A．pressure　　　　　　　 B．difficulty

　　C．frustration D．disappointment

　　解析：选B　词义猜测题。由于年龄小，作者不能取得别人的信任，因此如何取得别人的信任成为作者在创业途中碰到的最大"困难"。

　　3．By mentioning Ryan Farquharson, the author wants to ________.

　　A．show the achievement Ryan Farquharson has made

　　B．encourage young people to turn to him for support

　　C．explain what is the most important thing to succeed

　　D．introduce the right attitude young people should have

　　解析：选D　推理判断题。根据最后一段中的"It's this go­getting attitude ... developed among today's young people."可以看出，作者提Ryan Farquharson主要是想引出他说的话。作者认为当今年轻人都应该有他的这种态度。

　　4．Which of the following words can best describe the author?

　　A．Determined and generous.

　　B．Considerate and optimistic.

　　C．Sympathetic and productive.

　　D．Adventurous and responsible.

　　解析：选A　推理判断题。根据第二段内容可知，面对别人的质疑，作者并未放弃，而是通过努力让别人改变对自己的看法，由此可以看出作者很有决心；再根据第二段中的"my willingness to give back and reward the communities which support me"可以看出，作者非常慷慨。

　　B

　　I remember the last time I was in Gothenburg, I walked past a man who was holding a sign that said "All You Can Eat Pizza". I was looking at the man, and I was looking at the sign. But I didn't end up going to the All You Can Eat Pizza.

　　Looking at this man with the sign in his hand, I started thinking about undercover marketing. Well, this man and his sign was more or less the opposite of undercover marketing. He was telling the world who he was working for.

Once in a while, you don't realize that you've been marketed to. People have named it stealth(秘密的) marketing or undercover marketing. One of the most obvious examples is when stars get free clothes or free products that they are using to get other "ordinary" people to start buying them. The same goes for product placement in movies. The reason it's