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When I was nine years old living in a small town in North Carolina,I found an ad for selling greeting cards in the back of a children's magazine. I thought to myself I could do this. I asked my mother to let me send for the cards. Two weeks later when the cards arrived, I opened the parcel, caught the cards and rushed from the house. Three hourslater, I returned home with no card and a pocket full of money. A sales-person was born.　　 When I was twelve years old, my father took me to see Zig Zigler.I remember sitting in that dark hall listening to Mr. Zigler's talk, which made everyone excited. I left there feeling like I could do anything. When we got to the car, I turned to my father and said, "Dad, I want to make people feel like that." My lather asked me what I meant. "I want to be a motivational speaker just like Mr. Zigler," I answered. A dream was born.　　 Recently, I began following my dream of motivating others. After a four-year job in a big company beginning as a sales trainer and ending as a sales manager, I left the company in the end. Many people were surprised that I would leave after getting a great income. And they asked why I would risk everything for a dream.　　 I made my decision to start my own company after attending a sales meeting. The chairman of our company delivered a talk that changed my life. He asked us, "If a genie would give you three wishes, what would they be?" After we wrote down the three wishes, he asked, "Why do you need a genie?" i knew I was ready and did not need a genie's help to become a motivational speaker. I wanted to move forward rather than end up with a mouth full of "if only..." later on. A motivational speaker was born.提示：think to oneself 盘算；自思自忖　　 motivational adj.鼓动性的　　 risk v.冒险　　 genie n.精灵Read the passage and choose the best answer. 阅读短文后，选择最佳答案。1. What is the passage mainly about?　 ( )　　A. Something the writer did when he was a child.　　B. How the writer became a salesperson.　　C. Somebody who helped the writer start his own company.　　D. When the writer began to have the strange dream.2. The sentence "A salesperson was born" means “__________” ( )　　A. the writer began to be a salesperson then　　B. a child born at that time became a salesperson later　　C. the writer knew he could be a salesperson　　D. it was how the first salesperson was born3. Why did the writer want to leave the company?　( )　　A. The chairman told him to do so.　　B. He couldn't motivate others in his work.　　C. The meeting made him very unhappy.　　D. He wanted to find a better way to make his dream come true.4. What might happen next, according to the writer' s idea?　　　　( )　　A. The writer would start his own company and become a great motivational speaker.　　B. The writer' s dream could not come true because genies didn't help him.　　C. The company would come to an end when the writer left.　　D. The writer would motivate everyone to join his company.