Question

【題目】 July 16th was a bad day for Mr. Arthur Johnson. In the morning he got out of his home in Santa Barbara, California. It was the start of his summer holidays and he decided to visit friends at Las Vegas. Then he hoped to go fishing in Lane Mead, 40 km from Las Vegas.

Johnson’s troubles started while he was driving happily across the Mojave Desert. His car went wrong and he tried to repair it. Then, to make things worse, his attempts（嘗試）to start the car drained(耗盡) the battery and left it useless. After Johnson had waited for an hour in the hot sun, a Canadian driver, Johnson Williams, stopped and tried to help him. When both men failed, Williams promised to telephone a workshop to ask it to send a truck to pull the car away and repair it.

Johnson left the keys in his car and sat under the large tree. Soon he fell asleep. While he was sleeping ,a repair truck arrived from San Pedro(the nearest town) and pulled his car away. Later on, Johnson woke up and thought that somebody had stolen his car. He started to walk back towards San Pedro but a police car stopped him to find out why he was walking in the desert.

Johnson looked like an wanted man in Los Angels for robbery, so the police detained（拘留）him at San Pedro for the night. The next day, Johnson telephoned his friends in Los Angeles. They drove to San Pedro and made the police believe that Johnson was a harmless salesman, so they set him free（釋放）.

【1】Johnson was happy when he was driving across the desert because___________.

A.he was going fishing at Los AngelesB.his holidays were just starting

C.he was usually an unlucky manD.his friends were going to visit him

【2】How did Williams help Johnson?

A.He asked the police to set him free.B.He managed to repair his car.

C.He drove Johnson into San PedroD.He arranged to have his car repaired.

【3】Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A.People were not allowed to walk in the desert.

B.Johnson stayed in the police station for several days.

C.Johnson was connected with a robbery that took place in California.

D.Johnson’s friends in Los Angeles were very helpful.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】D

【解析】

本文是一篇記敘文。文章主要講述了Johnson開啟了他的暑假之行后，但在途中卻屢遭不順，最后被在洛杉磯的朋友解救的故事。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中第一段“It was the start of his summer holidays and he decided to visit friends at Las Vegas.”可知Johnson的暑假開始了，他決定去拜訪拉斯維加斯的朋友。故選B。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中第二段“When both men failed, Williams promised to telephone a workshop to ask it to send a truck to pull the car away and repair it.”可知Williams答應(yīng)給車間打電話，讓車間派一輛卡車把車開走修理。故選D。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。通讀全文，文章并沒有提及不允許人們在沙漠中行走，所以A選項錯誤；根據(jù)文中最后一段“…so the police detained（拘留）him at San Pedro for the night.”可知警察把Johnson拘留了一晚，所以B選項錯誤；根據(jù)文中最后一段“Johnson looked like an wanted man in Los Angels for robbery…”可知Johnson看起來像是洛杉磯搶劫案的通緝犯。所以C選項錯誤；根據(jù)文中最后一段“…Johnson telephoned his friends in Los Angeles. They drove to San Pedro and made the police believe that Johnson was a harmless salesman, so they set him free（釋放）.”可知Johnson在洛杉磯的朋友讓警察相信Johnson是一個無害的推銷員，所以警察釋放了他。所以D選項正確。故選D。