Question

When you go to see a doctor, he will write you a note(处方) to take to the chemist for some medicine.Chemists are usually good at reading doctors’ notes.But sometimes doctors write too badly and even the chemist can not read them.

One day a man wrote to a doctor to invite（邀请） him to have dinner at his house. The doctor wrote a reply（回复）, but he wrote too badly and the man could not read it.

“What shall I do?”he asked his wife, “I don’t know whether he is going to come or not. I don’t want to call him and say that I don’t understand him.”

His wife thought for a while and then she had an idea. “Take it to the chemist,” she said, “He will be able to（能） read it for us.”

“Thank you,” said her husband. “That’s a good idea.”

He went to the chemist’s shop and gave the doctor’s “note” to him. The chemist looked at it for a long time.

“Could you wait a moment, sir?” he said. Then he went to the back of his shop. After a few minutes he came back, carrying a large bottle. He gave the bottle to the man.

“Take one spoonful（一匙） every day.”he said.

1.What did the doctor do when he was invited to have dinner?

A. He said he would come on time.    B. He wrote the man a reply

C. He was very glad.    D. He wrote a note to the chemist.

2.Why couldn’t the man understand the “note”?

A. Because the doctor wrote badly.

B. Because the man didn’t know much about medicine.

C. Because the doctor didn’t like to go.

D. Because the man never went to school

3.The wife wanted her husband to_________

A. call the doctor to have dinner with them

B. go to the chemist and get some medicine

C. take the reply to the chemist for help

D. read it again.

4.In this story, the word “chemist” means “ ________” in Chinese.

A. 护士    B. 化验师    C. 药剂师    D. 药房

5.From this story, we can infer（推测） ____________

A. The man took the bottle of medicine back home

B. The chemist could read the doctor’s note.

C. The chemist couldn’t read the doctor’s note ,either.

D. The chemist helped the man at last.

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.C

5.C

【解析】

文章大意：这是一篇故事性文章。当我们去看医生的时候，医生通常会给我们开药方，让我们拿着去找药剂师拿药，通常情况下药剂师可以读懂医生的意思。但是有时候医生写的非常糟糕，药剂师也看不懂。故事就讲述了一个男人想要邀请一位医生到家里来吃饭，医生给了他回复，但他看不明白，于是他的妻子建议他找药剂师去看，结果药剂师给了他一大瓶药，告诉他每天吃一勺。

1.细节理解题。根据文中的句子One day a man wrote to a doctor to invite（邀请）him to have dinner at his house. The doctor wrote a reply（回复），可知，当医生被邀请吃饭时，他给那个人写了一个回复，故答案选B。

2.细节理解题。根据文中的句子but he wrote too badly and the man could not read it. 可知，那个男人看不懂医生的答复的原因是医生写得太乱了，故答案选A。

3.推测判断题。根据文中的句子“Take it to the chemist,” she said, “He will be able to（能） read it for us.”可知，男人的妻子告诉他丈夫把这个回信让药剂师看，认为他应该能看懂，所以这个人的妻子希望他的丈夫去向药剂师寻求帮助，故答案选C。

4.词义猜测题。根据文中的句子he will write you a note to take to the chemist for some medicine.他会给你写张便条，让你去找…拿一些药，根据常识可知拿药的人为“药剂师”，由此可推知chemist为“药剂师”，故答案选C。

5.推测判断题。根据文中的句子“Take one spoonful（一匙）every day.”he said.可知，当男人把医生的回信给药剂师看了后，药剂师给了他一大瓶药，并告诉他“每天吃一匙”，由此可知，药剂师也看不懂医生的回复内容，故答案选C。