Hobbs was an orphan(孤兒). He worked in a factory and every day he got a little money. Hard work made him thin and weak. He wanted to borrow a lot of money to learn to paint pictures, but he did not think he could pay off the debts.
One day a lawyer said to him, “One thousand dollars, and here is the money.” As Hobbs took the package of notes, he was very dumbfounded. He didn’t know where the money came from and how to spend it. He said to himself, “I could go to find a hotel and live like a rich man for a few days; or I give up my work in the factory and do what I’d like to do: painting pictures. I could do that for a few weeks, but what would I do after that? I should have lost my place in the factory and have no money to live on. If it were a little less money, I would buy a new coat, or a radio, or give a dinner to my friends. If it were more, I could give up the work and pay for painting pictures. But it’s too much for one and too little for the other.”
“Here is the reading of your uncle’s will(遺囑),” said the lawyer, “telling what is to be done with this money after his death. I must ask you to remember one point. Your uncle has said you must bring me a paper showing exactly what you did with his money, as soon as you have spent it.”
“Yes, I see. I’ll do that,” said the young man.
小題1:Hobbs wanted to borrow money to _____.
A．study abroadB．work abroad
C．pay off the debtsD．learn to paint pictures
小題2:What does the underlined word “dumbfounded”(in Paragraph 2) probably mean?
A．Surprised.B．Frightened.C．Satisfied.D．Excited.
小題3:With the money he got, at first Hobbs _____.
A．planned to have a happy life for a few days
B．decided to give up his work in the factory
C．was to give a dinner to his friends
D．had no idea what to do
小題4:Hobbs was asked to _____.
A．tell the lawyer what he did with the money after spending it
B．read his uncle’s will
C．tell the lawyer what was to be done with the money
D．buy some pictures

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:D
小題4:A

試題分析：本文敘述了Hobbs是個(gè)孤兒，自己在一家工廠上班，每天很辛苦，但是錢(qián)又少，他很想去學(xué)畫(huà)畫(huà)，這時(shí)叔叔的律師來(lái)給他提供1000美元，他起初不知該如何花這筆錢(qián)，他想了很多方法，律師告訴他他的叔叔要求他把花的每一筆錢(qián)都必須寫(xiě)在紙上向他匯報(bào)。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)He wanted to borrow a lot of money to learn to paint pictures, 他要借錢(qián)來(lái)學(xué)畫(huà)畫(huà)，故選D。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)He didn’t know where the money came from and how to spend it.既然不知道錢(qián)從哪里來(lái)，所以他感到的是吃驚，故選A。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)根據(jù)第一段最后幾句可知，他起初不知該怎么辦，故選D。
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Your uncle has said you must bring me a paper showing exactly what you did with his money, as soon as you have spent it.告訴律師他以后怎樣花錢(qián)的，故選A。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：細(xì)節(jié)理解題可以通過(guò)定位詞解題，就是說(shuō)我們?cè)陂喿x題干的時(shí)候迅速的把題干中有標(biāo)記意義的詞或詞組劃記出來(lái)，然后用這個(gè)詞回到原文當(dāng)中定位。并不是所有的我們?cè)陬}干中找到的定位詞在原文中都會(huì)對(duì)應(yīng)出現(xiàn)，有些情況下，原文中出現(xiàn)的只是題干定位詞的轉(zhuǎn)換形式。在這種情況下，劃出定位詞并在腦中留下印象也有利于我們?cè)跒g覽文章是迅速發(fā)現(xiàn)文中定位詞的對(duì)應(yīng)形式，從而找到題目答案的位置。
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