Question

The story is told about two old people named Davide and Rosy Jackson. Both of them had very bad memory. For example, Rosy would forget to cook dinner, or Davide would show up for work on Sunday, thinking it was Monday. One winter they were to take a long plane trip. When they arrived at the airport, there were ten minutes left. In that situation anyone would get onto the plane right away, But Mr and Mrs Jackson did not do so. They went to buy some flight insurance (保险)first. After they put a two-pound note into a machine, their insurance policy came out. “Who would get the money if the plane crashed (坠毁), I wonder? ” asked Rosy. “My mother,of course.” Her husband replied, “we’ll post the policy to her, now quickly, give me a stamp, will you?” he said. “The plane is going to take off in another minutes.” Davide put the stamp on the envelope, dropped it into the postbox, and suddenly let out a cry. What do you suppose happened to him? He had posted their plane tickets to his mother!

根据短文内容，判断正(A)误(B)。

1.Rosy was Davide’s sister.

2.This passage tells us that Davide and Rosy were very forgetful.

3.After dropping a two-pound note into a machine they got an envelope.

4.Davide meant to post his mother the flight insurance.

5.Mr. Jackson made a mistake because his memory was poor and he posted the tickets in a great hurry.

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.B

4.A

5.A

【解析】这篇短文给我们讲述了一对夫妻，他们记忆力不好，爱忘事。一次他们坐飞机去旅行，在机场买了一份保险，丈夫想把保险单邮寄给他的妈妈，但是匆忙中把飞机票邮寄走了。

1.根据短文中“Who would get the money if the plane crashed (坠毁), I wonder? ” asked Rosy. “My mother,of course.” Her husband replied可知，Rosy和Davide是夫妻。这句话说Rosy是Davide的姐妹是错误的。

2.根据短文的开头The story is told about two old people named David and Rosy Jackson. Both of them had very bad memory可知，这篇短文讲述的是两个健忘的老人Davide和Rosy的故事，由此可知这句话是正确的。这句话中的forgetful跟原文had very bad memory是同义的。

3.根据短文中After they put a two-pound note into a machine, their insurance policy came out.可知，当他们往机器里放了两英镑之后，他们的保险单就出来了，不是信封，故这句话是错误的。

4.根据短文中“My mother, of course.” Her husband replied, “we’ll post the policy to her可知，Davide想把保险单邮寄给他的妈妈。由此可知这句话是正确的。

5.根据短文中Davide put the stamp on the envelope, dropped it into the postbox, and suddenly let out a cry. What do you suppose happened to him? He had posted their plane tickets to his mother!可知，由于Davide记忆力不好，他把机票邮寄给了他的妈妈，由此可知这句话是对的。

点睛：这篇短文讲述了一对记忆力不好的夫妻的故事。短文内容比较容易理解，文章第一句话就点明了中心，下面通过记叙一件具体事情，讲述这对夫妻如何的健忘。后面的题目是判断题，都是针对文章的细节进行提问的。我们可以先读懂问题，然后在原文中找到相关的线索，仔细阅读，然后判断。第1小题是有些难度的，短文中并没有直接告诉我们Rosy和Davide之间的关系，但是我们仍然可以从文章中找到一些线索，如短文中的Mr and Mrs Jackson以及Her husband replied，由此我们可以知道他们是夫妻，而不是兄妹，所以这句话是错误的。