Several years ago, a television reporter was interviewing three of the most important people from local businesses. One was a very rich banker, another owned one of the largest companies in the world, and the third owned many buildings in the center of New York.
The reporter was talking to them about being important.
“How do we know if someone is really important?” the reporter asked the banker.
The banker thought for a few moments and then said, “I think anybody who is invited to the White House to meet the President is really important.”
The reporter then turned to the owner of the very large company. “Do you agree with that?” she asked.
The man shook his head, “No. I think the President invites a lot of people to the White House. You’d only be important if while you were visiting the President, there was a telephone call from the president of another country, and the President said he was too busy to answer it.”
The reporter turned to the third man. “Do you think so?”
“No, I don’t.” he said. “I don’t think that makes the visitor important. That makes the President important.”
“Then what would make the visitor important?” the reporter and the other two men asked.
“Oh, I think if the visitor to the White House was talking to the President and the phone rang, and the President picked up the receiver, listened and then said, ‘it’s for you.’”
小题1:This story happened in ________.
A. U.N. B. U.S.A. C. U.K. D. P.R.C.
小题2:There are________in this passage.
A．three men
B．three women and one man
C．four men
D．three men and one woman小题3:The banker and the owner of one of the largest companies in the world ________.
A．had similar opinions about the reporter’s question
B．disagreed with each other
C．had been invited to the White House many times
D．didn’t reply to the reporter小题4:The owner of one of the largest companies thought ________.
A．he himself was really important because he owned one of the largest companies in the world
B．the President was really important because the president of another country called him
C．the visitor was really important if the President would rather treat him than answer an important phone call from another country
D．none of them was really important小题5:The underlined word you in the last paragraph refers to (指的是) ________.
A．the television reporter
B．the owner of many buildings
C．the President
D．the visitor to the White House
