Question

Mr. Briggs got a job with an insurance company(保险公司) after he left school and went around visiting people in their homes to sell them life insurance. One day, after he had been working for the company for about a year, the insurance manager sent for him and said, “Mr. Briggs, I have been looking at your record as a salesman with our company, and there is one thing that surprises me about it. Why have you been selling insurance only to people over 95 years old, and why have you been giving them such generous（宽厚的）conditions? You’ll ruin our company if you go on like that.”

“Oh, no, sir,” answered Mr. Briggs at once, “Before I started work, I looked at the figures(数字) for deaths in this country during the past ten years, and I can tell you that few people die at the age of 95.”

1.Before he worked in an insurance company, what was Mr. Briggs?

A. He was a student. B. He was an official.

C.He was a worker. D. He was a businessman.

2.As a salesman with the company, Mr. Brigs .

A.visited people to ask them to work with him

B. called on people to make them join the company

C.saw old people in order to help them

D.visited many people so as to offer insurance

3.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A.Mr. Briggs had studied the figures for deaths for several years.

B. Mr. Briggs began to look at the figures after he started work.

C. The number of the very old people who died every year is small.

D. A great number of very old people die every year.

Answer 1

1.A

2.D

3.C

【解析】

试题分析：布里格斯先生在一家保险公司找到了一份工作(保险公司)在他离开了学校后,并且四处参观人们的家卖人寿保险。有一天,他已经为公司工作了大约一年,保险经理打发人去叫他,说:“布里格斯先生，我一直看着你作为我们公司一名销售员的记录，有一件事让我惊讶。你为什么要卖保险只对95岁以上的人,为什么你一直给他们这样的慷慨(宽厚的)条件?你会毁了我们公司如果你继续像这样”。“哦,不,先生,”布里格斯先生回答,“在我开始工作之前,我看了看这个国家在过去十年的死亡数据，我可以告诉你,很少有人在95岁死亡。”

1.

2. and went around visiting people in their homes to sell them life insurance可知他四处参观人家卖人寿保险。所以D符合题意。

3.

考点：考查生活故事类短文的阅读。