Question

A  man was sitting in his doctor’s office. He was telling the doctor about his problem.

 “I like football, you know, doctor,” he said. “And my wife has never been good to me since I became interested in it. She often hears me shouting in my dreams. Night after night, when I close my eyes, I’m out there on the field and running after a flying ball. When I wake up, I always feel tired. I’m getting thinner and thinner. So, what am I going to do?”

  The doctor sat back and said, “First, you will have to try your best not to dream about football. When you close your eyes, try to think about something else. Try to think, for example, that you are at a party or someone is going to give you several million dollars.”

  “Are you crazy, doctor?” the man shouted, “I’ll miss my ball then!”

1.The man went to his doctor’s office because    .

A.    he was asked to talked about the footballs 

B.    he wanted to get some medicine 

C.    he wanted to get some ideas about his problems 

D.    he could not go to sleep at night

 2.The man always felt tired when he woke up because     .

A. he often got up during the night to play football 

B. he thought of his football even in his dreams

C. he had a lot of housework to do at night

D. he often ran after the flying ball during the night

3.The doctor told the man     .

A.   not to dream in his sleep

B.    not to think of football when he was sleeping

C.   to close his eyes when he was lying in bed

D.   to play with a rich man and ask for several million dollars

4.From the passage we find that    .

A.   football is one of the most popular games

B.    the man’s wife was also a football fan

C.   football made the man’s life terrible

D.   the doctor always told his patients to became rich

5.The best title for this story would be   .

A.   A Crazy Doctor  B. A Man Crazy about Football

C .A Football Fan and His Wife  D. Exciting Football Games

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.B

4.C

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章讲述了一个人因为太喜欢足球而让生活变得非常糟糕，晚上睡不好觉，人越来越瘦，他不得不去看医生。医生建议他睡觉时想想其他的事情，他说那会让他怀念他的足球的。

1.细节理解题。根据文中第一段内容He was telling the doctor about his problem.他告诉了医生他的问题；故此题选C，他想从医生那里得到关于他问题的建议。

2.细节理解题。根据文中第二段内容Night after night, when I close my eyes, I’m out there on the field and running after a flying ball. When I wake up, I always feel tired.一夜又一夜当我闭上眼睛，我就在运动场上奔跑去追那足球。当我醒过来，我总觉得累。故此题选B。

3.细节理解题。根据文中第三段内容When you close your eyes, try to think about something else.当你闭上眼睛的时候，努力去想其他的事情；故选B，睡觉的时候不要想着足球。

4.判断推理题。根据文中内容得知，这个男人因为足球都睡不好觉，而且越来越瘦，足球给他带来了很大的问题，故选C，足球使这个人的生活变得很糟糕。

5.标题归纳题。这篇文章讲述了一个人因为太喜欢足球而让生活变得非常糟糕，晚上睡不好觉，人越来越瘦，故最佳标题选B，一个对足球痴迷的人。

考点：故事类短文阅读。