Question

Several years ago, a television reporter was interviewing three of the most important people from local businesses. One was a very rich banker, another owned one of the largest companies in the world, and the third owned many buildings in the center of New York.

　　The reporter was talking to them about being important.

　　“How do we know if someone is really important?” the reporter asked the banker.

　　The banker thought for a few moments and then said, “I think anybody who is invited to the White House to meet the President is really important.”

　　The reporter then turned to the owner of the very large company. “Do you agree with that?” she asked.

　　The man shook his head, “No. I think the President invites a lot of people to the White House. You’d only be important if while you were visiting the President, there was a telephone call from the president of another country, and the President said he was too busy to answer it.”

　　The reporter turned to the third man. “Do you think so?”

　　“No, I don’t.” he said. “I don’t think that makes the visitor important. That makes the President important.”

　　“Then what would make the visitor important?” the reporter and the other two men asked.

　　“Oh, I think if the visitor to the White House was talking to the President and the phone rang, and the President picked up the receiver, listened and then said, ‘it’s for you.’”

1.This story happened in ________.

A. U.N.                         B. U.S.A.                              C. U.K.         D. P.R.C.

2.There are________in this passage.

A. three men        B. three women and one man　

C. four men       D. three men and one woman

3.The banker and the owner of one of the largest companies in the world ________.

A. had similar opinions about the reporter’s question　　        

B. disagreed with each other  

C. had been invited to the White House many times      

D. didn’t reply to the reporter

4.The owner of one of the largest companies thought ________.

A. he himself was really important because he owned one of the largest companies in the world

B. the President was really important because the president of another country called him

C. the visitor was really important if the President would rather treat him than answer an important phone call from another country

D. none of them was really important

5.The underlined word you in the last paragraph refers to (指的是) ________.

A. the television reporter　　                    B. the owner of many buildings

C. the President                   D. the visitor to the White House

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.B

4.C

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文中作者主要介绍了一名记者采访了纽约当地的三个著名人士，询问他们对人物的重要性的认识；三人各自表达了自己不同的观点。

1.细节理解题。根据短文第一段开头一句a television reporter was interviewing three of the most important people from local businesses.及最后一句the third owned many buildings in the center of New York.可知，其中一名受访者是来自于纽约中心的房产商人，由此可推出故事发生在美国；故选B。

2.推理判断题。根据短文第五段“Do you agree with that?” she asked.可知，记者是一名女记者；第七段The reporter turned to the third man. “Do you think so?”和第九段the reporter and the other two men asked.可知，受访的三位是男性；故选D。

3.细节理解题。根据短文第六段The man shook his head,可知，两人的观点是相矛盾的；故选B。

4.细节理解题。根据短文第六段的描述可知，当总统宁愿接待来客而不愿接来自于外国总统的电话时，表明该来客是很重要的；故选C。

5.词义猜测题。根据短文最后一段I think if the visitor to the White House was talking to the President and the phone rang, 内容可知，当时在白宫里交谈的只有两个人，由此可知you指的就是the visitor to the White House，故选D。

考点：人生百味类短文阅读。