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【題目】 “Come on, Daily News!” called Jason, carrying some newspapers under his arm. The little boy was running up and down the street, but twenty papers were still not sold. This was his first day of selling newspapers. He was in bad mood. It was getting dark and fewer people were in the street. He had to go home with the rest papers instead of money. He hoped to make more money to buy a cake for his mother’s birthday. But he failed to sell all his papers. He broke down and cried on the way back.

“You don’t know the secret of selling papers.” Another newsboy Jim told Jason and taught him to shout loudly, “Hot news! More exciting news is on!”

“But it’s not in the paper at all.” replied Jason.

“Right, then just run away quickly before they have time to see.” Jim said.

It was really a new idea to Jason. He thought of the cake for his mother, but at last decided not to tell a lie. Though he was poor, he was taught to be honest by his mother.

The next afternoon, Jason went to the office for his papers again. With a proud smile, Jim announced that he sold sixty the day before. He added that Jason lost the chance of getting more money because he was too foolish.

“You wouldn’t tell a lie yesterday, my boy?” A gentleman at the office came up and said. “You are just the boy I am looking for.” A week later, Jason started his new job. He lost the sale of twenty papers, but got a well-paid job because he told the truth.

【1】Why did Jason keep running in the street?

A.To buy a cake.B.To sell newspapers

C.To go home.D.To find a job

【2】How did Jason feel on the way back on the first day?

A.He felt sad.B.He felt excited.

C.He felt relaxed.D.He felt foolish.

【3】How did Jim sell more newspapers?

A.By telling the secret.B.By making up untrue news.

C.By running quickly.D.By telling the truth.

【4】Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A.Jason sold twenty newspapers on the first day.

B.Jason was too foolish to make more money.

C.Jason learned something good from his mother.

D.Jason listened to Jim and made more money that day.

【5】What does the story mainly tell us?

A.Honesty is the best policy.

B.A friend in need is a friend indeed.

C.Practice makes perfect.

D.Don’t put all eggs in one basket.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】B

【4】C

【5】A

【解析】

Jason還有20份報(bào)紙沒賣出去，他非常想多賣一些，幫媽媽買個(gè)生日蛋糕。Jim告訴Jason可以謊稱今天有熱門新聞，但是Jason認(rèn)為那樣是在說謊并沒有這么做。Jason雖然沒賣出去報(bào)紙，但是他因?yàn)樗�的誠實(shí)得到了一份更好的工作。

【1】推理判斷題。根據(jù)“The little boy was running up and down the street, but twenty papers were still not sold.”可知Jason在街上跑上跑下，但是20份報(bào)紙還是沒賣出去，因此可推斷他在街上跑是為了賣報(bào)紙。故選B。

【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)“He broke down and cried on the way back.”可知Jason在第一天回家的路上情緒低落，哭著回家的，因此可推測他的心情是悲傷的。故選A。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)“‘You don’t know the secret of selling papers. ’ Another newsboy Jim told Jason and taught him to shout loudly, ‘Hot news! More exciting news is on! ’ ”可知Jim是通過吆喝“最新消息！還有更多令人興奮的新聞!”賣出去很多報(bào)紙；根據(jù)“‘But it’s not in the paper at all. ’ replied Jason.”可知Jim所說的新消息并不在報(bào)紙上，因此可推測Jim是在說謊。故選B。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“The little boy was running up and down the street, but twenty papers were still not sold.”可知Jason是有20份報(bào)紙還沒賣出，并不是說第一天就賣了20份，因此A選項(xiàng)是錯(cuò)誤的；根據(jù)“He added that Jason lost the chance of getting more money because he was too foolish.”可知Jim認(rèn)為Jason沒賺更多的錢是因?yàn)?/span>Jason很愚蠢，然而Jason只是不想說謊，并不是愚蠢，因此B選項(xiàng)是錯(cuò)誤的；根據(jù)“Though he was poor, he was taught to be honest by his mother.”可知盡管Jason很窮，但是他媽媽也教他要誠實(shí)，因此他沒有聽Jim的去說謊，因此C選項(xiàng)是正確的，D選項(xiàng)是錯(cuò)誤的。故選C。

【5】主旨大意題。本文講述了Jason并沒有聽Jim的話去撒謊，Jason雖然沒賣出去報(bào)紙，但是他因?yàn)樗�的誠實(shí)得到了一份更好的工作。因此本文主要是關(guān)于誠實(shí)和說謊的，A選項(xiàng)符合大意。故選A。