“Please, sir.” begged the innkeeper, “Don’t kill us! we meant nothing!” The soldiers moved back. The innkeeper saw them raising their guns. Then Napoleon called: “Ready! Aim!” The wife screamed. “Stop!” said Napoleon. He went to the innkeeper, “Now, you know the answer to the question you asked me just now, don’t you?”
1. Why did the innkeeper ask Napoleon to tell him how Napoleon felt when he was being looked for? A. He wanted to know the difference between a general and an ordinary people. B. He looked down upon Napoleon, for he thought a great man shouldn’t be defeated. C. He showed his sympathy(同情) to Napoleon in time of danger. D. He was interested in other’s failure, especially Napoleon’s. 2. Why did Napoleon ordered his men to tie the couple?
A because he wanted to teach the innkeeper a good lesson for bothering him. B. because he wanted to kill the couple to get rid of his anger.
C. because he wanted to show that he was so admiring a general that nobody could upset him.
D. because he wanted to made the innkeeper know that a general like him had the same feeling as the ordinary people in face of danger.
3. Which is the best title of the text? A. Napoleon’s Trick C. Napoleon’s Anger
B. Napoleon and an Innkeeper D. Napoleon’s ride
【答案解析】本文讲述了拿破仑用一种特殊的方式让店主懂得伟人和常人一样也有恐惧心。
1. A。推断题。根据 Will you tell us how you felt when they were looking for you? 可知这位店主想知道这位伟人那时的感觉是否和常人一样，据此 A 为正确答案。
2. D。细节题。根据 Now, you know the answer to the question you asked me just now, don’t you? 得知拿破仑用行动告诉了店主自己作为将军和常人感觉是一样的，故选 D。
3. B。主旨题。阅读全文后得知本文讲述的是发生在拿破仑将军和店主之间的故事，故选 B。
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The moving truck with furniture was parked in front of our Southern California home. My husband and I were sweeping out the open garage when a woman from a house across the street came up to us with an apple pie.
“Welcome to the neighbourhood,” she said. “I made it myself and I want you to have it.” “Really, we can’t, ” my husband replied.
“Of course you can,” she ran on. “When I moved in two years ago no one welcomed me, and I want you to feel at home.” She thrust(塞) the pie into my husband’s hands.
“Uh, well, you see,” he said, with a disappointed laugh, “we have been here four years and we’re moving.” The woman stared at him, dumbfounded(目瞪口呆), with her mouth open.
“Well,” she said, shrugging(耸肩) her shoulders with an air of resignation(顺从), “Enjoy it anyway!” My husband and I laughed heartily, determining in the future to be better neighbours ourselves.
1. The woman came up to us because _______. A. she wanted to see us off
B. she wanted to see our furniture
C. she wanted to sell her pie to us D. she thought we had just arrived here 2. The sentence “Really, we can’t” exactly means _______. A. neither the writer nor her husband could accept the apple pie B. we didn’t like eating the apple pie
C. we were so busy that we had no time to eat it D. we are full. We needn’t eat it
3. The phrase “feel at home” in the passage probably means _______. A. live at home
B. feel comfortable D. be brave
C. help oneself to it
4. From the passage, we know personal relationship in Western countries is _______. A. important B. valuable
C. necessary D. hardly thinkable
【答案与解析】本文通过讲述一个发生在我们搬家离开时的小故事反映了西方国家日益淡薄的人际关系。 1. D。细节题。根据 Welcome to the neighbourhood 可推知这邻居还因为我们是新来的，故此题答案为D。 2. A。推断题。根据上下文的意思可以推断出来作者夫妇都不会接受the apple pie。
3. B。词义猜测题。“feel at home”本意是“感觉像在家里一样”，引申为“宾至如归，无拘无束，感觉舒服”等意思。故答案为B。
4. D。推断题。作者在这里住了四年，现在要搬走了，而邻居却以为他们是新搬来的，可见西方国家的人际关系非常淡薄，难以置信。
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Teacher John Wise and his wife Doreen who emigrated to Tasmania 12 years ago, decided to revisit England and see the world on the way by motor cycle.
After driving 10, 000 miles overland without even a puncture(停顿), they arrived in England in June.
They left Tasmania in January and now plan to stay for two months at Taunton, Somerset, where Mr. Wise’s mother lives on Hamilton Road.
Mr. Wise, 46, once a science teacher at Askwith Middle School in Taunton and his wife, who has three daughters, went to Hobart, Tasmania, in 1961.
For their return world trip Mr. Wise took a year’s unpaid leave. “We didn’t have any spares with us, ” said Mr. Wise, “We just put our trust in ourselves and the machines.”
So far the journey on a B. M. W. R50 has gone through Australia, New Zealand, Asia and India, another 14, 000 miles. They expect their final bill to be about￡ 1, 000.
1. The underlined phrase “emigrated to Tasmania” most likely means _______.
A. visited Tasmania B. left Tasmania
C. left their own country in order to go and live in Tasmania D. spent their holiday in Tasmania
2. Their journey to England from Tasmaria _______. A. was very long and tiring B. took about five months C. took about two months
D. lasted a year
3. Their journey to Tasmania from England will be _______. A. more expensive than the journey from Tasmania to England B. quicker than the journey from Tasmania to England C. longer than the journey from Tasmania to England D. more exciting and interesting
4. The total cost of their journey is expected to be about _______ each. A. ￡500
B. ￡750
C. ￡1, 000
D. ￡250
5. For their return trip, Mr and Mrs Wise now plan to arrive in Tasmania approximately(接近) _______. A. in August, 1973 C. in January, 1974
B. in June, 1973 D. in August, 1974
【答案与解析】本文讲述的是一对夫妇骑摩托车周游世界的故事。
1. C。词义猜测题。由文章第4段中的his wife, …went to Hobart, Tasmania, in 1961 可以推知答案为C。 2. B。推断题。根据they arrived in England in June…和 They left Tasmania in January可知B最佳。
3. C。推断题。根据After driving 10, 000 miles overland…以及 another 14, 000 miles等关键词，可知回程比来程要远。
4. A。推断题。根据They expect their final bill to be about ￡1, 000 可以推算每一个人平均费用约合500美元。
5. D。推断题。根据they arrived in England in June ... plan to stay for two months at Taunton, Somerset,… For their return world trip Mr. Wise took a year’s unpaid leave.，我们知道他们是12年前(即1961年)移民到了Tasmania，所以“现在”，应是1973年。他们到达英国是6月份，在那里要呆上两个月，而回程他们计划花一年的时间，故回到Tasmania的时间约为1974年8月份。
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No one was left in the museum now, and John was walking round to see if everything was all right. Suddenly he saw a beautiful painting lying on the floor. John picked it up and gave it to the director of the museum.
The director called several museums to check and see if it was a stolen painting, but no one claimed(认领) it. So the director decided to hang it in the museum. All the experts came to look at the painting. Each one said it was beautiful and had very deep meaning. The director was proud to have such a painting in his museum and congratulated John on his discovery.
Some weeks later a woman and her little son came to the museum. While they were looking at the new painting, the little boy began to cry. The director went over and asked him.
“Why are you crying?”
The child pointed to the painting and said, “That’s my painting on the wall and I want it back.”
“Yes,” said his mother, “he left it on the floor a few weeks ago. If you look carefully, you can see his name on the painting.”
1. John was perhaps _______. A. a painter
B. an expert on painting D. a man working in the museum
C. a visitor to the museum
2. John found the painting _______. A. before the museum opened B. after the museum was closed