《2025年英语拓展听力与阅读中考特辑》

Characters: a judge(法官), Mike (a painter), Peter (a cook)
Setting: a courtroom(法庭)
A judge is sitting behind a desk. Mike and Peter are standing in front of her.
Peter: Your honour. This man lives in a room above my restaurant. I heard him telling a friend that he was stealing from me.
Mike: Smells, your honour! I just take the smells of the food coming up from the restaurant.
Judge: (Looking at Mike) What do you do with the smells?
Mike: The smells help me imagine that I am eating a fine dinner.
Judge: (To Peter) And how much do you want for these smells, sir?
Peter: The 5 coins he always carries.
Mike: But my mother gave me the coins to save me when in need.
Judge: (To Mike) Drop the coins onto the table, one at a time. (Mike drops the coins.) Case dismissed(结案).
Peter: What do you mean? I didn't get paid!
Judge: You want the SMELLS paid. Mike has now paid you in SOUNDS—the sounds of the coins.
( ) 1. B lives in a room above the restaurant.
A. The judge B. Mike C. Peter D. No one
( ) 2. From the passage, we can see that the judge is D.
A. poor B. rich C. stupid D. wise
( ) 3. The passage is probably A.
A. a play B. a poem C. a notice D. a diary

答案： 1.B 2.D 3.A