Question

　　As you know, the great American writer Jack London was often in need of money when he began to write his books. He worked very hard but it did not help him.

　　Once he promised(允诺) a New York magazine(杂志) to write a story for it, but he was busy at that time and could not keep his promise. The boss of the magazine wrote letters to Jack London several times to ask him to send the story. At last he went to Jack London's room and left him a note (字条).

　　“Dear Jack London, if I don't get the story in twenty-four hours, I'll come to your room and kick(踢) you downstairs, and I always keep my promise.”

　　Jack London read the note and answered：“Dear Dick, if I could do my work with my feet like you, I could keep my promise, too.”

1．Jack London ________ when he began to write his books.

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A．had much money

B．didn't have enough money

C．didn't have any money

D．didn't need any money

2．Once Jack London was ________ busy ________ write a story for a New York magazine as he promised.

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A．very; to

B．as; as

C．too; to

D．so; to

3．The bass of the magazine wrote letters to Jack London to ________ the story.

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A．send

B．ask for

C．give

D．ask

4．At last the boss ________ left a note in Jack London's room.

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A．himself

B．herself

C．itself

D．yourself

5．Jack London's answer meant he ________ do his work with his feet.

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A．had to

B．could

C．must

D．couldn't

Answer 1

答案：B;C;B;A;D
解析：

答案为：1．B;2．C;3．B;4．A;5．D 　　【解析】本篇文章是关于美国作家杰克·伦敦的小故事。 　　1．本题属于词义辨别题。答案与文中相关词语的语义相近，却用了不同的表达方式。文中说：“Jack London was often in need of money when he began to write his books.”划线部分与B选项didn't have enough money意义相近。2．本题也属词义辨别题。文中有一句…but he was busy at that time and could not keep his promise.而将C项置入第2题则为…he was too busy to write a story for a New York magazine as he promised.关键词语too…to…表示“太……而不能……”。两个句子用不同的方式表达出了相同的意思。3．本题属辨认事实题。这类题目的答案可直接从阅读材料中获取，着重考查学生对主要信息的筛选能力，只要抓住文中揭示主旨的关键词句，辨认相关信息，答案便清楚无疑。根据原文提供的信息：The boss wrote letters to Jack London several times to ask him to send the story.与题目中的B项意思一致。4．本题属于词的用法判断题。这是考查英语的知识性问题，同时也考查学生的观察能力。文中用代词he代替the boss，肯定为男性，当然用反身代词himself作其同位语。5．本题属于逻辑推理题。这类题目的答案一般不能照搬原文中的某一句话，而要在充分理解原文的基础上，对文章提供的多种信息进行综合整理、推理和判断，得出合乎逻辑的结论。根据材料提供的信息：If I could do my work with my feet like you, I could keep my promise.作为作家，杰克伦敦不可能用脚来写文章，因此he couldn't do his work with his feet.