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20.The Man Who Never Puts a Foot Wrong
Some people do not like anything to be out of place.They are never late for work; they return their books to the library on time; they remember people's birthdays; they pay their bills as soon as they arrive.Mr.Dodds is such a person.
Mr.Dodds works in a bank,and lives on his own.The only family he has is in the next town:his sister lives there with her husband,and her son,Mark.Mr.Dodds does not visit his sister,or her family,from one year to the next,but he sends them Christmas cards,and he has not forgotten one of Mark's seventeen birthdays.
Last week Mr.Dodds had quite a surprise.He drove home from the bank at the usual time,driving neither too slowly nor too fast.He parked his car where he always parked it,out of the way of other cars,and he went inside to make his evening meal.Straight away,there was a knock at the door.Mr.Dodds opened the door to find a policeman standing on the doorstep.
"What have I done wrong?"Mr.Dodds asked himself."Have I driven on the wrong side of the road?Has there been some trouble at the bank?Have I forgotten to pay an important bill?""Hello,uncle,"said the policeman,"my name is Mark."
72."The man who never puts a foot wrong"means a person whoD.
A.does everything carefully
B.always walks in a certain way
C.never puts a foot into others'places
D.likes doing things regularly and following rules
73.From the passage we know that his sisterC.
A.never writes back to him
B.is the only member of the family that he knows
C.lives in the next town with her husband and son
D.has a small family:a daughter,Mark and her husband
74."He has not forgotten one of Mark's seventeen birthdays"meansA.
A.he always sends Mark something on his birthday
B.he does not forget Mark's seventeenth birthday
C.he always sends a Christmas card on Mark's birthday
D.he sends Mark something on his seventeenth birthday
75.There was a knock at the door when Mr.Dodds wasC.
A.making his meal
B.parking his car
C.ready to make his evening meal
D.just about to shut the front door.

分析 本文属于说明文阅读,作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了一个从不犯错误的人马克总是按规矩做一切事情,每年给侄儿寄生日礼物,却认不出侄儿的故事.

解答 72.D.推理判断题.根据第一段Some people do not like anything to be out of place.They are never late for work; they return their books to the library on time可知"从不犯错误的人"指的是一个人做事一直遵守规则;故选D.
73.C.细节理解题.根据第二段The only family he has is in the next town:his sister lives there with her husband,and her son,Mark可知他的妹妹和她的丈夫和孩子一起生活在邻村;故选C.
74.A.句意理解题.根据第二段from one year to the next,but he sends them Christmas cards,and he has not forgotten one of Mark's seventeen birthdays可知马克每年的生日他都会送礼物;故选A.
75.C.细节理解题.根据倒数第二段and he went inside to make his evening meal.Straight away,there was a knock at the door可知Dodds先生在准备自己的晚餐是听到了敲门声;故选C.

点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.

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