In the
middle of the night, Peter’s wife suddenly fell ill. She couldn’t help crying,
“Oh, my stomach! Get the 1 !”
Peter,
awaking from a deep sleep, thought his wife was only having a 2 dream.
“Stop
that noise, ” he said to her. He turned over and tried to go to 3 again, but his
wife still cried out, “On, help! help! I’m sure I’m 4 . ”
Peter got
out of bed and started 5 , but he could not find him any clothes.
“Where is
my shirt? ” he asked. His wife was 6 ill to tell him, and she could only cry,
“Oh, my 7 stomach!”
As soon
as he had put his clothes
8 , he
said, “Now, my dear, are you quite 9
that you
need the doctor? Surely you can
wait 10 morning, can’t
you? ”
“No, I
can’t. Go, go, go, ”his wife shouted, “ 11 you will find me dead 12
the
morning. ”
So Peter
went out into the dark street. He had only gone a few meters 13 he heard his wife
calling him again.
“I’m 14 again now, and I
shall not want the doctor, ” she said, softly.
Hearing
this, he started running as 15 as he could towards the doctor’s. When he
arrived there, he knocked at the door loudly enough to wake 16 around.
The
doctor put his sleepy head out of the bedroom window and said, “Er? Who’s there? ”
“Oh,
Doctor, ”Peter called up to him, “I’ve very 17 news for you. My wife 18
ill with
a terrible stomachache. I was on my way to bring you to her, but she called me
back to say the trouble had suddenly 19 her. So you need not come. Go back to 20 now, and sleep
well!”
1. A.
driver
B. nurse
C.
doctor
D. child
2. A.
terrible B.
interesting
C.
surprising D.
wonderful
3. A. bed B. sleep
C. dream D. hospital
4. A.
walking B. dying
C. aching D. sleeping
5. A.
dressing ; B. wearing
C.
raising D. working
6. A.
very B.
so
C. too D. quite
7. A.
good B. bad
C. wrong D. poor
8. A.
down B. off
C. on D. up
9. A.
surprised B.
afraid
C.
certain D.
worried
10. A.
before B. for
C. to D.
until
11. A.
and B. but
C. so D. or
12. A.
after B. in
C. before D. until
13. A.
after B. when
C. before D. while
14. A.
good B. wrong
C. all
right D. right
15. A.
fast B. slowly
C.
hurriedly D. happily
16. A.
everyone B. someone
C. no one D.
doctors
17. A.
good B. bad
C.
necessary D. ill
18. A.
fell B.
stayed
C. grew D. failed
19. A.
gone off B. missed
C.
pleased D. left
20. A.
your home B. your
bedroom
C. your
dream D. bed