Question

【題目】 “Ghost of the Future!” Scrooge exclaimed, “I fear you more than any ghost I have seen. But as I know your purpose is to do me good, and as I hope to live to be another man from what I was, I am prepared to accept your company, and do it with a thankful heart. Will you not speak to me?”

The ghost gave him no reply. It stopped beside one little group of business men. Seeing that the hand was pointed to them, Scrooge advanced to listen to their talk.

“No,” said a great fat man with a monstrous chin, “I don’t know much about it, either way. I only know he’s dead.”

“When did he die?” asked another.

“Last night, I believe.”

“Why, what was the matter with him?” asked a third man, taking a vast quantity of snuff out of a very large snuff-box. “I thought he’d never die.”

“God knows,” said the first, with a yawn.

“What has he done with his money?” asked the fourth man, a red-faced gentleman with a pendulous excrescence on the end of his nose, which shook like the gills of a turkey-cock.

“I haven’t heard,” said the first man with the large chin, yawning again. “Left it to his company, perhaps. He hasn’t left it to me. That’s all I know.”

This pleasantry was received with a general laugh.

“It’s likely to be a very cheap funeral(葬禮),” said the same speaker, “for upon my life I don't know of anybody to go to it. Suppose we make up a party and volunteer?”

“I don’t mind going if a lunch is provided.” said the gentleman with the excrescence on his nose. “But I must be fed, if I make one!”

Another laugh.

“Well, I am the most disinterested among you, after all,” said the first speaker, “for I never wear black gloves, and I never eat lunch. But I’ll offer to go, if anybody else will. When I come to think of it, I’m not at all sure that I wasn’t his most particular friend; for we used to stop and speak whenever we met. Bye, bye.”

Speakers and listeners strolled away, and mixed with other groups. Scrooge knew the men, and looked towards the ghost for an answer.

The ghost glided on into a street. Its finger pointed to two persons meeting. Scrooge thought that the answer might lie here.

【1】How did Scrooge feel when he saw the ghost of the future?

A.Bored.B.Fearful.C.Hopeless.D.Shy.

【2】How many businessmen were there in the talk?

A.3B.6C.5D.4

【3】Who was sure to know how the dead man dealt with his money?

A.The first businessman.B.The fourth businessman.

C.No one.D.All of the businessmen.

【4】What does the underlined word “advanced” in Paragraph 2 mean?

A.停止B.堅持C.提到D.前進

【5】What would happen next according to the last paragraph?

A.Scrooge would ask the ghost to explain to him.

B.The ghost would tell Scrooge the answer directly.

C.Scrooge would turn back to ask those businessmen to get the answer.

D.Scrooge would listen to the two persons for the possible answer.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】C

【4】D

【5】D

【解析】

文章大意：文章主要講的是Scrooge看到了“未來之靈”，它帶Scrooge聽四個商人對一個死者的財產(chǎn)的處理的討論，沒有得出答案，最后鬼魂給Scrooge指了兩個人，Scrooge認為他們知道答案。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第一行“I fear you more than any ghost I have seen”“我怕你勝過我所見過的任何鬼魂”可知，應該是害怕的，Bored厭煩的；Fearful害怕的；Hopeless無希望的；Shy害羞的，故選B。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第三段第一行“a great fat man with a monstrous chin”“一個長著畸形下巴的胖子”和第四段“asked another”“另一個問道”和第六段第一行“asked a third man”“第三個人問”和第八段第一行“asked the fourth man”“第四個人問”可知，有四個商人，故選D。

【3】推斷題。通讀全文以及最后一段“The ghost ……lie here”“鬼魂悄悄地走到街上。它的手指指向兩個會面的人。史克魯奇認為答案可能就在這里”可知，沒有人肯定知道死者怎么處理他的錢的，故選C。

【4】詞句猜測題。根據(jù)文章第二段第一、二行“Seeing that the hand was pointed to them”“看到用手指著他們”和后面的“listen to their talk”“聽他們的談話”，可推知advanced是“上前，前進”的意思，故選D。

【5】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章最后一段“The ghost ……lie here”“鬼魂悄悄地走到街上。它的手指指向兩個會面的人，史克魯奇認為答案可能就在這里”可知，史克魯奇會聽兩個人說可能的答案，故選D。