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 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 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."
小題1:What were Joe and Jeff?
A．Soldiers.B．Drivers.C．Farmers.D．Cleaners.
小題2:How did Joe lose his ear?
A．He cut it off by himself.B．Jeff cut it off with a knife.
C．A falling knife cut it off.D．A cigarette burned it up.
小題3: From the passage, we know Joe  was not _______.
A．strongB．kindC．foolishD．clever
小題4:Which is the most possible title for this passage?
A．A Lost EarB．A Busy Cleaner
C．A Falling KnifeD．A forgetful Man

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:D
小題4:A

試題分析：這篇短文中作者主要描述了城市清潔工在工地上打掃衛(wèi)生時的潛在危險：其中一名清潔工的耳朵被空中掉下來的一把刀砍掉。
小題1:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第一段第二句Their job was to do the cleaning.可知，他們兩人是清潔工；故選D。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第二段中And as he did so, a long knife missed Joe's head, but it cut off one of his ears.一句可知，喬的耳朵是被空中掉下來的一把刀砍掉的；故選C。
小題3:推理判斷題。根據(jù)短文最后喬的話語"No, that's not my ear." he said, "Mine had a cigarette behind it."可知，他是比較愚笨的，耳朵都掉了還在想著他的香煙；故選D。
小題4:主旨大意題。根據(jù)短文內容可知，本文描述的是城市清潔工在工地上打掃衛(wèi)生時的潛在危險；結合本文的具體故事可知用“一只丟失了的耳朵”更形象，更能吸引讀者；故選A。
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