Question

【题目】"Well, just take a look at that wheel（航轮）!” Earl Cooper said to Candy, his wife. "It must be older than anything we have back home."

Earl was looking at the wall outside the pub（酒馆）. The pub's name, The Old Swan, was on the wall. Next to the name was a wooden ship's wheel and in the middle of the wheel was the name of a ship, HMS Swan. The wheel was old, Earl could tell.

The next morning, Earl asked to see Tony Thatcher. The Old Swan was Tony's pub. He took Earl to his office while Candy had a coffee outside by the river. Earl said he could give Tony a lot of money for the ship's wheel. He told Tony that Benjamin Cooper, his grandfather, went to America on the ship HMS Swan. But Tony said no at first. After all, the wheel was very old and it was part of the pub's past.

"You can think of the past, Mr. Thatcher - can I call you Tony? - or you can think of today. And with the money, Tony, you can buy a good car. Maybe a new Jaguar? And, as I've told you, the wheel is part of my family's past too. So you could say it's going back home, in a way. So, what do you say?"

A month later, Earl and Candy were smiling as they looked at the wall of their house in Houston, Texas. Earl thought to himself that, at last, he had a piece of his family's past. He was happy.

In Portsmouth, Tony Thatcher was happy, too. He was putting his new Jaguar into his large garage（车库）. He was careful not to drive into any of the six ship's wheels in the garage. A friend of his made the wheels for him. They were just like the one that Earl bought. And there was another wheel on the outside wall of The Old Swan now. Old or new - Tony thought there was no way that a tourist could ever know which was which. Never in a hundred years.

【1】Why did Tony refuse to sell the wheel at first?

Because he thought it was old and part of the pub's past.

Because he wanted to show it was important to his pub.

Because he tried to sell it to someone else at a higher price.

Because he did not really believe what Earl had told him.

【2】What can we infer(椎断) from the story?

Earl had looked for such a wheel for a long time before that.

Earl would soon find out the truth and become rather angry.

Tony had sold quite a few wheels like that ancl got wealthy,

Tony would play the same trick again to make more money.[来

【3】Which ofthe following can be the best title ofthe story?

A. The Wheel on the Wall B. An Excellent Buy

C. Old or New - Who Knows D. the Family's Past

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】A

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：托尼“收藏”着一个特殊的航轮，并把它挂在自己的酒馆里，作为酒馆的一部分。这个航轮对于伯爵一家也有特殊含义：他的祖父本杰明伯爵就是坐着有这个航轮的HMS去的美国。后来伯爵劝托尼把航轮卖给了伯爵。于是，托尼有了自己的车……并且，托尼找朋友造了同样的几个航轮。

【1】B 推理判断题。题意：为什么开始托尼拒绝卖航轮？A.Because he thought it was old and part of the pub's past.因为他认为它古老而且是酒馆的一部分；B.Because he wanted to show it was important to his pub.因为他想显示出它对他的酒馆的重要；C.Because he tried to sell it to someone else at a higher price.因为他尽力以更高的价格卖给别人；D.Because he did not really believe what Earl had told him.因为他不相信伯爵给他说的话。从第3自然段最后一句“After all, the wheel was very old and it was part of the pub's past.”（毕竟，航轮很古老，而且是酒馆的一部分），可以推测出，航轮对酒馆有特殊的意义。故选B。

【2】D 推理判断题。题意：从故事中我们可以推断出什么？A.Earl had looked for such a wheel for a long time before that.伯爵找那样的航轮找了很久了；B.Earl would soon find out the truth and become rather angry.伯爵很快会查清事实并且非常生气；C.Tony had sold quite a few wheels like that and got wealthy,托尼卖过很多像那样的航轮并且变富了；D.Tony would play the same trick again to make more money.托尼还会干同样的事并且挣更多的钱。由短文最后一自然段可知，托尼找朋友另造了同样的六个航轮，并且已经把其中一个挂在了酒馆里；他自己是这样认为的：即使一百年后，也没有人分清旧车轮和新车轮有什么不同。由此可以推测出，托尼在造假，故选D。

【3】A题目推断题。题意：下面哪一个是故事最好的标题?A. The Wheel on the Wall 墙上的航轮；B. An Excellent Buy一次极好的购买；C. Old or New - Who Knows旧的新的，谁知道？ D. the Family's Past家的过去。本文讲的是酒馆墙上的航轮，酒馆老板借此敛财，与航轮相关的人们做着非常认真的事。故本文最好标题是A。