Jill Jones got a new job in a different part of the city. She had to go to work every day by train.
There was only one other person on the train with her. He was a well-dressed man reading a newspaper. Suddenly, about halfway through the journey, the man began tearing（撕） his newspaper into hundreds of small pieces. Then he picked them up, opened the window and threw them all out. Then he sat down, closed his eyes, and slept for the rest of the journey again.
The next day, Jill got on the same train. The same well-dressed man was there, reading a newspaper.  As before, about halfway through the journey, the man began tearing his newspaper into hundreds of small pieces. Then he picked the pieces up, opened the window and threw them all out. This done, he sat down, closed his eyes, and slept for the rest of the journey.  This happened every day for a week.
At last, on Friday, Jill spoke to the man. “Excuse me, sir,” she said, “I don’t want to be rude, but I must ask you a question. When we are halfway through our journey, you tear your newspaper into hundreds of pieces and then throw them all out of the window. Please tell me, sir. Why do you do this?”
The well-dressed man smiled. “There is a simple reason,” he said. “I like to sleep for part of the journey, but I cannot sleep if the train is full of elephants. So I throw the pieces of paper out to the elephants. It stops them from coming into the train.”
“But there aren’t any elephants on the train, ”Jill said.“I know,” the man said. “It works well, doesn’t it?
小題1: Who was on the train with  Jill Jones?
A．An old woman.B．Three children.
C．A well-dressed man.D．A well-dressed woman.
小題2:What strange thing did the man do?
A．Went to sleep.B．Tore a newspaper into small pieces.
C．Talked to Jill.D．Read a newspaper.
小題3:Why did the man on the train do this?
A．He was playing a game.B．He wanted to get rid of the elephants.
C．He was angry.D．He couldn’t sleep.

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:D

試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹了吉爾瓊斯在坐火車上班時總是遇到一個奇怪的人，那個人把他的報紙數(shù)撕成以百計的小塊。然后他拾起來,打開窗戶扔出去。當吉爾瓊斯問他原因時，他告訴吉爾，因為他睡不著覺。
小題1:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第一段There was only one other person on the train with her. He was a well-dressed man reading a newspaper描述，可知只有另外一個人在火車上。他是一個穿著考究的人。故選C。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段the man began tearing（撕） his newspaper into hundreds of small pieces. Then he picked them up, opened the window and threw them all out描述可知那個人把他的報紙數(shù)撕成以百計的小塊。然后他拾起來,打開窗戶扔出去。故選B。
小題3:推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段“There is a simple reason,” he said. “I like to sleep for part of the journey, but I cannot sleep if the train is full of elephants. So I throw the pieces of paper out to the elephants. It stops them from coming into the train.”描述，可知那個人睡不著覺，所以才那樣做，故選D
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