Question

Mr. Smith

Mr. Smith was in trouble those days. He drove a car for Mr. Black,a rich businessman. He worked hard and the shopkeeper liked him. But he couldn⁹1 work when he drank too much. And once he almost fell into the river when he drove along the bridge. Mr Black became angry and was going to send him a-

way. He had a big family and was afraid of it and promised (許諾) he would stop drinking at once. The

man told him to wait to be dealt with (處置).

One Monday morning Mr. Smith came into the office with two badly burnt (燒傷的) ears.

“What happened to your ears?” asked Mr. Black.

“Well ,” said the man. “I went to watch a football match yesterday while my wife was ironing (燙) clothes. She had put the iron (褽斗) near the telephone before she went to cook supper. Our team lost the game and I felt sorry for it. As soon as I went into the sitting-room,the phone rang and I answered the iron!”

“And what happened to the other ear?”

“ When I put the iron down on the table,the telephone rang again! ”

() 1. , so he almost drove the car into the river.

   A. Mr. Smith was not careful   B. Mr. Smith drank too much

   C. Mr. Smith forgot they were on the bridge

() 2. Mr. Smith went to watch the football match on .

   A. Monday   B. Saturday   C. Sunday

() 3. We can guess .

   A. Mr. Smith drank much after the match

   B. Mr. Smith was angry with his team

   C. Mr. Smith didn ’ t drink those days

() 4. The badly burned Mr. Smith ’ s ears.

   A. telephone   B. drinking   C. iron

() 5. What would happen to Mr. Smith?

   A. He would go on driving for Mr. Black.

   B. He would never watch any match.

   C. Mr. Black would send him away

Answer 1

1. B 2. C 3. A 4. C 5. C

WEEK FOUR Thursday 星期四

本文為記敘文。講述了史密斯先生喝酒后發(fā)生的 事情。

1. B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段第四五句“ But he couldn ’ t

work when he drank too much. And once he almost fell into the river when he drove along the bridge. ” 可知選B

2. C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段“One Monday morning Mr

Smith came...” 以及第四段第二句“I went to watch a football match yesterday” 可知選 C。

3. A推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段最后一句中“I answered

the iron!”和第五段“And what happened to the other ear?” 以及第六段“When I put the iron down on the ta-ble,the telephone rang again!”可推測(cè)他又把熨斗放到了另一只耳朵上。之所以出現(xiàn)這樣的情況，我們可以大膽的推測(cè)他喝酒了，故選A。

4. C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段最后一句中“ I answered

the iron! ” 可知選 C。

5. C推理判斷題。根據(jù)事情推測(cè)史密斯先生喝多酒了，

再根據(jù)第一^-段第四句“But he couldn’t work when he drank too much. ”可知選 C。