Ashley and Chris work in the same departme

题目内容：

Ashley and Chris work in the same department designing postcards. Chris had a college degree in art and deeply felt that the degree of his designs was excellent. His last postcard showed the depth of a desert’s beauty and delights.

“It’s just a picture of the desert,” Ashley said. “Not deep at all.”

“Some people desire seeing beauty,” Chris replied. “Mine delivers that”.

Ashley laughed and said, “well, that depends on what you think beauty is.”

Days later, someone delivered a letter to Ashley. The letter said, “You are worthy of the bad things that will come your way. You will know the taste of defeat, and I will destroy you.”

Ashley suddenly felt very cold. It was as if the room temperature had dropped 30 degrees. “Who would do such a shocking deed?” she wondered. “I will not let a simple letter defeat me.”

Just then, Chris came into the room and offered Ashley a piece of his sandwich.

“Try some,” he smiled widely. “It’s delicious.”

“Are you trying to poison me?” Ashley asked. Chris’s answer was delayed from confusion. “What’s your problem?” he asked.

The next day, Ashley brought a bat to use to defend herself. When Chris saw her bat, he joked, “Defend and win one for the team.”

Ashley took no notice of him. She spent the whole day reading self-defending books and placed her work on delay. “You can’t delay your work. Our job demands us to do our work on time,” Chris said. “We must meet the demands of our job.”

“You‘re not the boss,” Ashley replied. “Don’t make demands of me.”

Because Ashley failed to do her work, she was fired.

Chris glanced at Ashley’s empty desk and smiled.

小题1:What kind of work did Chris and Ashley do?

A．Drawing.

B．Designing.

C．Painting.

D．Building.小题2:What did Ashley think of the last postcard designed by Chris?

A．Excellent

B．Too bad

C．It didn’t show the real beauty of the desert.

D．He expressed himself in an indirect way.小题3:We may infer from this passage that ___________.

A．Chris was not a good designer

B．Chris and Ashley were friendly to each other

C．Chris herself must have written the letter

D．It may sometimes bring about bad luck to speak out one’s mind

最佳答案：

小题1:B

小题2:C

小题3:C

答案解析：

文章介绍Ashley和Chris一起做设计明信片的工作，Ashley得罪了Chris，后来收到了一封恐吓信，并受此影响，直到失去工作，原来是Chris写的这封信。

小题1:细节题：从第一段的句子：Ashley and Chris work in the same department designing postcards. 可知Ashley和Chris的工作是设计，选B。

小题2:推理题：从第二段的句子：“It’s just a picture of the desert,” Ashley said. “Not deep at all.”可知Ashley认为Chris的明信片没有展示沙漠的美，选C

小题3:推理题：从文章的最后一句话：Chris glanced at Ashley’s empty desk and smiled.说明Chris看见Ashley被解雇了，笑了，说明是Chris写的恐吓信，而且达到了目的，选C

考点核心：

人物传记类文章的文体特征：

人物传记是记叙文体的一种，主要描写某人的生平事迹、趣闻轶事、生活背景、个性特征、成长奋斗历程等，包含记叙文的时间、地点、人物、事件等要素。其特点是以时间的先后或事件的发展为主线，空间或逻辑线索贯穿文章始终，脉络清楚，可读性较强。