One day，John read an advertisement（廣告） in a newspaper.It said， "Wanted.The best salesman in the world." John thought he was a great salesman and went to ask for the job. "I'm the best salesman in the world，" he said to the manager. "Give me the job."
   "You must prove（證明） you are the best，" the manager said.
   "OK，I will，" John said.
   "Good." The manager took several boxes of sweets out of his desk. "Last week I bought a thousand （千） boxes of sweets.If you can sell them all before the end of the week，you can have the job，" said the manager.
   "That's easy，" John said.He took the boxes of sweets and left the office.
   Every day and every day he went from shop to shop，trying to sell the sweets.But he couldn't sell one.The sweets were too bad for him to sell.At the end of the week he went back to the manager， "I'm sorry，sir，" he said. "I was wrong about myself.I'm not the best salesman in the world，but I know who is."
   "Oh，" said the manager. "who？"
   "The person who sold you a thousand boxes of the sweets."

（1）The manager told John

D

D

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A．he could start work at once
B．he was the best salesman in the world
C．he wasn't a good salesman
D．he must show he was the best salesman in the world
（2）John could get the job if

A

A

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A．he sold a thousand boxes of sweets
B．he gave away a thousand boxes of sweets
C．he sent the manager a thousand boxes of sweets
D．he bought a thousand boxes of sweets from the manager
（3）Which of the following is the right order？

B

B

①John went to ask for the job.
②John told the manager who the best salesman really was.
③John read an advertisement in a newspaper.
④John went to sell the sweets.
A． ①③②④
B． ③①④②
C． ③①②④
D． ④①②③
（4）From this story we can know that

A

A

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A．John didn't get the job
B．John was a good seller
C．the manager was a good seller
D．the advertisement was a good one