Question

"Here's the advance payment(预期款) 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 (怀疑) 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.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.C

2.A

3.C

4.C

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述了Mike在一家大公司工作，由于资金少不能给家人与孩子提供更好的将来，这时面对公司的竞争对手的金钱引诱，他将公司的重要文件泄露出去，但是再一次晚间进入公司偷取文件的过程中被值班人员发现，并且送到老板哪，最后发现了其到公司的目的，老板对Mike说，没有人能事奉两个主，如果不能与我们一起工作请你离开。

1.细节理解题。问题是为什么他成为一名间谍？原文He wanted to give his child an excellent education and a bright future, but the future looked rather hopeless. 句意：他想给他的孩子一个良好的教育和一个光明的未来，但未来看上去很绝望。故选C。

2.推理判断题。句意代理人们要求他做什么？原文中he agreed to their offers and began giving them information句意：他同意他们的提议，开始给他们的信息. 从这句话中体现答案。  故选A。

3.细节理解题。 I believed in you, Mike句意：我相信你，Mike. 从 Mr. Smith 话语中体现出在他心目中Mike是一个诚实的人。故选C。

4.词义猜测题。从原文中得知leak out 为泄露之意，泄露之意就是成为众所周知的。故选C。

5.总结升华主题。通过本文的小故事，能够从中得到什么启示A、D均不符合题意，努力工作不一定会诚实，最终在工作我们要诚恳的对待。故选B。

考点：教育类短文阅读。