（整理版高中英語）故事類

1、故事類 (1)sons helpmr. lang worked in a factory. as a driver, he was busy but he was paid much. his wife was an able woman and did all the housework. when he came back, she took good care of him and he never did anything at home. so he had enough time when he had a holiday. a few friends of his liked g

2、ambling(賭博) and he learned it soon. so he was interested in it and hardly forgot anything except gambling. he lost all his money and later he began to sell the television, watches and so on. his wife told him not to do it but he didnt listen to her. she had to tell the police. he and his friends wer

3、e punished for it. and he was hardly sent away. after he came out of lockup(拘留所), he hated her very much and the woman had to leave him.it was new years day. mr. lang didnt go to work. he felt lonely and wanted to gamble again. he called his friends and they came soon. but they were afraid the polic

4、e would come. he told his five-year-old son to go to find out if there were the policemen outside. they waited for a long time and didnt think the police would come and began to gamble. suddenly opened the door and in came a few policemen.“i saw there werent any policemen outside, daddy, said the bo

5、y, “so i went to the crossing and asked some to come.1. mr. lang was paid much because _. a. he was a driverb. he worked in a factoryc. he had a lot of work to dod. he had worked there for a long time2. mrs. lang did all housework because _. a. she couldnt find any workb. she thought her husband was

6、 tiredc. her husband spent all time in gamblingd. she wouldnt stop her husband gambling3. _, so he was put into lockup. a. mr. lang often gambledb. mr. lang was late for workc. mr. lang didnt help his wife at homed. mr. lang wasnt polite to the police4. the woman had to leave mr. lang because _. a.

7、he didnt love her any longerb. he wouldnt stop gamblingc. he had been put into lockupd. he was hardly sent away by the factory5. which of the following is right? a. the boy hoped his father to be put into lockup again.b. the boy thought his father needed some policemen.c. the boy hoped his father to

8、 stop gambling soon.d. the boy hoped his mother to come back.(16 cbdaab)【答案與解析】本文講一個賭棍想要賭錢，因此叫他的兒子把風(fēng)，可他的兒子卻把警察找來的故事。1. c。細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第1段第2句話 as a driver, he was busy but he was paid much 可知答案為 c。2. b。推斷題。根據(jù)第1段第3句話 his wife was an able woman and did all the housework. when he came back, she took good care

9、of him and he never did anything at home 可知答案為 b。3. a。推斷題。根據(jù) his wife told him not to do it but he didnt listen to her. she had to tell the police 可知答案為 a。4. a。細節(jié)題。根據(jù) he hated her very much and the woman had to leave him可知答案為 a。5. b。語義理解題。根據(jù)最后一句話 i saw there werent any policeman outside, daddy, so i

10、 went to the crossing and asked some to come 可知答案為 b。(2)136 crestview circledover, connecticutjanuary 16, 1995ganders furniture storestamford, connecticut, 09876dear sir, i am writing about your january bill, which i am returning with this letter. i am not going to pay this bill. last month i bought

11、 a table and four chairs for $65.50. they were sent to me on december 18. that night one leg of the table broke while my wife was putting our dinner on it. it fell on one of the chair, and that broke, too. our $ 2.50 steak(牛排) landed on the floor, and the dog ate it. i spoke to the salesmen who had

12、sold me the table and the chairs. he told me to write you a letter. i wrote you on december 20, saying that i was not going to pay for the furniture. on december 21 some men came and took it back to the store. please do something about your records. i do not want to receive another bill for the furn

13、iture which i returned. yours trulyalberts robbins1. from the letter we can conclude that mr robbins had actually paid _ for the table and the four chairs. a. $ 65.50 b. $ 68.00 c. $ 2.50 d. no money2. why do you think mr robbins write the letter to the furniture store? a. he had paid for the furnit

14、ure but was asked to pay again. b. he didnt want to receive a second bill for the furniture he had returned. c. the furniture he bought was badly made and he wanted to return it. d. he wanted the manager to scold the salesmen for the bad furniture. 3. try to guess the mood(心情) when mr robbins was wr

15、iting the letter.a. he was angry. b. he was disappointedc. he was anxious. d. he was friendly. 【答案與解析】 這是一封信，作者寫這封信的目的是想向收信人說明他不準備付這套桌椅的費用，因為這套桌椅剛送到他家的當天晚上就壞了。1. d。細節(jié)題。根據(jù)正文第1段第1、2句 which i am returning with this letter. i am not going to pay this bill 可知答案為d。2. b。細節(jié)題。根據(jù)正文最后一段第2句 i do not want to rec

16、eive another bill for the furniture which i returned 可知答案為 b。3. a。判斷題。根據(jù)正文第1段 that night one leg of the table broke while my wife was putting our dinner on it. it fell on one of the chairs, and that broke too 可知答案為 a。(3) kate: has your sisters baby arrived yet? john: yes, ive been an uncle since yes

17、terday noon. kate: congratulations! is it a boy or a girl? john: an eight-pound boy. they named him francis. thats spelled with an “i before the “s, you know. kate: thats right. frances with an “e is a girls name. but they are both pronounced the same. why did they name your nephew francis? john: i

18、dont know. they considered a lot of other names, like richard, edward, philip, david, and several others. kate: what if the baby had been a girl? didnt they have any girls names in mind? john: they couldnt agree on any. whenever he suggested a girls name, she said, “i hate that name! some people hav

19、e very strong feelings about names. kate: i think most people do. sometimes i decided not to like someone i havent even met, just because i dont like his name. john: that reminds me of something i read a few days ago. somebody had found out that school children with certain names get low marks in sc

20、hool just because of their names. kate: their family names? john: no, their first names. thats what the article said. 1. the first sentence “has your sisters baby arrived yet? means _. a. has your sisters baby come here yet? b. has your sisters baby reached your home yet? c. has your sisters baby be

21、en sent to you yet? d. has your sister given birth to that baby yet? 2. which of the following is not true according to this passage? a. francis is boys name. b. frances is a girls name. c. francis and frances have the same pronunciation. d. there is no difference between francis and frances. 3. acc

22、ording to the passage, we can infer that a nephew is _. a. a baby boy b. a baby girl c. the son of ones brothers or sistersd. the daughter of ones brothers or sisters. 4. reading the passage, we can know _. a. americans have only first namesb. americans have only family namesc. americans have both f

23、irst names and family namesd. americans have either first names or family names【答案與解析】本文是一篇對話，是 john 和 kate 關(guān)于人的名字的談?wù)摗?. d。細節(jié)判斷題。根據(jù)原文 john 說的話 yes, ive been a uncle since yesterday noon可知 kate 是問 john 他的姐姐生了小孩沒有。所以正確答案為 d。2. d。細節(jié)題。根據(jù)原文可知 john 的姐姐生了個男孩，取名 francis，francis 是男孩名，而 frances 是女孩名。francis 和

24、 frances 的讀音是相同的。由此可判斷出此題正確答案為 d。3. c。推斷題。根據(jù)原文可知 john 的姐姐生了個男孩，取名 francis。然后再根據(jù)kate 問 john 的話可推知 nephew 是指一個人的 sister 或 brother 的兒子。所以答案為 c。4. c。細節(jié)題。根據(jù)最后兩句 kate 和 john 的話 their family names? no, their first names可知此題答案為 c。(4)another reasonit was a quiet village in which there was a military camp. it

25、 was far from the towns and cities and there were some high mountains around. of course it was a good place for training the new soldiers. but it was difficult for the young men to go outside. mr. white, an officer of forty, was strict with them and he hardly let them leave the camp.once mr. white w

26、as ill in bed. he couldnt work and a young officer, mr. hunt, began to train the new soldiers instead of him. he knew the young men well and let nine soldiers go to the nearest town to have a holiday. but night fell and none came back to the camp. he was worried about it and stood at the gate. it wa

27、s five to twelve when mr. hunt decided to go to the town and see what was happening with the young men. he started the car quickly and set off. at that moment the nine soldiers came back. it seemed they were all drunk. of course they found the officer was angry.“im sorry, sir, said the first soldier

28、. “i left the town on time. but something was wrong with my bus on my way here. i had to buy a horse and made it run fast. bad luck! it died and i had to run back.and the other seven soldiers said they were late for the same reasons. it was the last soldiers turn. he said, “im sorry, sir. i got on a

29、 bus on time, buthaving heard this, the officer became even angrier and stopped him at once. he called out, “if you say something was wrong with your bus, ill punish you at once!“no, no, sir, said the young man. “my bus was all right, but the dead horses were in its way!1. the military camp was buil

30、t in the village to _. a. stop the soldiers going to townsb. stop the soldiers meeting their friendsc. train the new soldiersd. make the young men live quietly2. mr. hunt let the nine soldiers have a holiday because _. a. he was kind to themb. they felt lonelyc. they had something important to dod.

31、they were the best of all3. the young officer was worried because _. a. a traffic accident had happenedb. he was afraid something happened to the nine soldiersc. the nine soldiers didnt come back on timed. the nine soldiers drank too much in the town4. the nine soldiers returned to the camp late bec

32、ause _. a. something was wrong with their busesb. their horses died on the return wayc. it took them much time to run backd. they all had drunk much in the town5. which answer do you think right? a. ill believe only the last soldier.b. the officer believed the nine soldiers.c. ill believe none of th

33、e nine soldiers.d. the officer wont punish his soldiers.【答案與解析】本文講9個士兵為自己沒有按時返回軍營找借口開脫的故事。1. c。細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第1段第2句和第3句 it was far from the towns and cities and there were some high mountains around. of course it was a good place for training the new soldiers 可知答案為 c。2. a。推斷題。根據(jù)第2段第3句 he knew the young men

34、well and let nine soldiers go to the nearest town to have a holiday 可知答案為 a。3. b。推斷題。根據(jù) mr. hunt decided to go to the town and see what was happening with the young men 可知答案為 b。4. d。細節(jié)題。根據(jù) it seemed they were all drunk 可知答案為 d。5. c。推斷題。那9個士兵在為自己的晚歸找借口，他們是在說謊，因此應(yīng)該選擇c。(5)i dont think i wrote wronglao

35、yang was born in a small town. he liked reading when he studied at school. he thought the writers were respected(尊敬) and could get a lot of money. he wrote a lot of stories and posted them to the editorial departments (編輯部) but didnt receive any answers.now he works in a factory. hes busy at work. w

36、hen hes free, he always reads something. he always remembers he hoped to be a writer when he was young. one day, xiao ping, his ten-year-old daughter, came back. she looked worried and didnt eat anything. she said miss gao, her chinese teacher, told them to write a solicit article(征文) “my father tha

37、t evening. but she did not know what to write.“thats easy, said lao yang. “l(fā)et me help you.then he sat down to write the solicit article at once. he easily finished it on time. he was sure miss gao would like it. but one afternoon he asked his daughter if the article had been chosen to post to the e

38、ditorial department.“my teacher said your article digressed from the subject(離題), said the girl.“i dont think so, lao yang shouted angrily. “i described(描寫) just my father!1. lao yang wrote a lot of stories because _. a. he likes readingb. he learned much at schoolc. he wanted to be a writerd. he wa

39、nted to help others2. lao yang posted the stories to the editorial departments, _. a. and he got a lot of moneyb. and he became a famous manc. and he was respectedd. but he failed3. as _, lao yang decided to help his daughter. a. he was a writerb. he was freec. he wanted to realize his ideal(理想)d. h

40、e wanted to make his daughter happy4. lao yang hoped _. a. his article could surprise the teacherb. his article could be chosenc. the children could like his articled. everyone could soon know him5. lao yangs solicit article digressed from the subject _. a. because he couldnt write it at allb. becau

41、se he didnt know his father wellc. because it was too bad to be chosend. just because he described his father【答案與解析】lao yang 是個文學(xué)愛好者，但沒能實現(xiàn)他的作家夢，他幫他的女兒寫 my father，本來他應(yīng)該描寫他自己的，但他卻寫成了他的父親。1. c。細節(jié)題。根據(jù) he thought the writers were respected and could get a lot of money. he wrote a lot of stories and poste

42、d them to the editorial departments but didnt receive any answers 可知答案為 c。2. d。細節(jié)題。根據(jù) he wrote a lot of stories and posted them to the editorial departments but didnt receive any answers 可知答案為d。3. c。推斷題。lao yang 很早就喜歡寫作，屢次投稿卻沒有回音，于是他認為幫他女兒寫作文是個很好的實現(xiàn)理想的時機，因此選 c。 4. b。細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第4段最后一句 he asked his daught

43、er if the article had been chosen to post the editorial department 可知答案為 b。5. d。細節(jié)題。文章中說 i described just my father(6)a couple from miami, bill and simone butler, spent sixty-six days in a life-raft(救生艇) in the seas of central america after their boat sank.twenty-one days after they left panama in t

44、heir boat, simony, they met some whales(鯨魚). “they started to hit the side of the boat, said bill, “and then suddenly we heard water. two minutes later, the boat was sinking. they jumped into the life-raft and watched the boat go under the water. for twenty days they had tins of food, biscuits, and

45、bottles of water. they also had a fishing-line and a machine to make salt water into drinking water two things which saved their lives. they caught eight to ten fish a day and ate them raw(生的). then the line broke. “so we had no more fish until something very strange happened. some sharks(鯊魚) came t

46、o feed, and the fish under the raft were afraid and came to the surface. i caught them with my hands.about twenty ships passed them, but no one saw them. after fifty days at sea their life-raft was beginning to break up. then suddenly it was all over. a fishing boat saw them and picked them up. they

47、 couldnt stand up. so the captain carried them onto his boat and took them to costa rica. their two months at sea was over. 1. bill and simone were traveling _ when they met some whales.a. in a life-raftb. in miamic. in simonyd. in panama 2. the whales hit the side of the boat, and then _.a. they br

48、ought in a lot of waterb. they broke the side of the boat c. they pulled the boat d. they went under the water 3. after their boat sank, the couple _.a. jumped into the life-raftb. heard waterc. watched the boat go under waterd. stayed in the life-raft 4. during their days at sea, _ saved their live

49、s. a. tins of food and bottles of waterb. a fishing-line and a machine c. whales and sharksd. twenty passing ships 5. when they saw the fishing boat which later picked them up, _.a. they were too excited to stand up b. they couldnt wait to climb onto the boatc. their life-raft was beginning to break

50、 up d. they knew their two months at sea would be over (15 cbdbd)【答案與解析】這是一篇關(guān)于一對夫婦如何遇到海難，然后在海上的救生艇上生活了66天后獲救的小故事。1. c。在第二自然段的第1句就告訴我們they left panama, simony, they met some whales 說他們是在simony 旅游時遇見whales.2. b。我們從第二自然段得知they started to hit the side of the boat,也就是說是the whales broke the side of the bo

51、at。3. d。在他們的船漂浮之后，the couple是一直待在船上直至獲救的，而不是一直都在jumped into the life-raft。4. b。根據(jù)第3段的第2句they also had a fishing-line and a machine to make salt water into drinking water-two things which saved their lives可知：a fishing-line 和 a machine救了他們的命。5. d。由最后一段after fifty days at sea.我們知道：the couple是太虛弱所以不能站起來

52、，是由船長carried them onto his boat, 而救生艇早在出事后的50天就壞掉了，而不是獲救當天壞的，所以a、b、c都可以排除，d項為正確選項。(7)a frenchman went to a small italian town and was staying with his wife at the best hotel there. one night, he went out for a walk alone. it was late and the small street was dark and quiet. suddenly he felt someone

53、behind him. he turned his head and saw an italian young man who quickly walked past him. the man was nearly out of sight when the frenchman suddenly found that his watch was gone. he thought that it must be the italian who had taken his watch. he decided to follow him and get back the watch. soon th

54、e frenchman caught up with the italian. neither of them understood the others language. the frenchman frightened the italian with his fist(拳頭) and pointed at the italians watch. in the end the italian gave up his watch to the frenchman. when he returned to the hotel, the frenchman told his wife what

55、 had happened. he was greatly surprised when his wife pointed to the watch on the table. now he realized that by mistake he had robbed the watch and it was the italians. 1. the frenchman went to a small italian town _. a. alone b. with his wifec. with his friend d. with an italian 2. one night he we

56、nt out for _ alone. a. a ride b. a walk c. a drink d. rest 3. suddenly he found his_ was gone. a. watch b. money c. bookd. ring 4. the italian gave up his watch to him at last because _. a. he had stolen the watch from the frenchman. b. he understood what the frenchman wanted c. he had picked up the

57、 watch on his w ay from work d. he was afraid of the frenchman 5. who was robbed of the watch on earth? a. the frenchman was. b. the italian was. c. both of them was.d. neither of them was.【答案與解析】本文講述了法國人與意大利人語言不通發(fā)生誤解的一個有趣的故事。法國人在散步時以為自己的手表被經(jīng)過的意大利人偷了，于是他向意大利人舉起了他的拳頭將手表拿了回來。而他回到旅店發(fā)現(xiàn)他的手表安然無恙地躺在桌上。1. b。文章的第1句說the frenchman是staying with his wife at the best hotel，由此句可推知答案。2. b。文章第1段的第2句說he went out for a walk alone由此句可推知答案。3. a。根據(jù)第1段的第4行當italian was near