Question

Mr. Brown was going away for a week. Before he left, he said to his son, "if anyone asks for me, you can tell him that your father has been out for doing something, and will be back in a week, then be sure to ask him to sit down for a cup of tea." "OK, Dad," said his son. But he was afraid his son couldn't remember this, he wrote these words down on a piece of paper and gave it to him. His son put it into his small pocket, took it out and looked at it every now and then.

Four days passed, but no one came to see his father. The boy thought that there was no man to come and that the piece of paper was of no more use for him, so he burnt it that evening.

The next afternoon, someone knocked at the door. The boy opened it. A man was standing at the door and said, "Where is your father?" The boy put his hand into his pocket at once and looked for the piece of paper. He could not find it. He suddenly remembered he had burnt it, so he shouted, "No more." The man was very surprised. He asked, "No more? I met your father last week. When did it happen?" "Burnt yesterday evening."

1.Mr. Brown told his son that _____.

A. he would be away from home for four days

B. he would be back in seven days

C. he would be back in a month

D. he liked a cup of tea

2.Mr. Brown wrote the words down on ________.

A. the wall B. the door

C. a piece of paper D. his son's pocket

3.A man came to visit the boy's father on ________.

A. the second day B. the third day

C. the fourth day D. the fifth day

4.The man was very surprised because _________.

A. he thought the child's father was dead

B. the child didn't ask him to sit down

C. the child gave him a cup of tea

D. he couldn't find that piece of paper

5.What was burnt? ___________.

A. The piece of paper B. Mr. Smith

C. The visitor D. The boy

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.A

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：布朗先生需要出差一周的时间，他告诉儿子如果有人来找他，就告诉他自己一周后回来。等了四天都没人来，男孩以为不会有人来了，就把纸条烧掉了。第五天，有人来找布朗先生，男孩的回答是“不在了”，那个男人以为是布朗先生不在了。

1.】根据第一段“and will be back in a week”可知，布朗先生告诉儿子自己一周之后回来，故选B。

2.】根据“he wrote these words down on a piece of paper”可知，布朗先生把说的话写在了一张纸上，故选C。

3.】根据“Four days passed, but no one came...The next afternoon, someone knocked at the door.”可知，四天过去了，没有人来找布朗先生，第五天的下午，有人来了，故选D。

4.】根据“"No more." ...When did it happen?" ..."Burnt yesterday evening."”可知，布朗先生的儿子的意思是他把布朗先生留下的纸条烧掉了，那个男人理解成了布朗先生不在了，故选A。

5.】根据第二段“the piece of paper was of no more use for him, so he burnt it that evening.”可知，男孩认为纸条没有用处了，就把它烧掉了，故选A。

考点：幽默故事类短文阅读