Question

   This is a story of a man who works in a big factory. I have seen him for years but Fve never paid any attention to him. He was a little bit weird. He always wore an old red hat and carried a rubbish bag. He usually spent his break time and his lunchtime walking around in that old big factory and collecting used tins (鋁罐) .

   One day,I was fixing one of the broken machines in the factory when this “tin man” came with his bag. As usual,he picked up the tins,which were all around the place. My manager was standing there watching me.

   When I finished my job,I heard my manager ask the “tin man” about what he was going to do with those tins he had collected. I never even thought about this kind of question,because I always guessed that “tin man” would take those tins to the recycling center.

   Unexpectedly,the “tin man” answered, “I will give these tins to my neighbor. He has been ill for many years and cannot work. ” I was so shocked to hear that,so I asked him： “You mean you collect all those tins just to help your neighbor?” ‘‘I know this does not help much ,” he said “But I give everything to him,because he cannot work. He needs help. ”

   It was the most beautiful moment in my life. It has made me feel humble every day since then.

1. The underlined word “weird” in the passage can be replaced by.

   A. scary

   B. clean

   C. strange

   D. brave

2. According to the passage,the “tin man” worked in a .

   A. factory

   B. recycling center

   C. restaurant

   D. supermarket

3. Why is Iliana studying in Adult Reading Center?

   A. it was his job

   B. he needed to make some money

   C. he wanted to recycle them

   D. he wanted to help his neighbor

4. From the passage we can learn that the “tin-man” was very .

   A. successful

   B. poor

   C. warm-hearted

   D. polite

Answer 1

1. C 2. A 3. D 4. C

 一名在工廠工作的男子總是拿著垃圾袋在工廠周圍撿 廢棄的鋁罐，作者起初認為該男子行為古怪，但后來了解到 這名男子把撿來的鋁罐送給了生病多年的鄰居。

1. C詞義猜測題。下文提到該男子總是戴著紅色的舊帽 子，拿著垃圾袋，還經常利用休息和午飯時間圍著工廠 撿廢棄鋁罐。由此可知男子的行為在作者看來是很奇 怪的，故猜測weird意為“古怪的”，在此與strange同義。

2. A細節(jié)理解題。文章第一句提到了“This is a story of a man who works in a big factory. ”，故撿招罐的男子在T 廠上班，由此可知正確答案為A項。

3. D細節(jié)理解題。由第四段的“I will give these tins to my neighbor.可知，男子每天撿廢棄的鋁罐是要把這些 鋁罐送給鄰居，故選D項。

4. C推理判斷題。男子的鄰居生病不能工作，男子就每天撿廢棄的鋁罐給他，由此可推斷該男子樂于助人，是個 熱心腸的人。由此可知正確答案為C項。

as usual像往常一樣 unexpectedly fldv.意外地;突然地 humble adj.謙卑的

障礙句分析

   I have seen him for years but Tve never paid any attention to him.我見到他有很多年了，但是從來沒有特別注意過他。

  短語pay attention to意思是“注意，重視”，to為介詞，后 接名詞、代詞或動詞-ing形式。