Question

閱讀下面C、D兩篇短文，根據短文內容，從下列各小題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出最佳答案。

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 (小說) 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. 挑戰 C. 回答 d. 邀請

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】本文講述了作家里德的一件趣事。里德在寫小說的時候，不喜歡別人打擾。他的老朋友來看他，他讓的仆人說謊二沒有見他。當他寫完之后去和他的朋友道歉，但他的朋友也不見他。

1.B 

理解判斷題    根據文章第一段第二句“他寫了很多小說”，可推斷他是一個作家，因此選B。

2.A 

詞義猜測題    根據上文他感到很抱歉，可猜測“他想去和他的老朋友道歉”因此選A。

3.D  判斷推理題    根據文章最后的意思可推斷貝克先生很生氣。因此選D。

4.C  理解判斷題    根據文章第一段的大意可推測當他寫小說的時候，他不想讓人打擾他，因此C是正確的。