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【题目】I was waiting for a phone call from my agent. He had left a message the night before, telling me that my show was to be cancelled. I called him several times, but each time his secretary told me that he was in a meeting and that he would call me later. So I waited and waited, but there was still no call. Three hours passing by, I became more and more impatient. I was certain that my agent didn’t care about my work, and he didn’t care about me. I was overcome with that thought. I started to shout at the phone, “Let me wait, will you? Who do you think you are?”

At that time I didn’t realize my wife was looking on. Without showing her surprise, she rushed in, snatched the phone, tore off the wires (电线), and shouted at the phone, “Yeah! Who do you think you are? Bad telephone! Bad telephone!” And she swept it into the wastebasket.

I stood watching her, speechless, what on earth…?

She stepped to the doorway and shouted at the rest of the house, “Now hear this! All things in this room — if you do anything to upset my husband, out you go! ”

Then she turned to me, kissed me and said calmly, “Honey, you just have to learn how to take control.” With that, she left the room.

After watching a crazy woman rushing in and out, shouting at everything in sight, I noticed that something in my mood (情绪) had changed. I was laughing. How could she have trouble with that phone? Her antics helped me realize I had been driven crazy by small things. Twenty minutes later my agent did call. I was able to listen to him and talk to him calmly.

【1】Why did the writer shout, “Let me wait, will you? Who do you think you are”?

A. He was impatient with the phone.

B. He was impatient with the secretary.

C. He was mad at the telephone.

D. He was angry with his agent.

【2】The underlined word “antics" means _________.

A. surprising looks

B. sweet kisses and smart words

C. strange and funny behavior

D. reliable suggestion

【3】We can infer (推测) from the passage that _________.

A. The secretary didn’t care about the writer

B. the writer sometimes couldn’t control himself well

C. the agent was not responsible for his own work

D. the writer’s wife was not intelligent

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】B

【解析】这篇短文讲述了作者有一次因为一点小事而情绪失控，他的妻子通过自己的一些滑稽、古怪的行为让作者意识到了这一点，并告诉作者要学会控制自己的情绪。

【1】细节理解题。根据短文第一段So I waited and waited, but there was still no call. Three hours passing by, I became more and more impatient.的描述可知，作者一直在等经纪人的电话，等了很长时间他都没有给作者回电话，所以作者变得没有耐心了，所以他在电话里说的这句话说明了他当时非常的生气，故应选D。

【2】词义猜测题。根据上文I stood watching her, speechless, what on earth…?...After watching a crazy woman rushing in and out, shouting at everything in sight, I noticed that something in my mood (情绪) had changed.可知，这里描述了作者的妻子的行为，我们可以看到他的妻子的行为是比较奇怪，很夸张，让作者感到吃惊，因此这个单词的意思应该是“古怪的，滑稽的”，故选C。

【3】推理判断题。根据短文中Then she turned to me, kissed me and said calmly, “Honey, you just have to learn how to take control.”以及Her antics helped me realize I had been driven crazy by small things.可知，作者有时候不能控制他的情绪，容易被一些小事影响情绪，故B选项是正确的。其他三个选项在短文中都找不到依据。