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【题目】 Mr. Scott talked about colours all the time. "What a honey-yellow morning it is!" he said to his wife. His wife planted fruit and vegetables in their garden, but Mr. Scott was more interested in the leafy plants, the bushes, and even the grass that grew in the garden. "So many kinds of green," he said to her after watering all the plants. "I counted at least twenty shades of green!"

"Well done, dear," Mrs. Scott said. "Now would you please count twenty dollars and go to the supermarket for some ingredients (配料)? I want to make lunch!"

With a smile on his face, Mr. Scott left at once. He enjoyed trips to the supermarket because of all the colourful cans and boxes in it. Fruit and vegetables, too, shone in their bright skins. There was never just one colour: carrots were orange, but also had bits of yellow and brown in them. Bananas were yellow and black; apples hid oranges and purples inside their reds. Mr. Scott would walk through the supermarket and enjoy all the colours around him.

"I wish there was a store full of colours that I could spend all my time in." he sighed.

He bought everything on his wife's list and came home. When he walked into the house, Mrs. Scott noticed the sad look on his face. "What's wrong?" she asked him. "It looks like you had fun at the store. I can see that you picked out the best things."

"I did have fun in the store. So much that I wish I could have spent more time there. It's so full of colours! " Mr. Scott said.

"I see," Mrs. Scott said. "Well, cheer up, because I'm going to cook a nice lunch for us!"

The next day Mr. Scott was on his usual morning walk through the neighbourhood, saying hello to everyone, enjoying the colours of the trees and flowers. It was another day of colours!

"Good morning, Mr. Brown," he called out to one of his neighbours. He liked Mr. Brown very much, because, well, you guessed it: his name was a colour!

"Mr. Scott! Just the person I wanted to see!" Mr. Brown replied. "My wife and I are moving out of this town, and I need someone to take over my shop. You are the perfect person for the job because it's a paint shop! I need someone who knows its colours. Would you be interested?"

Mr. Scott was mad with excitement. "I will take it over right away!"

Mr. Brown was relieved when he left town, because he knew his paint shop was in good hands. Sure enough, Mr. Scott kept the paint shop open for twenty more years and got to talk about colours all day, every day.

【1】Why did Mr. Scott come home from the supermarket sadly?

A.He hated shopping in the supermarket.

B.He didn't enjoy the colours in the supermarket.

C.He didn't have enough money to buy everything on his wife's list.

D.He liked the colours in the supermarket so much that he didn't want to leave.

【2】Why did Mr. Scott like Mr. Brown very much?

A.They were neighbours.B.Mr Brown had a paint shop.

C.They shared the same hobby.D.Mr Brown's name was a colour.

【3】What does the underlined word "relieved" mean?

A.宽慰B.不舍C.犹豫D.烦恼

【4】What's the best title for this passage?

A.A colourful paint shopB.A colour lover

C.A friendly neighbourD.A happy couple

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】D

【3】A

【4】B

【解析】

文章叙述了酷爱各种色彩的Scott先生的故事。生活中各种树木、花草、蔬菜、超市陈列的物品的颜色都是他深深痴迷的，甚至以颜色为姓氏的人都使他身心愉悦。最终Scott先生如愿以偿，接手了Brown先生的油漆店，经营了20多年，每天都可以谈论着各种颜色。

【1】推理判断题。根据第三段至第六段推测可知，他回家不开心的原因是不想离开超市里面的五颜六色的物品。故答案选D。

【2】细节理解题。根据倒数第四段未句“He liked.…colour!”可知他喜欢Brown先生的原因是他的姓就是一种颜色，brown意思是“褐色的”。故答案选D。

【3】词句猜测题。画线单词下文“…because he knew his paint shop was in good hands.”（因为他知道他的油漆店落到了可靠的人手里）提示该词意为“宽慰”。故答案选A。

【4】最佳标题题。短文所有的故事都是围绕着Scott先生酷爱各种颜色来进行，故B项“一个热爱色彩的人”最适合作短文标题。故答案为B。

这是一篇记叙文，主人公斯科特先生酷爱各种色彩，短文介绍了有关他的几件趣事。考查的题型是阅读理解。题目设置有细节理解题、推理判断题、词句猜测题，和最佳标题题。做题时，应先通读短文了解大意，根据题目所问锁定文章相关段落或语句，结合选项作答。例如第3小题是考查词义猜测题。根据下文中的句子“…because he knew his paint shop was in good hands.”可知，当布朗先生知道他的油漆店落到了可靠的人手里，油漆店经营得很好时，他感到非常宽慰，故答案为A。再如第4小题标题归纳题也是阅读理解中常见的一个题型，一般针对某一语段或某一语篇的主题标题或目的设题。短文开头提到“Mr. Scott talked about colours all the time” 然后紧紧围绕着Scott先生酷爱各种颜色来进行介绍。符合用“热爱色彩的人”作为文章的标题。