Question

Neighborhood yentas are well—known women. They spend most of their time watching people around them. The yentas have this title for this. “Yenta” is a Yiddish word. It means a trouble maker or a talkative person. Nobody in the street is safe from their eyes or tongue.

Yentas certainly are not bad people. They pass on messages and advice. They give up-to-the-minute weather reports. They know who is doing what. They see，hear，and know all and usually repeat it. They have called themselves reporters.

Some of the yentas’ neighbors think them so interested in others’ things that they forget their own. Sometimes, however ,a child has to be found，or a robbery has to be reported. Then what yentas do are helpful. Every neighborhood appreciates its yentas very much. It doesn’t matter what their color，belief or accent is.

1. From the passage we know that a yenta___________

A. is famous for watching people walking

B.1ikes talking about others

C. can be either a man or a woman

D. is not a help at all

2.If you live near a yenta，you_________.

A. will not be safe

B. can’t stop yourself from being watched

C. will be stopped when you pass by

D. have to pay for their help

3.When you are in trouble，yentas_____________ .

A. will make a joke on you

B. will watch you all the time

C. can sometimes give you a hand

D. will report that to the police

4.The word “up-to-the-minute” means________ .

A. oldest B. best C. latest D. worst

5.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. We can get weather reports from yentas.

B. You can learn things about neighbors from yentas.

C. Yentas are sometimes a help to others.

D. Yentas care more about themselves than about others.

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.B

3.C

4.C

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章主要讲了附近的长舌妇是众所周知的女人。他们把大部分时间花在看周围的人。

1.细节理解题。根据文中可知长舌妇主要是喜欢谈论别人。可知选B。

2.细节理解题。根据的文中They spend most of their time watching people around them.可知如果你住在长舌妇附近你就会特别的关注你。可知应选B。

3.细节理解题。根据文中Yentas certainly are not bad people. They pass on messages and advice可知长舌妇有时也会帮助你的，当你处于困境的时候。故选C。

4.词义猜测题。根据文中They know who is doing what.可知上句应是最近的天气预报，故选C

5.主旨大意。通读全文可知只有D是不正确的，长舌妇不知是关心他们自己而不关心别人。故选D。

考点：人物类短文阅读。