One Sunday evening, it was quite dark when old Stanley went for his walk. He was walking along the sidewalk, Suddenly, he saw a white car coming around the corner at high speed. It was going too fast and crashed into a red car in the street where he was walking. He rushed up to the cars to see if anyone was hurt and needed help.

The two drivers were arguing.

“You came around the corner too fast,” one man said.

“No!” said the driver of the white car, “That’s not true! Your car was parked in a wrong place.”

Stanley listened to their argument and then said the white car driver was wrong to drive too fast. The driver of red car asked Stanley to prove he was right in court(法庭). Stanley gave the driver his name and telephone number.

Next Thursday morning, Stanley was asked to go to the court. The lawyer(律师) for the driver of the white car asked him a lot of questions about what he had seen. Then he asked Stanley how old he was.

“I’m eighty-two,” answered Stanley.

“Do you usually wear glasses ?” asked the lawyer.

“Yes, I do,” answered Stanley.

“Were you wearing them on the night of the accident?” the lawyer asked.

“No,” replied Stanley.

Then the lawyer said, “Why should the court believe you? You are eighty-two years old, you were not wearing your glasses, and it was dark. How far can you see in the dark?”

Stanley thought about it for a minute. “Well,” he said, “when it’s dark, I can see the moon. How far is that?”

1.The car accident happened ___________.

A.one Sunday morning B.next Thursday morning

C.one Sunday evening D.next Thursday evening

2.The cause of the accident is that ______.

A.the red car was going too slowly

B.the white car was going too fast

C.the drivers were sleepy

D.Stanley was in their way

3.Stanley was asked to go to the court because _________.

A.he wanted to make money

B.he promised to be a witness

C.he was a lawyer

D.he was badly hurt in the accident

4.Maybe the red car driver contacted Stanley by ______.

A.writing a letter to him

B.sending an email to him

C.paying a visit to him

D.making a phone call to him

5.We can learn from the story that ________.

A.Stanley was a clever and humorous man

B.Stanley wore glasses when the accident happened

C.the lawyer thought that Stanley could see clearly

D.Stanley was not able to see the moon

“Can I learn to play the piano, Daddy?” Ann asked her father.

“That sounds good. But how long can you learn?”

“A month,” Ann said. “After a month, I can play for you. If I don’t play well, I won’t play it.”

“All right,” her father said.

He soon found a piano teacher and Ann started her lessons. The fee(费用) was expensive, but her father didn’t say anything.

A month passed(过去). The time came for Ann to play for her father.

She said to her father, “I want to play for you, Daddy.”

“OK, Ann,” her father said. “Start.”

She started to play. She didn’t play well. Her father had a friend with him, and the friend couldn’t stand(忍受) it.

When Ann stopped, her father said, “Great! Ann, you can have more lessons.”

Ann ran out of the room. Her father’s friend said to him, “I don’t think your daughter plays well.”

“Well, you’re right,” her father said. “But she’s very happy, right?”

1.Ann thought playing the piano was ________, so she wanted to learn it.

A.noisy B.difficult C.boring D.interesting

2.Ann wanted to learn to play the piano for ________.

A.two weeks B.six weeks C.a month D.six months

3.________ found a piano teacher to teach her.

A.Ann’s father B.Ann’s mother C.Ann herself D.Ann’s friend

4.Ann’s father wanted Ann to have more lessons because________.

A.Ann played well B.the fee was very cheap

C.he loved Ann D.he liked playing the piano

5.From this passage we can see that ________.

A.Ann doesn’t like playing the piano B.Ann can have more lessons

C.Ann doesn’t want to have more lessons D.Ann’s father doesn’t have a friend

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