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Passage 9
应聘推销员的故事

One day, Harry saw an advertisement in the window. It said, “Need the best salesman in the world with good pay.”

He always considered himself the best salesman. So he walked into the store. When he met the manager of the store, he 1.__________(say),“I'm the best salesman in the world.”The manager asked,“Show me that you're the 2.__________(good).”Harry replied, “I'll take any test you give me.” Then the manager said, “I bought one thousand boxes of this candy last week. If you can sell them all in three days, the job is yours.”Then Harry 3.__________(leave) the store with a box of sweets.

Harry tried to sell the candy, but he failed. 4.__________the morning of the fourth day, Harry went back to see the manager. Harry said,“I'm sorry, Sir. I'm not the best salesman. But I know 5.__________it is?”“Oh, who is it?”asked the manager. Harry said,“The man who sold you a thousand boxes of candy.”

新词速记

advertisement [ədˈvɜːtɪsmənt] n. 广告

consider [kənˈsɪdə(r)] v. 认为

store [stɔː(r)] n. 商店

manager [ˈmænɪdʒə(r)] n. 经理

reply [rɪˈplaɪ] v. 回答,答复

sweet [swiːt] n. 糖果

fail [feɪl] v. 失败

小试身手

一、根据短文内容,填空。

1.____________________

2.____________________

3.____________________

4.____________________

5.____________________

二、根据短文内容,判断下列各句正(T)误(F)。

(  )1.Harry saw an advertisement for the best shop assistant.

(  )2.Harry considered himself the best salesman and he wanted to have a try.

(  )3.Harry sold one thousand boxes of candy last week.

(  )4.Harry tried to sell the candy, and he succeeded at last.

(  )5.Harry thought the man who sold the customers candy is the best salesman.

(  )6.We know who sold one thousand boxes of candy to the manager.

三、根据短文内容,选择最佳选项。

1.Where did Harry see the job information?

A.In the newspapers.

B.On the website.

C.At school.

D.In the window.

2.Harry met__________in the store.

A.the manager

B.the salesman

C.some customers

D.the boss

3.How long did the manager ask Harry to sell a thousand boxes of candy?

A.Three days.

B.Two days.

C.Four days.

D.Five days.

4.From the passage, we know that__________is the best salesman.

A.Harry

B.the manager

C.nobody

D.the person who sold the manager a thousand boxes of candy w9RBwTiL9niU81TY9Ob/u7LfNrAN62/78OMYWwGnlfP+N7IpmjkBEKdtwO1g9wiH

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