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Boss Mum

(China Daily)

　　Chan Laiwa, head of Fu Wah International Group(Hong Kong), gestures at a press

conference in Beijing in this November, 2006 file photo．

　　A boss or a parent?It’s difficult to tell when Chan Laiwa sits with farmers on her new high-tech farm or migrant workers at building sites, eating, talking and laughing together．

　　Inside her company Fu Wah International Group(Hong Kong)the grandmotherly chairwoman with a smile for everyone is called “Boss Mum” for her kindness and affability．

　　As a leading business figure, she has made the Forbes List of China Rich for the last three years and served on various boards of Chinese philanthropies(慈善事業(yè))．

　　Fu Wah is a private Hong Kong-registered multinationa l company established in 1988 involved in real estate development, the hotel business, tourism and electronics．The company’s key business is in Beijing, where fixed assets exceed 5 billion yuan(US＄625 million)．

　　The company is not only like a big family but has been praised by the government for its contributions to society．

　　“I should be responsible for everybody around me, ” says Chan, 65, who believes the basic responsibility for an entrepreneur(企業(yè)家)and is taking care of staff as well as corporate social responsibility．

　　As for her own family, Chan is married, with one son, two daughters and grandchildren．After living in Hong Kong, she moved to Beijing and now lives in her Chinese Red Sandalwood Museum．

　　“Boss Mum” is low key about her contributions, saying, “It is a natural thing to give money to those most in need．”

　　The successful private businesswoman indicates that she does not keep track of how much she spends on philanthropies．

(1)

Why can’t we tell whether Chan Laiwa is a boss or a parent?

[　　]

A．

Because she looks ordinary．

B．

Because she is a successful entrepreneur as well as a kind grandmother．

C．

Because she is more a kindly parent than a boss to her staff．

D．

Because she looks like a farmer．

(2)

The underlined word “affability” is the closest in meaning to ________．

[　　]

A．

seriousness

B．

respect

C．

admiration

D．

friendliness

(3)

Chan Laiwa is a worthy woman mainly because ________．

[　　]

A．

she is on Forbes List of China Rich for the last three years

B．

she is kindly to her staff as well as her relatives．

C．

she is responsible for her staff as well as social philanthropies

D．

she is the only successful and oldest woman boss in business field．

(4)

The sentence “Boss Mum is low key about her contributions” makes us think that ________．

[　　]

A．

she thinks it a duty to give away money to those in need

B．

she is content with herself by giving money to those in need

C．

she is determined to devote herself to social philanthropies

D．

she thinks that contribution is a key toward success

(5)

This passage is taken from ________．

[　　]

A．

a magazine named China Women

B．

the “People and Life” column of a newspaper

C．

the magazine named Business World

D．

E-newspapers

答案：1．C;2．D;3．C;4．A;5．D;
解析：

(1)

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段和第二段可知，陳麗華與高科技農(nóng)場的農(nóng)民或建筑場地的民工在一起時，又談又笑，看不出她是老板還是長輩。

(2)

猜測詞義題。文章介紹她對工人親切和藹，所以這個詞應(yīng)該也是屬于此類范疇。

(3)

主觀推斷題。題干中的worthy表示“可敬的”，因此選項C是最佳選項。

(4)

根據(jù)這一句話后面的解釋可知她認(rèn)為捐錢給需要的人是應(yīng)該的事情，并沒有什么大不了的。

(5)

根據(jù)圖片中的“click for more new photos”可知這是來自電子報刊中的新聞。


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