20．Not many years ago，a wealthy and rather strange old man named Johnson lived alone in a village in the south of England．He had made a lot of money in trading with foreign countries．When he was seventyfive，he gave￡12，000to the village school to buy land and equipment for a children's playground．
As a result of his kindness，many people came to visit him．Among them was a newspaperman．During their talk，Johnson remarked that he was seventyfive and expected to live to be a hundred．The newspaperman asked him how he managed to be healthy at seventyfive．Johnson had a sense of humour．He liked whisky and drank some each day．"I have an injection （注射） in my neck each evening，"he told the newspaperman，thinking of his evening glass of whisky．
The newspaperman did not understand what Johnson meant．In his newspaper he reported that Johnson was seventyfive and had a daily injection in his neck．Within a week Johnson received thousands of letters from all over Britain，asking him for the secret of his daily injection．
27．Johnson became a rich man throughA．
A．doing business
B．making whisky
C．cheating
D．buying and selling land
28．The gift of money to the school suggests that JohnsonC．
A．had no children
B．was a strange man
C．was very fond of children
D．wanted people to know how rich he was．
29．Many people wrote to Johnson to find outD．
A．what kind of whisky he had
B．how to live longer
C．how to become wealthy
D．in which part of the neck to have an injection
30．The newspapermanD．
A．should have reported what Johnson had told him
B．shouldn't have asked Johnson what injection he had
C．was eager to live a long life
D．should have found out what Johnson really meant
31．When Johnson said he had an injection in his neck each evening，he really meant thatA．
A．he liked drinking a glass of whisky in the evening
B．he needed an injection in the neck
C．a daily injection in the evening would make him sleep well
D．there was something wrong with his neck．
分析 本文讲述了一个富有且热心于慈善的人Johnson接受记者采访时闹出的笑话．
解答 27．A：细节题：从第一段的句子：He had made a lot of money in trading with foreign countries．可知他是做生意挣的钱．选A．
28．C：推理题：从第一段When he was seventyfive，he gave￡12，000to the village school to buy land and equipment for a children's playground，他给学校捐钱来修建操场，可知他很喜欢孩子．选C
29．D：细节题：从最后一段的句子：asking him for the secret of his daily injection．可知是询问在脖子的什么地方打针．选D．
30．D：推理题：从最后一段的句子：The newspaperman did not understand what Johnson meant．可知记者应该弄清老人的意思．选D
31．A．推理题：由倒数第二段he told the newspaperman，thinking of his evening glass of whisky，可知他的意思是他喜欢在晚上和威士忌，故选A．
点评 本篇文章难点在推理判断题上．推理判断题要以表面文字为前提，以具体事实为依据进行推理，做出判断．这种推理方式比较直接，考生只要弄清事实，即可结合上下文推断出合理的结论．
