A poor young man went to Paris to visit one friend of his father's. In an office he met the friend. “Can I work in your factory,sir?” he asked. “Sure. Are you good at math?” his father's friend asked. The young man shook his head. “ How is your history?” The young man shook his head again.

   “How about your geography?” was another question.

   “I'm not good at it,either ,” answered the young man.

   His father's friend asked again and again,but the young man could only shake his head. Then he told himself, “I can't find out any of my advantages. ”

   “Then write down your address first ,” said his father's friend.

    The young man wrote down his address and turned to leave. “Wait a minute ,” said his father's friend.

44 Your handwriting is very beautiful. You shouldn’t satisfy yourself with finding a job for living."

     In 1829,the young man wrote his first book Henry JR and His Courts. From then on,the young man became famous. He was Alexandre Dumas,a famous French writer of 18th century.

1. What was the man's purpose of visiting his father's friend?

   A. To go to school.

   B. To find a job.

   C. To learn how to write.

   D. To send a letter.

2. What did the friend do in the office?

   A. He taught the young man some French.

   B. He asked the young man to have dinner with him.

   C. He showed the young man a map of the street.

   D. He asked the young man some questions.

3. How did the young man feel after answering some questions?

   A. Excited. B. Happy.

   C. Hopeless. D. Bored.

4. Which of the following is TRUE according to this passage?

   A. The friend encouraged the young man to use his advantages to do something.

   B. The friend let the young man work in his factory after asking the questions.

   C. Later the friend helped the young man to write some famous books.

   D. The friend didn't like the young man including his handwriting.

5. What is the purpose of the author in writing this passage?

   A. To encourage people to practice handwriting.

   B. To ask people to try to write books.

   C. To ask people to read Alexandre Dumas 5books.

   D. To encourage people to find out their advantages and use them.

1. B 2. D 3. C 4. A 5. D

  導(dǎo)讀本文講述了法蘭西著名的作家大仲馬的故事。有一次 他簽名之后，他父親的朋友發(fā)現(xiàn)了他的長處，于是鼓勵(lì)他利 用自己的特長去做事。最后他以寫作為突破口，成就了自己的事業(yè)

詳析

1. B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第一段的第三句可推知，這位年輕人想找工作。

2. D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由前四段中的對話可推知，那位朋友在見到這位年輕人之后先問了幾個(gè)問題。

3. C推理判斷題。由第四段的最后一句可推知，年輕人在與他父親的朋友談話之后感到?jīng)]有希望了。

4. A推理判斷題。由第六段的最后兩句可推知，他父親的朋友鼓勵(lì)年輕人要發(fā)展自己的書寫特長。

5. D主旨大意題。大仲馬沒有找到工作，卻發(fā)現(xiàn)了自己的特長，最后取得了成功。作者以此來鼓勵(lì)我們要發(fā)現(xiàn)并發(fā)揮自己的特長。

shook v. (shake的過去式) 搖動(dòng)advantages優(yōu)點(diǎn) 

障礙句分析

You shouldn’t satisfy yourself with finding a job for living.你不應(yīng)肖靠找工作來謀生而自我滿足。

這是一個(gè)簡單句。

satisfy是及物動(dòng)詞，其賓語是 yourself。

with finding a job for living 是方式狀語。

題目來源：2016一本英語閱讀理解與完形填空150篇八年級 > TEST8

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