15．He went to church，watched the people，gave children money for sweets，and discovered that he had never been so happy in his life．In the afternoon he went to his nephew's house．He passed the door several times before he was brave enough to knock．But at last he did it，and was taken into the sitting room，where Fred and his pretty wife were waiting for their friends to arrive for dinner．
"Fred!"said Scrooge．"It's your uncle Scrooge．I've come to dinner．Will you let me stay，F(xiàn)red？"
Fred almost shook his uncle's arm off．Scrooge felt at home in five minutes．Nothing could be merrier．And what a wonderful dinner they had!
But he was early at the office next morning．Oh，he was there early．He wanted to catch Bob Cratchit arriving late．And he did!He was eighteen and a half minutes late when he finally hurried in．Scrooge was sitting with his office door open．
"Hello!"Said Scrooge in his old and hard voice．"What do you mean by coming here so late？"
"I'm very sorry，sir，"said Bob．"I am late．It's only once a year．We were rather merry yesterday，sir．"
"Now I'll tell you that，my friend，"said Scrooge，"I'm not going to have this any longer．And so，"he continued，jumping off his chair and shaking Bob's hand，"I'm going to pay you twice as much!"
Bob's face went white．For a second or two he thought that Scrooge had gone crazy．
"Merry Christmas，Bob!"said Scrooge，and it was clear that he meant it．
Scrooge did everything that he had promised．Some people laughed to see the change in him，but he did not care．His own heart laughed inside him，and that was good enough for him．
24．How did Fred react when his uncle came for dinner？A
A．He became very happy．
B．He became disappointed．
B．He was concerned about it．
D．He was completely confused．
25．Scrooge came to the office early the next morning because he wanted toD．
A．punish Bob Cratchit
B．give someone a surprise
C．spend more time on his work
D．catch someone getting late
26．Hearing Scrooge's words about the pay raise，Bob Cratchit wasA．
A．surprised
B．interested
C．relaxed
D．moved
27．Before he changed，Scrooge was most probably veryC．
A．funny
B．kind
C．mean
D．shy．
分析 本文主要講述了Scrooge的變化，對家人對公司員工的態(tài)度的變化，讓大家又驚又喜．
解答 24．A 細節(jié)題．根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容Fred almost shook his uncle's arm off．Scrooge felt at home in five minutes．Nothing could be merrier．And what a wonderful dinner they had!Fred和他的叔叔共進晚餐時非常的高興，而且看到叔叔來找他，他也是很驚訝的，又驚又喜．結(jié)合選項，故選A
25．D 細節(jié)題．根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容He wanted to catch Bob Cratchit arriving late．And he did由此可知，Scrooge早早的去到辦公室是為了看 Bob Cratchit 上班是否又遲到了，結(jié)合選項，故選D
26．A 細節(jié)題．根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容Bob's face went white．For a second or two he thought that Scrooge had gone crazy．當Scrooge說要給他漲工資的時候，Bob 臉色發(fā)白，他認為Scrooge瘋了．對于他的話，Bob 很吃驚．結(jié)合選項，故選A
27．C 推理題．根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容Scrooge did everything that he had promised．Some people laughed to see the change in him，but he did not care對于他現(xiàn)在的行為，很多人都覺得很搞笑，不明白為什么突然他變得友善了．由此推側(cè)，他曾經(jīng)是一個很苛刻的人，故選C
點評 本文是人物故事類閱讀理解．做這類題材閱讀理解時要求考生對文章通讀一遍，做題時結(jié)合原文和題目有針對性的找出相關(guān)語句進行仔細分析，結(jié)合選項選出正確答案．推理判斷題也是要在抓住關(guān)鍵句子的基礎(chǔ)上合理的分析才能得出正確答案，切忌胡亂猜測，一定要做到有理有據(jù)
