Have you ever done something foolish that made you feel so embarrassed（尴尬的）？
Well, that’s exactly how I felt．On a Saturday morning last autumn．I had gone to town to do some shopping and as I was on my way home to the shop,it suddenly began to rain．I at once rail into a nearby phone box since I didn’t have an umbrella．It was raining so heavily that I have to stay in the phone box until it stopped．
A few moments later,I saw a young man walk up to the phone box,wearing a yellow raincoat and holding a box．I didn’t want to go out into the rain,so I picked up the phone and pretended I was talking to someone．I thought the man would go away,but he didn’t．He just waited in the pouring rain,watching me wave my hands about and act as if I was deep in conversation．
Luckily,it began to stop after about ten minutes．“Okay,Mum,” I said loudly into the phone,“I’ll see you later Bye!”I put the phone down．picked up my shopping bag and walked out of the phone box“I’m sorry I took so long,”I said to the man．
“Oh, I don’t want to use the phone,”he replied．smiling．“I’ve just come to repair it．It’s out of order．you see” I felt myself go bright red in the face and I hurried away with my head down,feeting a complete fool．That was certainly one of the most embarrassing moments of my life!
根据短文内容选择正确答案．
(1)
Why did the writer go to the phone box and stay there?
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A．
Because she wanted to keep warm．
B．
Because she wanted to wait for her friend there．
C．
Because she wanted to phone her mother．
D．
Because it rained heavily and she had no umbrella with her．
(2)
What did the writer think what the young man wanted to do?
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A．
To repair the phone．
B．
To use the phone．
C．
To stay in the phone box．
D．
To elean the phone box．
(3)
How long did the man wait for?
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A．
About five minutes．
B．
About fifteen minutes．
C．
About ten minutes．
D．
About thirty minutes．
(4)
Which of the following is TRUE?
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A．
The story happened oil a cold Saturday morning last summer．
B．
The writer telephoned to her mother．
C．
The writer was on her way home aftter doing some shopping，suddenly it began to rain．
D．
The writer thought the rain would last long．
(5)
Why was the writer embar rassed?
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A．
Because she did something foolish．
B．
Because she got all wet．
C．
Because she made the man wait so long．
D．
Because she couldn’t get out of the phone box．
阅读理解
Years ago I worked at a factory in a small county．Every day I got up very early and often did much extra work at night．I was so tired and exhausted．My whole life was hopeless．Then one day I read the following article from a magazine：
"A woman went to live with her husband in camp on the Mojave Desert(沙漠)during the war．She simply hated the place：the heat was almost un-bearable, 125 degrees in the shade, the wind blew incessantly, and there was sand-sand everywhere．Finally, in desperation(不顾一切地)she wrote her parents in Ohio that she couldn't stand it another minute and was coming home．
Quickly came the reply by airmail from her father-just two lines：
'Two men looked out from prison bars．One saw the mud, the other saw stars．'
The daughter did some real thinking, not only with the intellect(思维)but also with her heart．She decided to stick to her post．
She made friends with the natives, learned to love the country, and eventually wrote a book about it．
The desert hadn't changed, but her attitude had．Because she listened with her heart to the words her father sent, a whole new world opened up to her．"
A change of attitude could change everything．
After reading the article, I was deep in thought(陷入沉思)…
(1)
The underlined word "unbearable" means ________ in Chinese．
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A．
难以想象的
B．
难以克服的
C．
难以忍受的
D．
难以适应的
(2)
After she received her father's reply, the woman ________．
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A．
went back home
B．
was coming home
C．
decided to stay there
D．
decided to go back home with her husband
(3)
From her father's reply, we can infer(推断)that ________．
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A．
two men looked out from prison bars
B．
one man was in prison, the other was out of prison
C．
two men were out of prison
D．
her parents wanted her to stay there with her husband
(4)
Which of the following is wrong according to the passage?
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A．
A woman went to live with her husband in a big city．
B．
The woman finally made friends with the natives．
C．
She wrote her parents that she was coming．
D．
The woman received her parents' reply by airmail．
(5)
The main idea of this passage is that ________．
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A．
a woman went to live with her husband in camp
B．
the desert hadn't changed, but her attitude had
C．
the daughter's parents wanted her to stay with her husband
