Question

    We knew Sylvia and Jack had problems with their flats, but we hadn’t been told the details. Not until they came for a weekend in October, that is.

At dinner on the Friday evening Kitty said, “You wrote that the flat wasn’t quite what you expected. Of course it could be too small. You’re sharing with another couple, aren’t you?”

“Were sharing, Mother,” Slyvia replied.

“It really wasn’t necessary,” Jack explained proudly, “I’ve had a big rise, and we can easily manage. It’s much better to be independent.”

“Oh, much,” I agreed.

“What was the trouble?” Kitty asked, impatient and unwilling to let her go.

“Nothing much,” Sylvia said, “The flat is fine. It was the other couple, Sally and Tom Ford. You’ve never seen such an untidy pair. We shared the sitting room and the kitchen and the bathroom anfd got fed up with the mess of it all.”

“And what made it worse,” Jack put in, “was that they accused us of the same sort of thing. Tom and I nearly came to blows when he locked up some of their wedding presents we were all using, as they used ours, naturally.”

“You take a chance when you make a sharing arrangement.” Kitty said.

“I am in my own flat,” Sylvia said, “Sally and Tom left a month ago.”

“We could have left instead,” Jack said, “But why we should leave? After all, the flat was in our names, not theirs. We were glad to see the back of them.”

Two weeks later Kitty and I returned their visit for lunch on Sunday. It was the first time we had been to their flat. To say that we were shocked is not true, because we know our daughter extremely well. The flat had fairly recently been in quite good condition; it was now a chaos. I did not know how anyone could possibly live there. But Sylvia noticed nothing.

1.Who was Kitty?

A.The owner of the flat.

B.Jack’s mother in law.

C.Sylvia’s mother in law.

D.The author’s good friend.

2.Sylvia’s response to Kitty shows that ________.

A.she was not getting along well with the other couple

B.she was really expecting to live in her own flat

C.she felt tired of cleaning and tidying up their rooms

D.she managed to drive Sally and Tom out of the flat

3.What did Kitty mean by saying “You take a chance … sharing arrangement.”?

A.Sylvia and Jack would take steps to deal with the problems.

B.Syliva and Jack were lucky to learn to share with others.

C.Sylvia and Jack might have problems when living with others.

D.Sylvia and Jack loved to manage their own affairs.

4.From the passage we can learn that ________.

A.Sylvia and Jack were spoiled by their parents

B.Sylvia and Jack were a pair of great ability

C.Sylvia and Jack had fights with Sally and Tom

D.Sylvia and Jack were in fact an untidy pair

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.D

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。Jack和Slyvia是一对夫妻，他们和合租的另一对夫妻相处不好，认为对方不讲卫生。但岳父岳母去他们公寓的时候发现是他们把房间弄得一团糟。

1.

推理判断题。根据第一段“We knew Sylvia and Jack had problems with their flats,”我们知道西尔维娅和杰克的公寓出了问题“根据第三段‘Were sharing, Mother,’ Slyvia replied.”可知，Kitty是Slyvia的妈妈，且根据第二段“You’re sharing with another couple, aren’t you?”你们是和另一对夫妻住在一起，对吗？可知，Slyvia和Jack是夫妻，那么Kitty是Jack的岳母，故选B。

2.

细节理解题。根据第七段“It was the other couple, Sally and Tom Ford. You’ve never seen such an untidy pair. We shared the sitting room and the kitchen and the bathroom anfd got fed up with the mess of it all.”另一对夫妇，莎莉和汤姆·福特。你从没见过这么邋遢的一对。我们共用起居室、厨房和浴室，我们厌倦了这一切。根据第八段“Tom and I nearly came to blows ”汤姆和我几乎打了起来，由此可知，是Slyvia和另外一对夫妇相处不好，故选A。

3.

句意猜测题。第七段和第八段是讲Jack和Slyvia抱怨他们和另外一对合租夫妻的问题，而“You take a chance when you make a sharing arrangement.”就说明，西尔维娅和杰克和别人合租就可能会有问题，故选C。

4.

推理判断题。根据倒数第三段Sally and Tom left a month ago莎莉和汤姆一个月前离开了。根据最后一段“The flat had fairly recently been in quite good condition; it was now a chaos. I did not know how anyone could possibly live there. But Sylvia noticed nothing.”可知，这套公寓最近状况很好，现在一片混乱。我不知道怎么会有人住在那里。但西尔维亚根本就没注意到是自己的问题。由此判断出西尔维娅和杰克实际上是邋遢的一对，故选D。