Question

Mr. Smith had a hotel near the biggest train station in London. A lot of foreigners stayed there for the night. Mr. Smith only knew English, so he found it not easy for him to understand the people from other countries such as Russia, France and Japan. He thought Russian was boring but Japanese was interesting. So he asked a friend of his who knew Japanese to teach him. He studied hard and happily. At first he learned some, but soon he found that it wasn’t easy to remember Japanese words. His friend asked him to write down the useful words on his notebook so that he could use them. He did as he was told. He found it helpful for him to do so.

One evening, there were a lot of people in the dinning room of his hotel. They were all busy eating something, but a Japanese was walking up and down there. He seemed to be waiting for someone. Mr. Smith thought to himself, “ Maybe the man is hungry and wants to eat something, but he doesn’t know any English. I’ll try to help him.”

Because Mr. Smith knew only a little Japanese, he had to take out his notebook and showed the sentence “ I am very hungry” to the Japanese.

To his surprise, the Japanese took a look at it and gave him two dollars, and then left the hotel.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。

1.In this passage, Mr. Smith learned ______ from one of his friends.

A. Russian  B. French

C. English  D. Japanese

2.After a few days, Mr. Smith found it ______ to learn Japanese.

A. interesting    B. difficult

C. boring   D. easy

3.Mr. Smith decided to help the man because he ______.

A. thought the man was hungry

B. found the man was really upset

C. could practice Japanese with the man

D. knew who the man was waiting for

4.If Mr. Smith knew more about the Japanese language, the Japanese would ______

A. go to walking up and down

B. teach him more useful words

C. stay in the dinning room for dinner

D. help him serve other foreigners

5.Which of the following is WRONG?

A. Mr. Smith knew three foreign languages.

B. The Japanese thought Mr. Smith was a man asking for money.

C. The Japanese might be waiting for someone to have supper together.

D. The Japanese might be worried because nobody could understand him.

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文讲述的是Smith先生为了方便与人交流在学习日语，但是他觉得日语单词很难记，所以他准备了一个笔记本。在他的宾馆餐厅里，他因为自己不懂日语而闹出了一个笑话。

1.细节理解题。根据短文中So he asked a friend of his who knew Japanese to teach him.可知，Smith先生让他一个懂日语的朋友教他学日语。故选D。

2.细节理解题。根据短文中He studied hard and happily. At first he learned some, but soon he found that it wasn’t easy to remember Japanese words.可知，Smith先生学得很努力，开始的时候，他学了一些东西，但是很快他发现记日语的单词很困难。故选B。

3.细节理解题。根据短文中Mr. Smith thought to himself, “ Maybe the man is hungry and wants to eat something,可知，当Smith先生看到一个日本人在餐厅里来来回回走的时候，他以为他饿了，但是不会用英语表达。故选A。

4.推理判断题。根据故事的结尾处可知，Smith先生以为那个日本人饿了，想要帮助他，但是他不会用日语表达，所以就把他的笔记本拿出来，把“我饿了”这句话指给那个日本人看。结果那个日本人以为Smith先生是乞丐，给了他两美元后走了。因此如果Smith先生懂日语的话，就不会出现这个笑话了。故选C。

5.推理判断题。根据短文的意思可知，Smith先生懂得英语，他向他的朋友学习日语，所以他知道两种语言，不是三种，故A不对。根据故事的结尾可知，那个日本人以为Smith先生是乞丐，所以给了他两美元，故B是符合文意的；根据故事的结尾我们可以推测出，那个日本人是在等人一起吃饭，故C是对的；根据故事的结尾可知D也是对的。故选A。

考点：故事类短文阅读。