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. Once he almost fell into the river when he drove along the bridge. Mr. Black became angry and was going to send him away. Mr. Smith had a big family and was afraid of it and promised he would stop drinking at once. The man told him to wait to be dealt with.

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 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 in 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, forgot they were on the bridge

D. Mr. Smith couldn't work in the evening

2. Mr. Smith went to watch the football match on______.

A. Monday  B. Tuesday

C. Saturday D. Sunday

3. Why were Mr Smith’s ears burnt?

A. Beacause he had a car accident

B.Because his wife hit him

C. Because he mistake the iron for the telephone and “answer it”

D.Because his boss hit him

4. 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

D. Mr. Smith watched the match at home

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：史密斯先生最近有些麻烦。他为布莱克先生开车，工作努力，老板很喜欢他。但是他喝多时不能工作。布莱克先生很生气想解雇他。史密斯很害怕，承诺不再喝酒。

1.

2.细节理解题。根据文章第二段中One Monday morning和第三段第一句中yesterday，可知他是星期天看的足球比赛。所以选D。

3.细节理解题。根据文章第三段中the phone rang and I answered the iron可知，他的耳朵被灼伤是因为他错把熨斗当电话了。所以选C。

4.文章第一段可知他经常喝多，所以我们猜比赛后史密斯喝了太多。

考点：故事类阅读。