Question

Mr. Jones opened a shop in Aston to sell writing-paper, pencils and things like that. During the first month, very few people visited his shop. He sold little,and he could see that he was going to lose money.

One night,Mr.Jones sat bay the fire and was worried after another very bad day. Suddenly he got an idea. He found a piece of wood and wrote to the following notice on it in big letters:

“WHAT DO YOU THINK I GIVE AWAY PENCILS AND PAPER AND INK”

He put up the notice in front of the shop window before he went to bed. He slept better than usual that night.

The following day, many people came to the shop. Mr. Jones said good morning to them all with a bright smile and asked the frist woman what she wanted.

She chose some writing paper and a pencil. As soon as he put them on her hands, she turned to leave the shop.

“That will be thirty cents(美分），please,” he said.

“Why?” she asked in surprise.

“That’s the price of the paper and the pencil.”

“But your notice says it’s free,” she replied.

“Oh no,” he said, “how can I make any money if everything is free?”

She took him outside and showed him the notice “It is wrong,too,”she said. “where is the question mark after the word ‘think’?”

“There isn’t a question mark,”he said.

“But there should be one .”

“I’m afraid you’ve made a mistake,” Mr.Jones said.“You have read my notice in the wrong way.”

“Not at all,” said the woman. “It is quite easy to read. It says: What do you think? I give away pencils and paper and ink!”

“No,” Mr.Jones said. “You should read it like this: And the answer to the question is: Certainly not! So you really have to pay me thirty cents, you see.”

1.How did Mr.Jones most probably fell that night.?

A.Confident. B.Guilty.

C.Nervous. D.Worried.

2.Which of the following sentences is the most suitble for the blank in the last paragraph?

A.What do you think?I give away pencils and paper and ink!

B.What?Do you think I give away pencils and paper and ink?

C.What do you think I give away?Pencils and paper and ink.

D.Ink and paper and pencils away give.I think you do what?

3.What can we infer(推斷) from the story?

A.Mr.Jones agreed to let the shoppers get things for free that day.

B.People in the town considered Mr.Jones a smart and honest man.

C.The woman paid the money unwillingly and left the shop angrily.

D.Mr.Jones s trick proved to be a longtime success and he got rich.

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.B

3.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了Jones開了一家文具店，可是一個多月過去了，賣得東西很少，于是他就想出來了一個方法，在門口寫了一個廣告，第二天來了很多顧客，他們誤認為這里的東西是免費的，Jones需要再次給顧客解釋，東西不是免費的，是需要付費的。

1.推理判斷題。根據(jù)He slept better than usual that night.可知他那天晚上睡得很香，因此可以推出他自信會有一些人來買東西，故選A。

2.細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)where is the question mark after the word ‘think’?” the answer to the question is: Certainly not!可知think后面的句子應該有問號，故排除A、C;又根據(jù)答案應該可以用no來回答，所以后面的句子應該是一般疑問句，故排除D，故選B。

3.推理判斷題。根據(jù)But your notice says it’s free,” she replied.可推知這個婦女認為這個商店的東西使免費給的，所以她會認為老板作弄人，會很生氣，故選C。

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