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  Tom, Mike and Jack once lost their way in a forest. They came to a farmer's house and asked if they could stay in the house for the night.

  “Sure,”the farmer said“but I have room for only two of you in the house. The other one will have to sleep in the barn(马厩), with the animals. I'm afraid the smell is very bad out there.”

  “I'll sleep in the barn,”Tom said.

  But half an hour later a knock was heard on the house door, and there stood Tom, “I can't take the smell.”

  “All right,” said Mike“I'll sleep in the barn.” So he went off to the barn.

  In a while there was another knock on the door, “I can't take the smell, either.”

  “You two fools,” said Jack“I'll sleep in the barn.”

  Thirty minutes later came another knock. When they opened the door, they saw all the animals from the barn.

1.What did they do when they found they had lost their way?

[  ]

A.They stopped to have a good rest.

B.They came to a house and begged to be put up for the night.

C.They decided to help the farmer take care of his animals.

D.They made up their minds to get out of the forest before dawn.

2.What did the farmer do?

[  ]

A.He was too frightened to open the door.

B.He told them how to get out of the forest.

C.He promised to put them up for the night.

D.He went to his friend's to make room for them.

3.One of the boys had to sleep in the barn because ________

[  ]

A.he was very dirty.

B.he made a loud noise when he slept.

C.there wasn't enough room in the house.

D.there was only one room in the house.

4.Who was the first to go to the barn to sleep?

[  ]

A.Tom
B.Jack
C.Mike
D.The farmer

5.All the animals were at the door because ________.

[  ]

A.the farmer drove them out.

B.they wanted to go into the warm house.

C.Tom and Mike led them out.

D.Jack drove them out.

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  Tom, Mike and Jack once lost their way in a forest. They came to a farmer's house and asked if they could stay in the house for the night.

  “Sure,”the farmer said“but I have room for only two of you in the house. The other one will have to sleep in the barn(马厩), with the animals. I'm afraid the smell is very bad out there.”

  “I'll sleep in the barn,”Tom said.

  But half an hour later a knock was heard on the house door, and there stood Tom, “I can't take the smell.”

  “All right,” said Mike“I'll sleep in the barn.” So he went off to the barn.

  In a while there was another knock on the door, “I can't take the smell, either.”

  “You two fools,” said Jack“I'll sleep in the barn.”

  Thirty minutes later came another knock. When they opened the door, they saw all the animals from the barn.

1.What did they do when they found they had lost their way?

[  ]

A.They stopped to have a good rest.

B.They came to a house and begged to be put up for the night.

C.They decided to help the farmer take care of his animals.

D.They made up their minds to get out of the forest before dawn.

2.What did the farmer do?

[  ]

A.He was too frightened to open the door.

B.He told them how to get out of the forest.

C.He promised to put them up for the night.

D.He went to his friend's to make room for them.

3.One of the boys had to sleep in the barn because ________

[  ]

A.he was very dirty.

B.he made a loud noise when he slept.

C.there wasn't enough room in the house.

D.there was only one room in the house.

4.Who was the first to go to the barn to sleep?

[  ]

A.Tom
B.Jack
C.Mike
D.The farmer

5.All the animals were at the door because ________.

[  ]

A.the farmer drove them out.

B.they wanted to go into the warm house.

C.Tom and Mike led them out.

D.Jack drove them out.

阅读理解。
     John "Mad Jack" Mytton (1796-1834) was a carefree English aristocrat who was born into
immense wealth. However, he died a poor man after a life that was once described as "a series of
suicide attempts
". So, what went wrong?
     As a young boy, Jack went to Westminster School, but after only one year he was expelled for
fighting with a teacher. He was then sent to Harrow School but only lasted three days before he was
also thrown out. He was eventually educated by private tutors.
     After school, Jack went to Cambridge University. He arrived with 2,000 bottles of port, but left
without graduating - he found university life boring. Later, he joined the army, enlisting with the 7th
Hussars. As a young officer, he spent a year with the regiment in France as part of the occupation
force after Napoleon's defeat in 1815. Jack passed the time gambling and drinking before resigning
his commission. At the age of 21, he returned to his country house just in time to receive his inheritance.
     With an annual income of over £800,000 in today's money, Jack was extremely rich… but it didn't
take him long to spend it all. In 1819, he became an MP. In order to secure his seat, he offered voters
£10 notes to vote for him, spending more than £10,000 in total. However, he found politics dull and
went to parliament only once. Back at home, he would often drop bank notes in the gardens of his
estate, and gave his servants vast amounts of spending money. Once he lost his racetrack winnings
(several thousand pounds) when the wind blew all the money away.
     One of Jack's favorite pastimes was hunting. He would go in any kind of weather, occasionally
with no clothes on. Sometimes, he would get up in the middle of the night, take off with a gun to look
for something to shoot.
     Jack also kept a large number of pets. These included about 2,000 dogs. Some were fed on steak
and Champagne and even wore livery. A favorite horse had free range inside Halston Hall and would
often lie with Jack in front of the fire.
     Jack was a bit of a practical joker, too. He once left a horse in the bedroom of a guest. Another
visitor fell asleep and woke up to find a live bear and two bulldogs in his bed. In 1826, as a result of a
bet, Jack rode his horse into the Bedford Hotel, up the grand staircase and onto the balcony. Then,
still sitting on the horse, he jumped off the balcony, landing among the diners in the restaurant below.
     Another time, he invited a local doctor to dine at Halston Hall. As soon as the doctor had left,
Jack put on a highwayman's costume and raced ahead to rob the unsuspecting man. On another
occasion, a passenger in Jack's carriage admitted that he'd never been in an accident, so Jack drove
the carriage up a hill and turned it over. He would also slip red-hot coals into people's pockets as a
joke.
     Eventually, Jack ran out of money and fell into debt. In 1830, he fled to France to avoid his
creditors(债主), but returned a couple of years later, ending up in prison in Southwark, London. Jack
died there in 1834, a poor, lonely man.
1. It can be inferred in the passage that ________.
A. Jack was first educated by private tutors and eventually graduated from Cambridge University.
B. Jack joined the army and succeeded in defeating Napoleon's army in 1815.
C. Jack bribed the voters in order to gain a position of MP.
D. Jack fed his favorite horse with meat and wine and often lay with it in front of the fire.
2. Once Jack rode his horse into a grand hotel and jumped off the balcony in order to pay for his _____.
A. bet        
B. debt        
C. joke        
D. gambling
3. The examples in paragraph 7 tell us that _______.
A. Jack was always ready to help people experience what they hadn't experienced.
B. Jack always punished people by all means to let out his hatred.
C. Jack always played tricks on people to have fun.
D. Jack went mad and treated people unfriendly and even cruelly.
4. The word _________ would be more proper to describe Jack's life.
A. ridiculous    
B. luxurious      
C. tricky    
D. greedy
5. By writing "a series of suicide attempts" in paragraph 1, the author probably means that ________.
A. Jack attempted to kill himself because he was too poor.
B. Jack pretended to suicide to avoid his creditors.
C. Jack lost his life in fighting with poverty.
D. All that Jack had did in his life contributed to his own failure and poverty.

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