Question

Frank Smithson woke up and leaned over to turn off the alarm clock. “Oh，no!”he thought to himself.“Another day at that office；a boss who shouts at me all the time.”

?? As Frank went downstairs his eyes fell on a large brown envelope by the door. He was overjoyed when he opened it and read the letter inside. “Bigwoods Football Pools would like to congratulate you. You have won half a million pounds.”

?? Frank suddenly came to life. The cigarette fell from his lips as he let out a shout that could be heard halfway down the street.

?? At 11：30 Frank arrived at work.“Please explain why you're so late，”his boss said.“Go and jump in the lake,” replied Frank. “I've just come into a little money so this is goodbye.Find yourself someone else to shout at.”

?? That evening Frank was smoking a very expensive Havana cigar when a knock was heard on the door. He rushed to the door. Outside were two men，neatly dressed in grey suits. “Mr Smithson,” one of them said，“We're from Bigwoods Football Pools. I'm afraid there’s been a terrible mistake……”

1.What do we know about Frank? ____________________________________.

A. He was a lazy man.            ??????????????? B. He was a lucky person.

C. He made a lot of money.       ????????????? D. He didn't get on well with his boss.

2.When Frank said,” Go and jump in the lake”, he probably________________.

A. told his boss to drop dead.          ?????????? B. asked his boss to swim in the lake.

C. celebrated with his boss by the lake .??????? D. wanted to go fishing with his fish.

3.When he heard the knock at the door, Frank probably thought ___________.

A. someone had come to make an apology

B. his workmates had come to comfort him .

C. his neighbours had come to ask about the football pools.

D. his friends had come to congratulate him on his luck.

4.On hearing“…there's been a terrible mistake…”Frank was most likely to be________.

A. disappointed.       ???? B. worried.       ???? C. nervous.       ????  D. curious.?

5.The story tells us the truth that ______________________.

A. good luck is always against a lazy fellow.

B. don’t count your chickens before they are hatched(孵化)

C. never quarrel with your boss until you find a new job

D. the chances of getting rich quickly always lie in the Football Pools

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.A

3.D

4.C

5.B

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文講述的是Frank在公司經常受老板的氣，但是有一天他受到一封信說他中了50萬的獎，他很高興，終于不會再受老板的氣了。當老板再次批評他的時候，他毅然決然的辭職了。但是當天晚上，兩個人來到Frank的家告訴他，他們犯了一個錯誤......

1.推理判斷題。根據文章中第一段的這句話a boss who shouts at me all the time.”可知，Frank的老板總是對他大聲喊叫，所以我們可以推測出Frank和老板的關系不是很好。故選D。

2.句意猜測題。根據文意可知，因為Frank上班遲到了，所以遭到了老板的批評，但是這時的Frank以為自己中了大獎，所以不把老板當回事了，所以這里的jump in the lake意為去跳到湖里去吧，即去死吧。故選A。

3.推理判斷題。根據文章的最后一段，當Frank聽到敲門聲時，他rush to the door,他沖到了門那，可見他非常的興奮，加上他意為自己中了大獎，所以他應該是以為是他的朋友們來祝賀他來了。故選D。A意為有人來道歉；B意為他的同事來安慰他；C意為他的鄰居來詢問足球彩票的事。這些選項都不符合文意。

4.推理判斷題。根據文意可知，Frank以為自己中了50萬的大獎，所以當Bigwoods Football Pools的人來到家里，并且說他們犯了一個錯誤的時候，Frank應該是感到很緊張，他害怕是自己中獎的事有什么出錯的地方。故選C。因為這里Bigwoods Football Pools的人還沒有說是什么事情，故不應該是disappointed 失望或worried 擔心；curious 好奇的。不符合文意。

5.主旨大意題。這篇文章講了Frank以為自己中了大獎，就跟自己的老板鬧掰了，但是結果他中獎的事可能出了問題。所以通過這樣一個故事作者想告訴我們在事情還沒有完全定下來之前，不要給自己不留后路，因為一切可能都還有變化。故B選項最符合這個意思。

考點：故事類短文閱讀。