Question

Not many years ago, a wealthy and rather strange old man named Johnson lived alone in a village in the south of England. He had made a lot of money in trading with foreign countries. When he was seventy-five, he gave￡12,000 to the village school to buy land and equipment for a children’s playground.

As a result of his kindness, many people came to visit him. Among them was a newspaperman. During their talk, Johnson remarked that he was seventy-five and expected to live to be a hundred. The newspaperman asked him how he managed to be healthy at seventy-five. Johnson had a sense of humor. He liked whisky (威士忌酒) and drank some each day. “I have an injection (注射) in my neck each evening,” he told the newspaperman, thinking of his evening glass of whisky.

The newspaperman did not understand what Johnson meant. In his newspaper he reported that Johnson was seventy-five and had a daily injection in his neck. Within a week Johnson received thousands of letters from all over Britain, asking him for the secret of his daily injection.

1.The gift of money to the school suggests (暗示) that Johnson ___________.

A．had no children                        B．was a strange man

C．was very fond of children                 D．wanted people to know how rich he was

2.Many people wrote to Johnson to find out ___________.

A．what kind of whisky he had                B．how to live longer

C．how to become wealthy                  D．in which part of the neck to have an injection

3.The newspaperman ___________.

A．should have reported what Johnson had told him

B．shouldn’t have asked Johnson what injection he had

C．was eager to live a long life

D．should have found out what Johnson really meant

4.When Johnson said he had an injection in his neck each evening, he really meant that ___________.

A．he liked drinking a glass of whisky in the evening

B．he needn’t an injection in the neck

C．a daily injection in the evening would make him sleep well

D．there was something wrong with his neck

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.A

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述的是一個幽默的老人把喝酒說成是頸部注射。記者沒有理解他的意思，直接把這句話印刷在報紙上，引起了人們的誤解。

1.C 推理題。根據文章第一段he gave￡12,000 to the village school to buy land and equipment for a children’s playground.他給學校捐款買設備土地，說明他很喜歡孩子，喜歡為孩子做事情。故C正確。

2.B 推理題。根據文章最后一句Within a week Johnson received thousands of letters from all over Britain, asking him for the secret of his daily injection.可知很多人都詢問他注射的秘密，因為他們都認為他的長壽是因為注射藥物。故B在且。

3.D 推理題。根據文章第三段1，2行The newspaperman did not understand what Johnson meant. In his newspaper he reported that Johnson was seventy-five and had a daily injection in his neck.可知這個記者沒有理解他的意思，但是他本該理解的。故D正確。

4.A 細節題。根據文章第二段Johnson had a sense of humor. He liked whisky (威士忌酒) and drank some each day. “I have an injection (注射) in my neck each evening,” he told the newspaperman, thinking of his evening glass of whisky.可知A正確。

考點：考察故事類短文閱讀

點評：本文講述的是一個幽默的老人把喝酒說成是頸部注射。記者沒有理解他的意思，直接把這句話印刷在報紙上，引起了人們的誤解。推斷題測試考生在閱讀基礎上的邏輯推理能力，要求考生根據文章所述事件的邏輯關系，對未說明的趨勢或結局作出合理的推斷；或根據作者所闡述的觀點理論，對文章未涉及的現象、事例給以解釋。考生首先要仔細閱讀短文，完整了解信息，準確把握作者觀點。