Question

【題目】 At the office that day, Martha was left to keep her eyes open until after the lunch hour. Then Mr Max Cohen brought her a document to copy. She was so anxious she had to start afresh three times. And when he came to fetch it, all that had been achieved were the words “Memorandum of an Agreement of Sale” typed across the top of the sheet. She shrank under his impatient assurance that it did not matter in the least, and she must take her time. Her fingers were heavy and trembling, and her head was thick. To type two pages of his small neat writing into something clean and pleasant to look at seemed to her, just then, an impossibly difficult task. He went home without coming to her desk again, and she decided she would come early next morning and do it before anyone else arrived.

Mrs Buss, on her way out, asked, “Have you got any certificates?” Martha said no. She had learned to type at home. Mrs Buss said nothing, but merely nodded absent-mindedly, for her eyes were on the elegant Mrs Jasper Cohen. Martha could barely see where she was going as she left the office. What she said to herself was, “I won’t spend the rest of my life typing this stupid jargon”.

She then went into the building of the ZambesiNews. She was going to see if Mr Spur, an old journalist whom she had known as a child, could offer her any kind of position. She was in the building about half an hour, and when she came out, her face was hot with embarrassment. It had been so painful she could not bear to remember what had happened. What she must remember was that she had no qualifications at all.

【1】Why did Martha find her first day at the office difficult?

A.She was too nervous to think.B.Mr Cohen was not easy to please.

C.The task given to her was very difficult.D.She was not used to working under pressure.

【2】By the end of the day, which of the following was true of Martha?

A.She had decided to work overtime.B.She hadn't finished her typing work.

C.She hadn't thought she would be blamed.D.She knew Mr Cohen was disappointed in her.

【3】What might be Mrs Buss's attitude towards Martha?

A.She seemed eager to help her.

B.She seemed uninterested in her.

C.She seemed to have taken a dislike to her.

D.She seemed concerned about her lack of qualifications.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】B

【解析】

這是一篇記敘文。文章主要記敘了Martha在辦公室一天的工作經(jīng)歷。她很緊張，老是做不好事情，當(dāng)天也沒能完成Max Cohen給她的工作，Buss夫人也對她提不起興趣，她感到很羞愧和痛苦。

【1】

推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段中Then Mr Max Cohen brought her a document to copy. She was so anxious she had to start afresh three times. And when he came to fetch it, all that had been achieved were the words “Memorandum of an Agreement of Sale” typed across the top of the sheet. She shrank under his impatient assurance that it did not matter in the least, and she must take her time. Her fingers were heavy and trembling, and her head was thick. To type two pages of his small neat writing into something clean and pleasant to look at seemed to her, just then, an impossibly difficult task.可知然后Max Cohen先生給她拿了一份文件讓她復(fù)印。她非常著急，不得不重新開始了三次。而當(dāng)他來取時，只見那張紙的上方打著“銷售協(xié)議備忘錄”的字樣。她在他的不耐煩之下畏縮了一下，確信這根本無關(guān)緊要，她必須慢慢來。她的手指沉重而顫抖，頭也昏昏沉沉的。要把他兩頁工整的小字打成干凈悅目的東西，對她來說，就在那時，似乎是一件不可能完成的艱巨任務(wù)。由此可推知，Martha覺得她在辦公室第一天上班很困難，因為她緊張得無法思考。故選A。

【2】

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段中He went home without coming to her desk again, and she decided she would come early next morning and do it before anyone else arrived.可知他回到家，沒有再到她的辦公桌前。她決定明天一大早就來，在其他人來之前，把工作做完。由此可知，在一天結(jié)束的時候，Martha還沒有完成她的打字工作。B選項正確。故選B。

【3】

推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段中Mrs Buss said nothing, but merely nodded absent-mindedly, for her eyes were on the elegant Mrs Jasper Cohen.可知Buss太太什么也沒說，只是心不在焉地點了點頭，因為她的目光正落在優(yōu)雅的Jasper Cohen太太身上。由此可推知，Buss夫人對Martha似乎不感興趣。故選B。