"Here's the advance payment(預(yù)期款) of 10,000 dollars. You will get the other half when we get those papers," the agent told Mike. "But sir, Mr. Smith has been very suspicious (懷疑) since last week," Mike replied.

    "In that case, be careful and don't worry. You are very clever," the agent said." Take 5,000 dollars more," Mike looked around uneasily but took the money.

    Mike was a clerk in a large company. A few years ago he started to get very worried because it was very hard for him to support his family. He wanted to give his child an excellent education and a bright future, but the future looked rather hopeless.

    One day some agents called him. They were his company's competitors. At first he refused their offers. But when he thought his dream could come true, he agreed to their offers and began giving them information.

   However, his spy work started to get more and more difficult because his owner had become suspicious, since a lot of important information was leaking out.

   One night when Mike was on one of his spying tasks, he met Alim, the night watchman." What are you doing here, Mike?" shouted Alim.

  "Oh, I had just forgotten some documents here, Alim, "Mike replied, trying to look comfortable." I just came to get them."

    "Is that true?" Alim said." We’ll see what Mr. Smith says."

    Alim called Mr. Smith and told him to come right away. Mr. Smith looked at Mike and said. "So you are the thief! I believed in you, Mike."

   "Call the police, Alim. We have finally caught the spy," Mr. Smith said. "And by the way, Mike ,no man can serve two masters. You should have left if you did not work with us any longer."   

1.Why did Mike take the job as a spy? Because ______________.

A、he didn't want to work for his company any longer.

B、some agents forced him to do so.

C、he wanted to give his child an excellent education and bright future.

D、Mr. Smith did not give treat him very well.

2.What did the agents ask Mike to do?  

A、To give them some important information of his company.

B、To follow his boss secretly.

C、To serve his master very honestly.

D、To leave his company and join them.

3.Mr. Smith thought Mike was______ before he knew that Mike was a spy.

A、kind          B、clever        C、honest          D、dishonest

4.What's the meaning of the phrase "leak out" in the passage?___________.

A、land on        B、cross out     C、become known     D、come out

5.What can you learn from the passage?______________.

A、We should be careful at work.       B、We should be honest at work.

C、We should work hard.             D、We should serve the masters.

 

【答案】

 

1.C

2.A

3.C

4.C

5.B

【解析】

試題分析:這篇短文主要講述了Mike在一家大公司工作,由于資金少不能給家人與孩子提供更好的將來,這時面對公司的競爭對手的金錢引誘,他將公司的重要文件泄露出去,但是再一次晚間進入公司偷取文件的過程中被值班人員發(fā)現(xiàn),并且送到老板哪,最后發(fā)現(xiàn)了其到公司的目的,老板對Mike說,沒有人能事奉兩個主,如果不能與我們一起工作請你離開。

1.細節(jié)理解題。問題是為什么他成為一名間諜?原文He wanted to give his child an excellent education and a bright future, but the future looked rather hopeless. 句意:他想給他的孩子一個良好的教育和一個光明的未來,但未來看上去很絕望。故選C。

2.推理判斷題。句意代理人們要求他做什么?原文中he agreed to their offers and began giving them information句意:他同意他們的提議,開始給他們的信息. 從這句話中體現(xiàn)答案。  故選A。

3.細節(jié)理解題。 I believed in you, Mike句意:我相信你,Mike. 從 Mr. Smith 話語中體現(xiàn)出在他心目中Mike是一個誠實的人。故選C。

4.詞義猜測題。從原文中得知leak out 為泄露之意,泄露之意就是成為眾所周知的。故選C。

5.總結(jié)升華主題。通過本文的小故事,能夠從中得到什么啟示A、D均不符合題意,努力工作不一定會誠實,最終在工作我們要誠懇的對待。故選B。

考點:教育類短文閱讀。

 

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