The greatest saleswoman in the world today doesn’t mind if you call her a girl. That’s because Markita Andrews has got more than eight thousand dollars selling Girl Scout cookies since she was seven years old.
Going door-to-door after school, the terribly shy Markita changed herself into the cookie-selling dynamo（高手）.
It starts with great wish.
For Markita and her mother, whose husband left them when Markita was eight years old, their dream was to travel the world. “I’ll work hard to make enough money to send you to college,” her mother said one day. “When you leave college, you’ll make enough money to take you and me around the world. Okay?”
So at the age of 13 when Markita read in her Girl Scout magazine that the Scout（童子军）who sold the most cookies would win a free trip for two around the world, she decided to sell all the Girl Scout cookies she could—more Girl Scout cookies than anyone in the world, ever.
Wish, however, alone is not enough. To make her dream e true, Markita knew she needed a plan.
“When you are doing business, wear your Girl Scout clothes when you go up to people in their building, ” her aunt told her. “Always smile, whether they buy something or not and always be nice.”
Lots of other Scouts may have wanted that trip around the world, but only Markita went off in her own uniform each day after school, ready to ask—and keep asking—people to help in her dream.
Markita sold 3,526 boxes of Girl Scout cookies that year and won her trip around the world. Since then, she has sold more than 42,000 boxes of Girl Scout cookies.
Markita is no cleverer than thousands of other people, with dreams of their own. The difference is that many people fail before they even begin. They fear（恐惧）that they will be refused. This fear leads many of us to refuse ourselves and prevents us from getting where we have set off for long before anyone else ever has the chance—no matter what we are selling.
“It takes courage（勇气）to ask for what you want,” she said. “Courage is not that you don’t have fear. It means doing what it takes although you have a fear of it”.
【小题1】From the passage we learn that .A．a good planning is the most important in the job of sellingB．Markita took the free trip around the world herselfC．Markita has a full-time selling job nowD．to do something successfully, we should do what is needed【小题2】Markita .A．started to sell Girl Scout cookies when she was 13 years oldB．has only one parentC．whose parents are rich, went to collegeD．sold cookies in different shops【小题3】Which of the following is the best title for the passage?A．The Greatest Saleswoman in the World.B．A Successful Girl in Selling.C．The Secret of Selling.D．Girl Scout Cookies.【小题4】The main reason for Markita’s success is that .A．she asks for what she wants before she is refusedB．she isn’t afraid to be refusedC．her aunt has told her how to sell thingsD．she has a good wishD
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(答案→)D
解析：这篇文章主要讲述了Markita是如何从一个非常害羞的女孩成长为销售饼干的高手的。
【小题1】细节题。根据文章Going door-to-door after school, the terribly shy Markita changed herself into the cookie-selling dynamo（高手）.It starts with great wish.对于非常害羞的Markita
变成一个饼干销售高手，这一切都是开始于她伟大的梦想。可知，要想成功的做某事，我们应该做我们所需要的事情。故选D
【小题2】细节题。根据文章可知，That’s because Markita Andrews has got more than eight thousand dollars selling Girl Scout cookies since she was seven years old.当Markita7岁的时候，就开始卖女童子军饼干。故A错误。根据文章可知For Markita and her mother, whose husband left them when Markita was eight years old，可知，Markita是单亲孩子。故B正确。根据文章可知，她家很穷。她是上门服务卖饼干的，故C,D错误。所以，本题选B
【小题3】主旨题。这篇文章主要讲述了Markita是如何从一个非常害羞的女孩成长为销售饼干的高手的。所以，本文的标题应该是一个女孩在销售方面的成功。故选B
【小题4】细节题。根据文章The difference is that many people fail before they even begin. They fear（恐惧）that they will be refused.可知，Markita的成功主要是因为她不害怕被拒绝。故选B