Question

A man walked into a small Irish pub and ordered three beers. Bartender was surprised, but he served that man three beers. One hour later the man ordered three beers again. The very next day that man ordered three beers again and drank quietly at a table. This repeated several times and shortly after the people of the town were whispering about the man, who was ordering three beers at once.

A couple of weeks later, the bartender decided to clear this out and inquired: “I do not want to pry, but could you explain, why do you order three beers all the time?” The man replied: “It seems strange, isn’t it? You see, my two brothers live abroad at the moment, one — in France and another — in Italy. We have made an agreement, that every time we go to pub each of us will order extra two beers and it will help keeping up the family bond”.

Soon all the town have heard about the man’s answer and liked it a lot. The man became a local celebrity. Residents of the town were telling this story to newcomers or tourists and even invited them to that pub to look at Three Beer Man.

However, one day the man came to pub and ordered only two beers, not three as usual. The bartender served him with bad feeling. All that evening the man ordered and drank only two beers. The very next day all the town was talking about this news, some people pray for the soul of one of the brothers, others quietly grieve.

When the man came to pub the next time and ordered two beers again, the bartender asked him: “I would like to offer condolences to you, due to the death of your dear brother”. The man considered this for a moment and then replied: “Oh, you are probably surprised that I order only two beers now? Well, my two brothers are alive and well. It’s just because of my decision. I promised myself to give up drinking.”

1.The man ordered three beers all the time because ________.

A. people were fond of drinking beers in this pub

B. he missed his two brothers living abroad very much

C. it was an agreement with his brothers to keep up the family bond

D. this would help him become a local celebrity

2.We can infer from the passage that ________.

A. news traveled fast in the town

B. the man became famous in the town because he was a heavy drinker

C. the man’s brothers liked drinking beer very much

D. the man was strong-minded to give up drinking

3.The bartender served the man with bad feeling because ________.

A. he would earn less money

B. he thought the man should order three beers

C. he thought one of the man’s brothers had passed away

D. the man decided to drink two beers

4.The underlined word “condolences” in the last paragraph can be replaced by ________.

A. gratitudeB. appreciationC. surpriseD. sympathy

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.C

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了一个人每次到酒吧都是点三瓶啤酒，这引起酒保的好奇，当这个人告诉酒保理由之后，酒保很感动，很快这个消息传遍这个镇；不久之后，那个人改点两瓶啤酒，人人都认为他的一个兄弟死了，没想到他的理由竟然是他要戒酒，所以他的那瓶没有了。

1. 细节理解题。根据第二段中my two brothers live abroad at the moment, one — in France and another — in Italy. We have made an agreement, that every time we go to pub each of us will order extra two beers and it will help keeping up the family bond.可知，这个人点三瓶啤酒是因为这是一个他与他的兄弟们保持家庭纽带的协议。故选C。

2. 推理判断题。根据倒数第二段最后一句The very next day all the town was talking about this news可知，在这个小镇上，消息传播得非常快。

3. 细节理解题。根据最后一段中I would like to offer condolences to you, due to the death of your dear brother.可知，The bartender认为这个人其中一个兄弟去世了。故选C。

4. 词义猜测题。根据最后一段中“I would like to offer condolences to you, due to the death of your dear brother”.可知，因为你的亲爱的兄弟死了，所以“我”应该是表示“慰问”。sympathy意为“同情，慰问”。故选D。

【名师点睛】

猜测词义题。事实上，阅读材料中的每个词与它前后的词语或句子甚至段落都有联系。做这种类型的题，要根据词、词组、句子所在的语境来判断其意义。我们要特别注意熟词生义，切不可脱离语境想当然。7小题D词义猜测题。根据最后一段中“I would like to offercondolences to you, due to the death of your dear brother”. 可知，因为你的亲爱的兄弟死了，所以“我”应该是表示“慰问”。sympathy意为“同情，慰问”。故选D。

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