Question

Mr. Smith had a hotel near the biggest train station in London. A lot of foreigners stayed there for the night. Mr. Smith only knew English, so he found it not easy for him to understand the people from other countries such as Russia, France and Japan. He thought Russian was boring but Japanese was interesting. So he asked a friend of his who knew Japanese to teach him. He studied hard and happily. At first he learned some, but soon he found that it wasn’t easy to remember Japanese words. His friend asked him to write down the useful words on his notebook so that he could use them. He did as he was told. He found it helpful for him to do so.

One evening, there were a lot of people in the dinning room of his hotel. They were all busy eating something, but a Japanese was walking up and down there. He seemed to be waiting for someone. Mr. Smith thought to himself, “ Maybe the man is hungry and wants to eat something, but he doesn’t know any English. I’ll try to help him.”

Because Mr. Smith knew only a little Japanese, he had to take out his notebook and showed the sentence “ I am very hungry” to the Japanese.

To his surprise, the Japanese took a look at it and gave him two dollars, and then left the hotel.

根據材料內容選擇最佳答案，并將其標號填入題前括號內。

1.In this passage, Mr. Smith learned ______ from one of his friends.

A. Russian B. French

C. English D. Japanese

2.After a few days, Mr. Smith found it ______ to learn Japanese.

A. interesting B. difficult

C. boring D. easy

3.Mr. Smith decided to help the man because he ______.

A. thought the man was hungry

B. found the man was really upset

C. could practice Japanese with the man

D. knew who the man was waiting for

4.If Mr. Smith knew more about the Japanese language, the Japanese would ______

A. go to walking up and down

B. teach him more useful words

C. stay in the dinning room for dinner

D. help him serve other foreigners

5.Which of the following is WRONG?

A. Mr. Smith knew three foreign languages.

B. The Japanese thought Mr. Smith was a man asking for money.

C. The Japanese might be waiting for someone to have supper together.

D. The Japanese might be worried because nobody could understand him.

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.A

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文講述的是Smith先生為了方便與人交流在學習日語，但是他覺得日語單詞很難記，所以他準備了一個筆記本。在他的賓館餐廳里，他因為自己不懂日語而鬧出了一個笑話。

1.細節理解題。根據短文中So he asked a friend of his who knew Japanese to teach him.可知，Smith先生讓他一個懂日語的朋友教他學日語。故選D。

2.細節理解題。根據短文中He studied hard and happily. At first he learned some, but soon he found that it wasn’t easy to remember Japanese words.可知，Smith先生學得很努力，開始的時候，他學了一些東西，但是很快他發現記日語的單詞很困難。故選B。

3.細節理解題。根據短文中Mr. Smith thought to himself, “ Maybe the man is hungry and wants to eat something,可知，當Smith先生看到一個日本人在餐廳里來來回回走的時候，他以為他餓了，但是不會用英語表達。故選A。

4.推理判斷題。根據故事的結尾處可知，Smith先生以為那個日本人餓了，想要幫助他，但是他不會用日語表達，所以就把他的筆記本拿出來，把“我餓了”這句話指給那個日本人看。結果那個日本人以為Smith先生是乞丐，給了他兩美元后走了。因此如果Smith先生懂日語的話，就不會出現這個笑話了。故選C。

5.推理判斷題。根據短文的意思可知，Smith先生懂得英語，他向他的朋友學習日語，所以他知道兩種語言，不是三種，故A不對。根據故事的結尾可知，那個日本人以為Smith先生是乞丐，所以給了他兩美元，故B是符合文意的；根據故事的結尾我們可以推測出，那個日本人是在等人一起吃飯，故C是對的；根據故事的結尾可知D也是對的。故選A。

考點：故事類短文閱讀。