Frank W. Woolworth was born in Rodman, New York, in 1852.His____1____was a very poor farmers and there was never enough to eat. Frank ____2____he did not want to be a farmer. He took a short business lesson and went to work____3____a salesman in a large city.
Woolworth realized he had a natural____4____for getting people interested in his goods(货物),but he soon learned something more important. One day the boss told him to____5____some small things for as much as he____6____.Frank put all these things on one table with a____7____which said, FIVE CENTS____8____.People fought and pushed to buy the things and the table was soon____9____.
Soon afterwards, Woolworth opened____10____store, selling goods____11____five or ten cents. But he had another lesson to learn before he became____12____.That is,if you want to make money by selling____13____goods, you have to buy them [ZZ(Z]in large quantities(大量地)[ZZ)]directly(直接的)from the____14____.Once, Woolworth went to Germany and____15____an order for knives. The order was so large that the factory had to keep____16____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 1, 000 ____17____in the U.S.A. and Canada, and opened his first store in London. He made many ____18____and his name became famous throughout the world. He always____19____his business according to strict rules, of which the most important was: THE CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS____20____.
1.A.father B. mother C. family D. home
2.A.decided B. said C. knew D. hoped
3.A.for B. with C. as D. like
4.A.way B. idea C. means D. skill
5.A.get B. buy C. sell D. make
6.A.wished B. liked C. could get D. had
7.A.word B. sign C. cover D. letter
8.A.ONLY B.EACH C.LOWER D.ONE
9.A.broken B. empty C. cleared D. clean
10.A.another B. a new C. his own D. a small
11.A.about B. at C. with D. in
12.A.clever B. important C. rich D. successful
13.A.expensive B. good C. poor D. low-price
14.A.markets B. factories C. owners D. businessmen
15.A.gave B .received C. sent D. placed
16.A.waiting B. opening C. running D. going
17.A.dollars B. stores C. workers D .salesmen
18.A.friends B. million C. goods D. inventions
19.A.made B .got C. ran D. kept
20.A.RICH B.BUYING C.GOOD D.RIGHT
keys:1~5 CACDC 6~10 CBBCC 11~15 BDDBD16~20 CBBCD
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