Question

Mr Young has a big shop in the centre of the city. He tells all his employees (雇员) to be friendly to the buyers and he gets a lot of money.

One day an old woman went to the shop to buy a silk blouse. When she came out, she left her wallet (钱包) in it. A girl picked it up and found there were five hundred dollars in it. She looked around and nobody saw it. She put it into her pocket quickly. Soon the old woman came back to look for it, of course she failed. That evening Mr Young was told about it. He was very angry and sent the girl away. Then he decided to employ an honest man to take her place. A few young men came, but none of them could satisfy (使……满意) him.

This morning, a young man came in his office. He asked, “Do you smoke, sir?”

“No, sir,” answered the young man.

“Do you drink?”

“No, sir.”

Mr Young asked him other questions, and the young man’s answers satisfied him. Before he employed him, he asked him the last question, “You have no shortcomings, do you?”

“No, I don’t, sir,” said the young man, “I like telling lies.”

1.Mr Young gets a lot of money because_________.

A. his shop is in the centre of the city    B. his employees are friendly to the buyers

C. the clothes in his shop are cheaper    D. the clothes in his shop are better

2.Mr Young sent the girl away because_________.

A. she wasn’t friendly to the old woman    B. she didn’t want to be polite

C. she didn’t work hard    D. she didn’t return the wallet to the old woman

3._________, so Mr Young was satisfied with him.

A. The young man’s answers showed he was a good man    B. The young man couldn’t smoke or drink

C. The young man was very honest    D. The young man was very clever

4.The underlined word “shortcomings” in the story means ____________.

A. 优点    B. 特长    C. 缺点    D. 习惯

5.After hearing the young man’s last answer, Mr Young ___________.

A. decided to employ him    B. couldn’t employ him

C. thought he was honest    D. liked him at once

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.B

【解析】杨先生在城市的中心有一家大商店。他要求他的雇员对顾客要和气。所以他赚了很多钱。这天早晨一个女店员因为拿走了一个顾客落下的钱包而被解雇了。杨先生决定找一个诚实的男青年接任。结果不很乐观。

1.细节理解题。根据He tells all his employees (雇员) to be friendly to the buyers and he gets a lot of money可知。故选B。

2.细节理解题。读第2段可知，杨先生解雇女店员的原因是她没有把钱包还给老人。故选D。

3.细节理解题。从年轻人的回答看，他是一个好人。故选A。

4.词义猜测题。根据文中分析，杨先生的最后一个问题是：你没有缺点，对吗？shortcoming是“缺点”的意思。故选C。

5.判断推理题。根据年轻人的回答I like telling lies可推断，杨先生没有雇佣年轻人。故选B。

点睛：这篇文章介绍了杨先生招聘店员的故事。在做细节判断题时，首先我们要仔细研读题干中每个句子的意思，带着问题阅读原文，在原文中找出相对应的句子，只有完全符合文章意思的句子，才可判断为正确，需要学生认真仔细地去推敲。如1，2题都是根据文中的真实句子判断选出正确答案。