A Golden Watch
Mike was a young man. He was not very rich. One day he went into a watch shop to buy a nice watch for his girl friend, Rose. His fixed his eyes on a nice gold watch, and decided to buy it. The shop assistant took the watch out, and asked for three hundred pounds for it. Just then, a boy of about fifteen suddenly rushed over and grasped the watch from the assistant’s hand. The assistant hurried out to catch the boy. But it was too late, the boy had disappeared among the street people very quickly. On the way home, Mike met the boy, who would sell him the gold watch for only hundred pounds. “The boy didn’t know that I saw him stealing the watch from the shop. And he asked for much less money than that in the shop.” Mike thought to himself. So he paid the boy and took the watch home. The next day, Mike gave the golden watch to Rose, and told her all about the watch. Rose looked at the watch for a while, then, laughed loudly, “You are really a fool!” she said, “his watch isn’t worth 100 pounds at all. The assistant and the boy must have planned the whole thing together.”
小題1:The shop assistant said the price of the watch was ____.
A. 100 pounds  B. 200 pounds  C. 300 pounds
小題2:The shop assistant must have known _____ very well.
A. Mike  B. the boy  C. Rose
小題3:The boy would sell Mike the watch for _____.
A.200 pounds  B. 300 pounds  C. much less money than that in the shop
小題4:In fact, the watch was worth ____.
A. 100 pounds  B. 300 pounds  C. just a little money
小題5:In this story, who really lost something?
A. The shop assistant  B. Mike  C. The boy

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:C
小題5:B

試題分析：這篇短文講述了Mike去給女朋友買手表，售貨員拿出一個(gè)手表要價(jià)300英鎊。此時(shí)一個(gè)男孩跑來從售貨員手中搶走了手表。在回家的路上，Mike看到了那個(gè)男孩，男孩將手表只以100英鎊的價(jià)格賣給了Mike。Mike的女朋友告訴他這其實(shí)是售貨員和男孩計(jì)劃好的一幕，那個(gè)手表根本不值100英鎊。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中內(nèi)容The shop assistant took the watch out, and asked for three hundred pounds for it.售貨員拿出手表，并要求300英鎊的價(jià)格；故此題選C。
小題2:判斷推理題。根據(jù)文中內(nèi)容得知，那個(gè)男孩從售貨員手中搶走了金表并賣給了Mike，Mike的女朋友認(rèn)為這是售貨員和男孩一起計(jì)劃好的，故此題選B，售貨員和男孩是認(rèn)識(shí)的。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中內(nèi)容And he asked for much less money than that in the shop他向我要的價(jià)格比商店的價(jià)格低了很多；故此題選C。
小題4:判斷推理題。根據(jù)文中內(nèi)容his watch isn’t worth 100 pounds at all.他的手表根本不值100英鎊；故此題選C。
小題5:判斷推理題。根據(jù)文中內(nèi)容得知，售貨員和男孩合作欺騙了Mike，誘騙他花100英鎊買了個(gè)根本不值這個(gè)錢的手表，故選B。
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