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【题目】Three travelers, Allan, Carl and Paul were sitting on the chairs in a train station. They were waiting for a train that was very late.

To kill time, they began talking to each other.

At first, they talked about the weather and their work. Then Paul said, “Tell me-what would you most like to do if your doctor tells you that you have only three months to live?”

The other two men thought about this for a while, then Carl spoke.

“Well,” he said, “if I have only three months to live, I’ll take all my money out of the bank and go to foreign countries for holidays with my best friend, Erik. I’d like to travel to the places in the world as many as possible. And I’ll stay at the best hotels and then eat the best food. I think I’ll have a wonderful time.”

“That’s very interesting.” Paul said.

With these words, he turned to the other man, saying, “And what about you?”

“I’ll tell you a secret,” Allan said. “I always want to be a racing driver. So if I have only three months to live, the first thing I’d like to do is to sell my house. With the money I’ll buy the fastest car in the world. Perhaps I can enter all the big motor races.”

Then he laughed, “I might even end up world champion (冠军).”

“Now it’s your turn,” Allan went on, “If your doctor tell you the bad news, what would you most like to do?”

“Oh,” said Paul with a smile. “_____________________________”

“Haha! Why didn’t we think of that?” The three of them laughed together.

根据短文内容选择最佳答案。

【1】The underlined words “kill time” in the passage most probably mean _______.

A. pass the timeB. save timeC. run out of time

【2】The three men were talking ______.

A. in the police stationB. in the waiting roomC. on the train

【3】Allan and Carl thought about ________ for a while.

A. what the doctor said to them

B. why the train didn’t arrive on time

C. the question Paul asked

【4】Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the story?

A. Allan wanted to buy a racing car very much.

B. Carl’s dream was to travel around his country with his best friend.

C. Paul was the last to give his opinion.

【5】“_________” can be the missing sentence in the passage.

A. I’ll go and see another doctor.

B. I have the same thoughts and hopes as you both.

C. I want to be away from this sad world.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】C

【4】B

【5】A

【解析】

本文讲述了保罗，卡尔和艾伦在候车室等火车时，其中保罗问他们一个问题，如果医生告诉他只有三个月的生命，他最想要做什么事。卡尔和艾伦都想出了最想要做的事。但是保罗最想做的事是再找一位医生看看。

【1】

词义猜测题。根据They were waiting for a train that was very late.可知等非常晚的火车要消磨很长时间，故选A。

【2】

推理判断题。根据Three travelers, Allan, Carl and Paul were sitting on the chairs in a train station. They were waiting for a train that was very late.可知他们在火车站，坐在椅子上等晚到的火车，应是在候车室，故选B。

【3】

细节理解题。根据Then Paul said, “Tell me-what would you most like to do if your doctor tells you that you have only three months to live?”The other two men thought about this for a while,可知Allan 和Carl在想保罗问的问题，故选C。

【4】

推理判断题。根据then Carl spoke.“Well,” he said, “if I have only three months to live, I’ll take all my money out of the bank and go to foreign countries for holidays with my best friend, Erik…..”可知Carl的梦想是和最好朋友去外国度假，因此不是在他的国家旅行，故选B。

【5】

推理判断题。根据“Haha! Why didn’t we think of that?” The three of them laughed together.可知保罗的想法是另外两个人没有想到的，而且令他们非常开心的事，应是再去找另一个医生看看，故选A。

任何阅读题干，根据题干要求，在文中寻找答案所在的语句或段落，进行分析理解，词义猜测，推理判断和概括归纳，选出正确的选项。例如小题3，根据Then Paul said, “Tell me-what would you most like to do if your doctor tells you that you have only three months to live?”The other two men thought about this for a while,可知Allan 和Carl在想保罗问的问题，故选C。