Question

【題目】Dick was a twenty-year-old man. His father was a teacher and taught chemistry in a middle school and his mother worked in a shop. They lived a happy life until his parents died one night when suddenly an earthquake broke out. All that happened on his sixth birthday. Luckily his sister who was two years senior to him took him to see their aunt in the city and they did not stay at home. Everything was destroyed in the earthquake and the two children got into trouble. Thanks to their aunt who was not rich enough, they grew up but they lived a hard life. His sister was so sad that she became a nun(修女). After he finished middle school, he was introduced to an owner of a hotel and began to work there.

One day the young man fell to the ground while he was cleaning a window on the second floor. He was sent to the hospital and the doctor looked him over. One of his legs was broken and he had to be in hospital. He said to the nurse, “I’m a poor man, madam. Arrange a third-class ward(病房) for me, please.”

“Can’t anybody help you?”

“No, madam,” answered Dick. “I have only a sister. She’s a nun and she’s poor, too.”

“I don’t think so,” the nurse said angrily. “Nuns usually marry God. And God is the richest in the world, you know!”

“Well, then, ” Dick said with a smile. “Please arrange a first-class ward for me and post the bill to my brother-in-law.”

【1】How old was Dick’s sister when the earthquake happened?

A. 6 B. 8 C.10 D.12

【2】The sister and brother lived a hard life because ____________.

A. they lost all as a result of the earthquake

B. they were too young

C. they were hurt in the earthquake

D. they had to look after themselves

【3】Which of the following is true?

A. The nurse would arrange a third-class ward for Dick.

B. The nurse would arrange a first-class ward for Dick.

C. The nurse would post Dick’s bill to God.

D. Dick had a rich brother-in-law.

【4】From the story, we know that the boy is very .

A.silly B. kind C. humorous D. Lucky

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】A

【4】C

【解析】

試題分析：Dick是一個二十歲的男人，他本來生活在一個幸福的家庭里，但是由于一次地震，父母雙方雙亡，幸虧地震前年長他兩歲的姐姐帶他去了住在城市的阿姨家，才幸免于難，但是由于地震摧毀了一切，兩人生活十分艱難，后來姐姐成為修女，迪克在旅館工作，工作時摔斷了一條腿，Dick因為病房的問題跟護士開了一個玩笑。

【1】推斷題。根據第一段當中.All that happened on his sixth birthday...和...his sister who was two years senior to him took him to see their aunt....當時Dick是6歲，姐姐年長他兩歲，由此推斷出姐姐是8歲。故選B。

【2】細節(jié)題。 根據第一段Everything was destroyed in the earthquake and the two children got into trouble.可知地震摧毀了一切，而且阿姨也無法幫助他們，因此兩個人的生活十分艱難。故選A。

【3】推斷題。Dick自己一開始已經說明自己非常窮，叫護士安排三等病房，但是護士小姐誤以為修女是跟上帝結婚，因此他姐姐應該非常富有，Dick就順著護士小姐的想法開了一個非常幽默的玩笑，但是實際上大家都知道實際生活中神是不存在的，無法給予金錢援助，因此可以推斷出護士最后給Dick安排的是三等病房。故選A。

【3】推斷題。根據護士小姐與Dick的對話，Dick明知道姐姐是修女，沒有跟神結婚，但是依然順著護士小姐的想法，說寫信給法律上的哥哥，即神，這只是Dick跟護士小姐在開玩笑，由此可推斷出Dick是一個幽默的人。故選C。