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 became 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 badly burned 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 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 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

D．Mr. Smith couldn’t work in the morning

2.Mr. Smith went to watch the football match_____．

A．Monday     B．Tuesday     C．Saturday       D．Sunday

3.We can guess        ．

A．Mr. Smith drank much after the match

B．Mr. Smith was very angry with his team

C．Mr. Smith didn’t drink those days

D．Mr. Smith watched the match those days

4.The ______badly burned Mr. Smith’s ears．

A．telephone     B．drinking      C．iron          D．irons

5.What would happen to Mr. Smith ?

A．He would go on driving for Mr. Black

B．He would join his football team

C．He would  never watch any matches

D．Mr. Black would send  him  away

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.D

【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，很能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.细节理解题。根据短文“But he couldn’t work when he drank too much.And once he almost fell into the river”的描述可知，因为史密斯先生喝得太多了，差点开车掉进河里。故选B。

2.细节理解题。根据短文“I went to watch a football match yesterday”和上文“One Monday morning Mr Smith came into the office”的描述可知，时间是星期日，故选D。

3.细节理解题。通过短文后半部分对史密斯两只耳朵受伤原因的表述，可知他肯定是又喝了酒，正常人是不会犯下那样的错误的，故选A。

4.细节理解题。通过阅读短文我们可以知道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.细节理解题。通过阅读短文我们知道前面史密斯已经承诺不再喝酒，从他耳朵烫伤这件事，布莱克先生很容易推断出他又喝了酒。从四个选项的描述上来看，他被解雇的可能性最大，故选D。

考点：故事类短文阅读。