Question

Passage 8(2014 深圳 14 校联考) 

        Each morning a rich man found a poor man sitting on a bench in the park.The poor man always sat there,looking at the big hotel in which the rich man lived.One day,the rich man got out of his car and said to the poor man, “Excuse me.I want to know why you sit here and look at my hotel every morning. Sir ,” said the poor man ,‘‘ .1 am a failure.I have no money,no family and no home.I sleep on this bench,and every night I dream that one day I'll sleep in that hotel." The rich man said ,“Tonight your dream will come true.I'll pay for the best room in that hotel for you for a whole month."

        A few clays later,the rich man went into the poor man’s room to ask him how he was enjoying himself.To his surprise,he found that the man had moved out of the hotel back to his bench. When the rich man asked why,he saidYou see,when I'm sleeping on my bench,I dream I am there,in the big hotel.It’s a wonderful dream.But when I was there I dreamed I was back to this cold bench.lt was a terrible dream,and I couldn’t get any sleep at all."

1. The poor man lived in       before he met the rich man.

   A. the hotel   B. his home

   C. the park   D. the car

2. Every morning,the poor man sat on the bench and       .

   A. waited for the rich man

   B. looked at the rich man’s hotel

   C. looked at the rich man’s car

   D. enjoyed the clean car

3. Every night the poor man dreamed of      .

   A. sleeping in the hotel

   B. becoming rich

   C. owning that hotel

   D. being the rich man’s friend

4. The poor man moved out of the hotel because       .

   A. he didn’t want to live in such a fine room

   B. he didn’t like the rich man

   C. he couldn’t pay for the room

   D. he couldn’t get any sleep at all

5. In the end,the poor man found it       to sleep on the bench in the park than in the hotel.

   A. harder        B. more terrible

   C. more tiring   D. better

Answer 1

1. C 2. B 3. A 4. D 5. D

Passage 8

[语篇解读]本文讲述了一个每天睡在公园长凳上的穷人梦想到大酒店里去住，可是当富人让他去住一个月时，他却又回到了公园的长 凳上去的一个故事。

1. C细节理解题。由文章第一句话可知。

2. B细节理解题。由文章第二句话可知。

3. A细节理解题。由第一段倒数第二句中I dream that one day I'll sleep in that hotel 可知答案。

4. D细节理解题。由文章的最后一句话可知。

5. D推理判断题。最后一段中穷人说，睡在公园的长凳上时每天做 着可以去大酒店睡觉的美梦;睡在大酒店里时每天梦到自己要回到 公园的长凳上睡觉，这是一个噩梦，他根本无法人睡。由此可推断 出，穷人觉得睡在公园的长凳上要比睡在酒店好。