Some time ago, a friend of mine who worked in a part of the city I didn't know very well invited me to call on him. It took me hours to get there and I took great trouble to find a proper spot to park my car. As I was already three quarters of an hour late, I parked my car quickly.

  At noon, just as I was leaving my friend's office it suddenly struck me that I had no idea where I had parked my car. I could hardly go up to a policeman and tell him that I had lost a small green car somewhere! Walking down street after street, I examined each car closely and was very happy to see a small green car just behind an old car. But how disappointed I was to discover that though the car was exactly like my own, it belonged to someone else! Feeling quite tired now, I went off for lunch. Some time later, I left the restaurant and walked down the street. Turning the corner, I nearly jumped for joy: my car was right in front of me, and there was no problem this time.

  To tell the truth, driving in a crowded city is far from being a pleasure and it is much easier to walk than to drive.

(1)What did the writer do the other day?

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A.He went to telephone his old friend.

B.He paid a visit to his friend.

C.He called on a friend, who he didn't know well.

D.He visited a friend and had lunch with him.

(2)“It suddenly struck me”in the second paragraph probably means“________”.

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A.a stick suddenly hit me

B.a stone suddenly hit me

C.I suddenly found out

D.I suddenly thought

(3)Which of the following statements is true according to this story?

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A.The writer had not much difficulty in finding a parking-place.

B.It took him forty-five minutes to find a place to park his car.

C.It was very difficult for the writer to find a parking-place.

D.He got a parking-place right away and parked his car in a hurry.

(4)How did he look for his car?

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A.He asked a policeman for help.

B.His friend called a policeman.

C.He examined every car in the street.

D.A waiter helped him to do this.

Long ago, operation usually had to be done while the sick man could feel everything. The sick man had to be held down on a table by force while the doctors did their best to save him. He could feel all the pain if his leg or arm was being cut off, and his fearful cries filled the room and the hearts of those who watched.

Soon after 1770, Josept Priestley discovered a gas which is now called “laughing gas”. Laughing gas became known in America. Young men and women went to parties to try it. Most of them spent their time laughing, but one man at a party, Horace Wells, noticed that people didn’t seem to feel pain when they were using this gas. He decided to make an experiment on himself.He asked a friend to help him.

Wells took some of the gas, and his friend pulled out one of Wells’ teeth. Wells felt no pain at all.

As he didn’t know enough about laughing gas, he gave a man less gas than he should have. The man cried out with pain when his tooth was being pulled out. 

Wells tried again, but this time he gave too much of the gas, and the man died. Wells never forgot this terrible event.

1.Long ago,when the sick man was operated on, he _________.

A.could feel nothing

B.could not want anything

C.could feel all the pain

D.could do anything

2.Using the laughing gas, the people did not seem to _________.

A.be afraid of anything

B.feel pain

C.want to go to the parties

D.be ill

3.If a man took less laughing gas than he should have when an operation went on, he _________.

A.felt nothing

B.felt very comfortable

C.still felt pain

D.would die

4.One who took too much of the laughing gas _________.

A.would laugh all the time

B.would be very calm

C.would never feel pain

D.would die.

 

It was several years since Adolf Hitler came into power in Germany. And now his army was marching into some parts of Europe. He must be in the prime(顶峰) of his career.

  One day Hitler went to an exhibition where the works of school children were on show. He seemed to have great interest in the exhibits—inventions as well as carvings, drawings. After having walked around the hall and examined everything, he said he was ready to meet the young artists. And soon a group of children came into the room to salute(向-----敬礼) him.

  “Well, well. You did very good work.” nodded Hitler in satisfaction. “I promise on my honor I’d satisfy you with whatever you want. What’d you wish to be if I were your father?”

  “A sailor sailing the sea” one of the boys answered.

  “Good. I’ll have you join my navy and some day you will rule the oceans.”(海洋)

  “Ask for anything? What’d you wish to be if I were your father?” he asked a second boy.

  “A painter as great as Rembruant.”

  “Good. You are to be sent to the Fine Art School and surely you will make an even greater painter.”

  When Hitler caught sight of a sad-looking boy be frowned(皱眉), then quickly forced a smile, “There my boy, in spite of my point of view towards the Jews(犹太人), I’d do you a favor and your dream will come true. What’d you wish to be if I were your father?”

  The boy looked straight at the man.

  “An orphan(the child who has no parents).” he murmured.(嘟哝)

1. Hitler promised to satisfy(满足) the children with whatever they want because       .

A. he wanted all the children to live a happy life  B. he wanted to make a good impression on the children

C. he liked paintings very much               D. he liked all the children

2.Hitler frowned when he saw the sad-looking boy because       .

A. the boy was recognized to be a Jew           B. the boy didn’t come to the front to salute him

C. the boy didn’t want to ask for anything        D. the boy was sad-looking

3.Judging by what the boy said we can see that       .

A. the boy’s parents had died                 B. the boy had no brothers or sisters

C. the boy hated Hitler very much             D. the boy wanted himself to be an orphan

4.Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. Hitler wanted to be the father of the children.  B. The boy was both clever and courageous(勇敢的).

C. Rembruant was a great painter.             D. Hitler did not like Jews.

 

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