Question

Mr. King was the manager of a hotel. One weekend all the hotels in the city were full because there was a large meeting. On Friday night， three men came into the hotel and asked for rooms. Mr. King said there were no rooms ready because of the meeting. The men were unhappy.

    Mr. King wanted to help them. He remembered that Room 418， a very small room， was empty. He asked them if they would share a room. The three men said they would. Mr. King said the room would be thirty dollars： ten for each one. Each man gave him the money and then went up to the room.

    Mr. King soon began to feel sorry. "Thirty dollars is a lot to ask as price for that small room. " he thought. He called his assistant over and said， "Here is five dollars. Take it to the men in Room 418. I asked too much for their room."

    The assistant took the money. While he was on the way there， he started to think， "How can three men divide five dollars? I'll give them each only one dollar and keep the two dollars for myself. The men will be happy to get something back， and Mr. King will never know. " So the assistant returned one dollar to each man.

    Each man had at first paid ten dollars. After the assistant returned them one dollar each， each had paid nine. There were three men， $ 9 ×3 = $ 27. The assistant kept $ 2. $ 27 + $ 2 = $ 29. Where is the missing dollar?

1.The three men were not happy because_________.

A. there was a large meeting 

B. it was weekend

C. there was only one small room 

D. they wouldn't have a place to stay

2.With the help of the manager， the three men________.

A. went to another hotel

B. each got a small room for the night

C. stayed together in a small room

D. got a small room Mr. King kept for himself

3.At first_________.

A. $ 27 was paid by the three men

B. $ 30 was paid by each of the three

C. $ 25 was paid by the three men

D. $10 was paid by each of the three

4. The assistant_______.

A. helped the men to divide the money    

B. kept two dollars for himself

C. kept three dollars for himself 

D. returned three to the three men and two to the manager

5.Where is the missing dollar?

A. There wasn’t any missing dollar.

B. It was taken by the assistant， too.

C. It was taken by Mr. King 

D. It was taken by the three men.

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.D

4.B

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述一个旅馆里因为客人住满了之后，又来了三个客人之后发生的故事。

1.D细节理解题。根据On Friday night， three men came into the hotel and asked for rooms. Mr. King said there were no rooms ready because of the meeting. The men were unhappy.可知这三个人投诉的旅馆没有房间了，他们没有地方住了，故选D。

2.C细节理解题。根据Mr. King wanted to help them. He remembered that Room 418， a very small room， was empty. He asked them if they would share a room，他们三个人可以共住一个小房间，故选C。

3.D细节理解题。根据 Mr. King said the room would be thirty dollars： ten for each one.可知这个房间要价30美元，平均每个人10美元，故选D。

4.B 细节理解题。根据I'll give them each only one dollar and keep the two dollars for myself.可知侍者每人返了一美元，自己留下2美元，故选B。

5.A推理判断题。根据文中可知，侍者只退了每人一元钱，自己留了两元，钱总数是30元，因此并没有少钱。故选A。

考点：考查日常生活类短文阅读。