Mr．Smith was in trouble those days．He drove a car for Mr．Black, a rich businessman．He worked hard and the shopkeeper liked him．But he couldn’t work when he drank too much．And once he almost fell into the river when he drove along the bridge．Mr．Black became angry and was going to send him away．He had a big family and was afraid of it and promised(保证)he would stop drinking at once．The man told him to wait to be dealt with．
One Monday morning, Mr．Smith came into the office with two badly burned ears．
“What happened to your ears?” asked Mr．Black．
“Well ,” said the man．“I went to watch a football match yesterday while my wife was ironing clothes．She had put the iron(熨斗)near the telephone before she went to cook supper．Our team lost the game and I fell sorry for it．As soon as I went into the sitting-room ,the phone rang and I answered the iron!”
“And what happened to the other ear?”
“When I put the iron down on the table, the telephone rang again!”
(1)
_________, so he almost drove the car into the river．
[ ]
A．
Mr．Smith was not careful
B．
Mr．Smith drank too much
C．
Mr．Smith forgot they were in the bridge
D．
Mr．Smith couldn’t work in the evening
(2)
Mr．Smith went to watch the football match on _________
[ ]
A．
Monday
B．
Tuesday
C．
Saturday
D．
Sunday
(3)
We can guess _________．
[ ]
A．
Mr．Smith drank much after the match
B．
Mr．Smith was angry with his team
C．
Mr．Smith didn’t drink those days
D．
Mr．Smith watched the match at home
(4)
The _________ badly burned Mr．Smith’s ears．
[ ]
A．
telephone
B．
drinking
C．
iron
D．
irons
阅读理解
Mr．Smith works in an office．He's very busy and has no time to have a good rest．Every evening, when he comes back from his office, he's always tired and wants to go to bed early．But his wife always has a lot of interesting things to tell him after supper．She doesn't stop talking until she goes to sleep．
One day Mr．Smith feels terrible and can't go to work．He goes to see a doctor．And Mrs．Smith goes to the hospital with him．Before her husband says what is the matter with him, the woman tells the doctor all about her husband and the doctor understands why．He writes out a prescription．And when Mrs．Smith takes the medicine to the doctor's room, the doctor says to her, “This kind of medicine is for your husband and the pills are for you．”
“For me?” the woman says in surprise．“I'm fine．I don't need any medicine!”
“I don't think so, madam,” says the doctor．“They are sleeping pills．Your husband will be all right if you take them．”
(1)
What do you think of Mr．Smith's work?
[ ]
A．
Easy
B．
Happy
C．
Busy
D．
Lucky
(2)
Mrs．Smith is very ________．
[ ]
A．
quiet
B．
outgoing
C．
serious
D．
careful
(3)
Mr．Smith and Mrs．Smith go to the hospital because ________．
[ ]
A．
something is wrong with Mrs．Smith
B．
something is wrong with Mr．Smith
C．
something is wrong with both of them
D．
they want to see someone．
(4)
The doctor thinks the man can't go to sleep because ________．
[ ]
A．
he works too hard
B．
he is badly ill
C．
the woman speaks too much
D．
the woman is badly ill．
(5)
Which is Not talked about in this passage?
[ ]
A．
Mr．Smith is very busy and tired．
B．
Mr．Smith felt something wrong with himself．
C．
Mrs．Smith felt something wrong with herself．
D．
The Smiths went to see the doctor and talked a lot to him．
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