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2017年6月英语四级阅读理解100篇精析（43）
英语四级阅读理解分值占整个考试的35%，比重很大。英语四级备考中后期建议考生们每天进行英语四级阅读模拟练习，严格把控做题时间，下面是新东方网英语四级频道为大家整理的2017年6月英语四级阅读理解100篇精析。
2017年6月英语四级阅读理解100篇精析汇总
Federal Express is a company that specializes in rapid overnight delivery
of high-priority packages. The first company of its type, Federal Express was
founded by the youthful Fred Smith in 1971, when he was only28 years old. Smith
had actually developed the idea for the rapid delivery service in a term paper
for an economics class when he was a student at Yale University.
The term paper received a less-than-stellar grade because of the
infeasibility of the project that Smith had outlined. The model that Smith
proposed had never been tried; it was a model that was efficient to operate but
at the same time very difficult to institute.
Smith achieved efficiency in his model by designing a system that was
separate from the passenger system and could, therefore, focus on how to deliver
packages most efficiently. His strategy was to have his own planes so that he
could create his own schedules and to ship all packages through the centralized
hub city of Memphis, a set-up which resembles the spokes (轮辐) on the wheel of a
bicycle. With this combination ofhis own planes and hub set-up, he could get
packages anywhere in the United States overnight.
What made Smith’s idea difficult to institute was the fact that the entire
system had to be created before the company could begin operations. He needed a
fleet of aircraft to collect packages from airports every night and deliver them
to Memphis, where they were immediately sorted and flown out to their new
destinations; he needed a fleet of trucks to deliver packages to and from the
various airports; he needed facilities and trained staff all in place to handle
the operation. Smith had a $4 million inheritance from his father, and he
managed to raise an additional 91 million dollars from venture capitalists to
get the companyoperating.
练习题：
Choose correct answers to the question:
1. The most appropriate title for this passage is ”_____”.
A. The Problems and Frustrations of a Business Student
B. The Importance of Business Studies
C. The Capitalization of Federal Express
D. The Implementation of a Successful Business
2. What is stated in the passage about Smith’s term paper?
A. Smith submitted it through a delivery service.
B. It was written by a student of Smith’s.
C. The grade was not quite satisfactory.
D. The professor thought it had great potential.
3. What was Smith’s key idea?
A. That he should focus on passenger service.
B. That package delivery should be separate from passenger service.
C. That packages could be delivered on other companies’ planes.
D. That passenger service had to be efficient.
4. It can be inferred from the passage that Smith selected Memphis as his
hub city because it____.
A. was near the middle of the country
B. had a large number of passenger aircraft
C. already had a large package delivery service
D. was a favorite passenger airport
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发表于 2017-6-12 21:40:13