Question

Not many years ago, a wealthy and rather strange old man named Johnson lived alone in a village in the south of England. He had made a lot of money in trading with foreign countries. When he was seventy-five, he gave 12,000 to the village school to buy land and equipment for a children’s playground.

    As a result of his kindness many people came to visit him. Among them was a newspaperman. During their talk，Johnson said that he was seventy-five and expected to live to be a hundred. The newspaperman asked him how he managed to be healthy at seventy—five. Johnson had a sense of humor. He liked whisky and drank some each day. “I have an injection(注射)in my neck each evening.” he told the newspaperman, thinking of his evening glass of whisky. The newspaperman did not understand what Johnson meant. In his newspaper he reported that Johnson was seventy-five and had a daily injection in his neck. Within a week Johnson received thousands of letters from all over Britain asking him for the secret of his daily injection.    

1.Johnson became a rich man through _________.    

A.  doing business.     B.  making whisky.    

C.  cheating.           D.  buying and selling land.    

2.The gift of money to the school suggests that Johnson __________.    

A. had no children.             B. was a strange man.    

C. was very fond of children.   D. wanted people to know how rich he was.    

3.Many people wrote to Johnson to find out  __________.    

A. what kind of whisky he had.     B. how to live longer.    

C. how to become wealthy.        D. in which part of the neck to have an injection.    

4.The newspaperman ____________.    

A. should have reported what Johnson had told him.    

B. shouldn‘t have asked Johnson what injection he had.    

C. was eager to live a long life.    

D. should have found out what Johnson really meant.    

5.When Johnson said he had an injection in his neck each evening he really meant that ______.    

A. he liked drinking a glass of whisky in the evening    

B. he needed an injection in the neck.    

C. a daily injection in the evening would make him sleep well.    

D. there was something wrong with his neck

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.D

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述的是一个幽默的老人把喝酒说成是颈部注射。记者没有理解他的意思，直接把这句话印刷在报纸上，引起了人们的误解。

1.A 细节题。根据第一段的He had made a lot of money in trading with foreign countries.他在和其他国家进行的贸易活动中挣了许多钱。trade with=do business with做生意，故选A。

2.C 推理题。根据文章第一段he gave￡12,000 to the village school to buy land and equipment for a children’s playground.他给学校捐款买设备土地，说明他很喜欢孩子，喜欢为孩子做事情。故C正确。

3.B 推理题。根据文章最后一句Within a week Johnson received thousands of letters from all over Britain, asking him for the secret of his daily injection.可知很多人都询问他注射的秘密，因为他们都认为他的长寿是因为注射药物。故B正确。

4.D 推理题。根据文章第三段1，2行The newspaperman did not understand what Johnson meant. In his newspaper he reported that Johnson was seventy-five and had a daily injection in his neck.可知这个记者没有理解他的意思，但是他本该理解的。故D正确。

5.A 细节题。根据文章第二段Johnson had a sense of humor. He liked whisky (威士忌酒) and drank some each day. “I have an injection (注射) in my neck each evening,” he told the newspaperman, thinking of his evening glass of whisky.可知A正确。

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