Question

【题目】Miss Hall, a beautiful and very successful actress was the star of a new musical show. Her home was in the country, but she didn’t want to have to go back there every night, so she rented (租用) an expensive flat in the centre of the city, bought some beautiful furniture (家具) and hired a man to paint the rooms in new colors.

It was very difficult to get tickets for her show because everybody wanted to see it, so she decided to give the painter two of the best seats. She hoped that this would make him work better for her. He took the tickets without saying anything, and she heard no more about them until the end of the month, when she got the painter’s bill(账单）. At the bottom of it were the words “Four hours watching Miss Hall sing and dance, 3 dollars,” She had to pay the painter 3 dollars for the two tickets.

【1】What did the actress hired a man to do?

A. To paint the rooms in new colors B. To drive for her

C. To watch her show D. To dance for her

【2】The actress gave the painter two tickets, hoping he would______.

A. be pleased

B. ask less money for his work

C. charge(收费） more money for his work

D. say a good word for her musical show

【3】After the painter got the tickets from the actress, he ______.

A. sold them for 3 B. went to watch the musical show

C. paid 3 for them D. was very thankful to her

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 A

【2】 A

【3】 B

【解析】

短文大意：本文讲述了一个漂亮女演员请粉刷工的故事。女演员是一个新音乐剧的明星，她的家离市区很远，于是她租了一栋昂贵的公寓，并请来一个粉刷工为她粉刷墙壁，为了让粉刷工认真工作，她送给他去看自己演唱会的门票。演唱会结束后，这名粉刷匠给她一张账单，上面写着：“观看你的演唱会四小时价值3美元。”她得付给画家3美元。

【1】题意：女演员雇了一个男人做什么?考查细节理解题。根据and hired a man to paint the rooms in new colors. 雇了一个人把房间刷成新的颜色，可知选A。

【2】题意：女演员给了画家两张票，希望他会高兴。考查目的理解题。A. be pleased感到高兴；B. ask less money for his work为他的工作少要些钱；C. charge more money for his work为他的工作多收些钱；D. say a good word for her musical show为她的音乐剧说句好话。根据She hoped that this would make him work better for her. 她希望这能使他更好地为她工作，可知她想让他高兴，故选A。

【3】题意：画家从女演员那里拿到票后，就去看音乐剧了。考查细节推断题。根据He took the tickets without saying anything, 他什么也没说就把票拿走了，可知他去看演出了，故选B。