Question

18．There was a wealthy and rather strange old man named Johnson who lived alone in a village in the sou th of En gland．He had made a lot of money in trading with foreign countries．When he was seventy-five，he gave $ 60，000 to the village school to buy land and equipment for a children's ground．
As a result of his kindness，he became famous．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 hundred．The newspaperman asked him how he managed to be healthy at seventy-five．Johnson had a sense of humor．He liked whisky 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 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．
21．Johnson became a rich man throughA．
A．doing business  
B．making whisky 
C．cheating        
D．buying and selling land
22．The gift of money to the school suggests that JohnsonC．
A．had many children in the school    
B．was a strange old man
C．was very fond of children         
D．was very kind
23．Many people wrote to Johnson to find outD．
A．what ki nd 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
24．When Johnson said he had an injection in his neck each evening，he really meant  thatA．
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

分析 本文讲述的是一个幽默的老人把喝酒说成是颈部注射．记者没有理解他的意思，直接把这句话印刷在报纸上，引起了人们的误解．

解答 21． A 细节理解题．从第一段的句子：He had made a lot of money in trading with foreign countries．可知他是做生意挣的钱．选A．
22．C 推理判断题．根据句子he gave $ 60，000 to the village school to buy land and equipment for a children's ground，他给学校捐钱可知他很喜欢孩子．选C
23．D 细节理解题．从最后一段的句子：asking him for the secret of his daily injection．可知是询问在脖子的什么地方打针．选D．
 24．A 细节理解题．根据文章第二段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．可知他喜欢晚上喝酒，所以A正确．

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