C. during his visit to the museum D. while he was enjoying his walk
3. The boy began to cry before the painting because _______. A. he was afraid of it
B. he thought it was his painting C. he wanted to have the painting back D. Both B and C
4. After the director heard what the woman and the boy said, he must be very _______. A. angry
B. afraid
C. proud
D. surprised
5. All the experts thought the painting good because _______. A. it was really very beautiful and had very deep meaning
B. the painting was drawn by a famous painter though he was a child C. none of them looked carefully enough D. they examined it very carefully
【答案与解析】本文讲述了John在博物馆的地面上发现一幅无人认领的画于是交给馆长，馆长将画挂在博物馆中，此画受到专家的好评，但最后发现这只是一个孩子画的画。
1. D。推断题。文章第1段说John在博物馆内走动以确定一切正常，由此推测出他是博物馆的工作人员。 2. B。推断题。文章第1段第1句说现在博物馆里没有一个人了。由此可推知他发现画时博物馆已经关门了。 3. D。细节题。根据文章第5段说That’s my painting on the wall and I want it back(这是我的画，我想要回它)可知答案为D。
4. D。推断题。专家都认为这幅画很漂亮并且有很深的含义，应出自名人之手，而此画只是一个小男孩画的，因此馆长知道后感到很“惊讶”。
5. A。细节题。根据 All the experts came to look at the painting. Each one said it was beautiful and had very deep
meaning 可知答案为A。
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Very few people were coming to eat at the White Rose Restaurant, and its owner did not know what to do. The price was reasonable and the food was of good quality, but nobody seemed to want to eat there.
Then he did something that changed all that, and in a few weeks his restaurant is always full of men with their lady friends. Whenever a gentleman came in with a lady, a smiling waiter gave each of them a menu(菜单), The menu looked exactly the same on the outside, but there was an important difference inside. The menu that the waiter gave to the man supplied the correct price for each dish and each bottle of wine. while the menu that he gave to the lady supplied a much higher price! So when the man calmly ordered dish after dish and wine after wine, the lady thought he was much more generous(慷慨) than he really was.
1. Why didn’t people come to the White Rose Restaurant to eat at first? A. Because the price was high. B. Because the food was too cheap. C. Because the food was not good. D. The passage didn’t mention.
2. According to the passage we can conclude that the people who eat at this restaurant are mostly _______. A. poor old people B. rich young people C. men with their girl friends D. parents with their children
3. The difference between the two kinds of menu lie in _______. A. the color B. the shape C. the price D. the food
4. According to the passage we can infer that when men with their girl friends eat at this restaurant, the food was paid _______.
A. always by the ladies only B. always by the men only C. sometimes by the ladies D. either by the men or by the ladies
5. According to the passage we can know that, generally speaking,_____. A. men are more generous than women B. women are more generous than men C. men like their lady friends to be generous
D. women like their men friends to be generous
【答案与解析】尽管 White Rose 餐馆价钱合理，饭菜也好，但很少有人光顾，店主为此想出了一条妙计，从此餐馆生意兴隆。
1. D。判断题。根据第1段可知原文没有说人们为什么不到餐馆就餐，所以答案为D。
2. C。细节题。根据第2段第1句 …his restaurant is always full of men with their lady friends 可知答案为 C。 3. C。细节题。根据第2段 The menu that the waiter gave to the man supplied the correct price for each dish and each bottle of wine. While…the lady supplied a much higher price 可知答案为 C。
4. B。推断题。根据最后一句 So when the man calmly ordered dish after dish and wine after wine, the lady thought he was much more generous than he really was 可推断出答案为B。
5. D。推断题。根据原文可知侍者给男士的那个菜单价格合理，而给女士的那个菜单价格却很高，但两种菜单表面上看却一样，这样女士就会认为她们的男友很大方，因此餐馆的这种做法很受男士欢迎，由此可知女人们喜欢自己的男友大方。所以答案为 D。