Question

阅读下面C、D两篇短文，根据短文内容，从下列各小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。

Mr Read lived in a city. He wrote a lot of novels and the young men liked to read

them. And he was often visited. It took him much time to meet them. Some visitors talked much with him and at last he didn' t like it. He told his servant (小说) to stop the strangers from troubling him.

One morning he was writing a novel when the door was knocked at. He hoped to finish writing it as soon as possible and he had no time to meet anybody. He told the servant he did not want to be troubled. The servant opened the door and found it was Mr Baker, one of Mr Read's old friends.

"Is Mr Read at home, Mabel?" asked Mr Baker.

She wanted to let him in but suddenly ( 突然 ) remembered what she was told.

"Sorry, Mr Baker," said the servant. "He's gone out. "

"Where has he gone?"

“I don’t know.”

"When will he come back?"

"Sorry, he didn^’t tell me about it. "

Mr Baker understood his friend wouldn^’t see him. He got mad and left. That afternoon Mr Read finished his novel. He felt sorry for Mr Baker and wanted to apologize to his old friend. He got there and shouted, "Is Mr Baker at home?"

Mr Baker heard it was his friend. He remembered what happened that morning. He didn’t

open the door and answered, " Sorry, I' m not in. " "I have heard it's you, Mr Baker."

"I believed your servant this morning,⁹⁹ said Mr Baker. "But you don't believe your friend

now!

1. According to the passage, Mr Read was___________.

A. a waiter     B. a writer     C. a worker     D. a servant

2. What does the underlined word "apologize" mean in Chinese?

A. 道歉    B. 挑战 C. 回答 d. 邀请

3. From the story we can guess Mr Baker felt_______because his old friend didn't let him in.

A. happy    B. surprised     C. sorry     D. angry

4. Which statement is true?

A. Mr Read lived in a small town.

B. The servant didn' t know Mr Baker so she didn' t let him in.

C. Mr Read didn' t want to be troubled while he was writing novels.

D. Mr Baker wasn' t at home when Mr Read came to his house that afternoon.

Answer 1

【主旨大意】本文讲述了作家里德的一件趣事。里德在写小说的时候，不喜欢别人打扰。他的老朋友来看他，他让的仆人说谎二没有见他。当他写完之后去和他的朋友道歉，但他的朋友也不见他。

1.B 

理解判断题    根据文章第一段第二句“他写了很多小说”，可推断他是一个作家，因此选B。

2.A 

词义猜测题    根据上文他感到很抱歉，可猜测“他想去和他的老朋友道歉”因此选A。

3.D  判断推理题    根据文章最后的意思可推断贝克先生很生气。因此选D。

4.C  理解判断题    根据文章第一段的大意可推测当他写小说的时候，他不想让人打扰他，因此C是正确的。