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(烧伤的) 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：这篇文章讲的是一位叫史密斯先生的故事，他给一位老板开车，但是他喜欢喝酒，一次酒后差点翻到河里，老板让他回家反省，周一早上他带着两个烫伤的耳朵去上班，老板问是怎么弄的，他说他正看球赛，老婆在熨衣服，他喜欢的队输了，正在这是电话响了，他错拿了电熨斗当作电话，放下熨斗，这是电话又响了，两只耳朵都烫伤了。

1.】细节辨析题，根据文章第一段第二行But he couldn't work when he drank too much. And once he almost fell into the river，当他开车时不能喝酒太多，有次差点翻到河里。故选择B。

2.】细节推断题，根据文章第二段One Monday morning Mr Smith came into the office with two badly burnt(烧伤的) ears.周一早上他带着烫伤的耳朵去上班，第四段I went to watch a football match yesterday while my wife was ironing(熨) clothes.昨天我看球赛，老婆在熨衣服，推断周日看的球赛，故选择C。

3.】细节推断题，根据文章倒数第三行Our team lost the game and I felt sorry for it. 我们的队输了，我感到很难过，B是错误的。再根据他的表现，烫了自己一次，又烫了自己一次，判断他一定喝多了，故选择A。

4.细节辨析题，根据文章倒数第三行As soon as I went into the sitting-room, the phone rang and I answered the iron!但我去起居室接电话时，我接了电熨斗，故选择C。

5.推断题，根据整篇文章的内容，老板肯定不会再用这样的员工，推断他应该被解雇的，故选择C。

考点：故事类阅读短文。