题目内容
9.It was fifteen past nine as Marie hurried into the office building where she was going to work.Her bus had inched along through heavy miming traffic,making her a few minutes late for her very first job.She decided to start out half an hour earlier the next day.Once inside the lobby,she had to stand at the elevators and wait several minutes before she could get on one going to the sixth floor.When she finally reached the office marked"Smith Enterprises",she knocked at the door nervously and waited.There was no reply.She tapped on the door again,but still there was no answer.From inside the next office,she could hear the sound of voices,so she opened the door and went in.
Although she was sure it was the same office she had been in two weeks before when she had the interview with Mr.Smith,it iooked quite different now.In fact,.t hardly looked like an office at all.The employees were just standing around chatting and smoking.In the front of the room,somebody must have just told a good joke,she thought,because there was a loud burst of laughter as she came in.For a moment she had thought they were laughing at her.
Then one of the men looked at his watch,clapped his hands and said something to the ottxers.Quickly they all went to their desks and,in a matter of seconds,everyone was hard at work.No one paid any attention to Marie.Finally she went up to the man who was sitting at the desk nearest to the door and explained that this was her first day in the office.Hardly looking up from his work,he told her to have a seat and wait for Mr.Smith,who would arrive at any moment.then Marie realized that the day's work in the office began just before Mr.Smith arrived.Later she found out that he lived in Connecticut and came into Manhattan on the same train every morning,arriving in the office at 9:35,so that his staff knew exactly when to start working.
56.Marie could hardly recognize the office she went into asD.
A.she had been there only once B.Mr.Smith was not m the office
C.nobody was doing any work D.the office seemed different
57.The peopling the office suddenly started working becauseB.
A.their morning break was ended B.the boss was about to arrive
C.they saw a stranger in the office D.no one wanted to talk to Marie
58.We can infer from the text that the employees of the enterpriseC.
A.were cold to newcomers
B.were always punctual for work
C.lacked devotion to the company
D.would'start their work by listening to a joke
59.The best title for this text would beA.
A.Punctual Like A Clock B.A Cold Welcome
C.An Unpunctual Manager D.Better Late Than Never.
分析 本文主要讲述了玛丽得到第一份工作后提前到公司,却发现她几乎认不出那间办公室,里面的职员都在聊天或者吸烟,在一个人看了钟表说了什么之后突然他们都开始认真工作,这使玛丽非常不解,一个人解释说他们的老板史密斯先生每天都几乎在同一时间到公司,因此他们才这么做.作者通过这篇文章告诉我们不要像这群员工一样,要认真工作,才能对公司作出贡献.
解答 56.D 细节理解题,由第三段Although she was sure it was the same office she had been in two weeks before when she had the interview with Mr.Smith,it iooked quite different now.可知玛丽几乎没认出这间办公室是因为它跟以前不一样了,故选D.
57.B 细节理解题,由最后一段Hardly looking up from his work,he told her to have a seat and wait for Mr.Smith,who would arrive at any moment.可知职员们突然开始工作是因为史密斯先生马上就要来了,故选B.
58.C 理解推断题,由第三段The employees were just standing around chatting and smoking.及最后一段Quickly they all went to their desks and,in a matter of seconds,everyone was hard at work.可知每个人在老板要来之前都没有工作,后来在同一时间开始认真工作,可知他们缺乏对公司的贡献精神,故选C.
59.A 主旨大意题,由文章的最后可以看出公司的职员们在同一时间开始工作,像钟表一样准时,故选A.
点评 本文考察学生的故事类阅读理解,抓住题干关键词,采用寻读的方法查找细节,能根据已知结果推测导致结果的可能原因.
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