Question

Mr. Smith was in trouble those days. He drove a car for Mr. Black, a rich businessman. He worked hard and the shopkeeper liked him. But he couldn't work when he drank too much. Once he almost fell into the river when he drove along the bridge. Mr. Black became angry and was going to send him away. Mr. Smith had a big family and was afraid of it and promised he would stop drinking at once. The man told him to wait to be dealt with.

One Monday morning Mr. Smith came into the office with two badly burnt ears. "What happened to your ears?" asked Mr. Black.

"Well, "said the man," I went to watch a football match yesterday while my wife was ironing clothes. She had put the iron near the telephone before she went to cook supper. Our team lost the game and I felt sorry for it. As soon as I went in the sitting -room, the phone rang and I answered the iron!” “And what happened to the other ear?" "When I put the iron down on the table, the telephone rang again!"

1. ________ , so he almost drove the car into the river.

A. Mr. Smith was not careful

B. Mr. Smith drank too much

C. Mr. Smith, forgot they were on the bridge

D. Mr. Smith couldn't work in the evening

2.Mr. Smith went to watch the football match on______.

A. Monday  B. Tuesday   C. Saturday   D. Sunday

3.We can guess________

A. Mr. Smith drank much after the match

B. Mr. Smith was angry with his team

C. Mr. Smith didn't drink those days

D. Mr. Smith watched the match at home

4.The _________badly burned Mr. Smith's ears.

A. telephone  B. drinking   C. iron   D. irons

5.What would happen to Mr. Smith?

A. He would go on driving for Mr. Black.

B. He would join in a football team.

C. He would never watch any matches.

D. He would be sent away by Mr. Black.

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：通过阅读短文我们可以知道史密斯先生是个爱喝酒的人，因为喝酒问题差点被解雇。在承诺不喝酒后，又因为喝酒烫伤了耳朵，很容易被老板推断出他又喝了酒的事实。所以他可能面临被解雇的结局。

1.B细节理解题。根据But he couldn’t work when he drank too much.And once he almost fell into the river可知他喝得太多就不能工作了。所以有一次他差点掉进河里。因此选B。

2.D细节理解题。根据I went to watch a football match yesterday和上文One Monday morning Mr Smith came into the office可知时间是星期日，故选D。

3.A细节理解题。通过短文后半部分对史密斯两只耳朵受伤原因的表述，可知他肯定是又喝了酒，正常人是不会犯下那样的错误的，故选A。

4.C细节理解题。通过阅读短文我们可以知道史密斯先生把烙铁当作了电话，虽然烫伤了两只耳朵，但是只有一个烙铁，故选C。

5.推理判断题。通过阅读短文我们知道前面史密斯已经承诺不再喝酒，从他耳朵烫伤这件事，布莱克先生很容易推断出他又喝了酒。从四个选项的描述上来看，他被解雇的可能性最大，故选D。

考点：故事类阅读。