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work. He forgot everything else when he was working. One afternoon he received a telephone call: his
only son had been knocked down by a car in Paris. The young man"s leg was seriously hurt and he had
to be taken to hospital. Mrs. White was worried and asked her husband to go there with her to see him
at once. The scientist was busy with his work, so he made quite a few excuses, but it only made her
angry. Finally he agreed to leave for Paris with her. Their flight number was BA 347. They arrived at
the hospital in the evening. A friend of their son"s asked, "When did you start your journey, Mr. White?"
"At half past five," answered Mr. White.
"Today or yesterday?"
"What"s the date today?"
"July 3."
"Oh, I remember," said Mr. White, "We started out this afternoon."
"How did you come here, by air or by sea?" "I don"t know," answered Mr. White."You"d better ask
my wife. She always arranges (安排) these things."
| Ⅰ ( )1. A famous scientist called Mr. White ______. ( )2. Mr. White received a telephone call ______. ( )3. Mrs. White was worried about her son and ______. ( )4. Mr. White was busy with his work ______. ( )5. Finally Mr. White agreed to leave London and ______. | Ⅱ A. and made quite a few excuses of why he could not go B. asked her husband to go to Paris with her C. go to Paris with his wife D. telling him his son had been knocked down by a car E. was only interested in his work | |||||||||
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| Mark Twain, the famous American writer, was travelling in France. One day he was going to Dijon by train. That afternoon he was very tired and wanted to sleep. He asked the conductor to wake him up when they arrived in Dijon. He explained that he was a very heavy sleeper, "I"ll probably protest (抗议) loudly when you try to wake me up," he said to the conductor. "But do not take any notice, just keep pushing me." Then Mark Twain went to sleep. Later, when he woke up, it was nighttime and the train was already in Paris. He realized at once that the conductor had forgotten to wake him up at Dijon. He was very angry. He ran up to the conductor and began to shout at him."I haven"t been so angry in all my life," Mark Twain said. The conductor looked at him calmly (平静地). "You are not half as angry as the American whom I put off the train at Dijon," he said. | ||||||||||
| 1. Mark Twain is a famous ______. | ||||||||||
| A. singer B. conductor C. writer D. Frenchman | ||||||||||
| 2. Mark Twain was very ______ when he got on the train. | ||||||||||
| A. happy B. tired C. sleep D. heavy | ||||||||||
| 3. He wanted the conductor to ______. | ||||||||||
| A. wake him up at Paris B. carry him off the train C. wake him up at Dijon D. wake him and another American up | ||||||||||
| 4. —Did the conductor forget his promise? —______. | ||||||||||
| A. No, he didn"t B. Yes, he did C. No, but he woke up the wrong American D. I think so | ||||||||||
| 5. Which of the following statements is right? | ||||||||||
| A. There was only one American on the train. B. Mark Twain and his friend, another American, wanted to go to Dijon. C. Mark Twain woke his friend up.His friend was very angry. D. When Mark Twain found he was in Paris, he became very angry. | ||||||||||
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| Mark Twain is a 1 American writer. One day, he wanted to go to Dijon by train. He was very tired, so when he was on the train, he asked the conductor to w 2 him up when they arrived in Dijon. He told him that he was a very h 3 sleeper, and if he couldn"t wake him up, just to keep on trying. Then Mark Twain went to sleep. When Mark Twain woke up, he was a 4 in Paris. He was very angry. The conductor had made a mistake and put another American i 5 of Mark Twain off the train in Dijon. | ||||||||||
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| It was a Sunday afternoon. It was very 1 and nobody wanted to stay at home. Mike decided to go swimming in the river. His brother, Jim, wanted to go with him. " 2 him with you, Mike," said their father. "He will do what you say, I think." They got 3 the river quickly. A lot of people were 4 in it. Mike told Jim to play on the bank, then he 5 into the water. About an hour later, Mike swam to the bank with a fish in his hand. Jim was very 6 . He found a bottle and put the fish in it. Jim did 7 except watch the fish that evening. Suddenly Mike heard Jim 8 in the room. He ran to him and asked, "What"s wrong 9 you, Jim?" "The fish has died (死了)." Jim said, "I thought it was 10 . So I took it out of the bottle and put it on the chair. I only wanted it to have a rest." | ||||||||||
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