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Ron Meyer is the president and COO（首席运营官） of Universal Studios．As one of the most successful business leaders in Hollywood, he heads up Universal Pictures and Universal Parks & Resorts．He's the guy who oversees the production of Multimillion-dollar extravaganzas（作品） like King Kong and Cinderella Man．

Meyer’s story sounds like the plot of one of his motion pictures．He grew up in a modest home where there was little income．It was a big deal to go to a restaurant．At 15, he quit high school and spent his time hanging out with the neighborhood toughs（流氓）．He was then a kid quick with his fists who seemed to get into fights somewhat regularly．At one point, he was separated from others with an infectious disease, having no TV and nothing to do．His mother sent him two books．One was The Amboy Dukes, a novel about kids in street gangs．The other was The Flesh Peddlers, about a guy in the talent agency（星探公司）who lived a successful life．“I realized,” he says, “that I was no longer that silly kid I had been, and I wanted to change my life．”

Meyer took any job he could get．He worked as a busboy and short-order cook．He cleaned offices and sold shoes．That attitude made an impression on people．One day he received a call from Paul Kohner, a successful agent who represented stars like John Huston, Charles Bronson and Lana Turner．Their messenger and driver had quit, and they knew Ron was willing to take whatever job they offered. He started the job the next day．

Meyer was lucky to work with a good boss―and he had the brains to make the most of that experience．In nearly six years of driving for Kohner, Meyer became his right-hand man and learned a lot．By the 1970s, Meyer had built many relationships in the business．In 1975, the fate presented an opportunity and he started his own operation Creative Artists Agency, which became a huge success, representing Hollywood legends like Barbra Streisand, Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise．

Twenty years later, Meyer was appointed to run Universal Studios, a position far beyond his youthful dream．But once he saw success was possible, he was driven to achieve it．Today, colleagues regularly owe his success―and theirs―to his humility and perseverance．It’s a level of success that takes determination, personality and intelligence, whether it comes from a college education or from the street．

1.What is the main idea of the passage? 

A．How a bitter childhood contributes to one’s success．

B．It’s important to choose a right career to achieve one’s life goal．

C．A talent agency helps a person to become famous．

D．It’s people’s determination, intelligence and personality that decide their success．

2.What does the author mean by saying “he had the brains to make the most of that experience”?

A．He benefited a good deal from the experience．

B．He smartly took the opportunity to learn from the experience．

C．That experience made him ever smarter than ever before．

D．He used his brains to impress his boss．

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．A talent agency is to oversee the production of movies．

B．Ron Meyer did far more successfully than Raul Kohner．

C．Relationship is the most important thing in the film industry．

D．Meyer had never thought of being as successful as today．

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.B

3.D 

【解析】

试题分析：文章介绍了Ron Meyer的从一个淘气的孩子成为一个著名制片人的成功故事

1.文章介绍了Ron Meyer的成功故事，从最后一段的句子： It’s a level of success that takes determination, personality and intelligence, whether it comes from a college education or from the street．可知人的成功是由决心，个性，智慧导致的。选

D

2.句意理解题：这句话理解成：他聪明的利用了以往的经历。选B

3.推理题：从最后一段的句子：Twenty years later, Meyer was appointed to run Universal Studios, a position far beyond his youthful dream．可知他从没想过自己会那么成功。选D 

考点：考查人物传记类短文

点评：这篇文章考查推理题主旨题较多，对考生要求较高，既要对文章有整体把握，也要理解有些重点的句子。集中考查了句意理解题，要求考生有较强的细节理解能力。