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A beautiful and very successful actress was the star of a new musical show. Her home was in the country, but she didn’t want to have to go back there every night. So she rented an expensive flat in the centre of the city, bought some beautiful furniture and hired a man to paint the rooms in new colours.

It was very difficult to get tickets for her show, because everybody wanted to see it, so she decided to give the painter two of the best seats. She hoped that this would make him work better and more willingly for her. He took the tickets without saying anything, and she heard no more about them until the end of the month, when she got the painter’s bill. At the bottom of it were the words: “Four hours watching Miss Ball sing and dance: $3,” with this note: “After 5 p.m., I get fifteen shillings an hour instead of ten shillings.”

1. In this article, “Miss Ball” was the name of _______.

A. a place where people sang and danced

C. an actress B. a dance party D. a ball

2. The actress gave the painter two tickets, hoping ________.

A. he would be pleased

B. he would ask less money for his work

C. he would charge more money for his work

D. he would praise her musical show

3. After the painter got the tickets from the actress, he _______.

A. sold them for $3

C. paid $3 for them B. went to watch the musical show D. was very thankful to her

【答案与解析】本文讲述了一个女演员为了调动给她做事的人的积极性，给了他两张很难买到看演出的门票，结果，这个做事的人曲解了这个女演员的用意，以为这也是在为她工作，而向她收取工钱的幽默故事。

1. C。推断题。从第2段第1句It was very difficult to get tickets for her show及工人的收款单下面的字Four hours watching Miss Ball sing and dance: $3可知Miss Ball就是这个演员，故此题答案为C。

2. A。细节题。根据第2段第2句She hoped that this would make him work better and more willingly for her.可推知此题答案为A。