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</p> You Need Courage!5 U. e- `. g, j; m: h2 d" [8 }
Shortly after I began a career in business, I learned that Carl Weatherup, president of PepsiCo (百事可乐公司), was speaking at the University of Colorado. I tracked down the person handling his schedule and managed to get myself an appointment.(1)
6 C0 l1 W8 B! O( w- m% a# u So there I was sitting outside the university's auditorium, waiting for the president of PepsiCo. I could hear him talking to the students……, and talking, and talking.(2) He was now five minutes over, which dropped my time with him down to 10 minutes. Decision time.
9 v7 y+ q& ?! r& P8 }7 P I wrote a note on the back of my business card, reminding him that he had a meeting "You have a meeting with Jeff Hoye at 2:30 p.m." I took a deep breath, pushed open the doors of the auditorium and walked straight up the middle aisle (过道) toward him as he talked. Mr. Weatherup stopped.(3) Just before I reached the door, I heard him tell the group that he was running late. He thanked them for their attention, wished them luck and walked out to where I was now sitting, holding my breath.1 v5 k- o9 E% r% A- X9 J
He looked at the card and then at me. "Let me guess," he said. "You're Jeff." He smiled.(4): [9 T" x4 f5 k0 S
He spent the next 30 minutes offering me his time; some wonderful stories that I still use, and an invitation to visit him and his group in New York. But what he gave me that value the most was the encouragement to continue to do as I had done.(5) When things need to happen, you either have the nerve to act or you don't.7 C$ w8 u0 v/ S8 j. H) x
A I began breathing again and we grabbed (霸占) an office right there at school and closed the door.
y& ~7 ~: W- D+ B" t$ k' a1 N4 B B As I sat listening to him, I knew that I could trust him, and that he deserved every bit of loyalty I could give to him.
G7 Z1 ~6 l% T% ~$ @! p C I became alarmed: his talk wasn't ending when it should have
2 J+ S5 u7 i; R" ^$ @: h D He said that it took nerve for me to interrupt him, and that nerve was the key to success in the business world.0 R8 T* h' x" H, z' `8 q- }
E I was told, however, that he was on a tight schedule and only had 15 minutes available after his talk to the business class.: d) C0 o8 {1 l, x
F I handed him the card then I turned and walked out the way I came.中华考试网(www．Examw。com)
* C& I# H2 n" q. M) O 答案：; S9 L3 d R; R0 J8 g! F% u) W' e
1. E 2. C 3. F 4. A 5. D) e7 V4 ^* i4 K9 _
解析:
' a" H! O. L( n 1. E 我们一起看看空句的前面是I tracked down the person handling his schedule and managed to get myself an appointment.我将那个拿着他日程的人追到底，终于为自己争取到了一个面试机会。和这个动作比较接近的是E选项，但是他说他的日程很紧，只能挤出15分钟。恰好为后文做了铺垫，这短短的15分钟面试究竟会发生什么样的故事。% t0 P3 F4 e5 g# s4 M5 u" W
2. C 空句的前面是作者在等待百事总裁Carl Weatherup，因为他给学生们演讲，并且这里用了talking，and talking,空句后面说He was now five minutes over他已经超过了5分钟了，所以空句应该是作者在等待Carl Weatherup先生的状态，所以C选项很符合句子的意思，作者感觉到Carl Weatherup先生的演讲可能不会按时结束，因此很焦急。7 @8 j7 q( f$ J4 s8 n7 s% F
3. F 前句话是作者在my business card的背面写着提示Weatherup先生他在2：30分还有个会面的提示语，然后有个pushed open the doors...walked straight up...这里的连贯性动作其实就是作者走进屋将card交给Weatherup先生的过程，所以选项F恰好符合意思。
+ H1 {# [" B- ^& i' a- s0 [ 4. A 当Weatherup先生已经猜出我就是他要会面的那个人时，作者的反应时怎样的呢?A是作者的反应，D是Weatherup先生说的话。很显然D是不符合这里的语境。
# z' \& V1 J. b. h+ ~9 a7 |7 O 5. D 注意最后一句话When things need to happen, you either have the nerve to act or you don't.这应该是这件事带给作者的感受，这里很重要的因素就是have the nerve to act，选项中与nerve相关的就是Weatherup先生的话He said that it took nerve for me to interrupt him, and that nerve was the key to success in the business world. |
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