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A jobless man applied for the position of “office boy” at Microsoft. The HR manager ____him, then wa...
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A jobless man applied for the position of “office boy” at Microsoft. The HR manager ____him, then watched him cleaning the floor as a ________.
“You are employed,” he said. “Give me your e-mail address, and I’ll send you the application to ________, as well as the date when you will start.”
The man replied, “But I don’t have a ________, neither an email.”
“I’m ________,” said the HR manager. “If you don’t have an email, that means you do not ________. And anyone who is not existent cannot have the job.”
The man left with ______. He didn’t know what to do, with only $10 in his ______. He then decided to go to the ______ and buy a basket of tomatoes. He then sold the tomatoes in a door-to-door round. In less than two hours, he ______ to double his capital(资本). He repeated the operation three times, and returned home with $60.
The man realized that he can ______ in this way, so he started to go ______ every day, and returned later. Thus, his ______ increased with years. Soon, he bought a cart (手推车), then a ______. He had his own fleet of delivery vehicles 5 years later. Now the man is one of the biggest ______ retailers (零售商) in the U.S., selling vegetables and fruit.
He started to plan his family’s future and ______ to have a life insurance. He called an insurance broker (经纪人), and chose a protection plan. When the conversation was ______, the broker asked him for his email. The man replied: “I don’t have an email.”
The broker answered ______, “You don’t have an email, and ______ have succeeded in building a business empire. Can you imagine what you could have been _______ you had an email?” The man thought for a while, and replied: “An office boy at Microsoft!”
1.A. examined B. called [ C. comforted D. interviewed
2.A. test B. quiz C. sign D. symbol
3.A. fill in B. put down C. write with D. break up
4.A. basket B. computer C. dictionary D. house
5.A. sorry B. sure C. glad D. confident
6.A. live B. exist C. lie D. know
7.A. hope B. doubt C. regret D. interest
8.A. book B. bag C. box D. pocket
9.A. station B. bank C. restaurant D. supermarket
10.A. decided B. pretended C. managed D. seemed
11.A. survive B. settle C. escape D. react
12.A. earlier B. more cautiously C. harder D. less carefully
13.A. health B. luck C. wealth D. fame
14.A. telephone B. truck C. radio D. toy
15.A. book B. food C. tomato D. drink
16.A. decided B. refused C. preferred D. failed
17.A. interrupted B. recorded C. concluded D. corrected
18.A. curiously B. politely C. quickly D. angrily
19.A. somehow B. furthermore C. therefore D. yet
20.A. unless B. until C. if D. though
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