John Smith was lazy. He had finished his education and was happy to sit in his room and listen to the radio all day long. In fact, he had been doing nothing for almost six months, which worried his father a lot. One day Mr Smith decided that he had to do something. “Johnny. When I was your age I was working and supporting my ten brothers and sisters. I want you to go out and get a job.” So that was what he did. In fact, in the next three months, Johnny started ten jobs and was fired from ten jobs. He explained to his father.
“They wanted me to be at work at 8:00 a. m. and told me to do all sorts of unpleasant things.”
“I don’t care how you do it,” Mr Smith said. “Either you earn some money or move out of the house. I gave you one week’s time.”
In the next few days Johnny began to change. He still stayed in his room all day, but spent his time writing letters and reading through the newspapers. More and more posts began to arrive for him. He bought a new suit for himself and invited his parents to the theatre and for dinner afterwards at the most expensive restaurant in town. When his proud parents arrived home after their evening hour, a policeman was waiting at the front door.
“John Smith,” he said as he handed him a piece of paper, “I’ll see you in the court tomorrow.”
When he got outside, Johnny told his parents everything.
“When you told me to earn some money, I decided to put an advertisement in the newspaper saying, ‘New way to earn money fast! Send me $ 5 and I’ll tell you my secret.’ When I received the money I wrote back telling people to do as I do.”
Johnny was fined $ 250 by the court and was ordered to pay all the people back. As he left the court house feeling very ashamed, a newspaper man came up to him, “Young man, would you like to tell your story to my newspaper for $ 2500?”
【小題1】Johnny was fired from the jobs because _______.

A．he liked listening to the radio
B．he had a big family to support
C．he spent a lot of time writing letters
D．he didn’t do the jobs well
【小題2】Johnny put an advertisement in the newspaper about _______ months after he left school.
A．three B．six C．nine D．eleven
【小題3】Why was Johnny fined $ 250? _______.
A．Because he was lazy
B．Because he was out of work
C．Because he cheated people
D．Because he didn’t pay for his new suit
【小題4】What would probably happen at last? _______.
A．Johnny would get $ 2500 from the newspaper
B．The court would give $ 250 back to Johnny
C．Johnny would continue to advertise in the newspaper
D．Johnny would become a newspaper reporter
【小題5】Which of the following questions is NOT answered by the information from the passage? _______?
A．How did the parents feel when Johnny invited them to the theatre and dinner
B．What’s Johnny’s secret
C．What did the policeman want Johnny to do
D．How much did Johnny have to pay all the people back


【小題1】D
【小題2】C
【小題3】C
【小題4】A
【小題5】D

解析試題分析：文章講述了一個畢業(yè)生Johnny的故事。Johnny是一個很懶的人，畢業(yè)以后，他待在家里只是聽聽音樂，這樣碌碌無為地過了半年時間。Johnny接連被公司炒魷魚，他登廣告想投機(jī)取巧來賺錢，最后被告上了法庭。
【小題1】A項(xiàng)與被解雇沒有直接的關(guān)系；根據(jù)“Johnny, when I was your age I was working and supporting my ten brothers and sisters.”可知，B項(xiàng)說的是Johnny的爸爸；C項(xiàng)發(fā)生在Johnny被解雇之后，排除ABC，根據(jù)““They wanted me to be at work at 8:00 a. m. and told me to do all sorts of unpleasant things.””可知，Johnny不喜歡工作，故選D。
【小題2】根據(jù)“he had been doing nothing for almost six months, ...in the next three months, Johnny started ten jobs and was fired from ten jobs...In the next few days Johnny began to change. He still stayed in his room all day, but spent his time writing letters and reading through the newspapers.”可知，Johnny畢業(yè)后在家待了六個月，之后的三個月，他換了十份工作。幾天后，他開始登廣告。他登廣告時，已經(jīng)畢業(yè)了大約九個月的時間，故選C。
【小題3】根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段“When I received the money I wrote back telling people to do as I do”可知，Johnny并沒有告訴人們賺錢的秘訣，他是在欺騙人們，法院因此判定Johnny被罰款250美元，故選C。
【小題4】根據(jù)最后一段“Johnny was fined $ 250 by the court and was ordered to pay all the people back...“Young man, would you like to tell your story to my newspaper for $ 2500?””可知，法院美元返還那250美元；欺騙人們是違法行為；Johnny沒有成為新聞記者，排除B、C、D，有記者想出2500美元來采訪Johnny，故選A。
【小題5】根據(jù)“his proud parents...When I received the money I wrote back telling people to do as I do...“I’ll see you in the court tomorrow.”...”可知，文章有提到Johnny的父母，他們?yōu)閮鹤痈械津湴�；Johnny收到錢以后告訴了人們所謂的秘訣--按照他那樣去做；警察讓Johnny出庭，排除A、B、C，故選D。
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