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Jack Ma is the founder and CEO of Alibaba Group. He was one of the 100 global "future leaders" of the
2001 World Economic Forum and the "commercial leader" of 2001 elected by US Commercial Association
of Asia.
Born in the city of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, Ma graduated from Hangzhou Teachers Institute in
1988 (he failed the entrance exam twice) and became a lecturer in English and International Trade.
In 1985, a one-month visit to see an Australian pen pal he had met in Hangzhou changed his life.
"Everything I'd learned in China was that China was the richest country in the world," he said. "When I
arrived in Australia, I realized it's totally different. I started to think you have to use your own mind to judge,
to think." After his return, Ma became the chairman of the Students' Union of the whole city.
Jack Ma founded Alibaba.com in 1999, a China based business to business marketplace site. In 2003,
Alibaba launched Taobao.com, a consumer to consumer auction (消费者拍卖) website similar to eBay.
Ma said that he got most of his ideas while taking very long, hot showers. He likes to spend time walking
his four dogs and playing chess and poker. He said,"I've learned a lot of business philosophy by playing
poker."
Looking ahead, Ma said that he dreamed of using his group's resources to improve the lives of all Chinese
people, especially the 900 million farmers."There must be some way of using our experience, our know-how,
and make their life easier," he said.
1. We can know from this passage that Jack Ma is _______.
A. the number one of the 2001 global "future leaders"
B. a great success and very influential in economy
C. the chairman of the Students' Union of Hangzhou Teachers Institute
D. the founder and CEO of eBay
2. It was _______that changed his mind greatly.
A. his pen pal
B. his experience in China
C. his failure in the entrance exam
D. his experience in Australia
3. The underlined word "launched" in paragraph 4 probably means_______.
A. started
B. bought
C. sold
D. landed
4. We can infer from the third paragraph that _______.
A. Ma loves China very much
B. Ma knew about Australia well before his visit
C. Ma didn't know the differences between China and Australia before the visit
D. Ma used to judge things with his own mind
5. From the last paragraph, we can know that______.
A. Jack Ma will do what he can to make the farmers' life easier
B. Jack Ma will devote a lot of money to help the Chinese farmers
C. they will teach the farmers how to use their resources
D. Alibaba group's resources will be given away to the farmers
