Question

Tomorrow was his girlfriend’s birthday and the young man was having a difficult time deciding on a present for her. She already had more clothes than she knew what to do with them, so he couldn’t get any kind of apparel. She never ate sweets, so candy was out of the question. What then? He had a very special reason for wanting to impress her with just the right gift; tomorrow he was going to make an offer of marriage to her.

He finally decided on perfume(香水). All girls liked perfume. That raised another problem, however. What kind did she prefer? He couldn’t ask her because that would ruin the surprise.

At last the young man hit upon a brilliant idea. That afternoon, pretending to take his girlfriend’s fox terrier, a little dog for a walk, the young man and the dog went directly to the perfume counter of the town’s biggest department store. Good! There was a large array (長列) of perfume. He beckoned(招呼) a clerk, instructing her to open a large number of bottles and wave the stoppers under the dog’s nose.

Nestled in the young man’s arms, the terrier began to be restless and bored as this seemingly pointless game went on. Then Fritz suddenly became frisky, wiggling in the young man’s arms and barking excitedly, as the clerk waved one stopper under its nose.

“I’ll take that one,” said the young man to the clerk. The price was high, but it was worth it, he thought.

“My favorite perfume!” said the delighted girl the next evening as she unwrapped the package. “How did you know?” she asked, dabbing some perfume behind each ear.

“Intuition(直覺), I guess.” said the young man, deciding that it wasn’t exactly wrong to tell a lie under the circumstances. One day, after they were married, he would admit that his intuition had really been a little dog named Fritz.

1.Which of the following words best describes the young man in the story ?

A．Kind-hearted                          B．Curious

C．Creative                              D．Mean

2.The underlined word “frisky” in Paragraph 4 means ______.

A．lively                                 B．a(chǎn)ngry

C．uneasy                               D．puzzled

3.According to the story, the birthday present for the girl was actually decided on by _____.

A．the young man     B．the store clerk      C．the man’s intuition D．the dog Fritz

4.Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE ?

A．The young man wanted to give his girlfriend a pleasant surprise.

B．The pet dog Fritz knew what the young man wanted very well.

C．The kind of perfume the young man chose was expensive.

D．The young man told a white lie about his final choice of the perfume.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.B

【解析】

試題分析：文章介紹了一個年輕人為了給女朋友一個驚喜，想買香水給她，為了選擇女朋友喜歡的香水，年輕人把狗用上了。

1.推理題：從年輕人選擇買什么禮物，到他用狗選擇禮物，都可以看出他很有創(chuàng)造力。選C

2.猜詞題：從后面的描寫， wiggling in the young man’s arms and barking excitedly, 可知frisky 是活潑的意思。選A

3.細節(jié)題:從最后一段的句子：he would admit that his intuition had really been a little dog named Fritz.可知這個禮物是狗選出的。選D

4.細節(jié)題：從故事情節(jié)可知寵物狗選擇了正確的香水，是因為了解年輕人的女朋友的喜好，不是年輕人。選B

考點：考查故事類短文

點評：文章介紹了一個年輕人為了給女朋友一個驚喜，想買香水給她，為了選擇女朋友喜歡的香水，年輕人把狗用上了。細節(jié)題居多，答題時在文章找到對應(yīng)的地方，用筆進行標記，這有利于后期有時間檢查時可以立刻找到答案的位置。仔細理解作者所講的意思，再結(jié)合選項，通過排除法和自己對全文的把握，選出正確答案。