Question

Mr. Jones had a nice, brown coat . He loved it very much, but his wife didn’t like it,because it was old. She often said. “ Give it to a poor man . ” But Mr. Jones always answered, “ No, I like this coat. ”

Then a cigarette(香烟) fell on it and made a hole in it. So Mrs Jones said, “Please don’t wear it again. ” Mr. Jones took it to a small tailor（裁缝）: “ Please make another coat like this one .” The tailor made the coat very carefully. Then he lit a cigarette, and made a hole in it in the same place.

1. Mrs. Jones didn’t like the coat because ________ .

A. it was nice and brown       B. it was not nice  

C. it was very old             D. it was not old

2._______ made a hole in the coat.

A. Mrs. Jones    B. Mr. Jones    C. Mr. And Mrs. Jones   D. A cigarette

3.Mr. Jones asked the tailor to _______ .

A. make a new hole in the coat     B. make a new coat

C. make a hole in the new coat     D. make more money

4.Who do you think was foolish（愚蠢，傻） ?

A. The tailor     B. Mr. Jones    C. Mrs. Jones       D. Nobody

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了琼斯先生有一件外衣，他非常喜欢，但是夫人认为它太旧了，不喜欢它，但是先生就是喜欢它不肯送给别人，有一次一支烟掉在了衣服上，烧了一个洞，于是夫人就拿着它让裁缝做一件一样的衣服，结果裁缝在新衣服上的同一个地方作了一个同样的洞。

1.his wife didn’t like it,because it was old.琼斯夫人不喜欢它，因为它是旧的，故选C。

2. 。根据Then a cigarette(香烟) fell on it and made a hole in it. 香烟掉在了外衣上烧了一个洞，故选D。

3.Mr. Jones took it to a small tailor（裁缝）: “ Please make another coat like this one . ”琼斯夫人让裁缝做一件新的外衣，故选B。

4.认为裁缝是一个傻子。故选A。

考点:故事类短文阅读。