【MartinLynchanAmericanbusinessmanhadbeengoingonvacationtoasmallMexicanfishingvillageforanumberofyears.OnemorningwhilegoingforawalkalongthebeachhesawhisfriendPabloPerezalocalfisherman.Martinwatche】
MartinLynchanAmericanbusinessmanhadbeengoingonvacationtoasmallMexicanfishingvillageforanumberofyears.OnemorningwhilegoingforawalkalongthebeachhesawhisfriendPabloPerezalocalfisherman.MartinwatchedPablounloadhisboatandpackthefishinabox.
??MartinnoticedPablowassmilingandlookedveryhappy.Hecouldalsoseeseverallargefishintheboat.MartingreetedPabloandaskedhowlongittooktocatchthefish.“Justafewhours”repliedPablo.Martinasked“Whydidn’tyoustaylongerandcatchmorefish?”“Ihaveenoughformyfamily”Pablosaid.“Andwhatdoyoudowiththerestofyourday?”askedMartin.“ItakeanapplaywithmychildrenspendtimewithmywifeandgointothevillagetoseemyfriendsandplaycardsIhaveafullandbusylife.”MartinexplainedthatifPabloworkedlongerhoursandcaughtmorefishhecouldmakemoremoney.WiththeextramoneyPablocouldbuymoreboatsandcatchmoneymorefish.BysellingthefishPablocouldopenhisownfactoryandselldirecttosupermarkets.
??“Thenwhat?”askedPablo.“WellyouwouldprobablyhavetomovetoMexicoCitytorunthebusiness.Finallyyouwouldbeabletosellyourbusinessandmakemillionsofdollars”repliedMartin.“Howlongwillthattake?”askedPablo.
??Martinthoughtforawhileandsaiditwouldprobablytakeatleast15years.
??“Andthenwhat”askedPablo.
??“Wellthat’sthebestpart”Martinsaid.“YouwillbeabletoretireBuyahouseneartheoceansleeplongerplaywithyourchildrenspendmoretimewithyourwifeseeyourfriendsandplaycards.”
1.WhatmakestheMexicanfishermanhappyis______________.
A.manyfriendstovisithim???????????????????????????????????????B.afullandbusylife
C.moreboatsandmorefish???????????????????????????????????????D.thehouseneartheocean
2.Howcanthefishermanmakemoremoneyinthebusinessman’sview?
A.Bybuyingasupermarket.??????????????????????????B.TomovetoMexicoCity.
C.Bysellinghisownbusiness.??????????????????????????D.Toworklongerandcatchmorefish.
3.Theunderlinedword“unload”inthepassagemeans____________.
A.put…into??????????????B.take…awayfrom
C.breakdown???????