Jack used to curse(咒骂) the front yard as if it were a living thing. He was the man who lived with my grandmother for thirty years. He was not my grandfather, but an Italian who came down the road one day, selling fruit in Florida.Jack stopped at my grandmother’s house to sell her some oranges just a stone’s throw downtown Miami, and he was delivering her whiskey a week later. He stayed for thirty years. Jack hated the front yard because he thought it was against . There had been a beautiful lawn(草坪) there when Jack came along, but he let it wander off into nothing. He refused to water it or take e of it in any way.Now the ground was so hard that it gave his car flat tires(轮胎) in the summer. The yard was always finding a nail to in one of his tires or the car as always sinking out of sight in the winter when the rains came on. The lawn had belonged to my grandfat, who lived out the end of his life in an insane hospital. It had been his pride and joy and was said to be the place where his powers came.1. It can be inferred that the real reason Jack had problems with the yard was that _______.A. he didn’t like the lawn.B. the author’s grandfather was against Jack working on the lawnC. the lawn was full of living thingsD. he self did not take e of the lawn2. We can learn the passage that when the lawn belonged to the author’s grandfather, it had been _______.A. beautifulB. worn outC. wastedD. full of nails3. What do we know about Jack and the author’s grandfat?A. They both hated the front lawn.B. Jack was jealous of the author’s grandfather.C. They sold fruit in Florida.D. They came from Italy and lived together.【答案解析】Jack为什么曾经指桑骂槐，因为他嫉妒我祖父。
我祖父曾把前花园弄得很漂亮。
1. D。
判断题。
从第2段最后一句话He refused to water it or take e of it in any way. 可以判断。
2. A。
语义理解题。
根据Te had been a beautiful lawn(草坪) there when Jack came along, but he let it wander off into nothing 可知答案。
3. B。
判断题。
运用排除法：根据原文可知A、C、D三项明显不对。
再看第1段第1句话的意思：Jack 过去常常咒骂前花园，就好像那花园是一个有生命的东西一样，可以看出Jack 不是在骂花园，而是指桑骂槐，所以选B。
(8)When Johnson called again, the manager received politely. “That is a most remarkable oil you brought us, Mr Johnson,”he said. Johnson nodded smooth,dark head. That was something he knew very . “I’ve never seen anything like it,”the manager admitted. Johnson nodded again. “No?”he said politely. Then he added, “But I think you will, sir. A very deal of it.”He appeared to think for a moment. “I think you will find it will be on sale seven, perhaps, eight years now.”He smiled.The manager thought that was uncertain. He said, “It is better than our fish oils. I admit that.”“So I am told, sir,”agreed Johnson.“Have you any plans to produce it yourself, Mr Johnson?”Johnson smiled again. “Would I be showing it to you if I had?”“We might add some chemicals to one of our own fish oils,”said the manager.“It would be expensive to do that, even if you could.”Johnson said gently. “Besides,”he added, “I am told that t oil will be much cheaper than your best fish oils. Cheaper than any vegetable oil, in fact.”“Perhaps,”said the manager. “Well, I suppose you want to make an arrangement, Mr Johnson, Shall we discuss it?”“Of course,”said Johnson. “There are two ways of dealing with a situation of this sort. The usual one is to prevent it altogether or at least to delay it as long as possible. That is, of course, the way,”The manager nodded. He knew plenty about all that.“But I am so sorry for you, because, you see, that is not possible t time.”The manager had his doubts, but all he said was an inquiring(asking), “Oh?”“The ot way,”continued Johnson, “is to produce yourself before the trouble starts.”1. The manager thought of adding chemicals to the fish oil to make it ________.A. cheaper than the new oilB. more quicklyC. more expensiveD. as good as the new oil2. Johnson’s new oil would be ________.A. more expensive than fish oil, but betterB. less expensive, and betterC. less expensive, but not goodD. more expensive, and not so good3. Johnson expressed his regret that the manager ________.A. could not stop the new oil being madeB. would never know how to make itC. had spent a lot of money on itD. didn’t know enough about it4. Johnson showed new oil to the manager because he wanted ________.A. to produce it selfB. to prevent it being producedC. to be paid not to produce itD. the manager to produce it【答案解析】本文描述了Johnson向经理推销他所研制的生产新品种的油的过程。
1. D。
推断题。
根据第2段经理所说的话It is better than our fish oils 和第6段We might add some chemicals to one of our own fish oils可推知此题的答案为D。