Question

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(2014江苏泰州实验中学期末) 

     Dave was a college student. His uncle was very rich,but he had no child of his own. Soon after Dave left college,his uncle died. He left Dave a lot of money,so he decided to set up his own company.

     He found a nice office,bought some new desks and chairs and moved in. He had only been there for a few hours when he heard someone coming towards his house.

     “ It’s my first customer!” he thought. He quickly picked up the telephone and pretended (假装) to be very busy an?swering an important call from someone in New York. The caller wanted to buy a big and expensive house in the country.

     The man knocked at the door while this was going on,and he came in and waited politely for Dave to finish his conversation (谈话) . Then he said to him,“ I’m from the tel?ephone company,and I was sent to fix your telephone.

31.Dave could set up a company of his own because.

   A.he had made a lot of money 

   B.he got a lot of money

   C.he had borrowed a lot of money 

   D.his father left him a lot of money 

32.Dave had been there for  when the man from the telephone company came.

   A. almost a week   B. two days

    C.a few hours    D. a month 

33.Why did Dave pick up his telephone when he heard someone coming?

   A.Because someone called him from New York.

   B.Because he wanted to let him know he was busy with his business.

   C.Because he wanted to tell the telephone company that something was wrong with his telephone.

   D.Because his uncle telephoned him at that time.

34.What did Dave’s company sell?

   A. Colour TV sets.              B. Houses.

    C. Clothes.                   D. Computers.

35.Could Dave receive (接到) a telephone call from New York before the man from the telephone company came?

   A.No,he couldn’t.

   B.Of course,he could.

   C.Yes,he could,but the voice wasn’t very clear.

   D.We don't know.

Answer 1

31.B 32.C 33.B 34.B 35.A

31.B   细节理解题。根据第一段内容可知答案。

32.C   细节理解题。根据第二段中He had only been there for a few hours...可知答案为C。

33.B   细节理解题。根据第三段中He quickly picked up the tel?ephone and pretended (假装) to be very busy answering an important call from someone in New York.可知答案为B。

34.B   推理判断题。根据第三段内容可推知Dave的公司是卖房子的。

35.A   推理判断题。根据最后一段内容可推知答案为A。