题目内容
Hobbs was an orphan(孤儿). He worked in a factory and every day he got a little money. Hard work changed him thin and weak. He wanted to borrow a lot of money to learn to paint pictures, but he did not think he could pay off the debts.One day the lawyer said to him, “One thousand dollars, and here is the money.” As Hobbs took the package of notes, he was very dumbfounded（目瞪口呆的）. He didn’t know where the money came from and how to spend it. He said to himself, “I could go to find a hotel and live like a rich man for a few days; or I give up my work in the factory and do what I’d like to do: painting pictures I could do that for a few weeks, but what would I do after that? I should have lost my place of the factory and have no money to live on. If it were a little less money, I would buy a new coat, or a radio, or give a dinner to my friends. If it were more, I could give up the work and pay for painting pictures. But it’s too much for one and too little for the other.”
“Here is the reading of your uncle’s will（遗嘱）,” said the lawyer, “telling what is to be done with this money after his death. I must ask you to remember one point. Your uncle has said you must bring me a paper showing exactly what you did with his money, as soon as you have spent it.”
“Yes, I see. I’ll do that.” said the young man.
【小题1】He wanted to borrow money because he wanted to_____.
| A．study abroad | B．work abroad |
| C．pay for the debts | D．learn to paint pictures |
| A．the money was too much |
| B．the money was too little |
| C．he would be dismissed |
| D．the lawyer meant to punish him |
| A．planned to have a happy life for a few days |
| B．decided to give up his work in the office |
| C．was to give a dinner to his friends |
| D．had no idea what to do |
| A．to tell the lawyer what he did with the money after spending it |
| B．to read his uncle’s will |
| C．to tell the lawyer what was to be done with the money |
| D．nothing but to buy some pictures |
| A．working in the factory |
| B．living in a fine hotel |
| C．painting pictures |
| D．saving the money |
【小题1】D
【小题2】A
【小题3】D
【小题4】A
【小题5】C
解析试题分析：
【小题1】D 细节题。根据第一段2,3行He wanted to borrow a lot of money to learn to paint pictures说明D正确。
【小题2】A 细节题。根据文章第一段最后一句But it’s too much for one and too little for the other.”说明这笔钱对他来说太多了，故A正确。
【小题3】D 细节题。根据第一段第五行. He didn’t know where the money came from and how to spend it.说明D正确。
【小题4】A 根据文章倒数第二段“telling what is to be done with this money after his death. I must ask you to remember one point. Your uncle has said you must bring me a paper showing exactly what you did with his money, as soon as you have spent it.”说明他叔叔要求他用完钱以后要告诉律师如何花的，故A正确。
【小题5】C 根据文章第一段倒数2,3行If it were more, I could give up the work and pay for painting pictures说明如果钱多一点，他会放弃工作去学习油画，说明他真正喜欢的还是油画，故C正确。
考点：考查故事类短文阅读
点评：文章讲述了Hobbs得到一千元的遗产以后的矛盾心理，不知道该怎么处理这笔很尴尬的钱。本文内容较为简单，要求考生先阅读题目，再根据题目的要求，准确定位考查要点，做出细心的判断。
After graduation I returned home to my small town in Indiana. I didn’t have a job yet. Mr. Hobbs, a friend of my father’s, owned a small shirt factory in town. Within the past five years it had grown from twenty to eighty workers. Mr. Hobbs was worried that his plant was getting too big and inefficient, so he asked me to come in on a short-term basis as a consultant.
I went to the plant and spent about a week looking around and making notes. I was really a mazed at what I saw.
Most curious of all, there was no quality control at all. No one inspected the final product of the factory. As a result some of the shirts that were put in boxes for shipment were missing one or two buttons, the collar, and even a sleeve sometimes!
The working conditions were poor. The tables where the workers sat were very high and uncomfortable. Except for a half hour at lunchtime, there were no breaks in the day to relieve the boring work. There was no music. The walls of the workrooms were a dull gray color. I was amazed that the workers hadn’t gone on strike.
Furthermore, the work flow was irregular. There was one especially absent-minded young man in the assembly（组装）line who sewed on buttons. After a while I recognized him as "Big Jim", who used to sit behind me in math class in high school. He was very slow and all the shifts were held up at his position. Workers beyond him in line on his shift had to wait with nothing to do; therefore, a great deal of time and efficiency were lost as Big Jim daydreamed while he worked. All week I wondered why he wasn’t fired.
After I made observations for a week, Mr. Hobbs asked me for an oral report of my findings.
1.The shirts from Mr. Hobbs’ factory can be described as ____.
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A．of low quality |
B．of high quality |
C．fashionable |
D．unfashionable |
2.Why did Mr. Hobbs ask the writer to the factory?
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A．The factory was too big. |
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B．The factory was not producing fast enough. |
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C．The factory was not big enough. |
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D．The writer was a college graduate. |
3.Which is not likely to happen in the factory?
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A．The workers will have more rest in the day. |
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B．Someone will examine the final product. |
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C．New machines will be bought. |
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D．The factory will be repainted. |
4.Big Jim may get fired mainly because ____.
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A．he was slow |
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B．he wasted much time |
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C．he was absent-minded |
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D．the work flow was irregular |