题目内容
17.Mr.Briggs got a job with an insurance company (保险公司) after he left school and went around visiting people in their homes to sell them life insurance.One day,after he had been working for the company for about a year,the insurance manager sent for him and said,"Mr.Briggs,I have been looking at your record as a salesman with our company,and there is one thing that surprises me about it.Why have you been selling insurance only to people over 95years old,and why have you been giving them such generous(宽厚的)conditions?You'll ruin our company if you go on like that.""Oh,no,sir,"answered Mr.Briggs at once,"Before I started work,I looked at the figures (数字) for deaths in this country during the past ten years,and I can tell you that few people die at the age of 95."
21.Before he worked in an insurance company,what was Mr.Briggs?A
A.He was a student.
B.He was an official.
C.He was a worker.
D.He was a businessman.
22.The word"ruin"in the first paragraph means.B
A.lose B.destroy C.leave D.break
23.As a salesman with the company,Mr.Brigs.D
A.visited people to ask them to work with him
B.called on people to make them join the company
C.saw old people in order to help them
D.visited many people so as to offer insurance
24.What was it that surprised the manager?B
A.Mr.Briggs sold life insurance only to 95people.
B.Mr.Briggs sold insurance only to people of more than 95.
C.Mr.Briggs had ruined the insurance company.
D.Mr.Briggs gave people generous conditions.
25.Which of the following is true according to the passage?D
A.Mr.Briggs had studied the figures for deaths for several years.
B.Mr.Briggs began to look at the figures after he started work.
C.A great number of very old people die every year.
D.The number of the very old people who died every year is small.
分析 本文写了Briggs先生在保险公司上班时,他卖保险的对象是超过95岁的人.
解答 21.A 细节理解题:从第一段的句子:Mr.Briggs got a job with an insurance company(保险公司) after he left school.离开学校后布里格斯先生得到了一份工作,在一家保险公司上班,可知选A,是个学生.
22.B 猜词题;从上下文也知道这是对公司不好的事情.break--物理上的破坏.选B
23.D细节理解题;从第一段的句子:Mr.Briggs got a jobwith an insurance company(保险公司) after he left school and went around visiting people in theirhomes to sell them life insurance.布里格斯先生有一个合理的保险公司(保险公司)后,他离开了学校去参观的人在家卖人寿保险.可知选D.
24.B 推理判断题.从第一段的句子:Why have you been selling insurance only to people over 95 yearsold?你为什么要把保险卖给超过95岁的人,说明B正确.
25.D 细节理解题.A项无从得知,Mr.Briggs只工作了一年,所以不能说severl years.B项从第二段的句子Before I started work,I looked at the figures.看出是错的,从文章的最后一段 I can tell you that few people die at the age of 95.我可以告诉你,很少有人在95岁时死去.可知C项是错的,D项是对的.
点评 故事类文章在阅读过程中,我们一直在某个线索的引导下,随着作者的思路去了解一个故事或一件事情的始末,因此会感到比较轻松.命题往往从故事的情节、人物或事件之间的关系、作者的意图和态度、故事的前因和后果等方面入手,考查学生对细节的辨认能力以及推理判断能力. 阅读故事类文章时,应注意把握主旨大意,弄清主要情节,立足文章的内容揣摩作者的态度和意图,根据文章的情节展开合理的想象,从而达到解题的目的.
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