I went into Harrods in London (a huge department store I am sure you have heard of) to buy some Minton china plates for a wedding anniversary which was to be a group gift from friends to other friends in Geneva.
Having only 30 minutes between meeting. I whizzed there in a taxi from the office and battled through the milling people on the 2nd day of the sales on the ground floor up to the 5th to the china department. There was a man standing there who was obviously a sales person who I rushed up to and asked if he had this particular china in stock and if it would take long to wrap, etc. He was amazing. He got the plates in seconds, wrapped them up and asked me if I wanted a store card, to which I replied no, because I lived in Switzerland, to which he replied asking if, as I lived abroad, would like a tax rebate form(退稅表). After that he showed me what to do, produced a map of the store and told me where I should go for the formalities(程序). That was fabulous! I thanked him and said what wonderful service he had given me. I even asked if he gave this to everyone, to which he answered: “I’m just doing what is required at Harrods”. With that, a tall man in a gray suit approached me and offered his hand to shake mine saying, “Can I introduce myself? I am the Chief Executive of Harrods and what an interesting conversation I have just heard…” He had been wandering through the store (as you should do as a hands-on CEO) and had overheard me thanking this salesman, whose face, I can hardly describe, was frozen in a mixture of delight awe and astonishment!
Can you imagine the salesman going home to his family and friends recounting what the CEO spoke to him after overhearing him being praised by a customer?
小題1:The writer went to Harrods to __________.
A．kill timeB．buy some giftsC．go sightseeingD．shop for her wedding
小題2:What does the underlined word “whiz” in Paragraph 2 most probably mean?
A．driveB．a(chǎn)rriveC．rushD．leave
小題3:Which of the following sentences can best replace “I’m just doing what is required at Harrods” in the second paragraph?
A．“I’m an honest man.”
B．“I must obey the rules.”
C．“Harrods is strict with its employees.”
D．“Anybody will receive our good service.”
小題4:As soon as she bought what she wanted, the writer________.
A．went to a meeting.B．flew back to Geneva
C．visited one of her friendsD．a(chǎn)ttended a wedding ceremony
小題5:The writer wrote the above passage because she thought what she had experience was so ____.
A．pleasantB．strangeC．excitingD．a(chǎn)musing

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:D
小題4:A
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試題分析：本文敘述了作者走進(jìn)倫敦哈羅斯百貨公司去買了一份結(jié)婚禮物，作者在這里買東西時(shí)，受到了很好的服務(wù)，作者感到既興奮又吃驚。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)to buy some Minton china plates for a wedding anniversary which was to be a group gift from friends to other friends in Geneva.故選B。
小題2:詞意猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)and battled through the milling people 可知作者非常低匆忙，故選C。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)I thanked him and said what wonderful service he had given me.故選D。
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Having only 30 minutes between meeting. 故選A。
小題5:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)I can hardly describe, was frozen in a mixture of delight awe and astonishment!作者感到非常地高興，高興，故選A。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：句意猜測(cè)該題型主要考查考生根據(jù)上下文推測(cè)詞義和語(yǔ)義的能力，突出考查根據(jù)上下文語(yǔ)境的分析和把握能力�？疾閮�(nèi)容主要有猜測(cè)某個(gè)生詞、熟詞生義、短語(yǔ)或句子的意思以及猜測(cè)代詞的指代等。
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The rat turned to the pig and told him:“There is a rattrap in the house, a rattrap in the house!”
“I’m sorry, Mr. Rat,” said the pig, “I can only say this is something terrible to you, but it is of no consequence to me. I cannot be bothered with it.”
The rat turned to the cow. But the cow said, “Like wow, Mr. Rat? A rattrap? I am in danger, Huh?”
The rat returned to the house, head down and dejected. So the rat had to face the farmer's rattrap alone.
That very night, a sound was heard throughout the house, like the sound of a rattrap catching its prey (獵物). The farmer's wife rushed to see what was caught.In the darkness, she did not notice that it was a poisonous snake whose tail had been caught by the trap. The snake bit her.The farmer rushed her to hospital. She returned home with a fever. Everyone knows that a fever could be treated with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer took his knife to the farmyard for the soup. However, his wife's sickness continued.
The farmer's friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock. To feed them, the farmer killed the pig. But she didn't get well. Finally, she died, and so many people came for the last sight that the farmer had the cow killed to provide meat for all of them.
So the next time you hear that someone is facing a problem and think that it does not concern you, remember that the whole farmyard is at risk when there is a rattrap in the house.
小題1:From the passage we know that ______.
A．the pig helped the rat get rid of the trap
B．the cow strongly believed in what the rat said
C．no animals showed concern over the rat's warning
D．the snake was killed immediately after being caught
小題2:The underlined word ‘‘dejected” is the closest in meaning to _______.
A．disappointed B．surprisedC．irritated D．excited
小題3:We can learn from the article that _______.
A．the farmer had planned to kill the rat
B．the rat was very clever in avoiding the trap
C．the farmer's wife got good treatment in hospital
D．the rat had expected what would happen to the pig and cow
小題4: What message does the story intend to pass?
A．We should mind our own business.
B．Everything is related to something else.
C．We'd better treat animals in a friendly way.
D．The farmer couple and their friends are all foolish.

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