Question

I was waiting for a phone call from my agent. He had left a message the night before, telling me that my show was to be cancelled. I called him several times, but each time his secretary told me that he was in a meeting and that he would call me later. So I waited and waited, but there was still no call. Three hours passing by, I became more and more impatient. I was certain that my agent didn’t care about my work, and he didn’t care about me. I was overcome with that thought. I started to shout at the phone, “Let me wait, will you? Who do you think you are?”

At that time I didn’t realize my wife was looking on. Without showing her surprise, she rushed in, seized the phone, tore off the wires, and shouted at the phone, “Yeah! Who do you think you are? Bad telephone! Bad telephone! ” And she swept it into the wastebasket.

I stood watching her, speechless .What on earth?

She stepped to the doorway and shouted at the rest of the house, “Now hear this! All objects in this room-if you do anything to upset my husband, out you go!”

Then she turned to me, kissed me, and said calmly, “Honey, you just have to learn how to take control.” With that, she left the room.

After watching a crazy woman rushing in and out, shouting at everything in sight, I noticed that something in my mood had changed. I was laughing. How could I have trouble with that phone? Her antics helped me realize I had been driven crazy by small things. Twenty minutes later my agent did call. I was able to listen to him and talk to him calmly.

1.Why did the author shout at the telephone?

A. He was mad at the telephone.

B. He was angry with his agent.

C. He was anxious about his wife.

D. He was impatient with the secretary.

2.What did the author’s wife do after she heard his shouting?

A. She said nothing.      B. She shouted at him.

C. She called the agent. D. She threw the phone away.

3.What made the author laugh?

A. His own behavior.         B. His wife’s suggestion.

C. His changeable feelings.    D. His wife’s sweet kiss.

4.What does the underlined word “antics” refer to?

A. Smart words.       B. Unusual actions.

C. Surprising looks. D. Anxious feelings.

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.B

【解析】本文是一篇记叙文，作者觉得自己不被经纪人重视而心烦地对着电话吼叫，他的妻子看到了之后，用自己的行为使得丈夫认识到他的行为是多么的愚蠢。

1. hours passing by, I became more and more impatient. I was certain that my agent didn’t care about my work, and he didn’t care about me.过了三个小时，我越来越不耐烦，我确定我的经纪人没有关心我的工作，他也不关心我。从这里看出作者对经纪人感到生气，故选B

2. 和最后一句Without showing her surprise, she rushed in, seized the phone, tore off the wires, and shouted at the phone, …And she swept it into the wastebasket.没有展现出她的惊讶，她闯进来，抓起电话，扯下电话线，对着电话吼叫…然后她把它丢进了垃圾桶，故选D

3. Her antics helped me realize I had been driven crazy by small things她的行为帮我意识到我一直被一些小事驱使着疯狂。可以推测出，作者笑是因为自己的行为，故选A

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考点：考察记叙文阅读。