Question

  Here is a story told an American general who was a very important figure in the American army during the First World War. Everybody in the United States knew him and many people wished to have a picture or something of his in their homes.

    Soon after the war,the general returned to Washington. One day he went to a dentist and had six teeth pulled out. A week later the general heard that his teeth were being sold in curiosity shops at $ 5 each. On each of the teeth there was a label with the name of the general and words ,“Buy these teeth and show them to your friends at home. ” The general got angry. He rushed to his office and ordered six officers to go around the city and buy all his teeth.

    The officers went out and visited every curiosity shop in the capital. They were away from the office all day. In the evening they returned and put on the table in front of the general the teeth they had bought. They had collected 175 teeth.

1. The general's teeth were sold in .

   A. the museum

   B. the special shops selling some rare and interesting things

   C. the department store

   D. the hospital

2. In the evening,the officers went back with all the teeth which cost .

   A. $785   B. $1,050   C. $157   D. $875

3. The general felt when he heard his teeth were sold.

   A. happy   B. excited   C. sad   D. angry

4. There was the general's name on the label of each tooth. This shows that .

   A. the general's name was known by most of the people in Washington

   B. the shop-keeper wanted to have more customers buy the teeth

   C. the shop-keeper tried to make the general more popular

   D. Both A and C

5. The general ordered his men to .

   A. look for his teeth and buy all of them

   B. arrest the dentist at once

   C. make all the shops stop selling teeth

   D. buy all the teeth in all the shops

Answer 1

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

导读在第一次世界大战期间，一个将军去找牙医看牙，拔掉 了六颗牙齿。之后，将军听说他的牙齿被当作宝贝卖了，盛 怒之下派出官员去收购，结果收回来了 175颗牙齿，难道人 有这么多的牙齿吗？

详析

1. B细节理解题。根据第二段第三句中的“his teeth were being sold in curiosity shops."可知，他的牙齿正在一

个珍宝店出售。

2. D细节理解题。根据短文的最后两句可知，将军买回了 175

颗牙齿，每颗牙齿五美元，故花了 5 xl75 =875(美元) 。

3. D细节理解题。根据第二段中的“The general got angry."

可知，将军听到自己的牙齿被卖以后很生气。

4. B推理判断题。根据第二段中的“Buy these teeth and show them to your friends at home. ” 可以推测出，老板 想让更多的人来买这些牙齿。

5. A细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句中的“ordered six officers to go around the city and buy all his teeth” 可知，将军让手下人去寻找并把他拔掉的六颗牙齿都买回来。

general n.将军 curiosity n 珍宝

label n 标签

障碍句分析

Here is a story told an American general who was a very important figure in the American army during the First World War.这里讲的是一位美国将军的故事，他是第一次世界大 战期间美国军队中的一个非常重要的人物。

本句是一个含有定语从句的复合句。句中的“who... the First World War”是一个定语从句，修饰general。另外， told an American general是过去分词短语，作a story的定语。