Question

Each morning a rich man found a poor man sitting on a park bench (长凳). The poor man always sat there, looking at the big hotel in which the rich man lived. One day the rich man got out of his car and said to the poor man, “Excuse me, but I just want to know why you sit here and look at my hotel every morning.” “Sir”, said the poor man, “I am a failure (失败者). I have no money, no family, no home. I sleep on this bench, and every night I dream that one day I'll sleep in that hotel.” The rich man said, “Tonight your dream will come true. I'll pay for the best room in that hotel for you for a whole month.

A few days later, the rich man went by the poor man's room to ask him how he was enjoying himself. To his surprise, he found that the man had moved out of the hotel, back to his park bench. When the rich man asked why, the poor man said, “you see, when I am down here sleeping on my bench, I dream I'm up there, in that big hotel. It's a wonderful dream. But when I was up there, I dreamed I was back to this cold bench. It was a terrible dream, and I couldn't get any sleep at all.”

1.The poor man lived in ________ before he met the rich man.

A. the hotel    B. his home

C. the park      D. the car

2. Every morning, the poor man sat on the bench and __________.

A. waited for the rich man

B. looked at the rich man's hotel

C. looked at the rich man's car

D. enjoyed the clean air

3. Every night the poor man dreamed of _____________.

A. sleeping in that hotel

B. becoming rich

C. owning that hotel

D. being the rich man's friend

4.The poor man moved out of the hotel because __________.

A. he didn't want to live in such a fine room

B. he didn't like the rich man

C. he couldn't pay for the room

D. he couldn't get any sleep at all there

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文讲述了一个穷人每天坐在长椅上看着富人住的宾馆，梦想自己能住进去。一个富人知道后，帮他完成了心愿，帮他在宾馆定了一个月的最好房间，但是这个穷人不能适应宾馆的生活，几天后又回到了长椅上。

1.C.细节理解题。A. the hotel宾馆；B. his home他家；C. the park公园；D. the car小汽车。根据短文第一自然段Each morning a rich man found a poor man sitting on a park bench 的描述可知答案选C。

2.B.细节理解题。根据The poor man always sat there, looking at the big hotel in which the rich man可知那个穷人每天坐在那里望着富人住的宾馆，故选B.

3.A. 细节理解题。A. sleeping in that hotel睡在宾馆；B. becoming rich变得富有；C. owning that hotel拥有那个宾馆；D. being the rich man's friend变成富人的朋友。根据文中描述的穷人的话“...and every night I dream that one day I'll sleep in that hotel.”每天晚上梦见在宾馆里住，故选A。

4.因为在那里他睡不着觉，故选D。

考点：考查故事类短文阅读。