Mr. Brown worked in a factory of a small town. He had been there for twenty years before one day he was sent to the capital for important business. He was quite excited because he had never been there before. Before he set off, he asked his wife and three daughters if they wanted him to buy something for them in London. Mrs. Brown began to think it over and then she said she wished her husband would be able to buy a nice umbrella for her, and so did their three daughters. As he was afraid he would forget it, he drew an umbrella on his hand. To his regret, he lost it at the station.
On the train Mr. Brown sat opposite to an old woman. The woman’s umbrella was so nice that he carefully looked at it and said to himself not to forget to buy a few umbrellas like it. When the train arrived at the station in London, he said good-bye to the old woman, took his bag and her umbrella and was going to get off.
“Wait a minute, sir,” shouted the old woman. “That’s my umbrella!”
Now Mr. Brown noticed that he had taken her umbrella. His face turned red at once and said in a hurry,“Oh, I’m very sorry, Madam! I didn’t mean it!”
Seven days later Mr. Brown left the capital. To his surprise, he met the old woman and sat opposite to her again. Looking at the four umbrellas, the old woman was satisfied with herself. “It seems that I had a better result than the other four women.” She thought.
【小题1】We can learn from the passage that Mr. Brown was ______.

A.a conductorB.a worker
C.a thiefD.an umbrella maker
【小题2】The underlined word “it” in the first paragraph refers to ______.
A.his ticketB.his bag
C.his drawingD.his umbrella
【小题3】Why did Mr. Brown take the woman’s umbrella?
A.Because he was lost in thought.
B.Because it was much like his own umbrella.
C.Because he thought the woman would not notice it.
D.Because the woman misplaced it beside Mr. Brown.
【小题4】When looking at Mr. Brown with four umbrellas, the woman felt ______.
A.surprised B.angryC.fortunate D.sad

It was a quiet village in which there was a military camp (军营). It was far from the towns and cities and there were some high mountains around. Of course it was a good place for training the new soldiers. But it was difficult for the young men to go outside. Mr. White, an officer of forty, was strict with them and he hardly let them leave the camp.

Once Mr. White was ill in bed. He couldn’t work and a young officer, Mr. Hunt, began to train the new soldiers instead of him. He knew the young men well and let nine soldiers go to the nearest town to have a holiday. But night fell and none came back to the camp. He was worried about it and stood at the gate. It was five to twelve when Mr. Hunt decided to go to the town and see what was happening to the young men. He started the car quickly and set off. At that moment the nine soldiers came back. It seemed they drank wine. Of course they found the officer was angry.

“I’m sorry, sir,” said the first soldier. “I left the town on time. But something was wrong with my bus on my way here. I had to buy a horse and made it run fast. Bad luck! It died and I had to run back.”

And the other seven soldiers said they were late for the same reasons. It was the last soldier’s turn. He said, “I’m sorry, sir. I got on a bus on time, but....”

Having heard this, the officer became even angrier and stopped him at once. He called out, “If you say something was wrong with your bus, I’ll punish you at once!”

“No, no, sir,” said the young man. “My bus was all right, but the dead horses were in its way!”

1.The military camp was built in the village to ________.

A.stop the soldiers from going to towns

B.stop the soldiers from meeting their friends

C.train the new soldiers

D.make the young men live quietly

2.Mr. Hunt let the nine soldiers have a holiday because ________.

A.he was kind to them                     B.they felt lonely

C.they had something important to do         D.they were the best of all

3.The young officer was worried because ________.

A.a traffic accident had happened

B.he was afraid something happened to the nine soldiers

C.the nine soldiers would come back

D.the nine soldiers drank too much in the town

4.Which of the statements do you think is true?

A. You’ll believe only the last soldier.

B. The officer believed the nine soldiers.

C. You’ll believe none of the nine soldiers.

D. The officer wouldn’t punish his soldiers.

 

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