Question

Ellen Parker was worried about her health. She could not walk very quickly and it was

difficult for her to climb stairs. She was soon out of breath.

“I suppose I had better go to the doctor,” she thought.

She went to the doctor and told him her problem.

“I’m not at all surprised, ”he said. “It’s clear what your problem is.”

He examined her and then gave her some advice.

“If you don’t do what I say, Mrs. Parker,” he said, “you will have a heart attack. It could

kill you.”

Ellen was very worried as she left the doctor’s. She knew that she had to take his advice but

that it would not be easy and it would take time.

The next day she went shopping. The first shop she went into was a butcher’s shop（肉鋪）.

“I’d like ten pounds of steak（牛排）, please,” she said.

“Certainly, madam,” the butcher replied and went into the cold room and found a large

piece of steak. He brought the huge piece of meat back into the shop and placed it on the scale

（天平）.

“That’s just under ten pounds,” he said.

“That’s big enough,” Mrs. Parker said.

The butcher worked out the price.

“At ＄4. 99 a pound that will＄49. 50, please. Would you like me to cut it up into

smaller pieces for you?”

“Oh, I don’t want to buy the meat,” Mrs. Parker said.

“If you don’t want to buy it,” the butcher replied angrily, “why did you ask me to get it for

you?”

“My doctor told me that I am overweight and have to lose ten pounds. I wanted to see what

ten pounds of flesh looked like.”

1.The reason why Ellen Parker visited the doctor is that________.

A. she had had a heart attack.

B. she had a problem with her health.

C. she was unhappy about her weight.

D. she could not sleep well.

2.Parker asked for ten pounds of steak because ________.

A. she wanted to buy some for dinner.

B. she wanted to lose weight.

C. her doctor had told her to eat steak.

D. she wanted to see what ten pounds of meat looked like.

3.What was Ellen Parker’s real problem？

A. She ate too much steak.

B. She weighed too much.

C. The doctor did not know.

D. She could not walk very quickly.

4.What did the doctor think might happen to Ellen？

A. She might put on more weight.

B. She might stop eating too much.

C. She might have a heart attack.

D. She might go to another doctor.

Answer 1

1.B

2.D

3.B

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：這篇幽默故事的大意是：Ellen Parker由于身體虛弱去看醫(yī)生，醫(yī)生建議她減肥。Ellen Parker聽從了醫(yī)生的建議，卻進了一家賣肉的商店并向店主要了10磅重的一塊牛排。當?shù)曛饕�她付錢時，她卻說自己并不想賣肉，只是想看看10磅肉到底有多大一塊。至此，我們知道Ellen Parker到肉店去的目的并非買肉，而是想要弄明白自己如果減掉10磅肉的話，到底需要減下多大一塊。

1.1】B這是一道信息歸納題。根據(jù)文章首段的“Ellen Parker was worried about her health. She could not walk very quickly and it was difficult for her to climb stairs. She was soon out of breath.”句意：Ellen Parker擔心她的身體健康。她不能走路很快，爬樓困難、氣喘吁吁。由此，我們得出“Ellen Parker 的健康有問題”這一結(jié)論。故選B。

2.2】D這是一道細節(jié)理解題。答案源自短文最后一段的“I wanted to see what ten pounds of flesh looked like.”一句中。Ellen Parker到肉店去并非是為了買肉，而是要看看10磅肉究竟有多大一塊。

3.3】B這是一道邏輯推理題。文章第一段提到Ellen Parker的身體很虛弱，最后點明醫(yī)生讓她減肥10磅。據(jù)此，我們可以推斷出她所有的健康問題皆由身體肥胖所致。

4.4】C這是一道推理判斷題。根據(jù)醫(yī)生和Ellen Parker的對話“If you don’t do what I say, Mrs. Parker,” he said, “you will have a heart attack. It could kill you.”如果你不按著我說的去做，你將得心臟病，它會殺死你的。從醫(yī)生和Ellen Parker的對話中可以知道，如果她繼續(xù)這樣她可能會患心臟病.

考點：考查衛(wèi)生健康類閱讀。