2．An old man lived in a certain part of London，and he would wake up every morning and go to the subway．He would get the train right to Central London，and then sit at the street corner and beg．He would do this every single day of his life．He sat at the same street corner and begged for almost 20years．
His house was dirty，and the bad smell coming out of the house was horrible．The neighbors could not stand the smell any more，so they asked the police officers to clear the place．The officers knocked down the door and cleaned the house．There were small bags of money all over the house that he had collected over the years．
The police counted the money，and they soon realized that the old man was a millionaire （百萬富翁）．They waited outside his house expecting to share the good news with him．When the old man arrived home that evening，one of the officers told him that there was no need for him to beg any more as he was a rich man now，a millionaire．
But the old man said nothing at all； he went into his house and locked the door．The next morning he woke up as usual，went to the subway，got into the train and sat at the street corner and continued to beg．
Clearly，this old man had no great plans，dreams or anything significant for his life．We learn nothing from this story other than staying focused on the things we enjoy doing．What makes us happy is what matters in the end，not what we acquire．
28．Why did the police officers clear the old man's house？B
A．Because the old man had no time to clear it himself．
B．Because the neighbors of the old man asked them to do．
C．Because they couldn't stand the terrible smell．
D．Because the police officers were kind-hearted．
29．The police officers stood outside the old man's house in order toD．
A．Tell the old man that they knocked down his door
B．Ask the old man to clean his dirty house
C．Make the old man count the money in small bags．
D．Tell the old man that he was a millionaire．
30．What did the old man do after the police officer told him the news？A
A．He did what he usually did the next day．
B．He stayed at home doing nothing．
C．He locked the door and went to the subway at once．
D．He sat in front of his house and continued to beg．
31．From the story we can infer thatB．
A．the old man cared about nothing but money
B．the old man wanted to do what he enjoyed doing
C．the policemen would take away all the money．
D．the old man would not beg any more．
分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀，作者通過這篇文章主要向我們講述了一個乞討的老人整天忙于乞討，結(jié)果卻是自己是百萬富翁．但老人知道后毫無改變依舊每天去乞討．
解答 28．B．細(xì)節(jié)推理題．根據(jù)第二段His house was dirty，and the bad smell coming out of the house was horrible．The neighbors could not stand the smell any more，so they asked the police officers to clear theplace．可知老人的房子又臟有味，鄰居無法忍受所以讓警察來清理，故選B．
29．D．細(xì)節(jié)推理題． 根據(jù)第三段They waited outside his house expecting to share the good news with him．可知警察等老人回來是為了告訴他不用再去乞討，他是百萬富翁．故選D．
30．A．推理判斷題．根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段But the old man said nothing at all； he went into his house and lockedthe door．The next morning he woke up as usual，went to the subway，got into the train and sat at the street corner and continued to beg．可知老人毫無改變，依然去乞討．故選A．
31．B．根據(jù)文章最后一段We learn nothing from this story other than staying focused on the things we enjoy doing．What makes us happy is what matters in the end，not what we acquire．可知老人在乎的不是錢，而是做喜歡做的事．故選B．
點評 考察學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力，做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進行比較，再做出正確的選擇．在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實，要根據(jù)文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．
