Question

   This is a story of a man who works in a big factory. I have seen him for years but Fve never paid any attention to him. He was a little bit weird. He always wore an old red hat and carried a rubbish bag. He usually spent his break time and his lunchtime walking around in that old big factory and collecting used tins (铝罐) .

   One day,I was fixing one of the broken machines in the factory when this “tin man” came with his bag. As usual,he picked up the tins,which were all around the place. My manager was standing there watching me.

   When I finished my job,I heard my manager ask the “tin man” about what he was going to do with those tins he had collected. I never even thought about this kind of question,because I always guessed that “tin man” would take those tins to the recycling center.

   Unexpectedly,the “tin man” answered, “I will give these tins to my neighbor. He has been ill for many years and cannot work. ” I was so shocked to hear that,so I asked him： “You mean you collect all those tins just to help your neighbor?” ‘‘I know this does not help much ,” he said “But I give everything to him,because he cannot work. He needs help. ”

   It was the most beautiful moment in my life. It has made me feel humble every day since then.

1. The underlined word “weird” in the passage can be replaced by.

   A. scary

   B. clean

   C. strange

   D. brave

2. According to the passage,the “tin man” worked in a .

   A. factory

   B. recycling center

   C. restaurant

   D. supermarket

3. Why is Iliana studying in Adult Reading Center?

   A. it was his job

   B. he needed to make some money

   C. he wanted to recycle them

   D. he wanted to help his neighbor

4. From the passage we can learn that the “tin-man” was very .

   A. successful

   B. poor

   C. warm-hearted

   D. polite

Answer 1

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

 一名在工厂工作的男子总是拿着垃圾袋在工厂周围捡 废弃的铝罐，作者起初认为该男子行为古怪，但后来了解到 这名男子把捡来的铝罐送给了生病多年的邻居。

1. C词义猜测题。下文提到该男子总是戴着红色的旧帽 子，拿着垃圾袋，还经常利用休息和午饭时间围着工厂 捡废弃铝罐。由此可知男子的行为在作者看来是很奇 怪的，故猜测weird意为“古怪的”，在此与strange同义。

2. A细节理解题。文章第一句提到了“This is a story of a man who works in a big factory. ”，故捡招罐的男子在T 厂上班，由此可知正确答案为A项。

3. D细节理解题。由第四段的“I will give these tins to my neighbor.可知，男子每天捡废弃的铝罐是要把这些 铝罐送给邻居，故选D项。

4. C推理判断题。男子的邻居生病不能工作，男子就每天捡废弃的铝罐给他，由此可推断该男子乐于助人，是个 热心肠的人。由此可知正确答案为C项。

as usual像往常一样 unexpectedly fldv.意外地;突然地 humble adj.谦卑的

障碍句分析

   I have seen him for years but Tve never paid any attention to him.我见到他有很多年了，但是从来没有特别注意过他。

  短语pay attention to意思是“注意，重视”，to为介词，后 接名词、代词或动词-ing形式。