Question

Mr. Briggs got a job with an insurance company(保險公司) after he left school and went around visiting people in their homes to sell them life insurance. One day, after he had been working for the company for about a year, the insurance manager sent for him and said, “Mr. Briggs, I have been looking at your record as a salesman with our company, and there is one thing that surprises me about it. Why have you been selling insurance only to people over 95 years old, and why have you been giving them such generous（寬厚的）conditions? You’ll ruin our company if you go on like that.”

“Oh, no, sir,” answered Mr. Briggs at once, “Before I started work, I looked at the figures(數字) for deaths in this country during the past ten years, and I can tell you that few people die at the age of 95.”

1.Before he worked in an insurance company, what was Mr. Briggs?

A. He was a student. B. He was an official.

C.He was a worker. D. He was a businessman.

2.As a salesman with the company, Mr. Brigs .

A.visited people to ask them to work with him

B. called on people to make them join the company

C.saw old people in order to help them

D.visited many people so as to offer insurance

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

A.Mr. Briggs had studied the figures for deaths for several years.

B. Mr. Briggs began to look at the figures after he started work.

C. The number of the very old people who died every year is small.

D. A great number of very old people die every year.

Answer 1

1.A

2.D

3.C

【解析】

試題分析：布里格斯先生在一家保險公司找到了一份工作(保險公司)在他離開了學校后,并且四處參觀人們的家賣人壽保險。有一天,他已經為公司工作了大約一年,保險經理打發人去叫他,說:“布里格斯先生，我一直看著你作為我們公司一名銷售員的記錄，有一件事讓我驚訝。你為什么要賣保險只對95歲以上的人,為什么你一直給他們這樣的慷慨(寬厚的)條件?你會毀了我們公司如果你繼續像這樣”。“哦,不,先生,”布里格斯先生回答,“在我開始工作之前,我看了看這個國家在過去十年的死亡數據，我可以告訴你,很少有人在95歲死亡。”

1.

2. and went around visiting people in their homes to sell them life insurance可知他四處參觀人家賣人壽保險。所以D符合題意。

3.

考點：考查生活故事類短文的閱讀。