Question

One day in 1999, a Chinese man was having lunch in a US restaurant. Suddenly, the word “Alibaba” came into his mind. He asked a waitress: “What do you know about Alibaba?” The woman answered: “Alibaba and the 40 thieves.” “Yes, this is the name!” the man replied.The man was Jack Ma (Ma Yun). Later that year, he founded Alibaba, which would become China’s largest e-commerce (電子商業) company. After 15 years, Alibaba went public – selling shares (股份) of a private company to new investors (投資者) – on Sept 19. The 50-year-old became Chinese mainland’s richest man with a fortune of 150 billion yuan.

Few Chinese people saw the Internet business’ potential (潛力) when Ma started Alibaba.? He got the nickname “Crazy Jack Ma”.However, the man believed that everyone should live their dream. “The most important thing is that we believed in our dream from day one, to today and tomorrow. Of course we made many mistakes, but we never gave up hope,” Ma said.

Ma’s business is not only focused on e-commerce. Alibaba has a large stake (股份) in Sina Weibo and Youku Tudou. He’s also on the board of China’s most successful soccer club, Guangzhou Evergrande.

Now, Ma is dreaming even bigger. “We have a dream. We hope in the next 15 years that the world changes because of us,” he said.

1.What did the waitress know about Alibaba?

A. She know it was a e-commerce company.

B. She Knew nothing about it.

C.She knew it was a clever man of a story Alibaba and the 40 thieves

2.When was Ma Yun born?

A. In 1999 B. In 2014 C. In 1964

3.What does the underlined word “fortune” mean?

A.命運 B.財富 C. 成功

4. What is the most important to success according to Ma Yun?

A. Believing in his dream.

B. Making some mistakes.

C. Being crazy.

5.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Alibaba has a large stake in Sina Weibo ,Youku, Tudou,Leshi.

B.Guangzhou Evergrande is a soccer team founded by Alibaba.

C. Alibaba hope that the world changes because of them in the next 15 years .

Answer 1

1.C

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹了中國最大的電子商業公司--阿里巴巴名字的由來及馬云執著夢想最后成功的故事。

1.The woman answered: “Alibaba and the 40 thieves.”及選項對比A電子商業公司，B什么也不知道，C在阿里巴巴和四十個海盜故事中的那個聰明的人，故選C。

2.】計算理解題。根據短文的開頭事情發生的時間是1999年，而十五年后在馬云五十歲的時候他成為大陸最富有的人�？梢酝茢囫R云出生在1964年，故選C.

3.前面的提到他是最富有的人，那么后面的做定語的介詞短語是指他所有的財富，故選B.

4.馬云的話“The most important thing is that we believed in our dream from day one, to today and tomorrow. Of course we made many mistakes, but we never gave up hope,”可知成功的關鍵是相信自己的夢想，故選A。

5.短文最后一段馬云的話可知，故選C。

考點：人物介紹類短文閱讀。