16.One Stormy Night 一個風(fēng)雨交加的夜晚
One stormy night many years ago,an old couple entered a small hotel in Philadelphia.They went up to the front desk hoping to get some shelter(躲避處) for the night.
"Could you possibly give us a room here?"the husband asked.The clerk (職員),a friendly man with a winning smile,explained that there were three conventions in town.
"All of our rooms are taken,"the clerk said."But I can't send a nice couple like you out into the rain at one o'clock in the morning.Would you perhaps be willing to sleep in my room?Perhaps it will be good enough to make you comfortable for the night."
When the couple refused politely,the young man pressed on."Don't worry about me; I'll make out just fine."So the couple agreed.
As he paid the next morning,the elderly man said to the clerk,"You are the kind of manager who should be the boss of the best hotel in the United States.Maybe someday I'll build one for you."The clerk looked at them and smiled.The three of them had a good laugh.
Two years passed.The clerk had almost forgotten about it when he received a letter from the old man,with a round-trip ticket to New York,asking the young man to pay them a visit.
The old man met him in New York,and led him to the corner of Fifth Avenue and 34th Street.He then pointed to a great new high building there,a palace of reddish stone.
"That,"said the older man,"is the hotel I have just built for you to manage."
"You must be joking,"the young man said.
"Of course not."
The young clerk became the first manager of Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.But he never foresaw (預(yù)見) the turn of events.
26.From the text,we can infer that the old coupleD.
A.were too poor to stay in an expensive room
B.made a reservation in the hotel in advance
C.were in town to find a good manager.
D.were quite rich
27.The underlined word"conventions"in Paragraph 2most probably means"C".
A.businessmen
B.comfortable rooms
C.big meetings
D.modern hotels
28.The story is written toC.
A.cover some facts
B.give readers a good laugh
C.help readers learn a lesson.
D.do ads for Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.
分析 本文通過一個善良的賓館服務(wù)員善意的對待一對老人,后來這對老人為他建設(shè)了一個賓館讓他管理的故事,告訴我們要善意對待別人,好人自有好報.
解答 26.D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)That,"said the older man,"is the hotel I have just built for you to manage."可知老人是建了一家賓館讓那位年輕人管理,可知這個老人是很有錢的,是很富有的.故選D.
27.C 推理判斷題.根據(jù)"The clerk,a friendly man with a winning smile,looked at the couple and explained that there were three conventions in town."和"All of our rooms are taken,"可知因為城里有三個conventions所以房間都被住滿了,說明這樣的活動是有很多人參加的,選項中只有C項big meetings(大型會議)符合.故選C.
28.C 推理判斷題.本文通過一個善良的賓館服務(wù)員善意的對待一對老人,后來這對老人為他建設(shè)了一個賓館讓他管理的故事,告訴我們要善意對待別人,好人自有好報.故本文的目的是交給人們一個道理.故選C.
點評 本文要求考生在理解原文表面文字信息的基礎(chǔ)上,做出一定判斷和推論,從而得到文章的隱含意義和深層意義.推理題所涉及的內(nèi)容可能是文中某一句話,也可是某幾句話,但做題的指導(dǎo)思想都是以文字信息為依據(jù),既不能做出在原文中找不到文字根據(jù)的推理,也不能根據(jù)表面文字信息做多步推理,要根據(jù)原文表面文字信息一步推出的答案.