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【題目】Mr. Black was the manager of a hotel in Atlanta. One weekend all of the hotels were full because of a large business meeting being held in the city. On Sunday night, three men came into Mr. Black’s hotel and asked for rooms. Mr. Black told them that there were no more rooms available. The men didn’t know what to do because they had no place to stay in.

Mr. Black wanted to help them. He remembered that there was an empty room at the far end of the first floor — Room 112. It was a very small room, and had rarely been used as a guest room before. So, he asked the three men if they would mind sharing that small room. They replied that they would be very satisfied so long as there was a room for them to stay in for the night.

Mr. Black then told them that the room would cost them $ 30 in total. On hearing this, each of the three men gave Mr. Black $ 10 before they left for their room.

However, Mr. Black soon began to think that $ 30 was really too much for that small room. He called his assistant over and said, “Here is $ 5. Give it back to the three men in Room 112. Each of them paid me $10. That’s too much.”

The assistant took the money. While he was on the way to that small room, he thought, “How can three men divide $ 5? I’ll give each of them only $ 1 and keep the $ 2 left to myself. The men will be happy to get anything back, and I can also make some money that way. After all, Mr. Black will never know anything about it.” So, the assistant returned only $1 to each of the three men.

Each man had first paid $ 10. After the assistant returned $1 to him, each man had actually paid only $ 9. There were three men. $ 9×3="$27." The assistant kept $ 2. $ 27 + $ 2=" $" 29. Where is the missing dollar?

【1】Why didn’t Mr. Black offer Room 112 to the three men at first?

A. The key had been lost.

B. It was too small for three men.

C. No one had stayed there before.

D. It was not bright enough.

【2】How much did Mr. Black first ask each man for the room?

A. $ 30. B. $15. C. $10. D. $9.

【3】How were the manager and his assistant in behavior?

A. The manager was honest but the assistant was not.

B. The manager worked hard, but the assistant was lazy.

C. The assistant was clever but the manager was not.

D. The manager did not know how to make money, but the assistant did.

【4】Where is the missing dollar?

A. The three men took it.

B. The manager hid it secretly.

C. The assistant kept it.

D. There is no missing dollar.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】A

【4】D

【解析】試題分析：本文講述了三個(gè)男人因?yàn)闀?huì)議而到住賓館，卻只能住一間小房間以及與經(jīng)理助理等人發(fā)生的故事。

【1】B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中It was a very small room, and had rarely been used as a guest room before，可知這個(gè)房間對他們來說太小了，故選B。

【2】C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中each of the three men gave Mr. Black $ 10 before they left for their room，可知他向每個(gè)男人要了10美元，故選C。

【3】A推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段分析可知，經(jīng)理很狡猾，助理很誠實(shí)，故選A。

【4】D推理判斷題。根據(jù)上下文分析可知，錢并沒有丟失而是用了另一種方法計(jì)算，故選D。