Question

Mr. Hunt came from a poor family. He had three brothers and two sisters. His father worked hard but wasn’t paid much. And his mother did all the housework at home. They were both able but they couldn’t get enough money for their family.

Mr. Hunt was in school for only three years and he had to stop to help his parents though he was good at his lessons. When he was sixteen, he came to the city and began to work in a small factory. He learned from an old worker and became a skilled worker. The old worker liked him and married his daughter to him. The young man did not have his own house and had to live with his parents-in-law. His mother-in-law always thought he was poor and often chattered. So the young man tried to save everything and hoped to have his own house.

It was one fine Sunday. The old woman wanted to have a picnic on the top of the hill. She told Mr. Hunt to drive her car. But sometimes she told him to turn left and sometimes to turn right. The young man had to listen to her. At a crossing the lights were red but she made him turn left. The policeman stopped them and told the young man to give his license to him.

“If I did wrong, sir,” said Mr. Hunt, “It was my mother-in-law’s fault(過錯). She was driving the car though she sat behind me!”

1. The Hunts were poor because ____.

A. they were lazy

B. they were too weak to work

C. they couldn’t make enough money

D. they weren’t able enough

2. Mr. Hunt left the school because ____.

A. he didn’t like studying

B. his family was poor

C. he wasn’t clever

D. he hoped to stay at home

3.____, so the old man married his daughter to him.

A. Mr. Hunt became a skilled worker

B. Mr. Hunt was friendly to him

C. Mr. Hunt was paid much in the factory

D. Mr. Hunt worked for six years there

4.The old woman was ____ to Mr. Hunt.

A. good B. bad C. friendly D. useless

5.Which of the following is wrong?

A. The old woman herself drove the car that day.

B. It was the old woman’s fault.

C. Mr. Hunt hated his mother-in-law.

D. The old woman told Mr. Hunt to run the red lights.

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.B

5.A

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文講述了Hunt先生的生活情況，他來自一個貧窮的家庭，輟學后去了一個工廠跟一個老工人學習，老工人還把自己的女兒嫁給了她。但是Hunt先生的岳母不喜歡他，總是找茬。一次他們去野餐的時候，在路上闖紅燈被警察抓住了。

1.細節理解題。根據短文第一段中Mr. Hunt came from a poor family. …They were both able but they couldn’t get enough money for their family.可知，Hunt先生來自一個貧窮的家庭，他的家人都很有能力，但是卻賺不到足夠的錢，所以Hunt一家非常的窮。由此可知選C。

2.推理判斷題。根據短文第二段中Mr. Hunt was in school for only three years and he had to stop to help his parents though he was good at his lessons.可知，Hunt先生只上了三年學就退學了，因為他必須幫助父母。由此我們可以推斷，Hunt先生因為家庭貧困而輟學。故選B。

3.細節理解題。根據短文中He learned from an old worker and became a skilled worker. The old worker liked him and married his daughter to him可知，Hunt先生在一個工廠里跟一個老工人學習，成為了一個技術工人，那個老工人非常喜歡他，并把他的女兒嫁給了他。由此可知選A。

4.推理判斷題。根據短文第二段中His mother-in-law always thought he was poor and often chattered.以及下面兩段的內容可知，Hunt先生的岳母嫌棄他窮，對他非常不好。故選B。

5.推理判斷題。根據短文最后兩段的意思可知，Hunt先生在開車的時候，他的岳母老是在后面指揮他，向左轉，向右轉，還讓他闖紅燈。所以Hunt先生就對警察說是他的岳母在開車。故A不符合文意，選A。B、C和D選項都符合文意。

考點：故事類短文閱讀。