Question

   A man is going to open a shop selling hats. He wanted a good sign to put over his shop. He wrote:

JOHN BROWN HATTER Makes and Sells Hats for Ready Money

   The first friend gave him the advice that the word “hatter” wasn’t needed. So John crossed out the word “HATTER” . Then he came to another friend for advice. This friend said that it was not polite to say “for ready money”. So he crossed out “for ready money”. The sign now said:

JOHN BROWN Makes and Sells Hats

One day a friend was passing his shop. He saw this sign and said that when a man bought a hat, he didn’t care who made it. So John crossed out that word, too.
But when another friend saw “ John Brown Sells Hats”, he said , “ Of course you sell hats. No one thinks you give them away for free.” So, at last the sign read:

JOHN   BROWN

【小題1】 “ For ready money” means ___________________.
A. pay for the hat here when you buy it  
B. if you buy the hat you can pay for it in a few days
C. hats here are only for the people with much money
【小題2】How many friends gave John some advice on how to write the sign?
A. Three.                     B. Four.                    C. Two.
【小題3】___________________was crossed out first.
A. “ John Brown Sells Hats”        B. “Hatter”              C. “for Ready Money”
【小題4】 Each friend has___________________thought.
A. no                          B. the same                C. his own
【小題5】This story tells us that _____________________.
A. it isn’t possible to please everybody
B. it’s easy to sell hats
C. sellers must please everybody

Answer 1

【小題1】A
【小題1】B
【小題1】B
【小題1】C
【小題1】A

解析1. A 此題考的猜測詞義。Ready是準備好的意思，字面上是說準備好了錢，也就是說準備好了買帽子時的錢，故選A。
2. B 細節題的。根據The first friend，another friend，One day a friend及But when another friend可知有四個朋友，故選B。
3. B 根據So John crossed out the word “HATTER”可知他第一個去掉的是Hatter，故選B。
4. C 通讀全文，每個人的看法都不一樣，故都有他們自己的想法，故選C。
5. A 推測題的考查。文章講的是征求朋友的意見，每個人的看法不一樣，故很難以滿足每一個人。B只是反應的一個事實，C答案常識性錯誤，故選A。