Question

Mr Smith was in trouble those days. He drove a car for Mr Black, a rich businessman. He worked hard and the shopkeeper liked him. But he couldn't work when he drank too much. And once he almost fell into the river when he drove along the bridge. Mr Black become angry and was going to send him away. He had a big family and was afraid of it and promised(许诺) he would stop drinking at once. The man told him to wait to be dealt with(处置).

One Monday morning Mr Smith came into the office with two badly burnt ears.

"What happened to your ears?" asked Mr Black.

"Well," said the man." I went to watch a football match yesterday while my wife was ironing(熨) clothes. She had put the iron(熨斗) near the telephone before she went to cook supper. Our team lost the game and I felt sorry for it. As soon as I went into the sitting-room, the phone rang and I answered the iron!"

"And what happened to the other ear ?"

"When I put the iron down on the table, the telephone rang again!"

1._____, so he almost drove the car into the river.

A、Mr Smith was not careful

B、Mr Smith drank too much

C、Mr Smith forget they were on the bridge

2.Mr Smith went to watch the football match on _______.

A、Monday    B、Saturday    C、Sunday

3.We can guess _________.

A、Mr Smith drank much after the match

B、Mr Smith was angry with his team

C、Mr Smith didn't drink those days

4.The _____ badly burned Mr Smith's ears.

A、telephone    B、drinking    C、iron

5.What would happen to Mr Smith?

A、He would go on driving for Mr Black.

B、He would never watch any match

C、Mr Black would send him away.

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.C

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：通过阅读短文我们可以知道史密斯先生是个爱喝酒的人，因为喝酒问题差点被解雇。在承诺不喝酒后，又因为喝酒烫伤了耳朵，很容易被老板推断出他又喝了酒的事实。所以他可能面临被解雇的结局。

1. he couldn’t work when he drank too much.And once he almost fell into the river可知选B

2. went to watch a football match yesterday和上文One Monday morning Mr Smith came into the office可知时间是星期日，故选C。

3.

4.史密斯先生把烙铁当作了电话，虽然烫伤了两只耳朵，但是只有一个烙铁，故选C。

5.

考点：故事类短文阅读。