Here is a story told an American general who was a very important figure in the American army during the First World War. Everybody in the United States knew him and many people wished to have a picture or something of his in their homes.

    Soon after the war,the general returned to Washington. One day he went to a dentist and had six teeth pulled out. A week later the general heard that his teeth were being sold in curiosity shops at $ 5 each. On each of the teeth there was a label with the name of the general and words ,“Buy these teeth and show them to your friends at home. ” The general got angry. He rushed to his office and ordered six officers to go around the city and buy all his teeth.

    The officers went out and visited every curiosity shop in the capital. They were away from the office all day. In the evening they returned and put on the table in front of the general the teeth they had bought. They had collected 175 teeth.

1. The general's teeth were sold in .

   A. the museum

   B. the special shops selling some rare and interesting things

   C. the department store

   D. the hospital

2. In the evening,the officers went back with all the teeth which cost .

   A. $785   B. $1,050   C. $157   D. $875

3. The general felt when he heard his teeth were sold.

   A. happy   B. excited   C. sad   D. angry

4. There was the general's name on the label of each tooth. This shows that .

   A. the general's name was known by most of the people in Washington

   B. the shop-keeper wanted to have more customers buy the teeth

   C. the shop-keeper tried to make the general more popular

   D. Both A and C

5. The general ordered his men to .

   A. look for his teeth and buy all of them

   B. arrest the dentist at once

   C. make all the shops stop selling teeth

   D. buy all the teeth in all the shops

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

導(dǎo)讀在第一次世界大戰(zhàn)期間，一個將軍去找牙醫(yī)看牙，拔掉 了六顆牙齒。之后，將軍聽說他的牙齒被當(dāng)作寶貝賣了，盛 怒之下派出官員去收購，結(jié)果收回來了 175顆牙齒，難道人 有這么多的牙齒嗎？

詳析

1. B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段第三句中的“his teeth were being sold in curiosity shops."可知，他的牙齒正在一

個珍寶店出售。

2. D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文的最后兩句可知，將軍買回了 175

顆牙齒，每顆牙齒五美元，故花了 5 xl75 =875(美元) 。

3. D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段中的“The general got angry."

可知，將軍聽到自己的牙齒被賣以后很生氣。

4. B推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段中的“Buy these teeth and show them to your friends at home. ” 可以推測出，老板 想讓更多的人來買這些牙齒。

5. A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段最后一句中的“ordered six officers to go around the city and buy all his teeth” 可知，將軍讓手下人去尋找并把他拔掉的六顆牙齒都買回來。

general n.將軍 curiosity n 珍寶

label n 標(biāo)簽

障礙句分析

Here is a story told an American general who was a very important figure in the American army during the First World War.這里講的是一位美國將軍的故事，他是第一次世界大 戰(zhàn)期間美國軍隊中的一個非常重要的人物。

本句是一個含有定語從句的復(fù)合句。句中的“who... the First World War”是一個定語從句，修飾general。另外， told an American general是過去分詞短語，作a story的定語。

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