阅读理解
Joe and Jeff worked for a factory.
When this story happened, they were working around a very large house.
Their job was to do the cleaning. It was not a difficult job, but sometimes it was a little dangerous, because they had to walk below where workmen were working. Often these workmen dropped something from the top of the house many meters high to the ground.
One morning Joe was working near the house with a cigarette (香烟) behind one of his ears. Suddenly somebody on the top shouted, "Look out!"
But Joe did not "look out". He looked up. And as he did so, a long knife fell off the top of the house.
Luckily, the knife missed Joe's head, but it cut off one of his ears.
At once he put his hand to one side of his head and cried out, "I've lost an ear. Help! Help!"
Jeff ran up to help his friend.
"Look for my ear," Joe told him. "It must be on the ground somewhere. "
Jeff looked everywhere for the missing ear. At last he found an ear on the ground．He picked it up and carried it to Joe.
"Here you are," he said, "I've found it." Joe looked at it. "No, that's not my ear," he said．"Mine had a cigarette behind it."
1．What were Joe and Jeff?
A．Soldiers. B．Drivers.
C．Farmers. D．Cleaners.
2．How did Joe lose his ear?
A．He cut it off by himself.
B．Jeff cut it off with a knife.
C．A failing knife cut it off.
D．A cigarette burned it up.
3．At the end of the story Jeff found ________.
A．someone else's ear B．Joe's ear
C．a long knife D．a cigarette
4．From the passage, we know Joe was not __________.
A．strong B．kind
C． serious D．clever
5． Which is the most possible title for this passage?
A．A Lost Ear B．A Busy Cleaner
C．A falling Knife D．A Forgetful Man
答案与提示：
1．D 从Their job was to do the cleaning. 这句话中可得出答案。
2．C 从a long knife fell off the top of the house. Luckily, the knife missed Joe's head, but it cut off one of his ears.这句话中可得知原因。
3．B 这是一个推理题。只有Joe的耳朵被割掉了，肯定是他的。
4．D 这同样是一个推理题。从Joe所说的话来看，他算不上一个聪明人。
5．A 这是一篇有一定幽默色彩的文章，主要焦点在那只被割掉的耳朵上，所以只有A最切题。
