Question

The unwanted disturbing of a mobile phone ringing at a critical moment has led to some famously strong reactions

    British actor Richard Grif-fiths，stopped a performance at the National Theatre and ordered The offending party to leave

    Judge Robert Restaino went considerably further．He was hearing a session of domestic violence offenders in a court when proceedings were interrupted by rings of a phone．

   “Everyone is going to jail unless I get that instrument now,” he shouted．

    Over the next two hours，the judge entered a period of “incredible madness”．He began by ordering the doors of the court locked，and set the officers to searching for the phone．

    When that failed to find the offending item he ordered each of the defendants(被告) present in the room up to his bench and in turn asked them if they  had no idea, he sent each in turn to jail(监狱).   

All 46 of them．

    When a defendant protested the judge’s actions were not fair to those who didn’t possess the phone，Restaino replied：“I know it isn’t．

    Judge’s actions caused chaos．Extra officers had to be drafted into the court to control the crowd．and booking officers at the city jail were at full stretch．“We were playing Twister in here”, one said at the time．

Fourteen of the defendants were shackled(束缚 )in irons and sent to the county jail．

    The judge cooled off and later that afternoon released all 46．

    The “two hours of viral lunacy（疯狂）”, has probably cost Restaino his job．The commission ruled that he should be removed from his $14,000 job．Restaino now has 30 days to appeal(上诉)．

    His lawyer pointed out that until that moment he had served 11 years as a judge without any disciplinary issues．“With the exception of two hours．his record is spotless．”

1.The underlined sentence in the passage means _____．

A．we are just playing games

B．we are struggling to control the crisis here

C．we can hardly survive the crisis

D．we’re searching casually

2.Why is British actor Richard mentioned?

A．To indicate the disadvantage of mobile phone．

B．To scold the misusage of mobile phone．

C．To provide an excuse for Richard’s offence．

D．To support the opinion above

3.Two hours of viral lunacy will_____

A．make Robert pay a large sum of money

B．make no difference to Robert

C．most likely make Robert lose his job

D．make him world famous

4.What’s the best title of the passage?

A．Phone-rage(狂怒) judge    B．Judge，prisoner and mobile phone

C．The story in court     D．Mobile phone in court

5.From the passage we can find_____．

A．Robert is always challenging the disciplines

B．Robert is now in jail

C．judge is not a well-paid job

D．all the defendants didn’t follow Robert’s instructions willingly

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.A

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：文章谈到在关键时刻一个意外的电话铃声，会打断重要的进程，引起当事人强烈的反映，这种强烈反映会耽误大事或把事情办糟。

1.句意理解题：法官的失常行为引起混乱，被派进法庭控制秩序的官员说“We were playing Twister in here”，意思    是：我们在这里努力控制局面。Twister在这里是“龙卷风暴”的意思。选B

2.推理题：文章开头提到在关键时刻一个意外的电话铃声，会打断重要的进程，引起当事人强烈的反映，第二段举例：英国演员理查德在一个重要时刻接到一个电话时的强烈反映，为了说明上面的观点，（A项）是为了证明手机的缺点，（B项）责备一些人滥用手机，（C项）为下文法官的过错提供一个理由，都不对，故选D。

3.推理题：根据倒数第二段的句子：The “two hours of viral lunacy（疯狂）”, has probably cost Restaino his job．可知法官在庄严的法庭上的失常，最有可能的是被解职。选C

4.虽然文章开头提到了英国演员理查德因一个电话而反应剧烈的事实，但不是全文的重点。全文重点谈了一个因一个电话而狂怒的法官。选A

5.推理题：从文章的句子When a defendant protested the judge’s actions were not fair to those who didn’t possess the phone，可知“不是所有的被告都情愿地遵守法官罗伯特的要求”符合文中事实。 选D

考点：考查故事类短文