Once an old man was walking in a street with his horse. It was raining hard. The old man was cold because he was walking in the rain. He wanted to go to a restaurant. It was a quarter past three in the afternoon. The old man got to a small restaurant. There were lots of people in it. The old man couldn't come near the fire. He thought and thought. At last he said to the waiters, "Take some fish to my horse." The waiter and the people were very surprised. The waiter said, "A horse doesn't eat fish." The old man told the waiter, "This horse is very interesting. It can sing, dance and does all kinds of things. It can eat fish, too," So the waiter brought the horse some fish.
All the people in the restaurant ran out to see the horse eat except the old man. Now the old man sat beside the fire. After a while the waiter came back and said, "Your horse didn't eat any fish." The old man said, "All right, take the fish back and put it on the table. I'll eat it."

(　 ) 61. The old man felt very cold because______.

A. it was a windy day　　　　　　 B. it was snowing heavily

C. he had travelled in the heavy rain　 D. he was hungry

( ) 62. All the people in the restaurant ran out except the old man　　　　　　　　 because_____.

　 A. they wanted to see the old man

　 B. they wanted to see the horse eating fish

　 C. they had been told there was a horse there.

　 D. there was no fire over the stove
(　 )63. Indeed, the horse couldn’t _____or ____.

　A. walk...eat 　B. sing... sleep C. sing...eat fish　 D. talk...drink
(　 )64. Why did the old man ask the waiter to take some fish to his　 horse?　 Because ______.

A. his horse liked eating fish　　　

B. he was cold

C. he wanted to sit by the fire, but wasn't able to do so at first
　 D. he himself also liked to eat fish

(　 )65. We can tell from the story that ____.

　A. the old man's horse can eat fish
　B. the old man cheated all the people in the restaurant

　C. all the people in the restaurant were fools

　 D. we shouldn't believe strangers

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　　根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。(共10分，每小题1分)

　　Mr. Green works in an office in Chicago 21 Saturday, he went to the office to some work. When he got on the elevator, it stopped between the 22 .Mr. Green could not get out of the elevator. He started to 23 , but no one 24 him. Then Mr. Green remembered that it was a holiday in America. No one was going to come to work 25 Tuesday.

　　There was 26 for him to do. He had to wait. With nothing to eat 27 drink, Mr. Green slept for most of the time. Early Tuesday morning, his 28 came to work and found the elevator was not working. When the elevator was 29 , Mr. Green came out. He was cold, weak cold, weak, and tired. He had been in the elevator for about sixty-four 30 ! Now Mr. Green says, “I will only use elevators if they have a telephone in them.”

I remember the first time I met Alfred after years. He was sitting on a bench in the park. He looked very sad and cold. He hadn’t got a coat on and it started to rain. Usually, I don’t like to stop to speak to a stranger who looked like that. His shoes were well-cleaned and his clothes were quite smart, but he did not have an umbrella with him and he was getting wet in the rain. I stopped walking and said to him in a nice voice. “ Are you OK?” he looked up, and was surprised to see me. He cried out. “ Are you …” he couldn’t remember my name. I was also surprised. He was Alfred! “ I’m Tom, Alfred, what are you doing here?” I asked. He did not explain to me, but caught my hand, and asked how my life was like. I told him that I was out of job. I suggested that we go somewhere warm and dry.

So we found a café nearby and continued our conversation. I learned that he married with two children, and his wife was Sherry. I could not believe my ears. Twenty years ago his best friend was Linda, and Sherry was his worst enemy! They often had quarrels ( 争吵) and fights in the play.

Alfred told me that he became a businessman when he graduated from the school and owned two companies in the city. I asked him why he was sitting in the rain in the park. He said that he had just had a quarrel with Sherry, and acting in the same way as when she was young, threw him out of the door and locked him　out. He was young, threw him out of the door and locked him out. He was waiting for her to be calm and let him in again.

1.What did Alfred look like?

A. Pleasant B. Smart C. Hungry D. Well-dressed

2.Alfred was ___ them.

A married B. nice C. weak D. strong

3. How was Alfred when he was Tom?

A. Happy B. Surprised C. Glad D. Angry

4.The writer ________

A. liked to speak to a stranger B. met Alfred in a café

C. thought Alfred’s wife was Sherry D. hadn’t met Alfred twenty years.

5.What happened to Alfred?

A. He lost his wife B. He lost his job

C. His wife didn’t let him go home D. His friend didn’t want to see him.

Ellen Parker was worried about her health. She could not walk very quickly and it was difficult for her to climb stars. She was soon out of breath (气喘吁吁).

“I suppose I had better go to the doctor,” she thought.

She went to the doctor and told him her problem.

“I’m not surprised at all,” he said. “It’s obvious what your problem is.”

He looked her over then gave her some advice.

“If you don’t do what I say, Mrs. Parker,” he said, “you will have a heart attack. It could kill you.”

Ellen Parker was very worried as she left the doctor’s. She knew that she had to take his advice but it would not be easy and it would take time.

The next day she went shopping. The first shop she went into was a butcher’s shop (肉铺).

“I’d like ten pounds of steak (牛排), please,” she said.

“Certainly, madam,” the butcher replied and went into the cold room and found a large piece of steak. He brought the huge piece of meat back into the shop and put it on the scale (天平).

“That’s just under ten pounds,” he said.

“That big enough,” Mrs. Parker said.

The butcher worked out the price.

“At $4.99 a pound that will be $49.50, please. Would you like me to cut it up into smaller pieces for you?”

“Oh, I don’t want to buy the meat,” Mrs. Parker said.

“If you don’t want to buy it,” the butcher replied angrily, “why did you ask me to get it for you?”

“My doctor told me that I am over-weight and I have to lose ten pounds. I wanted to see what ten pounds of meat looked like.”

1.Why did Ellen Parker visit the doctor?

　A. She had had a heart attack.

B. She had a problem with her health.

　C. She was unhappy about her weight.

D. She could not sleep well.

2.What did the doctor advise her to do?

　A. To lose weight.                   B. To eat more meat.

C. To come and see him again.        D. To look after her heart.

3.Why did Ellen Parker ask for ten pounds of steak?

　A. She wanted to buy some for dinner.

B. She wanted to lose weight.

　C. Her doctor had told her to eat steak.

D. She wanted to see what ten pounds of meat looked like.

4.What was Ellen Parker’s real problem?

　A. She ate too much steak.

B. She weighed too much.

　C. The doctor did not know.    

D. She could not walk very quickly.