Hobbs was an orphan(孤儿). He worked in a factory and every day he got a little money. Hard work made him thin and weak. He wanted to borrow a lot of money to learn to paint pictures, but he did not think he could pay off the debts.
One day a lawyer said to him, “One thousand dollars, and here is the money.” As Hobbs took the package of notes, he was very dumbfounded. He didn’t know where the money came from and how to spend it. He said to himself, “I could go to find a hotel and live like a rich man for a few days; or I give up my work in the factory and do what I’d like to do: painting pictures. I could do that for a few weeks, but what would I do after that? I should have lost my place in the factory and have no money to live on. If it were a little less money, I would buy a new coat, or a radio, or give a dinner to my friends. If it were more, I could give up the work and pay for painting pictures. But it’s too much for one and too little for the other.”
“Here is the reading of your uncle’s will(遗嘱),” said the lawyer, “telling what is to be done with this money after his death. I must ask you to remember one point. Your uncle has said you must bring me a paper showing exactly what you did with his money, as soon as you have spent it.”
“Yes, I see. I’ll do that,” said the young man.
小题1:Hobbs wanted to borrow money to _____.
A．study abroad
B．work abroad
C．pay off the debts
D．learn to paint pictures小题2:What does the underlined word “dumbfounded”(in Paragraph 2) probably mean?
A．Surprised.
B．Frightened.
C．Satisfied.
D．Excited.小题3:With the money he got, at first Hobbs _____.
A．planned to have a happy life for a few days
B．decided to give up his work in the factory
C．was to give a dinner to his friends
D．had no idea what to do小题4:Hobbs was asked to _____.
A．tell the lawyer what he did with the money after spending it
B．read his uncle’s will
C．tell the lawyer what was to be done with the money
D．buy some pictures
小题1:D
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:A
题目分析：本文叙述了Hobbs是个孤儿，自己在一家工厂上班，每天很辛苦，但是钱又少，他很想去学画画，这时叔叔的律师来给他提供1000美元，他起初不知该如何花这笔钱，他想了很多方法，律师告诉他他的叔叔要求他把花的每一笔钱都必须写在纸上向他汇报。
小题1:细节理解题。根据He wanted to borrow a lot of money to learn to paint pictures, 他要借钱来学画画，故选D。
小题2:细节理解题。根据He didn’t know where the money came from and how to spend it.既然不知道钱从哪里来，所以他感到的是吃惊，故选A。
小题3:细节理解题。根据根据第一段最后几句可知，他起初不知该怎么办，故选D。
小题4:细节理解题。根据Your uncle has said you must bring me a paper showing exactly what you did with his money, as soon as you have spent it.告诉律师他以后怎样花钱的，故选A。
点评：细节理解题可以通过定位词解题，就是说我们在阅读题干的时候迅速的把题干中有标记意义的词或词组划记出来，然后用这个词回到原文当中定位。并不是所有的我们在题干中找到的定位词在原文中都会对应出现，有些情况下，原文中出现的只是题干定位词的转换形式。在这种情况下，划出定位词并在脑中留下印象也有利于我们在浏览文章是迅速发现文中定位词的对应形式，从而找到题目答案的位置。
