Question

Here is a question I have often asked at dinner parties:

You're on an island with only one other person, your best friend. He's dying of cancer. In his final days, he tells you, "I have 100,000 dollars in a bank back home. When I die, make sure my son goes to medical school." Then he dies. But his son is a no-good playboy who has no interest in going to medical school and will waste that money away in a very short time. But your son is entering college, and he is willing to become a doctor. Which one do you give the money to for medical school?

I've asked this question of everyone from the president of a famous university to an ordinary young soldier, and it has never failed to get a discussion going. Everyone has an opinion, most of them different, but all of them correct. Sometimes this one topic lasts the whole evening.

1.Which of the following is TRUE to the passage?

A. Only the clever people can answer the question rightly.

B. Some people refuse to answer such a silly question.

C. Everyone at the dinner party seems to be interested in the question.

D. Most of the people have the same answer.

2.What the writer often says at dinner parties is _______.

A. not a true story            B. a true story

C. a strange story             D. just a joke

3.Why does the writer often ask people such a question? Because ______.

A. he wants to find the answer for a research

B. he is interested in such a question

C. he likes to make fun of people at parties

D. he wants to offer people a topic in which everyone could say something

4.Which of the following decisions is most likely NOT correct?

A. You give the money to your friend's son.

B. You give the money to your son for medical school.

C. You keep the money for your future medical care.

D. You keep the money for your friend's son.

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文是一篇记叙文。介绍了我经常在晚会上问大家一个问题：如果你和你最好的朋友在一个岛上，当他快要死了告诉你他银行有100,000美金，让你把这笔钱给他的孩子供他上大学学习医学，可是他是个游手好闲之徒。相反，你的儿子特别想学医，立志成为一名医生，你会把这笔钱给谁。实际上，每一种选择都是对的。

1.C 考查推理判断。由最后一段第一句I've asked this question of everyone from the president of a famous university to an ordinary young soldier, and it has never failed to get a discussion going.知我问过许多名牌大学教授也问过普通的军人，这场讨论总是能进行很长时间。故选C。

2.A 考查推理判断。由情理知，这是一个虚构的故事，不是真实的。故选A。

3.D 考查作者观点态度。有最后一句Everyone has an opinion, most of them different, but all of them correct. Sometimes this one topic lasts the whole evening.知每个人都有自己的观点，但是都是正确的，有时候这场讨论延续整个晚上。故选D。

4.C 考查推理判断。题问是Which one do you give the money to for medical school?可知钱不是给朋友的儿子就是给我自己的孩子上大学，不可能花在我身上去上大学，C不对。故选C。

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