题目内容
15.I am a German by birth and descent.My name is Schmidt.But by education I am quite as much an Englishman as a'Deutscher',and by affection much more the former.My life has been spent pretty equally between the two countries,and I flatter myself I speak both languages without any foreign accent.I count England my headquarters now:it is"home"to me.But a few years ago I was resident in Germany,only going over to London now and then on business.I will not mention the town where I lived.It is unnecessary to do so,and in the peculiar experience I am about to relate I think real names of people and places are just as well,or better avoided.
I was connected with a large and important firm of engineers.I had been bred up to the profession,and was credited with a certain amount of"talent"; and I was considered-and,with all modesty,I think I deserved the opinion-steady and reliable,so that I had already attained a fair position in the house,and was looked upon as a"rising man".But I was still young,and not quite so wise as I thought myself.I came close once to making a great mess of a certain affair.It is this story which I am going to tell.
Our house went in largely for patents-rather too largely,some thought.But the head partner's son was a bit of a genius in his way,and his father was growing old,and let Herr Wilhelm-Moritz we will call the family name-do pretty much as he chose.And on the whole Herr Wilhelm did well.He was cautious,and he had the benefit of the still greater caution and larger experience of Herr Gerhardt,the second partner in the firm.
Patents and the laws which regulate them are strange things to have to do with.No one who has not had personal experience of the complications that arise could believe how far these spread and how involved they become.Great acuteness as well as caution is called for if you would guide your patent bark safely to port-and perhaps more than anything,a power of holding your tongue.I was no chatterbox,nor,when on a mission of importance,did I go about looking as if I were bursting with secrets,which is,in my opinion,almost as dangerous as revealing them.No one,to meet me on the journeys which it often fell to my lot to undertake,would have guessed that I had anything on my mind but an easy-going young fellow's natural interest in his surroundings,though many a time I have stayed awake through a whole night of railway travel if at all doubtful about my fellow-passengers,or not dared to go to sleep in a hotel without a ready-loaded gun by my pillow.For now and then-though not through me-our secrets did ooze out.And if,as has happened,they were secrets connected with Government orders or contracts,there was,or but for the exertion of the greatest energy and tact on the part of my superiors,there would have been,to put it plainly,the devil to pay.
67.The writer preferred to be calledB
A.a German
B.an Englishman
C.both a German and an Englishman
D.neither a German nor an Englishman
68.Which of the following words cannot be used to describe the writer?D
A.Talented B.Modest C.Reliable D.Wise
69.The head of the company where the writer works isC.
A.Schmidt B.Moritz C.Wilhelm's father D.Gerhardt
70.The writer often stayed awake on the train or kept a ready-loaded gun in the hotel,becauseA
A.some people sometimes let out the secrets of his company
B.the writer occasionally didn't keep the secrets of his company
C.patents and the laws are strange things to have to do with
D.the secrets were connected with Government orders or contracts.
分析 本文是一篇人物故事类阅读:作者的血统和出生地都是德国,但是自己对英国也有很深的情感;而且作者讲述了自己差点把一件大事搞糟的故事.
解答 67-70.BDCA
67题答案:B考查细节推理,根据原文中的I count England my headquarters now:it is"home"to me.我把英国当作我的大本营:它是我的家.可知作者更喜欢被称为"英国人";故本题答案为B选项.
68题答案:D考查细节推理,根据原文中的But I was still young,and not quite so wise as I thought myself:但是我还是很年轻,没有我想象的那么聪明.可知本题答案为D选项.
69题答案:C考查细节推理,根据原文中的But the head partner's son was a bit of a genius in his way,and his father was growing old,and let Herr Wilhelm-Moritz we will call the family name-do pretty much as he chose.可知公司的"头头"是Wilhelm的父亲,故本题答案为C选项.
70题答案:A考查细节推理,根据原文For now and then-though not through me-our secrets did ooze out:因为时而不时(尽管不是因为我)我们的秘密会泄露.可知本题答案为A选项.
点评 本文是一篇人物故事类阅读,题目涉及多道细节理解题,做题时结合原文和题目有针对 性找出相关语句进行仔细分析,结合选项选出正确答案.推理判断也是要在抓住关键句子的基础上合理的分析才能得出正确的答案.