Question

Frank was clever, but he never liked to work hard. He often said to his friends, "If you work hard, you will make a lot of money, but it is not so good. I want easy work and a lot of money. That's the most interesting thing in the world."So he could only be a thief. But he still thought it was too much work, so he only told his friends what to do and got money from them.

One day, Frank sent one of his friends to a very large and beautiful house. He told him to get money from that rich family. It was evening, and a man and a girl were in the room. They were playing a duet（二重奏）on a piano. Then the thief came into the house.

When he returned, Frank asked him what he had got. But he said, "I didn't take anything. That family can't have much money. You know, two people were playing on the same piano there. They did not have money to buy another piano."

1.Which is the best title for the passage?

A. Frank and His Work . B. One Piano Only.

C. The Man and the Girl. D. Easy Work and More Money.

2.From the story we know that Frank________________ .

A. had many clever friends.

B. was more clever than most of the people

C. didn't want to do any work

D. knew many interesting things in the world

3.Frank's friends __________________ .

A. were all thieves

B. were clever enough to do easiest work

C. usually worked as hard as Frank

D. knew who were rich and who were poor

4.The thief didn't go into the beautiful house because _______

A.that family was not rich

B.he knew nothing about music

C.the piano was too big for him

D.the man and the girl had already seen him

5. The story tells us if we want to become rich, we must _____

A. find an easy job

B. work hard

C. have a lot of friends

D. learn something about money

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.B

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要講述弗蘭克好逸惡勞，但是他告誡朋友：只要努力工作，就會掙很多錢。成為小偷讓他依然覺得工作繁雜，因此他告訴朋友怎么做，然后向他們索取錢財。弗蘭克派他的一個朋友去一所豪華的大房子，房子里一男一女在鋼琴前演奏二重奏，小偷進了房子以后發(fā)現(xiàn)兩個人演奏一架鋼琴，覺得這家不可能有錢，所以什么也偷。

1.標題歸納題。這篇短文主要通過一個小故事，講述了弗蘭克這樣一個好逸惡勞，幻想通過簡單勞動而索取最大價值的人。結(jié)合選項可知，Easy Work and More Money.最能概括文章大意。故選D。

2.短文So he could only be a thief. But he still thought it was too much work, so he only told his friends what to do and got money from them.的描述可知，弗蘭克是一個什么也不愿做的人。故選C。

3.的描述可知，弗蘭克好逸惡勞，他還告訴朋友要學會不勞而獲。可知他的朋友也都是小偷。故選A。

4.That family can’t have much money. You know ,two people were playing on the same piano there的描述可知，小偷對音樂（鋼琴二重奏）一無所知。故選B。

5.主旨大意題。這篇短文通過一個小故事，主要是告訴人們，要想富有，必須通過努力工作而取得，一切不勞而獲都是不現(xiàn)實的。故選B。

考點：教育類短文閱讀。