Question

Several years ago, a television reporter was interviewing three of the most important people from local businesses. One was a very rich banker, another owned one of the largest companies in the world, and the third owned many buildings in the center of New York.
　　The reporter was talking to them about being important.
　　“How do we know if someone is really important?” the reporter asked the banker.
　　The banker thought for a few moments and then said, “I think anybody who is invited to the White House to meet the President is really important.”
　　The reporter then turned to the owner of the very large company. “Do you agree with that?” she asked.
　　The man shook his head, “No. I think the President invites a lot of people to the White House. You’d only be important if while you were visiting the President, there was a telephone call from the president of another country, and the President said he was too busy to answer it.”
　　The reporter turned to the third man. “Do you think so?”
　　“No, I don’t.” he said. “I don’t think that makes the visitor important. That makes the President important.”
　　“Then what would make the visitor important?” the reporter and the other two men asked.
　　“Oh, I think if the visitor to the White House was talking to the President and the phone rang, and the President picked up the receiver, listened and then said, ‘it’s for you.’”
【小題1】This story happened in ________.
A. U.N.             B. U.S.A.               C. U.K.      D. P.R.C.
【小題2】There are________in this passage.

A．three men	B．three women and one man
C．four men	D．three men and one woman

【小題3】The banker and the owner of one of the largest companies in the world ________.

A．had similar opinions about the reporter’s question

B．disagreed with each other

C．had been invited to the White House many times

D．didn’t reply to the reporter

【小題4】The owner of one of the largest companies thought ________.

A．he himself was really important because he owned one of the largest companies in the world

B．the President was really important because the president of another country called him

C．the visitor was really important if the President would rather treat him than answer an important phone call from another country

D．none of them was really important

【小題5】The underlined word you in the last paragraph refers to (指的是) ________.

A．the television reporter	B．the owner of many buildings
C．the President	D．the visitor to the White House

Answer 1

【小題1】B
【小題2】D
【小題3】B
【小題4】C
【小題5】D

解析試題分析：這篇短文中作者主要介紹了一名記者采訪了紐約當地的三個著名人士，詢問他們對人物的重要性的認識；三人各自表達了自己不同的觀點。
【小題1】細節理解題。根據短文第一段開頭一句a television reporter was interviewing three of the most important people from local businesses.及最后一句the third owned many buildings in the center of New York.可知，其中一名受訪者是來自于紐約中心的房產商人，由此可推出故事發生在美國；故選B。
【小題2】推理判斷題。根據短文第五段“Do you agree with that?” she asked.可知，記者是一名女記者；第七段The reporter turned to the third man. “Do you think so?”和第九段the reporter and the other two men asked.可知，受訪的三位是男性；故選D。
【小題3】細節理解題。根據短文第六段The man shook his head,可知，兩人的觀點是相矛盾的；故選B。
【小題4】細節理解題。根據短文第六段的描述可知，當總統寧愿接待來客而不愿接來自于外國總統的電話時，表明該來客是很重要的；故選C。
【小題5】詞義猜測題。根據短文最后一段I think if the visitor to the White House was talking to the President and the phone rang, 內容可知，當時在白宮里交談的只有兩個人，由此可知you指的就是the visitor to the White House，故選D。
考點：人生百味類短文閱讀。