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How to Be a Successful Businessperson

Have you ever wondered why some people are successful in business and others are not? Here's a story about one successful businessperson. He started out washing dishes and today he owns 168 restaurants.
Zubair Kazi was born in Bhatkal,a small town in southwest India. His dream was to be an airplane pilot,and when he was 16 years old,he learned to fly a small plane.
At the age of 23 and with just a little money in his pocket,Mr. Kazi moved to the United States. He hoped to get a job in the airplane industry in California. Instead,he ended up working for a company that rented cars.
While Mr. Kazi was working at the car rental(租赁的)company,he frequently ate at a nearby KFC restaurant. To save money on food, he decided to get a job with KFC. For two months, he worked as a cook's assistant. His job was to clean the kitchen and help the cook. "I didn't like it,"Mr,Kazi says, "but I always did the best I could. "
One day, Mr. Kazi's two co-workers failed to come to work. That day, Mr. Kazi did the work of all three people in the kitchen. This really impressed the owners of the restaurant. A few months later, the owners needed a manager for a new restaurant. They gave the job to Mr. Kazi. He worked hard as the manager and soon the restaurant was making a profit.
A few years later,Mr. Kazi heard about a restaurant that was losing money. The restaurant was dirty inside and the food was terrible. Mr. Kazi borrowed money from a bank and bought the restaurant. For the first six months,Mr. Kazi worked in the restaurant from 8 a. m. to 10 p. m. ,seven days a week. He and his wife cleaned up the restaurant,remodeled the front of the building,and improved the cooking. They also tried hard to please the customers. If someone had to wait more than ten minutes for their food,Mrs. Kazi gave them a free soda. Before long the restaurant was making a profit.
A year later, Mr. Kazi sold his restaurant for a profit. With the money he earned, he bought three more restaurants that were losing money. Again, he cleaned them up, improved the food, and retrained the employees. Before long these restaurants were making a profit, too.
Today Mr. Kaziowns 168 restaurants,but he isn't planning to stop there. He's looking for more poorly managed restaurants to buy. "I love it when I go to buy a restaurant and find it's a mess,"Mr. Kazi says. "The only way it can go is up. /

单选题 When Mr. Kazi was young,his dream was to
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 题干中的关键词:“Mr.Kazi人名;young年轻;dream梦”。
根据文中第2段的第1行末:“他的梦想是当一名飞机驾驶员,…。”很明显应选D项。
单选题 Mr. Kazi decided to work with KFC to
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 题干中的关键词:“Mr.Kazi人名;KFC肯德基缩写”。
根据文中第4段的第2行:“为了省下吃的钱,他决定到KFC寻找一份工作。”很明显应选D项。
单选题 Mr. Kazi became the manager of a new restaurant because
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 题干中的关键词:“Mr.Kazi人名;manager经理I because因为”。
根据文中第5段的第3行:“几个月后,主人需要一个新餐馆的经理。他们把这项工作交给了Kazi先生。”因该题问的是“原因”,所以应看懂前1~2句:“一天,Kazi的二个同事没来上班。Kazi一人干了三个人的活,这给老板留下了深刻的印象。”很明显应选C项。
单选题 To save a failing restaurant, Mr. Kazi did all the following things, EXCEPT to
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 题干中的关键词:“To save a failing restaurant拯救一家亏损餐馆;EXCEPT除…之外”。
在第7段的第2行末可以查到“A项”,在第3行查到“B项”和“D项”。以此断定应选C项。
单选题 In the last paragraph,"it's a mess'means
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 题干中的关键词:“it’s a mess它肮脏;means意指”。
A项it’s small它是小的;B项的it’s dirty它是脏的;C项it’s profitable它是有益的;D项it’s cheap它是便宜的。根据4个选项的意思,可判断选项为B项。