16.One Stormy Night 一个风雨交加的夜晚
One stormy night many years ago,an old couple entered a small hotel in Philadelphia.They went up to the front desk hoping to get some shelter(躲避处) for the night.
"Could you possibly give us a room here?"the husband asked.The clerk (职员),a friendly man with a winning smile,explained that there were three conventions in town.
"All of our rooms are taken,"the clerk said."But I can't send a nice couple like you out into the rain at one o'clock in the morning.Would you perhaps be willing to sleep in my room?Perhaps it will be good enough to make you comfortable for the night."
When the couple refused politely,the young man pressed on."Don't worry about me; I'll make out just fine."So the couple agreed.
As he paid the next morning,the elderly man said to the clerk,"You are the kind of manager who should be the boss of the best hotel in the United States.Maybe someday I'll build one for you."The clerk looked at them and smiled.The three of them had a good laugh.
Two years passed.The clerk had almost forgotten about it when he received a letter from the old man,with a round-trip ticket to New York,asking the young man to pay them a visit.
The old man met him in New York,and led him to the corner of Fifth Avenue and 34th Street.He then pointed to a great new high building there,a palace of reddish stone.
"That,"said the older man,"is the hotel I have just built for you to manage."
"You must be joking,"the young man said.
"Of course not."
The young clerk became the first manager of Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.But he never foresaw (预见) the turn of events.
26.From the text,we can infer that the old coupleD.
A.were too poor to stay in an expensive room
B.made a reservation in the hotel in advance
C.were in town to find a good manager.
D.were quite rich
27.The underlined word"conventions"in Paragraph 2most probably means"C".
A.businessmen
B.comfortable rooms
C.big meetings
D.modern hotels
28.The story is written toC.
A.cover some facts
B.give readers a good laugh
C.help readers learn a lesson.
D.do ads for Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.
分析 本文通过一个善良的宾馆服务员善意的对待一对老人,后来这对老人为他建设了一个宾馆让他管理的故事,告诉我们要善意对待别人,好人自有好报.
解答 26.D 细节理解题.根据That,"said the older man,"is the hotel I have just built for you to manage."可知老人是建了一家宾馆让那位年轻人管理,可知这个老人是很有钱的,是很富有的.故选D.
27.C 推理判断题.根据"The clerk,a friendly man with a winning smile,looked at the couple and explained that there were three conventions in town."和"All of our rooms are taken,"可知因为城里有三个conventions所以房间都被住满了,说明这样的活动是有很多人参加的,选项中只有C项big meetings(大型会议)符合.故选C.
28.C 推理判断题.本文通过一个善良的宾馆服务员善意的对待一对老人,后来这对老人为他建设了一个宾馆让他管理的故事,告诉我们要善意对待别人,好人自有好报.故本文的目的是交给人们一个道理.故选C.
点评 本文要求考生在理解原文表面文字信息的基础上,做出一定判断和推论,从而得到文章的隐含意义和深层意义.推理题所涉及的内容可能是文中某一句话,也可是某几句话,但做题的指导思想都是以文字信息为依据,既不能做出在原文中找不到文字根据的推理,也不能根据表面文字信息做多步推理,要根据原文表面文字信息一步推出的答案.