Question

Alan worked in an office in the city. He worked very hard and really looked forward to his holiday. He usually went to the seaside, but one year he saw an ad. in a newspaper “Enjoy country life. Spend a few weeks at William Farm. Good food, fresh air, horse riding, walking, fishing…”x k b 1 . c o m

“This sounds like a good idea.”he thought, I’ll spend a month at William Farm. I’ll go horse riding, walking and fishing. It’ll be different from the seaside.” Four days later, he returned home.

“What’s wrong with William Farm?”His friend Jack asked him.“Didn’t you enjoy country life?”

“Country life was fine,”Alan said.“But there was another problem.”

“Oh, what problem ?”

“Well, the first day I was there, a sheep died, and we had roast(烤肉) mutton for dinner.”

“Fresh meat is the best.”

“I know, but on the second day a cow died, and we had roast beef for dinner.”

“Lucky you!”

“You don’t understand,”Alan said,“On the third day a pig died and we had roast pork for dinner.”

“A different roast every day.”Jack said.

“Let me finish.”Alan said,“On the fourth day a farmer died and I didn’t want to stay there for dinner.”

1.Alan saw ________ in a news paper.

A. an ad. B. a letter

C. a story D. a report

2.Alan usually went to ________ on the vacation.

A. the mountains B.the countryside

C. the seaside D.William Farm

3.Alan spent _________ at William Farm.

A. four days B. three months

C. a month D. a few weeks

4.Alan had roast _______ for dinner on the third day.

A. mutton B. pork C. beef D. fish

5.From the passage we know that ________.

A. Alan left the farm because he missed his family

B. Alan left the farm because he had four dinners at the farm

C. Alan left the farm because he couldn’t go fishing at the farm

D. Alan came back home because he was afraid of the fourth dinner

Answer 1

1.A

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.D

【解析】

試題分析：短文大意：文章講述了艾倫盼望假期，在報紙上發現了一則廣告，決定去一個農場度假。第一天吃了烤羊肉，第二天吃了烤牛排，第三天吃了烤豬肉，第四天一位農場主死了，因害怕而返回的故事。

1.細節理解題。根據“but one year he saw an ad. in a newspaper…”可知一年他在一張報紙上看到一則廣告，所以選A。

2.細節理解題。根據文中He usually went to the seaside ”可知他通常去海邊度假，所以選C。

3.細節理解題。根據文章的意思，第一天吃了烤羊肉，第二天吃了烤牛排，第三天吃了烤豬肉，第四天一位農場主死了，他回家了。所以是四天。因此選A。

4.細節理解題。根據文中on the third day a pig died and we had roast pork for dinner.可知第三天一頭豬死了，我們吃了烤豬肉，所以選B。

5.推理判斷題。四個選項的意思分別是“因為他想家”、“因為他在農場吃了四頓飯”、“因為他在農場不能去釣魚”、“因為他害怕第四天的飯”， 根據文章的內容可知該選選D

考點：故事類閱讀。