Question

阅读下面的短文并根据短文内容，从短文后面每题所给的选项中选择最佳答案。

　　Mr West wanted to buy his wife a Christmas present, but he was always very busy, so he was never able to find time to go to the shops. At last when it was the week before Christmas, and the shops were very crowded, he decided that he could not wait any longer. That day he didn't have lunch in a restaurant as usual. He bought some bread, ate it quickly, and then went to a big shop near his office. The shop was full of women, who were also buying presents during their lunch time hour. Mr West stood politely at the edge(边缘) of a crowd of women who were pushing forward(向前) to try to get to the shop assistants. He tried to move forward slowly, taking his turn with the others, but more and more women were coming into the shop and pushing past him.

　　After half an hour, he was just as far from the shop assistants as he had been when he came in, and his lunch hour was coming to an end, so he decided to change his way of doing things. He put his head down, gave a loud shout and started to push his way towards(朝……，向……) the front of the crowd as hard as he could.

　　The women around him became very angry, and began to shout at him. “Ladies,” he answered, “I have been behaving(表现) like a gentleman for the past hours, and it has got me nowhere, so now I am starting to behave like a lady!”

1．Which of the following is true?

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A．Mr West didn't go to buy presents until the week before Christmas.

B．Mr West didn't want to go shopping because the shops were too crowded.

C．Mr West couldn't wait to buy his wife a Christmas present.

2．Mr West went to buy his wife a present ________.

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A．in the morning

B．during the lunch time

C．after his lunch time in a restaurant

3．When Mr West got to the shop, ________.

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A．there were several women there

B．he had to stand away from the crowd

C．he found it was hard to get to the shop assistants

4．Mr West decided to push forward because ________.

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A．a crowd of women pushed him along

B．he was afraid he would be late for work

C．more women would come

5．The women were angry with him because ________.

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A．they thought Mr West behaved like a woman

B．Mr West showed bad manners(没礼貌)

C．Mr West was the only man in the crowd

Answer 1

答案：A;B;C;B;B
解析：

1．短文第一段开头提到，Mr West想给太太买圣诞礼物。在圣诞节的前一周，尽管商店很拥挤，Mr West决定不再等了。所以A项答案是正确的。 　　2．根据That day he didn't have lunch in a restaurant as usual．可知答案为B。 　　3．短文第一段提到，商店里有很多女士向前拥挤，使得Mr West不挤就很难到售货员面前，故答案为C。 　　4．文中提到，Mr West是利用吃午饭时间出来买礼物。因为午饭时间快结束了，再等下去他就要迟到了，所以他决定也向前挤。 　　5．西方习俗“女士优先”，商店里的女士们认为男士礼让是理所当然的，所以她们认为Mr West在那儿挤是不礼貌的。