Question

【題目】It would have been a fine Sunday if my mobile phone hadn't rung in the morning.I picked it up and the caller was my boss.He needed an urgent file (緊急文件) to be completed.It meant I had to give up my Sunday plans and rushed to the office.My boss was a very punctual man and he hated being late.

When I reached the office, my boss had already been there.He left after handing me the file.He asked me to finish it before 5 p．m.and it was already 11 a．m.

After two hours, my mobile phone rang again and it was from my boss.He asked if I could bring the file to him.He was at the airport and would catch a flight to Singapore at 7 p．m.

I worked on the file as fast as I could.By the time I completed the file, it was already 6：30 p．m.Time was running out.I rushed out of the office and called a taxi.However, the taxi driver was a really slow one, and what's more, it began raining heavily.By the time I reached the airport, it was already 7：10 p．m.I thought nothing could save me from being fired (解雇)．

Then suddenly someone put his hand on my shoulder behind me, I turned around and saw my boss.I stood there in disbelief.He said, “My flight has been cancelled because of the bad weather.Let's go home.”

【1】The boss called the writer in order to ________.

A. wake him up B. praise him

C. fire him D. ask him to finish a file

【2】The underlined word “punctual” means “________” in Chinese.

A. 守時的 B. 嚴(yán)格的 C. 誠實的 D. 外向的

【3】How about this Sunday for the writer?

A. Exciting. B. Busy. C. Boring. D. Relaxing.

【4】What can we learn from the passage?

A. The writer didn't like his job.

B. The writer was fired by his boss.

C. The writer called his boss three times in total.

D. The boss didn't go to Singapore at last.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 D

【2】 A

【3】 B

【4】 D

【解析】

本文講述了作者在星期天加班為老板完成了一個緊急文件，然后冒雨坐出租車送到機場。但是老板的航班是在7 p．m離開，他到達(dá)機場時已經(jīng)7：10 p．m。他以為自己會被解雇。結(jié)果因為惡劣天氣，老板所乘坐的航班被取消了。老板沒有離開，于是他們就回家了。

【1】D

推理判斷題。根據(jù)He needed an urgent file (緊急文件) to be completed.It meant I had to give up my Sunday plans and rushed to the office可知作者的老板給他打電話，是為了讓他去完成一個緊急文件，故選D。

【2】A

詞義猜測題。根據(jù)he hated being late.可知他討厭遲到，因此他是一個守時的人，故選A。

【3】B

推理判斷題。根據(jù)作者的敘述，他在星期天完成了老板要求的文件，然后冒雨乘坐出租車把文件送到機場，因此他是非常忙的，故選B。

【4】D

推理判斷題。根據(jù)I turned around and saw my boss.I stood there in disbelief.He said, “My flight has been cancelled because of the bad weather.Let's go home.”可知作者的老板因為惡劣的天氣，他所乘坐的航班取消了，因此最后沒有去新加坡。故選D。

認(rèn)真閱讀題干，根據(jù)題干要求，在文中尋找答案所在的語句或段落，進(jìn)行分析理解，詞義猜測，推理判斷和概括歸納，選出正確的選項。例如小題2，根據(jù)he hated being late.可知他討厭遲到，因此他是一個守時的人，故選A。