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Mr. Jackson was tired of living in his old house in the countryside and wanted to sell it and buy a better one. He tried to sell it for a long time, but was not successful, so at last he decided to go to an estate agent.

The agent advertised(登广告) the house straight away, and a few days later, the owner saw a very beautiful photograph of his house, with a wonderful description of his garden in an expensive magazine.

Having read the advertisement through, the house owner hurried to phone the estate agent, saying, “I'm sorry, Mr. Jones, but I've decided not to sell my house after all.” “Why?” the agent asked in a surprised voice. “Because from the advertisement in that magazine I can see it's just the kind of house I've wanted to live in all my life.”

1. Mr. Jackson wanted to sell his house because _____.

A．he needed some money to support his family

B．his house was too old to live in

C．he wanted some money to buy a new one

D．he didn't want to live in the house any longer

2.The reason why Mr. Jackson went to the estate agent was _____.

A．he had failed in selling his house by himself

B．he wanted the estate agent to help him to get a good price

C．he was sure that the estate agent could help him

D．he wanted the estate to advertise his house in the magazine

3. At last Mr. Jones _____.

A．was successful in selling the house

B．felt sorry to have lost a sale by his doing too good a job

C．was satisfied with what he had done in the advertisement

D．didn’t understand why Mr. Jackson had changed his mind

4. What do you think of the advertisement in magazines?

A．They are worth reading.

B．They usually make things far better than they really are.

C．They are a great help to those who want to buy something.

D．They describe things as they really are.

5.What’s the meaning of “an estate agent” in paragraph one?

A．a person who has a house to sell

B．a person who helps others to advertise houses in magazines

C．a person whose work is to sell houses for others

D．a person who likes beautiful houses

【答案】

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.B

5.C

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第三部分  阅读理解（共20小题;每小题2分,满分40分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A 、B、 C 和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
While traveling abroad, Mr. Jackson Frank ran short of money. So he wrote to his brother, asking for $500. “Send the money by telegram,” he wrote, “to the Fisher Bank in P...”?After a week he began calling at the Fisher Bank. He showed his passport. “ Nothing has come for you,” he was told. This went on for two weeks and Mr. Frank got very worried. He sent a telegram to his brother， but there was no reply. In the fourth week Mr. Frank was arrested for failing to pay his hotel bill. His passport was taken from him. He tried to explain the problem, but no one believed him. He was sent to prison for six days.?
When he came out, he went immediately to the Fisher bank. The clerk he spoke to was a new man. “Have you received $500 for me?” he ask,” My name is Jackson Frank.” The clerk checked his books. “Yes, Jackson, it's here. It came by telegram.—let me see—oh, more than two months ago. We wondered where you were.” He showed Mr. Frank the order. The order read:” Pay Mr. Frank Jackson the sum of $500...” “ But my name is Jackson Frank, not Frank Jackson.” “ Oh, that's all right, sir. It was in our books under the letter ‘J', but it's your money.” The clerk laughed,” A human mistake, sir! We're all human beings, so we all make mistakes. A family name like Frank sounds strange to me.” Mr. Frank was silent. He really wanted to hit somebody. At last he said,” A human mistake—I think some humans need kicking.”
56. Jackson didn’t just go to his brother and get some money because ____.
A. he was afraid to see his brother?
B. he was in prison and was not allowed to go anywhere?
C. he was traveling in a foreign country and was far from his brother?
D. he knew that his brother had no money
57. Jackson was arrested and sent to prison because ____.?
A. his brother hadn’t sent him any money and he couldn’t pay his hotel bill?
B. he had spent almost all his money and couldn’t pay his hotel bill?
C. he had lost all his money and couldn’t pay his hotel bill?
D. his brother hadn’t sent him as much money as he asked for and he couldn’t pay his hotel bill
58.Which of the following statements is true??
A. The money did not reach the Fisher Bank.?         B. The money reached the wrong bank.?
C. The money reached the bank after he was arrested.? D. The money reached the bank before he was arrested.
59. The clerks put his name under the wrong letter ____.?
A. through carelessness.          B. because they were human beings?
C. because he had a strange name   D. by pronouncing his name incorrectly

Mr. Jackson lived in the center of London but he had a hotel near the airport. There a lot of foreigners stayed for night. He didn’t know any other language but English and he found it difficult for him to understand the foreign visitors. Sometimes he had to use the gesture to talk with them, and tried his best to make himself understood. But he was often misunderstood (误解) and it brought him a lot of trouble. A friend of his who taught a few foreign languages in a university would teach him. He was happy and studied hard. At first he learned some, but soon he found it wasn’t very easy to remember the words and expressions. His friend advised him to write down the useful expressions in his notebook so that he could use them when necessary. He did as he was told. He found it helpful for him to do so.
One evening there were plenty of people in the dining-room. They were all busy eating something except a Japanese. He was wandering (徘徊) there and waiting for his wife who was dressing herself up upstairs. Mr. Jackson thought to himself, “ The man wants to eat something but he doesn’t know any English. Let me help him.”
As he knew only a little Japanese, he had to bring out his notebook and showed it to the man, pointing to the sentence “I’m hungry.”
The Japanese had a look at it and gave him two pounds and left.
【小题1】Mr. Jackson knew only English because .

A．he was an English student

B．he had never been abroad

C．he couldn’t learn by himself

D．he hadn’t studied any foreign languages

【小题2】 Mr. Jackson had to use the gesture because .

A．he wanted the foreign visitors to understand him

B．he wanted to learn the foreign languages from the visitors

C．he hoped to know the foreign visitors’ custom

D．he hoped more foreign visitors would stay for night in his hotel

【小题3】As not all foreign visitors understand his gesture, sometimes Mr. Jackson to communicate with them.

A．succeeded

B．lost heart