Question

When he was just 19, Michael Dell started the company that would dominate the industry.

At the time, IBM personal computers sold in stores for about ＄3,000. After taking them apart and rebuilding them, Dell realized the components (零部件) could be bought for one-fourth the price. Soon he was buying components to reduce the cost. A good business decision, but it meant his room was starting to look like a mechanic’s shop.

“I was quite excited about the possibilities for personal computers and how they could change society. I had this idea to sell the products directly to the users over the phone”, he said. College plans and his parents’ expectations bothered him a lot. But Michael Dell was determined. He drove off to the University of Texas at Austin in August 1983 in a car he’d bought with earnings from selling newspapers. He was surprised that his mother wasn’t suspicious about the three computers in the backseat. By November, news reached his parents that he wasn’t attending classes. On a surprise visit to Austin, they caught their son on spot. Michael Dell told his dad that he wanted to compete with IBM.

Although Michael agreed to focus on his studies, the business chances and the timing couldn’t have been better. The public was becoming more interested in computers, but no one was producing them. In early May, a week before his final exams, Michael started Dell computer Corporation with ＄1,000. He took his exams, and then dropped out of college at the end of his freshman year. It was time to try out his direct-to-customer business model.

“Three years later”, Dell says, “we had already achieved annual sales of about ＄150 million, I was 22 years old then.”

1.What does the underlined word in paragraph 1 mean?

A. affect                      B. develop                            C. support                            D. lead

2.Which of the following is true according to paragraph 2?

A. Dell discovered a good chance to make money

B. Dell could buy a computer at one-fourth the price

C. IBM made little money from personal computers

D. Dell rebuilt computers in a mechanic’s shop

3.When Dell’s parents learned about his absence from class, they       .

A. tried to help with his business                         

B. were too suspicious to accept it

C. wanted him to go hack to class                        

D. encouraged him to compete with IBM

4.It can be inferred from the article that       .

A. Dell was tired of his college life                       

B. Dell was not devoted to his study at college

C. Dell’s college life helped him greatly     

D. Dell didn’t finish his final exams

5.Dell’s experiences show that       .

A. determination and opportunity lead to success

B. family support plays an import in one’s success

C. there’s no need for all of us to go to college

D. we should insist on whatever we are doing

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：文章讲述了迈克尔•戴尔发现组装电脑可以挣钱后，他在大一时放弃的大学学业。成立了一家公司，取得了巨大的成功。

1.推理题，“When he was just 19, Michael Dell started the company that would dominate the industry.”意思是当迈克尔•戴尔只有19岁时,他开了家将会将占据行业主导地位的公司。“ dominate”在...中占主要地位。 Affect影响，develop发展，support支持，lead领导四项中只有D项意思相近。故选D。

2.推理题，阅读第二段可知迈克尔•戴尔发现买一台IBM需要3000美元，而用零件组装一台电脑只需要花费四分之一的价钱，他认为这是一个机会，因此他决定组装电脑来挣钱。故选A。

3.推理题。根据第二段中“ On a surprise visit to Austin, they caught their son on spot.”突访奥斯丁,他们抓住了他们的儿子。和第三段中“Although Michael agreed to focus on his studies”尽管迈克尔同意把精力集中在学习上可知他的父母希望他们好好学习。故选C。

4.推理题，阅读全文可知迈克尔上大学后他经常逃课，组装电脑卖电脑，后参加了考试就在大一结束后退学了。由此可知迈克尔并没有专心致志上大学。故选B。

5.主旨题，通过阅读全文可知迈克尔通过组装电脑认识这是一个机遇，之后果断放弃大学学业投身到公司建设中，可知决心和机遇会带来成功。故选A。

考点：考查人物传记类短文