I once knew an old man whose bad memory made him famous. John Smith was so forgetful that he sometimes forgot what he was talking about in the middle of a sentence. His wife had to constantly remind him about his meetings, his classes―even his meals. Once he forgot, he ate breakfast twice, at home and at school. His wife liked to remind her neighbors, "If John didn't have his head tied on,he would forget that too!" Since Smith was a professor at a well-known university, his forgetfulness was often an embarrassment. It wasn't that he was not clever, as some critical people tended to say,just very,very absent-minded. One hot summer day,Pro?fessor Smith decided to take his children to a seaside town about a three-hour train ride away. To make the trip more interesting for his young children,he kept the name of the town a secret.
However, by the time they arrived at the station, Smith forgot the name of the town he was planning to visit. Luckily, a friend of his happened to be in the station. He offered to take care of the children while Smith hurried back home to find out where he was going.
The professor's wife was surprised to see him again so soon. "Oh,my dear,I forgot the name of the town. ""What? You forgot the name? Maybe one day you will forget my name!Now I'll write the name of that town on a piece of paper, and you put it in your pocket and please, please don't forget where you put it."
Satisfied that she had solved the problem, she sent her husband off again. Ten minutes later she was astonished to see him outside the house for the third time.
"What is the matter now?"
"As you told me,I didn't forget where I put the name of that town,but I forgot where I left our children!"
( ) 6. In the opinion of the writer of this passage, the professor is .
A. careless B. absent-minded
C. foolish D. forgetful
( ) 7. The underlined word "embarrassment" in the first paragraph may mean .
A. amusement B. satisfaction
C. fun D. discomfort
( ) 8. From the end of the story,we know Mrs. Smith would probably be very .
A. satisfied B. sorry
C. angry D. funny
6-8 DDC
B篇講述了一位健忘的教授Smith在生活中由于健忘鬧出的笑話。
6.D邏輯推理題。從文章開頭兩句I once knew an old man whose bad memory made him famous. John Smith was so forgetful that he sometimes forgot what he was talking about in the middle of a sentence可以看出,作者認(rèn)為教授健忘。
D 邏輯推理題。根據(jù)第一段中的Since Smith was a professor at a well-known univer?sity 可以推知他的健忘常常是一種不好的事情。所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中satisfaction意為"使(欲望) 滿足的事物,樂事",fun意為"有趣的事物",amusement意為"娛樂",
7.均不符合語境,discomfort意為"使人不舒服(或不安) 的事物"。因此答案為D項(xiàng)。
8.C邏輯推理題。根據(jù)"Smith forgot the name of the town he was planning to visit"; " Smith hurried back home to find out where he was go?ing";"The professor's wife was surprised to see him again so soon."以及最后的"I forgot where I left our children!"可推出史密斯太太肯定會(huì)很生氣。
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