Question

Three travelers, Allan, Carl and Paul were sitting on the chairs in a train station. They were waiting for a train that was very late.

To pass the time, they began talking to each other.

At first, they talked about the weather and their work. Then Paul said, "Tell me—what would you most like to do if your doctor tell you that you have only three months to live?"

The other two men thought about this for a while, then Carl spoke.

“Well,” he said, “if I have only three months to live, I’ll take all my money out of the bank and go to foreign countries for holidays with my best friend, Erik. I'd like to travel to the places in the world as many as possible. And I'll stay at the best hotels and then eat the best food. I think I'll have a wonderful time.”

“That's very interesting.” Paul said.

With these words, he turned to the other man, saying, “And what about you?”

“I'll tell you a secret,” Allan said. “I always want to be a racing driver. So if I have only three months to live, the first thing I'd like to do is to sell my house. With the money I’ll buy the fastest car in the world. Maybe I can enter all the big motor races.”

Then he laughed, "I might even end up (以……而告終) world champion.”

“Now it's your turn,” Allan went on, “If your doctor tell you the bad news, what would you most like to do?”

“Oh,” said Paul with a smile. “I’ll go and see another doctor.”

1.The three men were talking _____________.

A. in the post office  B. in the waiting room

C. on the train        D. on the chairs

2.The man called ________ answered the question first.

A. Carl B. Allan C. Erik D. Paul

3.The men began to talk about the weather and the work because they __________.

A. didn't know anything new

B. wanted to pass the time quickly

C. had nothing to do

D. were very interested in each other's work

4."I might even end up world champion." Here the word "champion" means ___in Chinese.

A.名人 B.賽車手 C.大款 D.冠軍

5.Which sentence is right according to the passage?

A. The train didn't arrive on time.

B. Paul wanted to buy a racing car very much.

C. Allan was the second man to answer the question.

D. Carl didn't like traveling at all.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.C

【解析】這篇幽默故事講的是：三個人在談論“如果大夫告知你還能活三個月的時間，你最想做什么？”這個問題。其中一個人說他將從銀行取出所有的錢和朋友一塊去度假，并盡可能多地旅游一些地方。另一個人說他將買掉自己的房子，買一輛好車，做一名賽車手。也許能有機會參加汽車大賽。第三個人說，如果大夫告訴他這個壞消息，他將再去看一個醫(yī)生。

1.根據(jù)題意，這三個人在火車站等火車，當然是在候車室。

2.答案就在“The other two men thought about this for a while, then Carl spoke.”這句話中。

3.短文第二句即是本題的答案。

4.由Allan說的話，可推測出D為最佳答案。

5.“With these words, he turned to the other man, saying, ‘And what about you?’”這句話以及后邊的回答是解答本題的關鍵之所在。