阅读理解Itgivesmegreatpleasuretodaytosayafewwordsinpraiseofamanwewillallmissverymuch．TobehonestIcan’timaginewewilldowithouthimwhenhe’sgone．BillMastersalm

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阅读理解

　　It gives me great pleasure today to say a few words in praise of a man we will all miss very much．To be honest I can’t imagine we will do without him when he’s gone．Bill Masters almost single?handed built up our sales force in the Houston area and developed the market position that we enjoy today．In only six years he has brought the firm from a very low fifth position in the area sales to the point where we now outsell all but one of our competitors．Not only have we got 37 per cent of the market under Bill’s leadership; we are increasing our share with each passing month．

　　As you know the company has moved Bill to northern California to work his sales magic in one of this company’s most competitive areas．But we know that if anyone can do it Bill Masters can and I know you all join me in wishing him the best of luck in his new work．

(1)

The speech was made ________．
[　　]
A．	at a welcome meeting
B．	after someone died
C．	when somebody was leaving
D．	when they had a new manager

(2)

When Bill started to work in Houston area he had ________ to help him．
[　　]
A．	many people
B．	nobody
C．	about 37 people
D．	very few people

(3)

Bill increased the company’s sale．
[　　]
A．	by 37 per cent every month
B．	to the second largest in the area
C．	to be the fifth largest in the area
D．	to the first largest in the area

Answer 1

答案：1．C;2．D;3．B;解析：(1) 由第一段第二句及第二段第一句可知。 (2) 由“Bill Masters almost single handed built up…”可知。 (3) 由“he has brought the firm from a very low fifth positio...