Question

【題目】"Well, just take a look at that wheel（航輪）!” Earl Cooper said to Candy, his wife. "It must be older than anything we have back home."

Earl was looking at the wall outside the pub（酒館）. The pub's name, The Old Swan, was on the wall. Next to the name was a wooden ship's wheel and in the middle of the wheel was the name of a ship, HMS Swan. The wheel was old, Earl could tell.

The next morning, Earl asked to see Tony Thatcher. The Old Swan was Tony's pub. He took Earl to his office while Candy had a coffee outside by the river. Earl said he could give Tony a lot of money for the ship's wheel. He told Tony that Benjamin Cooper, his grandfather, went to America on the ship HMS Swan. But Tony said no at first. After all, the wheel was very old and it was part of the pub's past.

"You can think of the past, Mr. Thatcher - can I call you Tony? - or you can think of today. And with the money, Tony, you can buy a good car. Maybe a new Jaguar? And, as I've told you, the wheel is part of my family's past too. So you could say it's going back home, in a way. So, what do you say?"

A month later, Earl and Candy were smiling as they looked at the wall of their house in Houston, Texas. Earl thought to himself that, at last, he had a piece of his family's past. He was happy.

In Portsmouth, Tony Thatcher was happy, too. He was putting his new Jaguar into his large garage（車庫）. He was careful not to drive into any of the six ship's wheels in the garage. A friend of his made the wheels for him. They were just like the one that Earl bought. And there was another wheel on the outside wall of The Old Swan now. Old or new - Tony thought there was no way that a tourist could ever know which was which. Never in a hundred years.

【1】Why did Tony refuse to sell the wheel at first?

Because he thought it was old and part of the pub's past.

Because he wanted to show it was important to his pub.

Because he tried to sell it to someone else at a higher price.

Because he did not really believe what Earl had told him.

【2】What can we infer(椎斷) from the story?

Earl had looked for such a wheel for a long time before that.

Earl would soon find out the truth and become rather angry.

Tony had sold quite a few wheels like that ancl got wealthy,

Tony would play the same trick again to make more money.[來

【3】Which ofthe following can be the best title ofthe story?

A. The Wheel on the Wall B. An Excellent Buy

C. Old or New - Who Knows D. the Family's Past

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】A

【解析】

試題分析：短文大意：托尼“收藏”著一個特殊的航輪，并把它掛在自己的酒館里，作為酒館的一部分。這個航輪對于伯爵一家也有特殊含義：他的祖父本杰明伯爵就是坐著有這個航輪的HMS去的美國。后來伯爵勸托尼把航輪賣給了伯爵。于是，托尼有了自己的車……并且，托尼找朋友造了同樣的幾個航輪。

【1】B 推理判斷題。題意：為什么開始托尼拒絕賣航輪？A.Because he thought it was old and part of the pub's past.因為他認(rèn)為它古老而且是酒館的一部分；B.Because he wanted to show it was important to his pub.因為他想顯示出它對他的酒館的重要；C.Because he tried to sell it to someone else at a higher price.因為他盡力以更高的價格賣給別人；D.Because he did not really believe what Earl had told him.因為他不相信伯爵給他說的話。從第3自然段最后一句“After all, the wheel was very old and it was part of the pub's past.”（畢竟，航輪很古老，而且是酒館的一部分），可以推測出，航輪對酒館有特殊的意義。故選B。

【2】D 推理判斷題。題意：從故事中我們可以推斷出什么？A.Earl had looked for such a wheel for a long time before that.伯爵找那樣的航輪找了很久了；B.Earl would soon find out the truth and become rather angry.伯爵很快會查清事實并且非常生氣；C.Tony had sold quite a few wheels like that and got wealthy,托尼賣過很多像那樣的航輪并且變富了；D.Tony would play the same trick again to make more money.托尼還會干同樣的事并且掙更多的錢。由短文最后一自然段可知，托尼找朋友另造了同樣的六個航輪，并且已經(jīng)把其中一個掛在了酒館里；他自己是這樣認(rèn)為的：即使一百年后，也沒有人分清舊車輪和新車輪有什么不同。由此可以推測出，托尼在造假，故選D。

【3】A題目推斷題。題意：下面哪一個是故事最好的標(biāo)題?A. The Wheel on the Wall 墻上的航輪；B. An Excellent Buy一次極好的購買；C. Old or New - Who Knows舊的新的，誰知道？ D. the Family's Past家的過去。本文講的是酒館墻上的航輪，酒館老板借此斂財，與航輪相關(guān)的人們做著非常認(rèn)真的事。故本文最好標(biāo)題是A。