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Once upon a time, a wealthy old man lived alone in a big house. He was growing weaker day by day and was unable to take care of himself, so he decided to hire（僱傭）  a nurse to help with housework and take care of him.

One day, the old man interviewed two nurses —Anthony and Peter. Anthony happened to be a handsome young man, while Peter looked quite ordinary (普通的). The old man asked Anthony to make tea for him. After Anthony left, the old man turned to Peter and said, “Anthony has given me a very bad account（描述） of you. He said you are rude(粗魯的) and untrustworthy (不可信賴的) . Is this correct? ”

Peter thought for a minute and said, “If Anthony has a bad opinion of me, there must be something wrong with me. I should take some time to change these things.”

The old man was very impressed by Peter’s character. Meanwhile, Anthony returned with a cup of tea for the old man, The old man sent Peter to make breakfast for him. He then turned to Anthony and told him, “Peter spoke very poorly of you while you were gone. What do you think about this? ” After hearing this, Anthony became angry and started cursing(咒罵).

In the end, the old man hired Peter. Although Peter looked quite ordinary, he had impressive inner(內在的)  beauty.

26. What did the old man want a nurse to do?

A. Live with him.

B. Help with housework and look after his wife.

C. Work as a doctor.

D. Help with housework and look after him.

27. What did Anthony look like?

A. Handsome.           B. Ordinary.           C. Old.                D. Ugly.

28. The old man told Peter that Anthony__________.

A. had had some bad words of him              B. had praised him

C. did not trust him                          D. considered him to be not important

29. How did Peter react(反應 ) when he heard the old man's words?

A. He was angry.                              B. He took it seriously.

C. He didn't believe him.                     D. He blamed  (責備 ) Anthony.

30. What can we learn from the passage?

A. Ordinary people are more trustworthy.

B. Handsome men must be good men.

C. Inner beauty is more important than appearance.

D. Others' opinions are always correct.

【回答】

26. D    27. A    28. A    29. B    30. C

【解析】

本篇文章難度適中，主要講述一個老人要僱傭一個護士照顧他。一天他面試了兩個人，安東尼和彼得。安東尼長得很帥，而彼得很普通。當這個老人對彼得説安東尼説彼得壞話時，彼得虛心接受並打算花時間改變他自己。而當老人對安東尼説彼得説安東尼的壞話時，安東尼很生氣並開始大罵。最後這個老人僱傭了彼得。最後告訴我們一個道理，即內在美比外表更重要。

26.細節理解題。根據so he decided to hire（僱傭）a nurse to help with housework and take care of him可知，這個男人想要招聘一個護士來幫他做家務和照顧他，故選D。

27.細節理解題。根據Anthony happened to be a handsome young man, while Peter looked quite ordinary (普通的)可知，安東尼長得帥，而彼得很普通，故選A。

28.細節理解題。根據“Anthony has given me a very bad account（描述） of you. He said you are rude(粗魯的)  and untrustworthy (信賴的) . Is this correct? ”可知，這個老人告訴彼得，安東尼説他壞話，故選A。

29.細節理解題。根據Peter thought for a minute and said, “If Anthony has a bad opinion of me, there must be something wrong with me. I should take some time to change these things.”可知，彼得想了幾分鐘並説，如果安東尼對我有不好的看法。我一定有什麼錯的地方，我應該花時間改變這些東西。所以彼得嚴肅對待這件事。故選B。

30.主旨大意題、根據Although Peter looked quite ordinary, he had impressive inner(內在的)  beauty以及全文可知，儘管彼得看起來非常普通，他有令人印象深刻的內在美，所以內在美比外表更重要，故選C。

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