Question

Characters: a judge(法官)  Mike(a painter)   Peter(a cook）

Setting: a courtroom（法庭）

A judge is sitting behind a desk. Mike and Peter are standing in front of her.

Peter: Your honor. This man lives in a room above my restaurant. I heard him telling a friend that he was stealing from me.

Mike: Smells, your honor! I just take the smells of the food coming up from the restaurant.

Judge: (Looking at Mike)What do you do with the smells?

Mike: The smells help me imagine that I am eating a fine dinner.

Judge:(To Peter)And how much do you want for these smells, sir?

Peter: The 5 coins he always carries.

Mike: But my mother gave me the coins to save me when in need.

Judge: (To Mike) Drop the coins onto the table, one at a time. (Mike drops the coins.)Case dismissed（结案）.

Peter: What do you mean? I didn't get paid!

Judge: You want the SMELLS paid. Mike has now paid you in SOUNDS—the sounds of the coins

1.___________ lives in a room above the restaurant.

A.The judge B.Mike C.Peter D.No one

2.Peter wanted to get __________ from Mike.

A.the smells B.the food C.the sounds D.the coins

3.From the material, we can see that the judge is __________.

A.poor B.rich C.stupid D.wise

4.The material above is probably ____________.

A.a play B.a poem C.a notice D.a diary

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.D

4.A

【解析】

本文是一个场景扮演的剧本，场景是法庭上，人物是法官，迈克（画家）和皮特（厨师），主要讲的是三人在法庭上的对话。

1.

细节理解题。根据“Your honor. This man lives in a room above my restaurant”（这个人住在我餐馆楼上的房间里）可知，皮特说迈克住在他家餐厅的楼上，故选B。

2.

细节理解题。根据“Judge:(To Peter)And how much do you want for these smells, sir? Peter: The 5 coins he always carries.”可知，皮特想要迈克随身携带的5枚硬币，故选D。

3.

推理判断题。根据文中“法官让迈克把硬币一个个扔到地上，用硬币发出的声音来支付食物的气味”的做法可知，这个法官是明智的，故选D。

4.

推理判断题。根据文中出现的场景，人物及角色可知，本文可能是一个剧本。故选A。