Question

Mr Smith gave his wife money every Friday evening. His wife always spent it all the next Wednesday, so that for the next three days she had no money to spend at all. One day Mr Smith asked her," But how did you spend all that money?" She answered, "I don't know . "So one Friday evening, Mr Smith gave her money together with an exercise book and a pencil. He said to his wife ,"Please write down how you spend the money . "Next Tuesday, his wife had no money again. Mr Smith took the exercise book to see how she had spent it. "I have done what you told me ,"she said gladly. She had written "Friday, I got 18 pounds from Mr Smith. "on the first page, and on the second page, she wrote ,"Tuesday, I have spent it all. "

1.Mrs Smith always spent all the money ____.

A. the next day B. in four days C. in a week D. on next Wednesday

2.Mr Smith gave his wife an exercise book and a pencil and asked her____

A. to do homework

B. to have a look

C. to write down how she spent the money

D. to draw a picture on it

3.Mrs Smith was ____ to do what Mr Smith asked her to .

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

4.Mr Smith gave his wife money ____ a week.

A. once  B. twice　C. three times  D. four times

5.The story tells us that Mrs Smith was not very ____.

A .glad B. tall C. careful D. Good

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文向我們講述了一位夫人花錢如流水的故事：故事的結尾令人捧腹，記錄的內容也必會讓男主人公哭笑不得。

1.細節理解題。根據第二句His wife always spent it all the next Wednesday可知，在周三就把錢花光了，故選D。

2.細節理解題。根據丈夫對妻子的原話：Please write down how you spend the money.可知，他給妻子紙和筆的原因在于讓她把錢的流向記錄下來，故選C。

3.推理判斷題。根據妻子的記錄"Friday, I got 18 pounds from Mr Smith. "on the first page, and on the second page, she wrote ,"Tuesday, I have spent it all. "可知她是在敷衍丈夫，所以，她是不樂意先生的要求的，故選B。

4.細節理解題。根據第一句Mr Smith gave his wife money every Friday evening. 可知，史密斯先生每周給他妻子一次錢，故選A。

5.推理判斷題。根據短文內容可知，史密斯太太是一個花錢如流水的人，盡管先生要求她記下錢的具體用處，她也只是應付幾句，可知她在花錢上是not very careful的，故選C。

考點：日常生活類短文閱讀。