Question

【題目】 A rich Japanese was on vacation in New York. One day he went into a shop. He wanted to buy a nice - looking watch very much, but the owner of the shop asked five hundred dollars for it. Suddenly a young man came into the shop, took the watch out of the owner' s hands and ran out with it. It all happened in a few seconds. When the owner ran out into the street, the young man already disappeared （消失）among the people.

The rich man went on. At the next comer. he saw the young man with the stolen watch in his hand. “Do you want to buy a fine watch, sir?" he asked in a low voice, "It's only a hundred dollars. " "The young man doesn’t know I saw him stealing the watch，'‘ he thought. The rich man paid him at once and went back to his room with the watch. He told his friend about the fine watch.

His friend had a look at the watch and began laughing. He said, “You are foolish. This watch isn’t worth even ten dollars. I'm sure the shop owner and the young man planned this play together."

【1】Which country did the rich Japanese travel to?

A.The UK.B.The USA.C.Fiance.D.Australia.

【2】The owner of the shop asked________dollars for the watch.

A.500B.250C.100D.150

【3】The rich man's friend began laughing because________.

A.the watch was niceB.the watch was really cheap

C.he had a watch like thatD.he thought the rich man was foolish

【4】From the story, we can learn that________may be dishonest.

A.the rich man’ s friendB.the shop owner

C.the young manD.both B and C

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】D

【4】D

【解析】

文章主要講述的是在一次旅行中，一個日本富有錢人想買一塊漂亮的手表，店主卻拿出一塊表，問他要500美元，就是此時，一個年輕人搶了這塊表，然后年輕人以100美元的價格把這塊表賣給了日本人，但是當(dāng)日本人回到房間給朋友看了之后，朋友卻認(rèn)為他上當(dāng)了。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中A rich Japanese was on vacation in New York.一個富有的日本人在紐約度假。可知他在紐約，而紐約是屬于美國的，故選B。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中He wanted to buy a nice-looking watch very much, but the owner of the shop asked five hundred dollars for it. 他很想買一塊好看的手表，但店主要了500美元�？芍�店主要賣500美元，故選A。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中His friend had a look at the watch and began laughing. He said, “You are foolish. This watch isn’t worth even ten dollars.”他的朋友看了看表，笑了起來。他說：“你真愚蠢。這塊表連十美元都不值�！笨芍�是因?yàn)樗�很愚蠢，故選D。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章最后 I’m sure the shop owner and the young man planned this play together.我敢肯定這出戲是店主和那個年輕人一起策劃的�？芍�店主和年輕人一起設(shè)計(jì)了這個騙局，故選D。