Question

    A story happened when the telegraph (電報) was the fastest method of long-distance communication. One day,a young man went to an interview for a job as a Morse code operator (莫爾斯電碼報務員).

    Answering the ad in the newspaper,he went to the office. When he arrived,he walked into a large,busy office filled with noise,including the sound of the telegraph. An office worker asked him to wait until he was called to go into the inner office. Seven other people were already in the waiting area for the interview. The young man sat down and waited with them. After a few minutes,the young man stood up,crossed the room to the door of the inner office,and walked right in. Naturally the other people wondered what was going on. They were sure that the young man made a mistake and would be refused.

    A few minutes later,however,the boss came out of the inner office with the young man and said to the other people,M Gentlemen,thank you very much for coming,but the young man has got the job. 

    The other people were surprised,and one of them said,M Wait a minute. I don't understand. He was the last to come in,and we never even got a chance to be interviewed. Yet he got the job. That's not fair!n

The boss saidI'm sorry,but all the time you’ve been sitting here,the telegraph has been sending out the following message in Morse code ： * If you understand this message,then come right in. The job is yours. None of you heard it or understood it. This young man did. The job is his."

49. The young man got the information about the job from.

   A. the telegraph   B. the newspaper

   C. an office worker   D. a friend

50. What was the office like?

   A. Large,busy and noisy.

   B. Busy,noisy and crowded.

   C. Large,crowded but quiet.

   D. Busy,crowded but quiet.

51. How many people went for the job interview that day?

   A. 7.   B. 8.   C. 9.   D. 10.

52. The young man was offered the job because .

   A. he was young

   B. he knew the boss

   C. he heard the telegraph message and understood it

   D. he was the last one to walk into the inner office 

Answer 1

49. B 50. A 51. B 52. C

[閱讀C篇短文大意]一個年輕人去應聘莫爾斯電碼報務 員，他最晚到達應聘地點，卻在其他人還在等待的時候徑直走進里 面的辦公室。之后，老板出來告訴那些還在等待的人他錄用了那 個年輕人。原來，在那些人坐在那里等候期間，電報已經以莫爾斯 電碼的形式發出去了，電報的內容就是"如果你理解這個信息，就 直接進來吧，這份工作就是你的了"。

49. B 由第二段中的” Answering the ad in the newspaper,he went to the office.’可知答案為B.

50. A 由第二段中的” When he arrived,he walked into a large, busy office filled with noise,including the sound of the telegraph”可知答案為A.

51. B 在第二段中提到了” Seven other people were already in the waiting area for the interview"，由此可知，除了那個年輕人之 外，還有七個人去參加面試，故答案為B.

52. C通讀最后一段可知答案為C.