Question

【题目】根据短文理解，选择正确答案。
A man walked into a small Irish pub and ordered three beers. Bartender was surprised, but he served that man three beers. One hour later the man ordered three beers again. The very next day that man ordered three beers again and drank quietly at a table. This repeated several times and shortly after the people of the town were whispering about the man, who was ordering three beers at once.
A couple of weeks later, the bartender decided to clear this out and inquired: “I do not want to pry, but could you explain, why do you order three beers all the time?” The man replied: “It seems strange, isn't it? You see, my two brothers live abroad at the moment, one – in France and another – in Italy. We have made an agreement, that every time we go to pub each of us will order extra two beers and it will help keeping up the family bond”.
Soon all the town have heard about the man's answer and liked it a lot. The man became a local celebrity. Residents of the town were telling this story to newcomers or tourists and even invited them to that pub to look at Three Beer Man.
However, one day the man came to pub and ordered only two beers, not three as usual. The bartender served him with bad feeling. All that evening the man ordered and drank only two beers. The very next day all the town was talking about this news, some people pray for the soul of one of the brothers, others quietly grieve.
When the man came to pub the next time and ordered two beers again, the bartender asked him: “I would like to offer condolences to you, due to the death of your dear brother”. The man considered this for a moment and then replied: “Oh, you are probably surprised that I order only two beers now? Well, my two brothers are alive and well. It's just because of my decision. I promised myself to give up drinking.”
（1）The man ordered three beers all the time because ________.
A.people were fond of drinking beers in this pub
B.he missed his two brothers living abroad very much
C.it was an agreement with his brothers to keep up the family bond
D.this would help him become a local celebrity
（2）We can infer from the passage that ________.
A.news traveled fast in the town
B.the man became famous in the town because he was a heavy drinker
C.the man's brothers liked drinking beer very much
D.the man was strong-minded to give up drinking
（3）The bartender served the man with bad feeling because ________.
A.he would earn less money
B.he thought the man should order three beers
C.he thought one of the man's brothers had passed away
D.the man decided to drink two beers
（4）The underlined word “condolences” in the last paragraph can be replaced by ________.
A.gratitude
B.appreciation
C.surprise
D.sympathy

Answer 1

【答案】
（1）C
（2）A
（3）C
（4）D
【解析】本文是一篇记叙文，一位客人总是要三杯啤酒是因为这是兄弟三人维持家庭团结的约定，后来他只要两杯人们以为他的一个兄弟去世了，结果却是他要戒酒，两杯是替兄弟二人喝的。

⑴考查细节理解。根据第二段中的”We have made an agreement, that every time we go to pub each of us will order extra two beers and it will help keeping up the family bond ”.可知，这个人总是要三杯啤酒是因为这是兄弟三人维持家庭团结的约定，故选C。

⑵考查推理判断。根据第三段中的“Soon all the town have heard about the man's answer and liked it a lot. The man became a local celebrity.和第四段The very next day all the town was talking about this news, some people pray for the soul of one of the brothers, others quietly grieve.”可知，在这个城镇里消息传播非常快，故选A。

⑶考查推理判断。根据第四段中的“The very next day all the town was talking about this news, some people pray for the soul of one of the brothers, others quietly grieve.和the bartender asked him: “I would like to offer condolences to you, due to the death of your dear brother”.可知，酒吧侍者以为这个人的一个兄弟去世了，所以很悲伤，故选C。

⑷考查猜测词义题。此处指侍者为客人兄弟的死表示哀悼和慰问，condolences“哀悼，慰问”与D项同义，故选D。