Thanks a lot for ________ me ________your dancing party. A .invite; for B .invite; to C. inviting; for D. inviting; to 答案:DFrank Woolworth was born in Rodman, New York., in
1852. His family were very poor farmers, and there was never enough to eat.
Frank decided he did not want to be farmer. He took a short business course,
and went to work as a salesman in a large city.
Woolworth realized he had a natural skill for showing
goods to attract people’s interest, but he soon learned something more
important. One day his boss told him to sell some odds and ends (小商品 ) for as much as he could get. Frank put all these
things on one table with a sign which said FIVE CENTS EACH. People fought and
pushed to buy the things and the table was soon cleared.
Soon afterwards, Woolworth opened his own store.,
selling goods at five and ten cents. But he had another lesson to learn before
he became successful. That is, if you want to make money by selling low-price goods,
you have to buy them in large quantities directly form the factories. Once, for
example, Woolworth went to Germany and placed an order for knives. The order
was so large that the factory had to keep running 24 hours a day for a whole
year. In this way, the price of the knives was cut down by half.
By 1919, Woolworth had over 1000 stores in the US and
Canada, and opened his first store in London. He made many millions and his
name became famous throughout the world. He always run his business according
to strict rules, of which the most important was: “ THE CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS
RIGHT.”
1.Frank took a short business course in order to
____________.
A.earn more
money for his family
B.learn
something from a salesman
C.get away from
the farm
D.get enough to
eat.
2.Frank sold the odds and ends quickly because
_____________.
A.he knew how
to get people to buy his goods.
B.he cut down
the price by half
C.he had put
the goods on a table in a very nice way.
D.the sign he
put on the table was well designed.
3.The price of the knives was cut down by half because
______________.
A.the factory
workers worked 24 hours a day.
B.knives were
ordered in large quantities directly from the factory.
C.the knives
were made in Germany, where labour (劳动力) was
cheap.
D.the knives
were produced in one factory.
4._____________ make Woolworth a world-famous man.
A.His business
skills and his wealth.
B.The low price
of the goods he sold.
C.His trip to
Germany and his huge order of knives.
D.His natural
skill for showing things.
5.The belief that : “ The customer is always right”
suggests that _______________.
A.whenever
there is a quarrel between the customer and shop assistant, the customers are
always right.
B.If you want
to succeed, the rule is the only way.
C.stores must
always follow the customer’s orders if they want to
make more money.
D.stores should
do their best to meet the customer’s needs if
they want to be successful.