The story tell us about the British writer, Richard Savage. He was once living in London with   1  money in his pockets. In order to get some food and clothes, he wrote the story of his life and managed to have it published. But not many copies of his books were   2  in the shops, and he was still living a hard life. Because of anxiety(忧虑)and malnutrition(营养不良), he became very weak and before long he fell  3 , and a doctor was sent for. The doctor was not rich enough, but was  4  literature. He tried his best to cure Savage of his illness and a week later Savage was out of danger. When he finally recovered(重新获得) his  5 , the doctor sent a bill to Savage for his  6  , but poor Savage had no money to pay it. The doctor waited for a month and sent another bill. Receiving no money again, the doctor went to Savage himself.

"You know you owe(欠) your life to me," said the doctor, "and I should  7 some thankfulness from you."

"I agree," said the writer, " you've done a great favour(恩惠) for me and if I'm not ungrateful for your kindness, I'll damage(损坏) my life to you."

With these words he handed the doctor two copies of The Life of Richard Savage.

The doctor took the books home and began to _ 8  them carefully.

"I see I've  9 the life of a great writer," the doctor said to himself with a sense of pride,  Maybe this is the only thing I could be really   10 of in my life."

Five years later Savage called on the doctor to pay his bill, only to find that the doctor had already passed away .

1.                A.much          B.a little          C.little D.enough

 

2.                A.bought         B.sold            C.printed   D.showed

 

3.                A.weak          B.anxious         C.frightened D.ill

 

4.                A.interested in     B.familiar with     C.popular with   D.worried about

 

5.                A.walk           B.health          C.movement D.action

 

6.                A.care           B.help           C.attention  D.treatment

 

7.                A.wish           B.choose         C.get  D.master

 

8.                A.write          B.correct         C.improve  D.read

 

9.                A.made          B.saved          C.trained   D.taught

 

10.               A.fond           B.aware          C.proud D.afraid

 

 

A young man worked very hard at his lessons. He was too busy to have a rest. At last, he became ill, so he couldn’t go to sleep. Every night, when he went to bed, he closed his eyes and tried to sleep. But he always stayed awake and couldn’t fall asleep.

After some days, he decided to see a doctor.“I just can’t go to sleep at night. What should I do? Could you please help me?”

“I have a suggestion(建议),”said the doctor. “Try counting numbers. By the time you reach one thousand, you’ll be asleep. I’m sure of it.”

The next day the man returned to the doctor’s office. “Well,” said the doctor, how are you today? Did you try my suggestion?”

The man still looked tired. “Yes,” he said, “I tried counting one , two, three—up to one thousand. But when I reached five hundred and sixty-nine, I began to feel sleepy. I had to get up and drink some tea so that I could go on counting up to one thousand. But then I still couldn’t fall asleep.”

1.The young man couldn’t go to sleep because                       

A.he was worried about his homework

B.he worked too hard and became ill

C.he didn’t finish doing his lessons

D.there was a lot of noise there and he couldn’t have a rest

2.The doctor asked the young man             .

A.to put all numbers from I to 1000 together

B.to take some medicine and go to bed earlier

C.to count numbers while he was lying in bed

D.to count numbers before he went to bed

3.The young man returned to the doctor’s office the next day because            .

A.he wanted to ask the doctor how to count the numbers

B.he wanted to thank the doctor

C.he was better and wanted some more medicine

D.he still couldn’t go to sleep at night

4.The young man               .

A.counted from 569 to 1000

B.counted from 1 to 1000 and fell asleep

C.counted from 1 to 569 and got up to drink some tea

D.counted from 1 to 569 and fell asleep

5.The young man           in fact.

A.didn’t understand the doctor’s suggestion

B.wasn’t ill at all

C.was not able to count numbers

D.didn’t try the doctor’s suggestion

 

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