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Charlie and Jackie joined a wholesale company together just after graduation. They both worked very hard. After several years, the boss made Jackie sales manager but Charlie       there to be a salesman. One day Charlie could not  take it any more. He handed in his resignation letter (辞职信) to the boss and    that the boss did not value hardworking employees(雇员), but only raised those who tried to please him. He thought that it was really     .

The boss knew that Charlie had made no efforts for the company all these years, but in order to help Charlie to realize the       between him and Jackie, the boss asked Charlie to do the following. "Go and     if there is anyone selling watermelons in the market." Charlie went, returned and     said, "Yes." The boss asked, "How much per kilogram?" Charlie went back to the market to ask and returned to       , "$ 12 per kg."

The boss told Charlie that he would ask Jackie the     question. Jackie went, returned and said, "Boss, only one person selling watermelons. $ 12 per kg, $ 100 for 5 kg. He has a      of 340 melons. On the table are 58 melons, and every melon weighs about 15 kg,     from the South two days ago.  They are fresh, red, and of good quality."

Charlie was shocked and he realized the difference between himself and Jackie. He decided not to         but to learn from Jackie.

My dear friends, you know, a more      person is more observant(留心), thinks more and understands better. For the same matter, he sees several years ahead,       you see only tomorrow. The difference between a year and a day is 365 times, so how could you       ?

Think： how       have you seen ahead in your life? How thoughtful(周到) are you?

1.A. made             B. became      C. remained         D. kept

2.A. agreed           B. shouted     C. announced       D. complained

3.A. unusual          B. unequal       C. careless         D. strange

4.A. competition   B. relationship  C. difference       D. distance

5.A. find out         B. carry out     C. look out         D. pick out

6.A. still            B. again        C. even            D. only

7.A. offer            B. answer      C. remind           D. repeat

8.A. difficult        B. familiar     C. same           D. simple

9.A. total            B. lot           C. pile             D. number

10.A. taken          B. come          C. bought           D. heard

11.A. stay          B. stop         C. work             D. leave

12.A. important       B. gengerous     C. successful       D. hardworking.

13.A. while           B. though       C. unless          D. since

14.A. see            B. think         C. know             D. win

15.A. far             B. long        C. soon            D. Wide

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.C

5.A

6.D

7.B

8.C

9.A

10.C

11.D

12.C

13.A

14.D

15.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文主要告诉我们人与人之间的区别，成功的人通常有着更敏锐的观察力，思考得更多，理解得更深入。对于同一件事来说，成功的人能看到未来几年，而一般人只看到明天。

1.C考查动词及语境的理解。句意：几年之后，老板让Jackie成为销售经理，但是Charlie还是一名销售员。 A. Made使；B. became 变成；C. remained 保持；D. kept 保持。这里指仍然保持的状态。故选C。

2.D考查动词及语境的理解。句意：他上交了他的辞职信给老板，抱怨老板不珍惜努力工作的员工。A. Agreed同意；B. shouted 喊；C. Announced宣告；D. Complained抱怨。这里指上交辞职信是抱怨老板不重视自己。故选D。

3.B考查形容词及语境的理解。句意：句意：指老板指提升那些讨好他的人，他认为这是不合理的。A. unusual 通常；B. Unequal不相等的；C. careless 虚心的；D. Strange奇怪的。故选B。

4.C考查名词及语境的理解。A. Competition比赛；B. Relationship关系；C. difference 不同；D. Distance距离。句意：为了帮助Charlie意识到他和Jackie之间的不同。根据语境这里指不同点，故选C.

5.A考查动词短语及语境的理解。句意：老板让Charlie做下面的事件“去了解是否有在市场上正在卖西瓜的人”。A. Find out 找到；B. carry out 执行；C. look out 小心；D. pick out 挑选。故选A。

6.D 考查副词及语境的理解。句意： Charlie去了，返回来仅仅说：“是的”。A. Still仍然；B. again 在，又；C. Even甚至；D. Only仅仅，只。故选D。

7.B考查动词及语境的理解。句意：Charlie 返回到市场去问并返回来回答“每斤12美元”。A. Offer提供；B. Answer回答；C. remind 记住；D. Repeat重复 。故选C。

8.C考查形容词及语境的理解。句意：这个老板将告诉Charlie他将让Jackie去做相同的问题。A. Difficult困难的；B. Familiar相似的；C. same 相同的；D. Simple简单的 。这里指相同的问题。故选C。

9.A考查名词及语境的理解。句意：他总共有340个西瓜。A. total 总共；B. Lot很；C. pile 一堆；D. Number数字。这里指总共数量。故选A。

10.C考查动词及语境的理解。 句意：两天之前从南边买来。A. Taken带去；B. Come来；C. bought 买；D. Heard听见。故选C。

11.D 考查动词及语境的理解 句意：他决定不离开，但是从Jackie.学到。A. Stay待在；B. stop 停止；C. work 工作；D. Leave离开。 短语decided not todo表示决定不做某事。故选D。

12.C考查形容词及语境的理解。 句意：你知道，一个更成功的人是更留心的。A. Important重要的；B. Gengerous慷慨的；C. Successful成功的；D. Hardworking.努力工作的。这里指用形容词的比较级。故选C。

13.A考查动、连词及语境的理解。句意：为了相同的事，他提前看到几年前，然而你仅仅看到了明天。A. While当……的时候；B. though 尽管；C. Unless除非；D. Since自从。这里表示转折关系。故选A。

14.D考查动词及语境的理解。句意：：因此你怎样能获胜那？A. See看见；B. think 认为；C. Know知道；D. Win获胜 。故选D。

15.B考查形容词及语境的理解。句意：在你的一生中你提前看到几年之后？。A. Far远；B. Long长的；C. Soon不久；D. Wide宽的。这里指提问一段时间。故选B。

考点：人生百味类短文