Question

I’m Very Sorry to Hear It
Mr Smith was old, so it was often difficult for him to remember(記) things.However(可是), he still liked travelling very much, so he and his wife(妻子) went to Spain(西班牙)every year. One summer when they were there, they went to visit their friends, the Tarners.They had two young daughters.
One afternoon Mr Smith was talking to one of the girls in the garden after lunch. “You and your sister were ill when my wife and I were here last year, weren’t you?” he said to her.
“Yes, we were,” answered the girl. “We were very ill.”
The old man said nothing for a moment, because he was thinking.Then at last he said, “Oh, I remember now! One of you died(死了).Which (哪一個)one of you was it, you or your sister?”
The girl answered, “ It was me.”
“Oh?I’m very sorry to hear it,” said the old man.
閱讀以上短文,判斷正(T)誤(F)
小題1:The old man had a good memory(記憶力)
小題2:What the old man said was true.
小題3:The girl was very ill and died.
小題4:The girl didn’t die last year.
小題5:The girl and her sister were both very ill last year.

Answer 1

小題1:F
小題2:F
小題3:F
小題4:T
小題5:T

試題分析：這篇短文主要描述了一位記憶力不好的老人。他在和這個女孩對話時，完全忘了死人是不會說話的。
小題1:根據Mr Smith was old, so it was often difficult for him to remember(記) things.可知本句表述錯誤。
小題2:根據“Oh, I remember now! One of you died(死了).Which (哪一個)one of you was it, you or your sister?”The girl answered, “ It was me.”死人是不會說話的，故老師說的不是事實，本句表述錯誤。
小題3:根據這個老人記憶力不好，所以這個老人說的不一定事實，故本句表述錯誤。
小題4:死人是不會說話的，根據這個女孩的回答，可知她沒有死。故本句表述正確。T
小題5:根據“Yes, we were,” answered the girl. “We were very ill.”可知本句表述正確。
點評：本文淺顯易懂，各個小題都能在文中找到適當依據。只要認真閱讀短文，注意前后聯系，就能順利完成閱讀。文章所設試題主要考察細節查找，做題關鍵是找出原文的根據，認真核查小題和原文的異同。