Question

【题目】 “Ghost of the Future!” Scrooge exclaimed, “I fear you more than any ghost I have seen. But as I know your purpose is to do me good, and as I hope to live to be another man from what I was, I am prepared to accept your company, and do it with a thankful heart. Will you not speak to me?”

The ghost gave him no reply. It stopped beside one little group of business men. Seeing that the hand was pointed to them, Scrooge advanced to listen to their talk.

“No,” said a great fat man with a monstrous chin, “I don’t know much about it, either way. I only know he’s dead.”

“When did he die?” asked another.

“Last night, I believe.”

“Why, what was the matter with him?” asked a third man, taking a vast quantity of snuff out of a very large snuff-box. “I thought he’d never die.”

“God knows,” said the first, with a yawn.

“What has he done with his money?” asked the fourth man, a red-faced gentleman with a pendulous excrescence on the end of his nose, which shook like the gills of a turkey-cock.

“I haven’t heard,” said the first man with the large chin, yawning again. “Left it to his company, perhaps. He hasn’t left it to me. That’s all I know.”

This pleasantry was received with a general laugh.

“It’s likely to be a very cheap funeral(葬礼),” said the same speaker, “for upon my life I don't know of anybody to go to it. Suppose we make up a party and volunteer?”

“I don’t mind going if a lunch is provided.” said the gentleman with the excrescence on his nose. “But I must be fed, if I make one!”

Another laugh.

“Well, I am the most disinterested among you, after all,” said the first speaker, “for I never wear black gloves, and I never eat lunch. But I’ll offer to go, if anybody else will. When I come to think of it, I’m not at all sure that I wasn’t his most particular friend; for we used to stop and speak whenever we met. Bye, bye.”

Speakers and listeners strolled away, and mixed with other groups. Scrooge knew the men, and looked towards the ghost for an answer.

The ghost glided on into a street. Its finger pointed to two persons meeting. Scrooge thought that the answer might lie here.

【1】How did Scrooge feel when he saw the ghost of the future?

A.Bored.B.Fearful.C.Hopeless.D.Shy.

【2】How many businessmen were there in the talk?

A.3B.6C.5D.4

【3】Who was sure to know how the dead man dealt with his money?

A.The first businessman.B.The fourth businessman.

C.No one.D.All of the businessmen.

【4】What does the underlined word “advanced” in Paragraph 2 mean?

A.停止B.坚持C.提到D.前进

【5】What would happen next according to the last paragraph?

A.Scrooge would ask the ghost to explain to him.

B.The ghost would tell Scrooge the answer directly.

C.Scrooge would turn back to ask those businessmen to get the answer.

D.Scrooge would listen to the two persons for the possible answer.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】C

【4】D

【5】D

【解析】

文章大意：文章主要讲的是Scrooge看到了“未来之灵”，它带Scrooge听四个商人对一个死者的财产的处理的讨论，没有得出答案，最后鬼魂给Scrooge指了两个人，Scrooge认为他们知道答案。

【1】细节理解题。根据文章第一行“I fear you more than any ghost I have seen”“我怕你胜过我所见过的任何鬼魂”可知，应该是害怕的，Bored厌烦的；Fearful害怕的；Hopeless无希望的；Shy害羞的，故选B。

【2】细节理解题。根据文章第三段第一行“a great fat man with a monstrous chin”“一个长着畸形下巴的胖子”和第四段“asked another”“另一个问道”和第六段第一行“asked a third man”“第三个人问”和第八段第一行“asked the fourth man”“第四个人问”可知，有四个商人，故选D。

【3】推断题。通读全文以及最后一段“The ghost ……lie here”“鬼魂悄悄地走到街上。它的手指指向两个会面的人。史克鲁奇认为答案可能就在这里”可知，没有人肯定知道死者怎么处理他的钱的，故选C。

【4】词句猜测题。根据文章第二段第一、二行“Seeing that the hand was pointed to them”“看到用手指着他们”和后面的“listen to their talk”“听他们的谈话”，可推知advanced是“上前，前进”的意思，故选D。

【5】细节理解题。根据文章最后一段“The ghost ……lie here”“鬼魂悄悄地走到街上。它的手指指向两个会面的人，史克鲁奇认为答案可能就在这里”可知，史克鲁奇会听两个人说可能的答案，故选D。