers there

C．there were good opportunities there

D．he could make good use of his skills there小题5:We can infer from the last paragraph that Boris.

A．still couldn't make good profits

B．found a lot of gold coins by accident

C．set off in a successful career

D．had great difficulty running his business

最佳答案：

小题1:D

小题2:B

小题3:A

小题4:C

小题5:C

答案解析：

文章讲述的是一个在求职的道路上非常不顺的人，听从了他叔叔的建议，找到了一份适合自己的工作，找到了创造自己财富的方法。

小题1:推理判断题。 根据第一段Boris grew annoyed, then depressed, then a little hardened. 可知，

小题2:主旨大意题。 根据文章可知，他听从了他叔叔的建议，认识到了世界就是一个钱柜。

小题3:事实细节题。根据倒数第二段Then he set up his business as a cycle repairer. 可知

小题4:推理判断题。根据倒数第二段But at long last, he managed to find an empty shop on a new estate where there were plenty of customers but no competition可知。

小题5:推理判断题。根据最后一段Boris and his assistant taught themselves how to repair scooters and motor-cycles. Slowly but surely the profits increased and the business developed. 可知。

考点核心：

人物传记类文章的文体特征：

人物传记是记叙文体的一种，主要描写某人的生平事迹、趣闻轶事、生活背景、个性特征、成长奋斗历程等，包含记叙文的时间、地点、人物、事件等要素。其特点是以时间的先后或事件的发展为主线，空间或逻辑线索贯穿文章始终，脉络清楚，可读性较强。