阅读理解阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在每小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。.(A)AshortChinesemanseemstobethetallestintheworldrightnow.JackMa(MaYun)50isexecutivechairmanofAliba

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阅读理解 阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在每小题所给的四个选项中选出最

佳选项。 .

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A short Chinese man seems to be the tallest in the world right now. Jack Ma  ( Ma Yun) 50 is executive chairman of Alibaba Group a business-to-business online platform. On Sept 19， Alibaba went public on the New York Stock Exchange (纽约证券交易所) ，raising $ 25 billion through an IPO (首次公开发行股票) ，the biggest in US history. Ma a former English teacher has become the richest man on the Chinese mainland.

Born in Hangzhou Zhejiang Ma grew up as a happy kid. At the age of 12 he wanted to learn English. Every morning he awoke at 5 a. m. cycled 40 minutes to a hotel near the West Lake where he could chat with foreign tourists. He did it for nine years rain or shine.

The experience made him a fluent English speaker and also opened his eyes to the wider world.

In a 1995 trip to US Ma was shown the Internet for the first time. He searched Yahoo using the word “ Beer”，and found that there was nothing in there about China. Seeing the chance Ma returned to China and set up a website called China Pages without even knowing much about computers.

Four years later 18  people including Ma his wife and his friends founded Alibaba in Hangzhou. He believed in the Internet business potential (潜力) when few other Chinese did. People called him “Crazy Jack Ma”. But 15  years later Alibaba has developed into the world's largest e-commerce (电子商务) company owning popular shopping websites like Taobao and Tmall. It makes more profit online than Amazon and e-Bay combined.

No one thinks he's mad now. Ma's favorite line has been printed on Alibaba's souvenir T-shirts. It reads “ Everybody should have a dream. What if that dream comes true?”

() 1. We can tell from the first paragraph that  

  A. Alibaba Group is the biggest company in China

   B. Alibaba's IPO has raised $ 25 billion

   C. Jack Ma used to be a math teacher

   D. Jack Ma is the richest man in the world

() 2. Why did Ma cycle to a hotel near the West Lake?

   A. To do morning exercises. B. To work as a guide.

   C. To chat with foreigners. D. To work part time.

() 3. When did Ma and his team found Alibaba?

   A. In 1995.   B. In 1998.

   C. In 1999.   D. In

2014.

() 4. Which is the world's largest e-commerce company?

   A. Alibaba   B. Taobao   C. Amazon   D. e-Bay

() 5. Which of the following can't have brought him success?

   A. His spirit shown when he was learning English

   B. The support from her wife and friends.

   C. His belief in Internet business potential.

   D. His hometown Hangzhou

Answer 1

1. B    2. C    3. C    4. A    5. D