It must have been around nine o'clock when I drove back home from work because it was already dark. As I came near to the gates I turned off the head lights of the car so as to prevent the beam from swinging (摆动) through the window and waking Jack, who shared the house with me. But I needn't have done so. I noticed that his light was still on, so he was awake anyway—unless he had fallen asleep while reading. I put the car away and went up the steps.

Then I opened the door quietly and went to Jack's room. He was in bed awake, but he didn't even turn towards me.

“What's up, Jack﹖” I asked.

“For God's sake, don't make a noise,” he said.

The way he spoke reminded me of someone in pain who is afraid to talk in case he does himself serious injury.

“Take your shoes off, Neville,” Jack said.

I thought that he must be ill and that I had better give way to him to keep him happy. “There is a snake here,” he explained. “It's asleep between the sheets. I was lying on my back reading when I saw it.I knew that moving was out of the question. I could not have moved even I'd wanted to.” I realized that he was serious. “I was depending on you to call a doctor as soon as you came home,” Jack went on. “It has not bitten me yet but I dare not do anything to upset it. It might wake up. I'm sick of this,” he said.“I took it for granted that you would have come home an hour ago.”

There was no time to argue or apologize for being late.I looked at him as encouraging as I could and went to telephone the doctor.

When he got home, Neville found that _____.

    A.Jack had fallen asleep while reading     B.Jack had been reading for some time

    C.Jack's light was not turned off          D.Jack was ready to answer the doctor

The underlined phrase in Paragraph 6 means _____.

    A.impossible     B.no problem       C.no doubt     D.without difficulty

Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage﹖

    A.Neville and Jack lived in the same house.

    B.Neville thought that Jack had fallen ill.

    C.Neville really believed that Jack was not making a joke.

    D.Neville refused to argue or to make an apology for being late.

The reason why Neville thought that Jack must be ill is that Jack ____.

    A.asked Neville to take off his shoes

    B.made a gesture to show the presence of the snake

    C.was afraid to upset the snake sleeping between the sheets

    D.behaved strangely as if he were badly hurt

According to the passage, Neville should have been home at ____.

    A.7 p.m.     B.8 p.m.     C.9 p.m.    D.6 p.m.

Mrs Smith's husband went off on a business trip to Australia. He wanted to catch the 3:30 plane to Darwin. She was very surprised when he telephoned her at 5 o'clock and said that he was still at the airport.
"What happened?" asked Mrs Smith.
"Well," said Mr Smith, "everything was going fine. I got my ticket, checked my luggage and waited in line at the gate. I walked across the runway to the airplane and I saw my friend Jack Scott. Jack was an airplane engineer. I shouted to him and a policeman caught me."
"Why did he catch you?"
"I don't know," said Mr Smith," All I said was ‘Hi, Jack! '"
The word "hijack" means "to take control of a plane by force".
【小题1】Why did Mr Smith want to fly to Australia? Because____________.

A.he was an Australian businessman
B.he was leaving for Australia on business
C.his wife wanted him to
D.he wanted" to see his wife
【小题2】Mrs Smith was very surprised because
A.Mr Smith didn't arrive in DarwinB.Mr Smith telephoned her later
C.Mr Smith didn't leave the airportD.Mr Smith was in Darwin
【小题3】Mr Smith couldn't get on the plane because
A.he met with his friend Jack
B.he didn't get the ticket
C.there was something wrong with the airplane engine
D.he was stopped by a policeman
【小题4】Which of the following is NOT true?
A.The police didn't know Mr Smith was Jack Scott's friend.
B.Jack Scott worked as an airplane engineer.
C.The policeman misunderstood Mr Smith.
D.Mr Smith knew why the policeman caught him.
【小题5】Why was Mr Smith caught by the policeman?
A.Because he didn't keep silence at the airport.
B.Because he greeted an airport engineer named Jack.
C.Because the pronunciation of "Hi, Jack" has another frightful meaning.
D.Because the policeman didn't know English.

Mrs Smith's husband went off on a business trip to Australia. He wanted to catch the 3:30 plane to Darwin. She was very surprised when he telephoned her at 5 o'clock and said that he was still at the airport.

"What happened?" asked Mrs Smith.

"Well," said Mr Smith, "everything was going fine. I got my ticket, checked my luggage and waited in line at the gate. I walked across the runway to the airplane and I saw my friend Jack Scott. Jack was an airplane engineer. I shouted to him and a policeman caught me."

"Why did he catch you?"

"I don't know," said Mr Smith," All I said was ‘Hi, Jack! '"

The word "hijack" means "to take control of a plane by force".

1.Why did Mr Smith want to fly to Australia? Because____________.

A.he was an Australian businessman

B.he was leaving for Australia on business

C.his wife wanted him to

D.he wanted" to see his wife

2.Mrs Smith was very surprised because

A.Mr Smith didn't arrive in Darwin            B.Mr Smith telephoned her later

C.Mr Smith didn't leave the airport            D.Mr Smith was in Darwin

3.Mr Smith couldn't get on the plane because

A.he met with his friend Jack

B.he didn't get the ticket

C.there was something wrong with the airplane engine

D.he was stopped by a policeman

4.Which of the following is NOT true?

A.The police didn't know Mr Smith was Jack Scott's friend.

B.Jack Scott worked as an airplane engineer.

C.The policeman misunderstood Mr Smith.

D.Mr Smith knew why the policeman caught him.

5.Why was Mr Smith caught by the policeman?

A.Because he didn't keep silence at the airport.

B.Because he greeted an airport engineer named Jack.

C.Because the pronunciation of "Hi, Jack" has another frightful meaning.

D.Because the policeman didn't know English.

 

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