2018年公共英語一級考試閱讀專題練習(xí)及答案(7)

　　A Frenchman went to stay at the best hotel in a small Italian town with his wife.One night,he went out for a walk alone.The small street was dark and quiet.Suddenly he felt someone behind him.He turned his head and saw an Italian young man who quickly walked past him.The man was nearly out of sight ( 看不見了 ) when the Frenchman suddenly found that his watch was gone.He thought that it must be the Italian who had taken his watch.He de-cided to follow him and get back the watch.

　　Soon the Frenchman caught up with the Italian.Neither of them understood the other's language.The French-man frightened the Italian with his fist (拳頭) and pointed at the Italian' s watch.In the end the Italian took off his watch and gave it to the Frenchman.

　　When he returned to the hotel,the Frenchman told his wife what had happened.He was greatly surprised when his wife pointed to the watch on the table.Now he realized ( 意識到 ) that by mistake he had robbed ( 搶劫 ) the watch and it was the Italian's.

　　1. One night the Frenchman went out for a walk __

　　A. by himself

　　B. with his wife

　　C. with an Italian

　　答案：A

　　【解析】答案在第一自然段第二句。一天晚上，他獨自出門了。

　　2. Why did the Frenchman decide to follow the young man?

　　A.Because the young man walked so fast.

　　B. Because he found the young man was out of sight.

　　C .Because he wanted to catch the young man.

　　答案：C

　　【解析】答案在第一自然段。根據(jù)上下文，那個意大利年輕人幾乎走得看不見了，這時，法國人發(fā)現(xiàn)他的表沒有了。他想一定是意大利人偷了他的表，所以他決定跟著那位年輕人，把表要回來。

　　3. The word "frighten" in the passage means __

　　A.threat

　　B. terrify

　　C. happy

　　答案：B

　　【解析】答案在第二自然段。根據(jù)上下文，法國人趕上那個年輕人后，向他揮拳頭，并指著他的表。最后，年輕人把表脫下來給了他。根據(jù)句意，法國人應(yīng)是“嚇唬、恐嚇”那個年輕人，frighten應(yīng)是動詞。threat為名詞，terrify意為“使恐懼，使驚恐;恐嚇”，happy是形容詞。

　　4. Why did the Italian take off his watch and give it to the Frenchman?

　　A.Because he had taken the watch from the Frenchman.

　　B. Because he had picked up the watch on his way from work.

　　C.Because he was afraid of the Frenchman.

　　答案：C

　　【解析】答案在第二自然段。根據(jù)上一題的解釋可以看出，年輕人認為法國人在攔路搶劫，他很害怕，所以才會把表給他。

　　5. Who was robbed in the story?

　　A. The Frenchman.

　　B. The Italian.

　　C. Neither of them.

　　答案：B

　　【解析】答案在第三自然段最后一句。根據(jù)上下文，那位法國人回到旅館，看到桌子上的表.才意識到自己誤搶了那個意大利年輕人的表。