Question

【題目】A beautiful and very successful actress played the lead role in a new musical show. Her home was in the countryside, but she did not want to go back there every night, so she bought an expensive house in the centre of the city, she got some beautiful furniture(家具) and had a man to paint the rooms in new colours.

It was very difficult to get tickets for her show, because everybody wanted to see it. So she decided to give the painter two of the best seats. She hoped that this would make him work better for her. He took the tickets without saying anything, and she heard no more about them until the end of the month, when she got the painter’s bill (帳單). At the bottom of it were these words: “Four hours watching Miss Hall sing and dance : 3 pounds,” with this note: “ After 5 p.m. I get 15 shillings (先令) an hour instead of 10 shillings.”

【1】The actress bought a house in the centre of the city because _________.

A. she liked to live in the busiest place

B. she didn’t like to live in the country

C. her home was far away from where she worked

D. she didn’t want to go back to her hometown any longer

【2】 It can be learned from the text that one pound is_________ shillings.

A. 10 B. 12 C. 20 D. 15

【3】What kind of man was the painter?

A. He was a careful man.

B. He was a poor man.

C. He was not friendly to others.

D. He knew little about music and dances.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】C

【3】D

【解析】

試題分析：短文大意：本文是關(guān)于一個(gè)美麗、成功的女演員和畫師的故事，女演員買了一座房子，她請了一個(gè)繪畫師給她的房子繪畫。為了使畫師更好的為她工作，女演員給了他兩張座位最好的票。然而，最終畫師不僅收取了正常工作費(fèi)用，同時(shí)把看演出也作為加班項(xiàng)目收取了費(fèi)用。

【1】C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段第二句Her home was in the countryside, but she did not want to go back there every night..., 可知她不想每晚回家去，鄉(xiāng)下的家遠(yuǎn)離工作地。所以該選C。

【2】C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文最后兩行，可知15先令乘以4等于60先令，而60先令是3鎊，那么1鎊就是20先令。所以該選C。

【3】D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第二段It was very difficult to get tickets for her show, because everybody wanted to see it可知，女演員把這么難得的票給了畫師，反而要額外收取費(fèi)用，可見畫師對音樂和舞蹈知之甚少。所以該選D。