Question

Three men were travelling across the desert when their car broke down. There were no other traffics, so their only hope was to walk.

Before they set off, they looked around in the car for useful things to take with them. One of the men took a bottle of whisky. Another took an umbrella. The third unscrewed a door from the car and carried that.

After they had been walking for almost a day, they came across a camel caravan travelling towards them.

“Let’s try to join the caravan,” one of the men said. “It’s going the wrong way but we’ll be safer than if we keep on alone across the desert.”

The other s agreed, so they asked the leader of the caravan for permission to join it.

“You can join the caravan only if you answer three questions,” he said. He pointed to the first man’s bottle. “What is that and why are you carrying it?” he asked.

“It’s a bottle of whisky. I decided to carry it with me so that if I feel miserable and want to give up, I can get drunk, cheer myself up and then keep on walking.”

“Very sensible,” the leader of the caravan said. Then he pointed to the next man and his umbrella.

“It hasn’t rained in the desert for many years,” he said. “Why are you carrying an umbrella?”

“I don’t want to get heat exhaustion,” he replied. “The umbrella will give me shade from the sun.”

“Very sensible,” the leader of the caravan said. He pointed to the third man and his car door. “And why are you carrying a car door?” he asked him.

“I thought that if I got too hot I could open the window and let some air in,” he explained.

1.What happened to the three men’s car?

A. It fell over a cliff.

B. It had an accident.

C. It stopped and wouldn’t start again.

D. They exchanged it for another one.

2.Each of the men took ________.

A. something to eat

B. something to drink

C. something to keep the rain off

D. something to use on their walk

3.They decided to ________.

A. travel with the caravan

B. buy a caravan

C. rent the caravan

D. put the caravan together

4.They asked the leader of the caravan ______ __.

A. if they could join the caravan

B. how to get out of the desert

C. how to avoid heat exhaustion

D. where he kept his umbrella

5.The third man’s reason for carrying a car door was ________.

A. long-winded B. cleverC. silly D. sensible

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.A

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述了3個(gè)人過(guò)沙漠的時(shí)候，車(chē)子壞了。他們每個(gè)人都拿了一個(gè)東西備用。路上遇見(jiàn)了一個(gè)駝隊(duì)，他們請(qǐng)求對(duì)方讓他們跟著一起。駝隊(duì)的帶頭人讓他們說(shuō)出自己帶東西的理由。

1.1】C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第一句Three men were travelling across the desert when their car broke down.可知汽車(chē)半路拋錨了，無(wú)法再發(fā)動(dòng)了。故C正確。

2.Before they set off, they looked around in the car for useful things to take with them.可知在他們行動(dòng)之前，都在車(chē)?yán)飳ふ乙恍┯杏玫臇|西隨身帶著，以防路上有用。故D正確。

3.“Let’s try to join the caravan,” one of the men said. “It’s going the wrong way but we’ll be safer than if we keep on alone across the desert.”和The other s agreed, so they asked the leader of the caravan for permission to join it.可知他們都同意隨著駱駝隊(duì)伍一起。故A正確。

4.The other s agreed, so they asked the leader of the caravan for permission to join it.可知他們都在征詢(xún)對(duì)方的意見(jiàn)，是否愿意讓他們跟著一起。故A正確。

5.the leader of the caravan said. He pointed to the third man and his car door. “And why are you carrying a car door?” he asked him.“I thought that if I got too hot I could open the window and let some air in,” he explained。可知他說(shuō)：當(dāng)太熱的時(shí)候，可以打開(kāi)門(mén)上的窗戶(hù)讓空氣進(jìn)來(lái)。車(chē)子都?jí)牧�，根本就談不上別的事情了。他的答案很愚蠢。故C正確。

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