Question

【題目】I was waiting for a phone call from my agent. He had left a message the night before, telling me that my show was to be cancelled. I called him several times, but each time his secretary told me that he was in a meeting and that he would call me later. So I waited and waited, but there was still no call. Three hours passing by, I became more and more impatient. I was certain that my agent didn’t care about my work, and he didn’t care about me. I was overcome with that thought. I started to shout at the phone, “Let me wait, will you? Who do you think you are?”

At that time I didn’t realize my wife was looking on. Without showing her surprise, she rushed in, seized the phone, tore off the wires, and shouted at the phone, “Yeah! Who do you think you are? Bad telephone! Bad telephone! ” And she swept it into the wastebasket.

I stood watching her, speechless .What on earth?

She stepped to the doorway and shouted at the rest of the house, “Now hear this! All objects in this room-if you do anything to upset my husband, out you go!”

Then she turned to me, kissed me, and said calmly, “Honey, you just have to learn how to take control.” With that, she left the room.

After watching a crazy woman rushing in and out, shouting at everything in sight, I noticed that something in my mood had changed. I was laughing. How could I have trouble with that phone? Her antics helped me realize I had been driven crazy by small things. Twenty minutes later my agent did call. I was able to listen to him and talk to him calmly.

【1】Why did the author shout at the telephone?

A. He was mad at the telephone.

B. He was angry with his agent.

C. He was anxious about his wife.

D. He was impatient with the secretary.

【2】What did the author’s wife do after she heard his shouting?

A. She said nothing. B. She shouted at him.

C. She called the agent. D. She threw the phone away.

【3】What made the author laugh?

A. His own behavior. B. His wife’s suggestion.

C. His changeable feelings. D. His wife’s sweet kiss.

【4】What does the underlined word “antics” refer to?

A. Smart words. B. Unusual actions.

C. Surprising looks. D. Anxious feelings.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】A

【4】B

【解析】本文是一篇記敘文，作者覺得自己不被經(jīng)紀(jì)人重視而心煩地對(duì)著電話吼叫，他的妻子看到了之后，用自己的行為使得丈夫認(rèn)識(shí)到他的行為是多么的愚蠢。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)題。第一段第四句第五句Three hours passing by, I became more and more impatient. I was certain that my agent didn’t care about my work, and he didn’t care about me.過了三個(gè)小時(shí)，我越來越不耐煩，我確定我的經(jīng)紀(jì)人沒有關(guān)心我的工作，他也不關(guān)心我。從這里看出作者對(duì)經(jīng)紀(jì)人感到生氣，故選B

【2】細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段第二句 和最后一句Without showing her surprise, she rushed in, seized the phone, tore off the wires, and shouted at the phone, …And she swept it into the wastebasket.沒有展現(xiàn)出她的驚訝，她闖進(jìn)來，抓起電話，扯下電話線，對(duì)著電話吼叫…然后她把它丟進(jìn)了垃圾桶，故選D

【3】分析推斷題。文章倒數(shù)第二句 Her antics helped me realize I had been driven crazy by small things她的行為幫我意識(shí)到我一直被一些小事驅(qū)使著瘋狂。可以推測(cè)出，作者笑是因?yàn)樽约旱男袨�，故選A

【4】分析推斷題。文章倒數(shù)第二段和第四段中，作者的妻子進(jìn)來扯下電話線，對(duì)著電話吼叫說：“你以為你是誰？壞的電話！壞的電話！”以及“聽著！在這個(gè)房間的所有物體，如果你打擾了我的丈夫的話，請(qǐng)出去！“”這一系列行為是很不同尋常的，故選B