Question

    A broker(股票经纪人) sought admission at the Pearly Gates.

    “Who are you? ”、”Asked St. Peter. “I am a Wall Street broker.” “What do you want?”

    “I want to get in.”

    “What have you done that entitles you to admission?”

    “Well, I saw a decrepit woman on Broadway the other day and gave her two cents.”

    “Gabriel, is that on the records?”

    “Yes, St. Peter; it’s marked down to his credit.”

    “What else have you done?”

    “Well, I crossed the Brooklyn Bridge the other night and met a newsboy half frozen to death and gave him one cent.”

    “Gabriel, is that on the records?”

    “Yes, St. Peter.”

    “What, I can’t recollect anything else just now.”

    “Gabriel, what do you think we ought to do with this fellow?”

    “Oh, give him back his three cents and tell him to go to hell.”

1．From the passage we know that the broker was a ________.

A．mean person

B．kind-hearted man

C．stupid man

D．good - tempered man

2．In the sentence “I can’t recollect anything else just now.” “just now” means ________.

A．a moment ago

B．the other time

C．only a few minutes ago

D．at this very moment

3．According to the passage the broker has ________.

A．done nothing else good besides the two things

B．done many good things

C．only done two good things more

D．earned little money

4．From the passage we can learn that one must ________ for entering the Pearly Gates.

A．always do good to others

B．do two good things

C．think that money is useless

D．help the decrepit people and the newsboy

 

Answer 1

答案：1A2D3A4A
提示：

1.　　   mean这里的意思是小气的，从文中可以得知他是很小气的 2.　　   just now在这里显然是现在的意思，我现在无法想起所有的事情 3.　　   A只做过这两件好事，B做过很多好事，C只多做过两件好事，D赚钱很少，A选项虽然不是特别符合文章的意思但相比起来只能选择它 4.　　   进门之前有人盘问你做过什么好事，显然应该做好事才能进去