六、阅读理解(共20小题，计35分。第一节15小题，计30分；第二节5小题，计5分)
第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项。
(A)
A jobless man wanted very much to have the position of “office boy” at Microsoft. The HR manager interviewed him and then watched him cleaning the floor as a test. “You have passed the test,” he said. “Give me your e-mail address and I’ll send you the form to fill in and the date when you may start.” The man replied, “But I don’t have a computer, neither an e-mail.” “I’m sorry,” said the HR manager. “If you don’t have an e-mail, that means you are not living. And anyone who isn’t living cannot have the job.”
The man left with no hope at all. He didn’t know what to do with only $10 in his pocket. He thought and thought. Then he went to the supermarket and bought 10 kilos of tomatoes. He sold the tomatoes from door to door. In less than two hours, he had 20 dollars. He repeated the operation three times, and started to go early every day, and returned home late. Shortly, he bought a cart , then a truck, then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles. Five years later, the man was one of the biggest food retailers (零售商)  in the US.
One day, one of his friends asked him for his e-mail. He said, “I haven’t got one.” His friend couldn’t believe his ears. “Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an e-mail?” The man thought for a while and replied, “Yes, I’d be an office boy at Microsoft!”
41. What did the man do for the test?
A. He sent e-mails.        B. He did the cleaning.  
C. He sold computers.            D. He filled in forms.
42. The man didn’t get the job because he ________.
A. disliked such a job            B. didn’t pass the test 
C. didn’t have an e-mail          D. knew nothing about computers
43. The man ________ after he left Microsoft.
A. went to look for another job                B. asked for food from door to door
C. thought of an idea to make monkey          D. bought a computer and got an e-mail
44. Why could the man become one of the biggest food retailers in the US?
A. Because he had many friends to help him.   
B. Because he was smart and worked very hard.
C. Because he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles. 
D. Because he wanted to show Microsoft he was living.
45. What does the story want to tell us?
A. Computers are very important in our daily life.  
B. Everyone can make a lot of money with only$10.
C. The HR manager didn’t find the man’s ability. 
D. Nothing in the world is impossible if we work hard.
(B)
Being able to multitask—doing several things at the same time-is considered a welcome skill by most people. But if we consider the situation of the young people aged from eight to eighteen, we should think again.
What we often see nowadays is that young people juggle a larger number of electronic devices as they study. While working, they also surf on the Internet, send out emails, answer the telephone and listen to music on their iPods. In a sense, they are spending a large amount of time in fruitless efforts as they multitask.
Multitasking is even changing the relationship between family members. As young people give so much attention to their own worlds, they seem to have no time to spend with the other people around them. They can no longer greet family members when they enter the house, nor can they eat at the family table.
Multitasking also has an effect on young people’s performance at university and in the workplace. When they were asked about their opinions of the effects of modern gadgets (器具) on their performance of tasks, many young people gave a positive response. However, the response from the worlds of education and business was not quite as positive. Educators feel that multitasking by children has a serious effect on later development of study skills. They believe that many college students now need help to improve their study skills. Similarly, employers (雇主) feel that young people entering the job market need to be taught all over again, as modern gadgets have made it unnecessary for them to learn special skills to do their work. 
46. What does the underlined word “juggle” most probably mean? 
A. Want to buy.                    B. Use at the same time. 
C. Take the place of.                 D. Search information from.
47. In Paragraph 3, the author points out that _______.
A. family members do not greet each other        
B. family members do not eat at the family table
C. young people get on well with their families
D. young people hardly communicate with their family members
48. What’s the main idea of the last paragraph? 
A. Young people must learn skills for future jobs.  
B. Young people benefit a lot from modern gadgets.
C. Multitasking is an important skill to young people.
D. Multitasking influences young people’s development seriously.
49. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Young people think multitasking is good for their study and work.
B. Employers consider it unnecessary for young people to be taught all over again. 
C. Educators feel that young people don’t need to improve their study skills.   
D. People from the world of education believe multitasking has a good effect on children’s later study skills.
50. The author develops (阐述) the passage mainly by ________.
A. providing special examples                   
B. following the natural time order
C. giving out a cause and analyzing (分析) its effects  
D. comparing opinions from different worlds