Robin liked telling lies．All his friends were fooled and they wanted to punish him for that，but they could not find any ways to do it，One day they told George about it．

    George thought for a while and said，” I have a good idea．I can do with him，I think．”

    That afternoon George went to see Robin with Robin’s friends．He said，”I hear you are good at telling lies．But I have invented a drink．If you drink a little bottle of the drink，you’ll  the truth．”

    Of course，Robin didn’t believe it．He said proudly，”The man who can fool me hasn’t been born yet．”

  “Dare you have a try?” said George．”You must tell the truth if you do as I say．”

  “Well．”said Robin．”I'm sure that I’ll win．”

   George brought out a little bottle and gave it to Robin．As soon as he drank a little, Robin stopped at once．He wanted to say something，but he remembered what he had just said, so he stood there quietly．

  “Go on!” George said with a smile．”Is it tasty?”

  At last Robin couldn't help shouring，”It's not a drink，but kerosene(煤油)!”All his friends began to laugh and his face turned red．

1．Robin wasn’t     ．

   A．a tall man         B．a short man

   C．an able man       D．an honest(诚实的) man

2．All Robin’s friends wanted to punish him because       ．

   A．he often fooled them

   B．he often made them laugh at himself

   C．he never kept his promises

   D．he was cleverer than his friends 

3．As George was     ，Robin’s friends asked him for help．

   A．honest     B．common      C．clever   D．fair

4．As     ，Robin was sure that he would win．

   A．he was good at his lessons

   B．nobody could fool him before

   C．he knew George very well

   D．he had drunk all kinds of drinks

5．Robin stopped drinking at once because the drink was      ．

   A．terrible    B．tasty    C．tasteless    D．too little

Once three men got to the Dover station at about nine o'clock that evening.

One of them asked a porter(行李搬运工)what time the next train for London was. The porter answered, "You have just missed one. They go hourly. The next train is at ten."

The three men decided to go off the station. So they went to a bar.

A minute or two after ten o'clock they came running into the station. The porter told them the train had just gone. So they went back to the bar, They missed the eleven o'clock train in the same way. The porter said, "Now the next train is the last one, if you miss that, you won't get to London. tonight."

Twelve o'clock came, and the last train was starting out when all of the three ran to catch the train as fast as they could. Two of them went into a carriage(车厢) ,but the third of them didn't run fast enough. The train went out and left him behind. He laughed until tears came into his eyes. Then he caught hold of the porter's hand and said, "Well, I myself have to go to London, and they only came here to see me off."

1. At Dover station, train went to London      .

A. at about nine o'clock every morning

B. only once a day

C. every hour

D. in a minute or two after ten o'clock

2. The three men didn't catch up with the nine o'clock train. So they decided to go off the station and to        .

A. get the tickets

B. get the drink

C. take a walk in the street

D. make a phone call in the bar

3. The last train didn't start out until it was

A. the next day

B. time for sleep

C. a minute or two after 10 o'clock

D. the middle of that night

4.         missed the last train for London.

A. The third of the three

B. The friends of the third man

C. None of the three men

D. All of the three

5. Which of the following is true?

A. The third man didn't run as fast as the other two.

B. The third man changed his mind and didn't want to leave.

C. The train didn't start off on time.

D. The third man laughed for he was glad to see his friends off.