Question

Joe Bloggs always had a cigarette on his lips. He smoked while he read, while he watched TV, and while he drank a cup of coffee. He smoked forty cigarettes a day, but he was happy.

Joe’s friend, Fred Brown, said to him, “It is very bad to smoke”. When Joe heard this , he started to worry and became so thin that he went to Fred for help.

Fred said , “You must eat more”. O Joe did not smoke , but he ate chocolate , and he became very fat. Again he went to Fred for help.

Fred said , “ You must not eat chocolate”. So Joe stopped eating chocolate , but he went back to smoking cigarettes. He became thin again but he was not happy, because he still smoked.

Sometimes Joe Bloggs wished Fred Brown was not his friend!

1.When Joe became thin the first time it was because_____.

A. he smoked too much B. he worried too much

C. he stopped smoking D. he ate too little

2. The following sentences tell what happened to Joe.Which is the right order of the events?

a.He did not smoke , he ate chocolate , he was fat, he was unhappy.

b.He smoked , he did not eat chocolate, he was thin , he was unhappy.

c.He smoked , he did not eat chocolate , he was not fat , he was happy

A. a, b, c B. c, b, a

C. b, a, c D. c, a, b

3.In the end Joe was unhappy about his friendship with Fred because___

A. Fred had given him the wrong advice on purpose.

B. he never liked being told what to do

C. he in fact had never really understood what Fred meant

D. Fred’s advice had brought him much trouble

4.What is the writer trying to tell us with this story?

A. Chocolate is bad for one’s health.

B. One should ask friends for help and advice

C. Smoking is bad for one’s health

D. One should think and decide for oneself

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了Joe Bloggs抽烟很厉害，Fred让他不抽烟。他就开始吃巧克力，结果很胖。然后他又开始抽烟。

1. 细节题。根据第二段第二句When Joe heard this , he started to worry and became so thin that he went to Fred for help可知第一次变瘦是因为他很担心。故B正确。

2. 细节题。根据文章内容可知首先他抽烟，没有吃巧克力。听了Fred的话，不抽烟了，但是开始吃巧克力，但是变胖了，所以又抽烟不吃巧克力了。所以D项正确。

3. 推理题。根据文章最后一句Sometimes Joe Bloggs wished Fred Brown was not his friend!实际上他没有理解Fred对他说的话，Fred要求他有健康的生活方式，但是他理解错误。故C正确。

4. 推理题。Joe Bloggs总是听从Fred的话而没有自己的判断，总是感觉朋友的话似乎很有点道理，缺乏自己的思考。所以作者想告诉我们要自己思考并做出决定。故D正确。

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