Question

John Smith was lazy. He had finished his education and was happy to sit in his room and listen to the radio all day long. In fact, he had been doing nothing for almost six months, which worried his father a lot. One day Mr Smith decided that he had to do something. “Johnny. When I was your age I was working and supporting my ten brothers and sisters. I want you to go out and get a job.” So that was what he did. In fact, in the next three months, Johnny started ten jobs and was fired from ten jobs. He explained to his father.

  “They wanted me to be at work at 8:00 a. m. and told me to do all sorts of unpleasant things.”

  “I don’t care how you do it,” Mr Smith said. “Either you earn some money or move out of the house. I gave you one week’s time.”

  In the next few days Johnny began to change. He still stayed in his room all day, but spent his time writing letters and reading through the newspapers. More and more posts began to arrive for him. He bought a new suit for himself and invited his parents to the theatre and for dinner afterwards at the most expensive restaurant in town. When his proud parents arrived home after their evening hour, a policeman was waiting at the front door.

  “John Smith,” he said as he handed him a piece of paper, “I’ll see you in the court tomorrow.”

  When he got outside, Johnny told his parents everything.

  “When you told me to earn some money, I decided to put an advertisement in the newspaper saying, ‘New way to earn money fast! Send me $ 5 and I’ll tell you my secret.’ When I received the money I wrote back telling people to do as I do.”

  Johnny was fined $ 250 by the court and was ordered to pay all the people back. As he left the court house feeling very ashamed, a newspaper man came up to him, “Young man, would you like to tell your story to my newspaper for $ 2500?”

1.Johnny was fired from the jobs because _______.

A. he liked listening to the radio

B. he had a big family to support

C. he spent a lot of time writing letters

D. he didn’t do the jobs well

2.Johnny put an advertisement in the newspaper about _______ months after he left school.

A. three         B. six         C. nine         D. eleven

3.Why was Johnny fined $ 250? _______.

A. Because he was lazy

B. Because he was out of work

C. Because he cheated people

D. Because he didn’t pay for his new suit

4.What would probably happen at last? _______.

A. Johnny would get $ 2500 from the newspaper

B. The court would give $ 250 back to Johnny

C. Johnny would continue to advertise in the newspaper

D. Johnny would become a newspaper reporter

5.Which of the following questions is NOT answered by the information from the passage? _______?

A. How did the parents feel when Johnny invited them to the theatre and dinner

B. What’s Johnny’s secret

C. What did the policeman want Johnny to do

D. How much did Johnny have to pay all the people back

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.C

4.A

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：文章讲述了一个毕业生Johnny的故事。Johnny是一个很懒的人，毕业以后，他待在家里只是听听音乐，这样碌碌无为地过了半年时间。Johnny接连被公司炒鱿鱼，他登广告想投机取巧来赚钱，最后被告上了法庭。

1.Johnny, when I was your age I was working and supporting my ten brothers and sisters.”可知，B项说的是Johnny的爸爸；C项发生在Johnny被解雇之后，排除ABC，根据““They wanted me to be at work at 8:00 a. m. and told me to do all sorts of unpleasant things.””可知，Johnny不喜欢工作，故选D。

2.he had been doing nothing for almost six months, ...in the next three months, Johnny started ten jobs and was fired from ten jobs...In the next few days Johnny began to change. He still stayed in his room all day, but spent his time writing letters and reading through the newspapers.”可知，Johnny毕业后在家待了六个月，之后的三个月，他换了十份工作。几天后，他开始登广告。他登广告时，已经毕业了大约九个月的时间，故选C。

3.When I received the money I wrote back telling people to do as I do”可知，Johnny并没有告诉人们赚钱的秘诀，他是在欺骗人们，法院因此判定Johnny被罚款250美元，故选C。

4.Johnny was fined $ 250 by the court and was ordered to pay all the people back...“Young man, would you like to tell your story to my newspaper for $ 2500?””可知，法院美元返还那250美元；欺骗人们是违法行为；Johnny没有成为新闻记者，排除B、C、D，有记者想出2500美元来采访Johnny，故选A。

5.his proud parents...When I received the money I wrote back telling people to do as I do...“I’ll see you in the court tomorrow.”...”可知，文章有提到Johnny的父母，他们为儿子感到骄傲；Johnny收到钱以后告诉了人们所谓的秘诀--按照他那样去做；警察让Johnny出庭，排除A、B、C，故选D。

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