Question

It was the year 1867. Mark Twain was out of money. He walked in the streets, trying to find a way to make some money. At last he a hotel and sat down in the lobby. There came a lovely dog. Mark Twain put the dog in his lap.

At this time an Army General came along and he loved the dog. He said to Mark Twain, “He is a . Would you sell him?”

Thinking of his stomach, Mark Twain thought it seemed to be a good thing and said, “Yes.”

The General asked, “What do you ask for him?”

“Three dollars.”

The General was and said, “Only three dollars! Are you serious?”

“Three dollars.”

“Very well, since you just want it,” said the General. He gave Mark Twain the , led the dog away and disappeared upstairs.

In about ten minutes a middle-aged gentleman came along and began to . Mark Twain asked if he was looking for a dog.

The man’s face had been sad and , but now it became bright and he answered, “Yes. Have you seen him?”

“Yes. He was here a minute ago, and I saw him follow a gentleman . I think I can find him for you, if you would like me to .”

The gentleman said he would pay for the trouble. He asked how much Mark Twain would .

“Three dollars.”

“Dear me, it is nothing. I will .”

“No. Three is the .”

Mark Twain got the General’s room number from the clerk. The door was and Mark Twain asked the General to give back the dog.

“Why?” asked the General.

“The dog’s owner wants it back.”

“Are you not the owner?”

“No, I am not.”

The General began to shout, but he was too tired to with Mark Twain. Finally, Mark Twain paid back the three dollars, and led the dog downstairs. He the dog to the owner and got three dollars for the job.

1.A. stopped B. entered C. built

2.A. neighbor B. wonder C. doctor

3.A. empty B. large C. comfortable

4.A. angry B. patient C. surprised

5.A. money B. answer C. freedom

6.A. look after B. look around C. find out

7.A. relaxed B. disappointingC. troubled

8.A. downstairsB. upstairs C. everywhere

9.A. follow B. finish C. try

10.A. ask over B. ask about C. ask for

11.A. pay more B. pay up C. pay off

12.A. price B. answer C. question

13.A. opened B. shut C. broken

14.A. discuss B. argue C. discover

15.A. returned B. sold C. brought

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.A

6.B

7.C

8.B

9.C

10.C

11.A

12.A

13.A

14.B

15.A

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹了馬克吐溫在金錢短缺時進入了一個旅館，在那里他巧妙的通過賣狗，找狗賺取了三美元的故事。

1.根據(jù)后文sat down in the lobby他在門廳里坐下，可知他進入了旅館，故選B。

2.名詞及語境的理解。A. neighbor鄰居B. wonder奇跡C. doctor醫(yī)生。根據(jù)上文五星上將喜歡狗，他問是不是賣，可知他說狗是個奇跡，故選B。

3.A. empty空的B. large大的C. comfortable舒服的。根據(jù)上文馬克吐溫正金錢短缺，可知他想到了空空的肚子，所以回答說賣，故選A。

4.形容詞及語境的理解。A. angry生氣的B. patient耐心的C. surprised吃驚的 。根據(jù)上將后面的話可知他感到吃驚，故選C。

5.名詞及語境的理解。A. money錢B. answer 回答C. freedom自由。根據(jù)上下文可知他給了馬克吐溫錢，故選A。

6.動詞及語境的理解。A. look after照顧B. look around四處看C. find out 找出。根據(jù)后文馬克吐溫對他的問話，可知在十分鐘后，一個中年紳士進來開始四處看，故選B。

7.形容詞及語境的理解。A. relaxed放松B. disappointing失望的C. troubled不安的憂慮的。那個人的臉以前很悲傷，很不安。但是現(xiàn)在變得很歡快。根據(jù)上下句的對比，故選C。

8.地點副詞及語境的理解。A. downstairs樓下B. upstairs 樓上C. everywhere到處。我看到它跟著一個紳士到了樓上，根據(jù)上下文，故選B.

9.A. follow跟隨B. finish 完成C. try設法，嘗試。如果你想讓我試試的話，我認為我能為你找到。根據(jù)句意，故選C.

10.動詞及語境的理解。A. ask over反復問B. ask about詢問C. ask for請求，要。他問馬克吐溫想要多少錢。根據(jù)句意，故選C。

11.動詞及語境的理解A. pay more付更多C. pay off付清工資。沒什么，我會付更多。根據(jù)下文，故選A。

12.A. price價格B. answer答案C. question問題。不，三美元就是那價格，根據(jù)上文可知三美元就是他賣狗的價格，故選A.

13.動詞及語境的理解A. opened打開B. shut 關閉C. broken弄壞。根據(jù)情景可知門被打開，馬克吐溫要求上將歸還小狗，故選A

14.動詞及語境的理解A. discuss討論B. argue 吵架C. discover發(fā)現(xiàn)。上將太累而不愿和馬克吐溫爭吵，根據(jù)句意，故選B。

15.動詞及語境的理解A. returned返回B. sold 賣 C. brought帶來。他把狗歸還給主人，為了所做的工作獲得了三美元，根據(jù)句意，故選A。

考點：故事類短文。