John and Bobby joined a company together just after graduating from college the same year. Both worked very hard. After several years, however, the boss promoted Bobby to the position of manager but John remained an ordinary employee. John was very unhappy, He went into the boss’s office and declared that he would stop working for the company. He complained that the boss didn’t know how to use his employees and did not value hard-working staff, but only promoted those who flattered (讨好) him.
The boss knew that John had worked very hard for the years. He thought for a moment and said, “Thank you for your criticism, but I have a request. I hope you will do one more thing for our company before you leave. Perhaps in time you’ll change your decision.”
John agreed. The boss asked him to go and find out whether there was anyone selling watermelons in the market. John went and returned soon. He said he had found one man selling watermelons. The boss asked how much per kg? John shook his head and went back to the market to ask and returned to tell the boss that it was $ 1.2 per kg.
The boss told John to wait a second, and he called Bobby to come to his office. He asked Bobby to do the same thing. Bobby went, returned and gave the boss the following information.
“There is only one person selling watermelons. They are sold at $ 1.2 per kg, $ 10 for 10 kg, and the man has 340 melons in all. On the table there are 18 melons. Every weighs about 2 kg. They were brought from the South two days ago, fresh and red, good quality.”
John was very impressed and realized the difference between himself and Bobby. He decided not to leave the company but to learn from Bobby.
1.John wanted to leave the company because ________.
A he had got low pay
B he had got a better job
C he was not impressed
D he was not promoted
解析：选D。D 细节理解题。根据第一段第三和第四句可知，John想离开公司是因为同时进入公司的Bobby 晋升为经理而自己仍然是一名普通员工。故选D。
2.From the first paragraph we know that in John’s opinion, ________.
A Bobby did not like his job
B the boss should hire a manager
C Bobby did not do practical work
D the boss should employ better workers
解析：选C。C 推理判断题。根据第一段内容可知，John因为Bobby晋升为经理，自己仍是普通员工而想离开公司；同时John认为老板提拔的都是些讨好老板的人；从而推断John认为Bobby也是那种只会讨好老板的人。 故选C。
3.Having heard his complaint, the boss ________.
A asked John not to be angry
B decided to raise John’s pay
C asked John not to leave the company
D decided to make John know about himself
解析：选D。D 推理判断题。根据文章里老板让John和Bobby做同一件事情可知，老板想通过这件事情让John了解自己。故选D。
4.Which of the following is true about the boss?
A He was fair.
B He was unhappy.
C He was hard to get along with.
D He was unable to satisfy his employee.
解析：选A。A 推理判断题。根据文章里John和Bobby对同一件事情带来的不同信息可知，Bobby之所以能成功晋升为经理，是因为他能把事情做得更好而不是因为他会讨好老板，因此推断老板是公正的。故选A。
5.What can we learn from the passage?
A A successful person has a better education.
B A successful person sees more and farther.
C A successful person has a better boss.
D A successful person knows more about himself.
解析：选B。B 推理判断题。根据文章里John和Bobby对同一件事情带来的不同信息可知，Bobby之所以能成功晋升为经理，是因为他能看得更多看得更远。故选B。
