Passage 17

David McConnell was a door-to-door book salesman.Most of the housewives were not interested in his books.Usually before he had enough time to say anything about his books,the women closed their doors.But he didn't give up.McConnell decided to bring each of them a present,a small bottle of perfume(香水)he had made himself.He soon found that the women liked the perfume better than the books.He stopped selling books to sell perfume instead and started his own company"Avon".This company became a huge success.

戴维麦康奈尔是个挨家挨户推销书籍的推销员。大多数家庭主妇对他的书不感兴趣。通常他有足够的时间说任何关于他的书，妇女们关门。但他没有放弃。麦康奈尔决定给他们每人一礼物，一小瓶香水（他自己买的）。他很快发现，妇女更喜欢香水（和书比）。他停止销售图书，取而代之销售香水，开始了他自己的公司“雅芳”。这家公司成为一个巨大的成功。

When you do nothing,you learn nothing,but when you try,even though you may not be successful,you will learn what doesn't work.This brings you closer to what will work.It doesn't matter how many times you are unsuccessful.What matters is that one day you will be successful.

当你什么都不做，你什么也学不到，但是当你努力，尽管你可能不成功，您将学习什么不起作用。这让你更接近你需要工作什么。不管有多少次，你不成功。重要的是，有一天你会成功的。

1.McConnell was a successful book salesman.麦康奈尔是个成功的书销售员。

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2.McConnell hoped the women would buy his books if he brought them each a present.

麦康奈尔希望如果他给女人们每人一件礼物，她们就会买他的书。

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3.If you do nothing at all,you will never be successful

如果你什么也不做，你将永远不会成功。

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4.The women disliked the perfume even more than the books.

女人们更不喜欢香水（比起书来）

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5.The writer encourages us to keep on trying even if we are at first unsuccessful.

作者鼓励我们要继续尝试，甚至如果我们起先不成功。

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参考答案：BAABA