ht the rights to the idea and hired Okie, and by 1921, 3M had released Wetordry sandpaper, its first breakthrough product. As Richard Carlton, 3M’s director of manufacturing and author of its first testing manual, wrote, “Every idea should have a chance to prove its worth, and this is true for two reasons: (1) If it is good, we want it; (2) if it is not good, we will have purchased peace of mind when we have proved it impractical.”

 

26. How can many of 3M’s breakthroughs be described best?

［A］ The result of mistakes.

［B］ The result of luck.

［C］ The result of confidence in its employees’ abilities.

［D］ The result of skill.

 

27. Which of the following means “debacle” as used in paragraph 3?

［A］ surprise［B］ trial［C］ incident［D］ disaster

 

28. What was the result of McKnight’s focus on research?

［A］ More ideas and more testing.

［B］ More testing of existing ideas.

［C］ More ideas to test.

［D］ Testing before and during production.

 

29. Why did McKnight say “Every idea should have a chance to prove its worth”?

［A］ Because his whole business depends on new ideas.

［B］ Because he likes hearing new ideas.

［C］ Because even if a new idea doesn’t work, it will be one less competing idea to worry about.

［D］ Because you never know which ideas are good and which are not.

 

30. What is the focus of the article?

［A］ William McKnight［B］ 3M

［C］ Getting new ideas.［D］ Selling new ideas.

 

参考答案：

21-25 CDDAB 26-30 BDACA

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