Question

Dear Aunty,
I work at a supermarket, and another girl and I share tasks we must finish before leaving. But she takes half an hour to do something I can do in ten minutes. She always has a story to tell me and stops working when she does. My boss is angry at both of us, but It’s not my fault. I don’t want to rat on her, but what else can I do?
Flustered
Dear Flustered,
Let me propose a better way. Make a log of all the tasks you share, then suggest to your boss that for efficiency your duties could be divided into two separate checklists. If he’s reluctant, go to plan B: the next time this girl starts telling you a story, stop working to listen and call your boss over to hear what a great storyteller she is. I’m sure he’ll take it from here.
Aunty
Dear Aunty,
I’m a college student in the Philippines who wants to be wise with money. I’m not an economics or business major student and I don’t know anything about stocks. But I really want to buy assets and invest. I receive about 15,000 pesos（比索）every school term from my education plan. I don’t have any idea how I should spend it. I don’t want to just buy new clothes, or hang out with my friends because it would not be wise. I want my money to grow. Please enlighten me.
Fastbreakplay
Dear Fastbreakplay,
Being wise with money is the No. 1 thing to learn. Start with a disciplined and systematic savings plan. When your savings reach a sizeable amount, then you may start investing. In the meantime, invest in yourself by reading up on stock markets and capital markets. Follow the news. Before I started investing during my senior high school years, I had already studied stock market data of the past century as I believe markets tend to repeat themselves. If you master this skill, you will master your reading of the markets.
Aunty

1.When Flustered’s boss isn’t willing to separate their work, Flustered can _____

1. A.
   follow the second advice
2. B.
   invite the boss to listen to the girl
3. C.
   stop working or do other things
4. D.
   report to the boss on time

2.Fastbreakplay writes a letter to Aunty in order to _____

1. A.
   buy some pesos
2. B.
   become an expert on stocks
3. C.
   get ways to grow money
4. D.
   study economics as his major

3.In Aunty’s opinion, one should _____ at the beginning to be wise with money

1. A.
   start investing
2. B.
   have a saving plan
3. C.
   study stock markets
4. D.
   master market reading

4.From letters above, we know Aunty should be ________

1. A.
   an elder kind woman
2. B.
   a lady in the community
3. C.
   a famous singer
4. D.
   a name of a columnist

Answer 1

1. A
2. C
3. B
4. D
試題分析：本文通過4封信講述了一個專欄作家對于兩件事情的建議。
1.A 細節題。根據第二部分3,4行If he’s reluctant, go to plan B: the next time this girl starts telling you a story, stop working to listen and call your boss over to hear what a great storyteller she is. I’m sure he’ll take it from here.說明A正確。
2.C 細節題。根據第三封信I’m not an economics or business major student and I don’t know anything about stocks. But I really want to buy assets and invest和I want my money to grow說明C正確。
3.B 細節題。根據第四封信1,2行Being wise with money is the No. 1 thing to learn. Start with a disciplined and systematic savings plan說明B正確。
4.D 推理題。根據文章第一封信和第三封信可知都是讀者給他的來信，說明他是一個專欄作家，故D正確。
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點評：本文通過4封信講述了一個專欄作家對于兩件事情的建議。文章基本上是考查細節題，對此類題型考生可以首先從問題中找到關鍵詞，然后以此為線索，運用略讀及查閱的技巧在文中迅速尋找這一細節，找到后再把這一部分內容仔細閱讀一遍，仔細比較所給選項與文中細節的細微區別，在準確理解細節的前提下，最后確定最佳答案。