20.Not many years ago,a wealthy and rather strange old man named Johnson lived alone in a village in the south of England.He had made a lot of money in trading with foreign countries.When he was seventyfive,he gave£12,000to the village school to buy land and equipment for a children's playground.
As a result of his kindness,many people came to visit him.Among them was a newspaperman.During their talk,Johnson remarked that he was seventyfive and expected to live to be a hundred.The newspaperman asked him how he managed to be healthy at seventyfive.Johnson had a sense of humour.He liked whisky and drank some each day."I have an injection (注射) in my neck each evening,"he told the newspaperman,thinking of his evening glass of whisky.
The newspaperman did not understand what Johnson meant.In his newspaper he reported that Johnson was seventyfive and had a daily injection in his neck.Within a week Johnson received thousands of letters from all over Britain,asking him for the secret of his daily injection.
27.Johnson became a rich man throughA.
A.doing business
B.making whisky
C.cheating
D.buying and selling land
28.The gift of money to the school suggests that JohnsonC.
A.had no children
B.was a strange man
C.was very fond of children
D.wanted people to know how rich he was.
29.Many people wrote to Johnson to find outD.
A.what kind of whisky he had
B.how to live longer
C.how to become wealthy
D.in which part of the neck to have an injection
30.The newspapermanD.
A.should have reported what Johnson had told him
B.shouldn't have asked Johnson what injection he had
C.was eager to live a long life
D.should have found out what Johnson really meant
31.When Johnson said he had an injection in his neck each evening,he really meant thatA.
A.he liked drinking a glass of whisky in the evening
B.he needed an injection in the neck
C.a(chǎn) daily injection in the evening would make him sleep well
D.there was something wrong with his neck.
分析 本文講述了一個富有且熱心于慈善的人Johnson接受記者采訪時鬧出的笑話.
解答 27.A:細(xì)節(jié)題:從第一段的句子:He had made a lot of money in trading with foreign countries.可知他是做生意掙的錢.選A.
28.C:推理題:從第一段When he was seventyfive,he gave£12,000to the village school to buy land and equipment for a children's playground,他給學(xué)校捐錢來修建操場,可知他很喜歡孩子.選C
29.D:細(xì)節(jié)題:從最后一段的句子:asking him for the secret of his daily injection.可知是詢問在脖子的什么地方打針.選D.
30.D:推理題:從最后一段的句子:The newspaperman did not understand what Johnson meant.可知記者應(yīng)該弄清老人的意思.選D
31.A.推理題:由倒數(shù)第二段he told the newspaperman,thinking of his evening glass of whisky,可知他的意思是他喜歡在晚上和威士忌,故選A.
點評 本篇文章難點在推理判斷題上.推理判斷題要以表面文字為前提,以具體事實為依據(jù)進行推理,做出判斷.這種推理方式比較直接,考生只要弄清事實,即可結(jié)合上下文推斷出合理的結(jié)論.