Question

【題目】The man sitting opposite Robert was the Financial Controller. Everybody called him “the FC” for short. He made all the decisions about money. Robert needed some more. That was why he had to see him. The two men did not get on very well. In fact, they had always disliked each other.

“Your request is out of the question,” the FC said. Robert had difficulty in controlling himself, but he managed somehow. He explained that he wanted the money in order to make more programmes.

“And why do you want to do that?” the FC asked sharply. Again, Robert almost lost his temper. “Because more and more people are listening to my department’s programmes. There’s great demand for them,” he answered.

The FC did not seem to believe him. But Robert had a report on the numbers of listeners to all EBC programmes. The FC became less confident (自信). Robert threw the report down on the table and told him to read it.

The FC looked at it in silence. The figures (數(shù)字) proved that he had been wrong, but he did not want to admit it. “Well,” he finally said, “I may have made a small mistake.” Robert noticed the word “may”. He got up to leave. But he had the feeling that he would get the money after all.

【1】In the story the Financial Controller was a person who was in charge of______.

A. EBC programs. B. EBC money.

C. both B and A. D. Robert’s department’s programs.

【2】“Your request is out of the question.” Here “outof the question” means______.

A. possible. B. impossible.

C. with some question. D. without any question

【3】Robert decided to make more programs because_________.

A. “the FC” disliked him

B. he wanted to meet the needs of the listeners.

C. he wanted to show himself off.

D. the members of his department wanted him to do so.

【4】Who do you think won the argument(爭論)in the end?

A. Nobody. B. The listeners.

C. Robert. D. The Financial Controller.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】B

【3】B

【4】C

【解析】

試題分析：本文屬于記敘文，敘述了Robert向公司負責財務的Financial Controller申請資金的小故事。

【1】B 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段第三句He made all the decisions about money.可知Financial Controller負責公司里的財務問題。故B正確。

【2】B 推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段第二句Robert had difficulty in controlling himself, but he managed somehow.可知Robert聽到對方這樣說，很難控制自己。說明對方不同意他的請求，所以“Your request is out of the question.”意為“不可能”。故B正確。

【3】B 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段后兩句“Because more and more people are listening to my department’s programmes. There’s great demand for them,” he answered.可知因為越來越多的人聽他的節(jié)目，人們對節(jié)目的要求很高。所以他想滿足聽眾的需要，對節(jié)目做更多的投資。故B正確。

【4】C 推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章最后兩句Robert noticed the word “may”. He got up to leave. But he had the feeling that he would get the money after all.可知Financial Controller承認自己可能犯錯，所以他很可能會批準這筆錢，同時Robert對此也有自信。故C項正確。