Question

【题目】 The man sitting opposite Robert was the Financial Controller. Everybody called him “the FC” for short. He made all the decisions about money. Robert needed some more. That was why he had to see him. The two men did not get on very well. In fact, they had always disliked each other.

“Your request is out of the question,” the FC said. Robert had difficulty in controlling himself, but he managed somehow. He explained that he wanted the money in order to make more programmes.

“And why do you want to do that?” the FC asked sharply. Again, Robert almost lost his temper. “Because more and more people are listening to my department’s programmes. There’s great demand for them,” he answered.

The FC did not seem to believe him. But Robert had a report on the numbers of listeners to all EBC programmes. The FC became less confident. Robert threw the report down on the table and told him to read it.

The FC looked at it in silence. The figures proved that he had been wrong, but he did not want to admit it. “Well,”he finally said, “I may have made a small mistake.”Robert noticed the word “may.” He got up to leave. But he had the feeling that he would get the money after all.

【1】 “Your request is out of the question.”Here “out of the question”means______.

A. without any question B. with some question.

C. impossible. D. possible.

【2】Robert decided to make more programmes because________.

A. he wanted to meet the needs of the listeners.

B. /span>“the FC”disliked him

C. the members of his department wanted him to do so.

D. he wanted to show himself off.

【3】Why were more and more people listening to Robert’s programmes?

A. Because he always lost his temper.

B. Because he disliked “the FC.”

C. Because the programmes were rich and to the taste of the listeners.

D. It isn’t mentioned directly in the text..

【4】Who do you think won the argument in the end?

A. The Financial Controller. B. Robert.

C. Nobody. D. The listeners.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】D

【4】B

【解析】

试题分析:Robert请求财务总监——掌握所有的金钱的人，多给他一点钱来支持他的节目，经过一场辩论，他觉得自己能够获得资金。

【1】C词义猜测题。根据短文 “Your request is out of the question,” the FC said. Robert had difficulty in controlling himself, but he managed somehow. He explained that he wanted the money in order to make more programmes.可知out of the question的意思是不可能的，故选C。

【2】A细节理解题。根据 “Because more and more people are listening to my department’s programmes. There’s great demand for them,” 可知是为了为了满足听众的需求，故选A。

【3】D细节理解题。通读全文可知文中并没有提及越来越多的听众想听Robert的节目的原因，故选D。

【4】B推理判断题。根据短文 “Well,”he finally said, “I may have made a small mistake.”Robert noticed the word “may.” He got up to leave. But he had the feeling that he would get the money after all.可知虽然他犯了一个小错但是他还是能拿到钱，所以所他还是赢了这场争论，故选B。