Question

Mr Smith gave his wife money every Friday evening. His wife always spent it all the next Wednesday, so that for the next three days she had no money to spend at all. One day Mr Smith asked her," But how did you spend all that money?" She answered, "I don't know . "So one Friday evening, Mr Smith gave her money together with an exercise book and a pencil. He said to his wife ,"Please write down how you spend the money . "Next Tuesday, his wife had no money again. Mr Smith took the exercise book to see how she had spent it. "I have done what you told me ,"she said gladly. She had written "Friday, I got 18 pounds from Mr Smith. "on the first page, and on the second page, she wrote ,"Tuesday, I have spent it all. "

1.Mrs Smith always spent all the money ____.

A. the next day B. in four days C. in a week D. on next Wednesday

2.Mr Smith gave his wife an exercise book and a pencil and asked her____

A. to do homework

B. to have a look

C. to write down how she spent the money

D. to draw a picture on it

3.Mrs Smith was ____ to do what Mr Smith asked her to .

A. happy   B. sad  C. sorry   D. excited

4.Mr Smith gave his wife money ____ a week.

A. once  B. twice　C. three times  D. four times

5.The story tells us that Mrs Smith was not very ____.

A .glad B. tall C. careful D. Good

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文向我们讲述了一位夫人花钱如流水的故事：故事的结尾令人捧腹，记录的内容也必会让男主人公哭笑不得。

1.细节理解题。根据第二句His wife always spent it all the next Wednesday可知，在周三就把钱花光了，故选D。

2.细节理解题。根据丈夫对妻子的原话：Please write down how you spend the money.可知，他给妻子纸和笔的原因在于让她把钱的流向记录下来，故选C。

3.推理判断题。根据妻子的记录"Friday, I got 18 pounds from Mr Smith. "on the first page, and on the second page, she wrote ,"Tuesday, I have spent it all. "可知她是在敷衍丈夫，所以，她是不乐意先生的要求的，故选B。

4.细节理解题。根据第一句Mr Smith gave his wife money every Friday evening. 可知，史密斯先生每周给他妻子一次钱，故选A。

5.推理判断题。根据短文内容可知，史密斯太太是一个花钱如流水的人，尽管先生要求她记下钱的具体用处，她也只是应付几句，可知她在花钱上是not very careful的，故选C。

考点：日常生活类短文阅读。