Question

Mr. Young has a big shop in the center of the city. He tells all his employees to be to the buyers and he gets a lot of . One day an old woman went to the shop to a silk blouse. When she came out of the shop with the blouse, she her wallet in it. A girl picked it up and there were nearly five hundred dollars in it. She looked around and saw it. She put it into her quickly. Soon the old woman came back to look for it, of course she . That evening Mr. Young was told about it. He was very and sent the girl away. Then he decided to employ an honest man to take her . Several young men came, but _ of them could satisfy him.

This morning a young man came to his . He asked, "Do you smoke, sir?" "No, sir," answered the young man.

"Do you ?" "No, sir."

Mr. Young asked him the other questions, and the young man's satisfied him. Before he employed him, he asked him the last question, "You have shortcoming, do you?" "No, I don't, sir. " said the young man. "I only like telling lies.”

1.A. strict B. friendly C. strange D. terrible

2.A. business B. surprise C. money D. hope

3.A. buy B. borrow C. look for D. lend

4.A. threw B. put C. placed D. left

5.A. found B. knew C. understood D. wanted

6.A. somebody B. anybody C. nobody D. everybody

7.A. hand B. pocket C. bottle D. glass

8.A. won B. lost C. forget D. failed

9.A. sad B. angry C. happy D. worried

10.A. place B. seat C. table D. chair

11.A. both B. all C. neither D. none

12.A. house B. car C. office D. pigsty

13.A. dress B. drink C. eat D. sleep

14.A. answer B. clothes C. knowledge D. face

15.A. muchr B. some C. any D. no

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.A

6.C

7.B

8.D

9.B

10.A

11.D

12.C

13.B

14.A

15.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了市中心一個大商店的老板Young先生與雇員的故事。Young先生要求員工對顧客友好，然而有一天，一個老太太去商店里買襯衫時丟了錢包，被女服務(wù)員私藏起來，后來他把那人解雇了。并講述了Young先生與后來應(yīng)聘者之間的對話。

1.。A. strict嚴(yán)格的；B. friendly友好的；C. strange奇怪的；D. terrible糟糕的。句意：他告訴所有的員工要對購買者友好。根據(jù)后面在他店里工作的女孩沒把錢還給老太太而被開除，可知他要求員工要對顧客友好。故選B。

2.。A. business商業(yè)，生意；B. surprise驚奇，詫異；C. money錢；D. hope希望。句意：他告訴所有的員工要對購買者友好，而且他賺到了許多錢。根據(jù)他對員工嚴(yán)格的要求，可知他的商店開的很好，因此能掙到許多錢。故答案選C。

3.。A. buy購買；B. borrow借入；C. look for尋找；D. lend借出。句意：一天，一個老太太去商店里買一件絲綢女襯衫。根據(jù)下一句When she came out of the shop with the blouse，可知她是去買襯衫了，故答案選A。

4.。A. threw 扔，投，擲；B. put 放；C. placed放置，擺在；D. left左邊的，離開，留下，遺留。句意：當(dāng)她拿著襯衫從商店里出來的時候，她把錢包落在了里面。將某物落在了某地用“l(fā)eave sth. + 介詞+地點(diǎn)”，此處用一般過去時，故選D。

5.。A. found發(fā)現(xiàn)；B. knew 知道；C. understood 理解，明白；D. wanted想要。句意：一個女孩撿到了錢包并且發(fā)現(xiàn)里面有將近500美元。根據(jù)句意可知選A。

6.。A. somebody某人；B. anybody任何人；C. nobody沒有人；D. everybody每個人。句意：她看了看周圍沒人看見她。根據(jù)She put it into her 7 quickly.“她把錢放進(jìn)口袋”，可知，沒有人看見她。故選C。

7.。A. hand手；B. pocket口袋；C. bottle瓶子；D. glass杯子。句意：她趕快把錢放進(jìn)口袋。因為她怕別人看見，所以肯定會把錢放進(jìn)自己口袋里。故答案選B。

8.。A. won贏；B. lost失去；C. forget 忘記；D. failed失敗，不成功。句意：當(dāng)然她沒能成功找回。根據(jù)前面提到女孩偷偷把錢裝進(jìn)自己口袋可知，老太太沒能成功找回失去的東西。故答案選D。

9.。A. sad難過的；B. angry生氣的；C. happy 高興的；D. worried擔(dān)心的。句意：他非常生氣并開除了那個女孩。根據(jù)sent the girl away“他解雇了女孩”。可知他對女孩的行為很生氣，故選B。

10.。A. place地方；B. seat座位；C. table桌子；D. chair椅子。句意：然后他決定雇用一個誠實的人來取代女孩。既然女孩被解雇，那Young先生肯定需要找人來接替她。take one’s place 是固定搭配，表示“取代某人”。故答案選A。

11.。A. both二者都；B. all三者（以上）都； C. neither 二者都不；D. none三者（以上）都不。句意：來了幾個年輕人，但是沒人讓他滿意。根據(jù)句意可知選D。

12.。A. house房子，B. car車；C. office 辦公室；D. pigsty豬舍，木垛。句意：一天早晨一個年輕人來到他的辦公室。根據(jù)Before he employed him, he asked him the last question,可知年輕人是來應(yīng)聘的，所以可以斷定是來到他的辦公室。故選C。

13.。A. dress給……穿衣；B. drink喝酒，飲用；C. eat吃；D. sleep睡覺。句意：你喝酒嗎？因為上一個問題是“你吸煙嗎？”所以這里應(yīng)該是問喝不喝酒，故選B。

14.。A. answer回答，答案；B. clothes衣服；C. knowledge知識；D. face臉，表面。句意：先生問了他其他一些問題，年輕人的回答使他很滿意。因為問了問題，所以應(yīng)該是回答使他很滿意。故答案選A。

15.。A. much許多（修飾不可數(shù)名詞）；B. some一些；C. any一些，任何； D. no不，沒有。句意：你沒有缺點(diǎn)，是嗎？根據(jù)前面Young先生問的問題，可知他不抽煙不喝酒，所以這里Young先生問他是否有缺點(diǎn)。故選D。

考點(diǎn)：故事類短文。