A man once said how useless it was to put advertisements in the newspapers. “Last week,” said he, “my umbrella was stolen from a London church. As it was a present, I spent twice its worth in advertising ,but didn’t get it back ”

 “How did you write your advertisement ?”asked one of the listeners ,a merchant .

“Here it is,” said the man ,taking out of his pocket a slip cut from a newspaper. The other man took it and read, “Lost from the City Church last Sunday evening a black silk umbrella .The gentleman who finds it will receive ten shillings on leaving it at No 10 Broad Street .”

“Now ,”said the merchant, “I often advertise ,and find that it pays me well .But by the way in which an advertisement is expressed is of extreme importance .let us try your umbrella again ,and if it fails ,I will buy you a new one. ”

The merchant then took a slip of paper out of his pocket and wrote :“If the man who was seen to take an umbrella from the City Church last Sunday evening doesn’t wish to get into trouble, he will return the umbrella to No. 10 Broad Street .He is well known .”

This appeared in the paper ,and on the following morning ,the man was astonished when he opened the front door. In the doorway lay at least twelve umbrellas of all sizes and colors that had been thrown in and his own was among the number. Many of them had notes fastened to them saying that they had been taken by mistake, and begging the loser not to say anything about the matter

This is a story about ________.           

       A．how a man lost and found his umbrella.

       B．how to make an effective advertisement.

       C．how to find lost things.

       D．how to put an advertisement in the newspaper.

“If it fails, I will buy you a new one ” suggested that _______.

       A．he was rich enough to afford an umbrella

      B．he was not sure he would get the umbrella back

      C．he was quite sure of his success .

      D．he was ready to help others .

The result of the first advertisement was that ________.

      A．the man got his umbrella back .

      B．the man wasted some money advertising .

      C．the man found his umbrella   

      D．someone found his umbrella .

According to the first advertisement ,anyone who ___would receive ten shillings.

      A．left the umbrella in the City Church                    

      B．found the umbrella at No. 10 Broad Street

      C．gave the message to the man

      D．left the umbrella at No. 10 Broad Street

 A man once said how useless it was to put advertisements in the newspapers. "Last week," said he, "my umbrella was stolen from a London church. As it was a present, 1 spent twice its worth in advertising, but didn't get it back."

"How did you write your advertisement?" asked one of the listeners, a merchant.

"Here it is," said the man, taking out of his pocket a slip cut from a newspaper. The other man took it and read, "Lost from the City Church last Sunday evening a black silk umbrella. The gentleman who finds it will receive ten shillings on leaving it at No l0 Broad Street."

"Now," said the merchant, "I often advertise, and find that it pays me well. But the way in which an advertisement is expressed is of extreme importance. Let us try your umbrella again, and if it fails, I will buy you a new one."

The merchant then took a slip of paper out of his pocket and wrote: "If the man who was seen to take an umbrella from the City Church last Sunday evening doesn't wish to get into trouble, he will return the umbrella to No. 10 Broad Street. He is well-known."

This appeared in the paper, and on the following morning, the man was astonished when he opened the front door. In the doorway lay at least twelve umbrellas of all sizes and colors that had been thrown in and his own was among them. Many of them had notes fastened to them saying that they had been taken by mistake, and begging the loser not to say anything about the matter.

1. This is a story about_______.

2. "If it fails, I will buy you a new one "suggested that______.

3.The result of the first advertisement was that______.

4.According to the first advertisement, anyone who_____ would receive ten shillings.

A man once said how useless it was to put advertisements in the newspapers．“Last week,” said he, “my umbrella was stolen from a London church．As it was a present, I spent twice its worth in advertising ,but didn’t get it back ”

       “How did you write your advertisement ?” asked one of the listeners ,a merchant .

       “Here it is,” said the man ,taking out of his pocket a slip cut from a newspaper．The other man took it and read, “Lost from the City Church last Sunday evening a black silk umbrella .The gentleman who finds it will receive ten shillings on leaving it at No 10 Broad Street .”

       “Now ,”said the merchant, “I often advertise ,and find that it pays me well .But the way in which an advertisement is expressed is of extreme importance .Let us try your umbrella again ,and if it fails ,I will buy you a new one．”

       The merchant then took a slip of paper out of his pocket and wrote :“If the man who was seen to take an umbrella from the City Church last Sunday evening doesn’t wish to get into trouble, he will return the umbrella to No．10 Broad Street .He is well known .”

       This appeared in the paper ,and on the following morning ,the man was astonished when he opened the front door．In the doorway lay at least twelve umbrellas of all sizes and colors that had been thrown in and his own was among the number．Many of them had notes fastened to them saying that they had been taken by mistake, and begging the loser not to say anything about the matter

1．This is a story about ________．

       A．how a man lost and found his umbrella.

       B．how to make an effective advertisement.

       C．how to find lost things.

       D．how to put an advertisement in the newspaper.

2．“If it fails, I will buy you a new one ” suggested that _______．

       A．he was rich enough to afford an umbrella

      B．he was not sure he would get the umbrella back

      C．he was quite sure of his success .

      D．he was ready to help others .

3．The result of the first advertisement was that ________．

      A．the man got his umbrella back .

      B．the man wasted some money advertising .

      C．the man found his umbrella

      D．someone found his umbrella .

4．According to the first advertisement ,anyone who ___would receive ten shillings.

      A．left the umbrella in the City Church

      B．found the umbrella at No．10 Broad Street

      C．gave the message to the man

      D．left the umbrella at No．10 Broad Street

阅读理解

　　We have all experienced days when everything goes wrong. A day may begin well enough, but suddenly everything seems to get out of control. What invariably happens is that a great number of things choose to go wrong at precisely the same moment. It is as if a single unimportant event set up a chain of reactions. Let us suppose that you are preparing a meal and keeping an eye on the baby at the same time. The telephone rings and this marks the prelude(序幕)to an unforeseen(意料之外的)series of catastrophes(大祸). While you are on the phone，the baby pulls the table-cloth off the table, smashing half your best crockery(陶器)and cutting himself in the process. You hang up hurriedly and attended to baby, crockery, etc. Meanwhile, the meal gets burnt. As if this were not enough to reduce you to tears, your husband arrives, unexpectedly bringing three guests to dinner.

　　Things can go wrong on a big scale as a number of people recently discovered in Parramatta, a suburb of Sydney. During the rush hour one evening two cars collided and both drivers began to argue．The woman immediately behind the two cars happened to be a learner. She suddenly got into a panic and stopped her car. This made the driver following her brake hard. His wife was sitting beside him holding a large cake. As she was thrown forward, the cake went right through the windscreen and landed on the road. Seeing a cake flying through the air, a lorry-diver who was drawing up alongside the car, pulled up all of a sudden. The lorry was loaded with empty beer bottles and hundreds of them slid off the back of the vehicle and on to the road. This led to yet another angry argument. Meanwhile, the traffic piled up behind. It took the police nearly an hour to get the traffic on the move again. In the meantime, the lorry-driver had to sweep up hundreds of broken bottles. Only two stray dogs benefited from all this confusion, for they greedily devoured what was left of the cake. It was just one of those days!

1．What would have most upset the woman the day every thing went wrong for her?

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A．She had not expected her husband to arrive so early.

B．The meal she had cooked for the three guests had got burnt.

C．Her husband had not told her he was bringing anyone to dinner.

D．She had not got enough crockery left to serve the meal with.

2．There was a second angry argument because _____.

[　　]

A．the lorry driver blamed the owner of the cake for his accident

B．the traffic was extremely slow to get on the move again

C．the lorry-driver did not think he should be made to sweep up the glass

D．two dogs had devoured what was left of the cake

3．In the sentence“It is as if a single unimportant event set up a chain of reactions”,“set up”means“_____”.

[　　]

A．establish　　　 B．build

C．cause　　　　　D．fix

4．According to the passage，the lorry stopped suddenly _____.

[　　]

A．in order not to hit the car in front

B．in order to draw up alongside the car

C．because the driver didn't want to run over the dogs

D．because the driver has seen a cake in the air

　　I hitched (钩住) the traveling-can containing the food on to the carrier．I rolled the bicycle the short distance from the house to the road while Edna in a green-and-red dress walked beside me．Mounting the vehicle with the can on the back and Edna on the cross-bar proved a little tricky; but I am rather good with bicycles．I solved the problem by getting on the seat first and keeping the bicycle stationary with one foot resting firmly on the ground．Then Edna climbed on the bar sitting sideways;and I pushed off．The excitement of having her so close within my arms and the perfume of her hair in my nose would have proved overpowering if I'd had much time to consider it．I hadn't．The road to the hospital turned out to be quite hilly, not steep but just enough to take the wind out of one; and with the kind of passenger I had, I didn't care to admit too readily (爽快地) to being tired．So I raced up all the little hillocks until my heart raged like a bonfire (篝火) which was very stupid of me．

　　“You are very strong,” said Edna．

　　“Why?” I said, or rather out of breath, in one enormous expiration (呼气) as I rounded the summit of yet another small hill．

　　“You are eating all the hills like yam (山药)．”

　　“I haven't seen any hill yet,” I replied, getting back some

of my breath as I pedaled (踩自行车踏板) freely down the small, friendly descent that followed．These words were hardly out of my mouth when a stupid sheep and her four or five lambs rushed out of the roadside on my left．I braked sharply．Unfortunately Edna's back was resting on my left arm and prevented me applying the brake on that side effectively．So only the brake on the front wheel performed fully．The bicycle pitched (直冲) forward and crashed on the road．She was thrown farther up the road and as soon as I got up, I rushed to help her to her feet again．Without taking my eyes from the food I murmured that I was very sorry．

　　“It was not your fault,” she said．“It was the stupid sheep．”

　　Then I noticed with the corner of my eyes something that was bending down．I turned then and saw where she had grazed (擦伤) her knee on the road．

　　“Oh dear,” I said, “Edna, I am sorry．”

She left her frock (长袍) which she had held up a little at the knee and came to dust my shoulder where my new white shirt carried a thick patch of indelible (洗不掉的) red-earth．Then she bent down and picked up the traveling-can and began to wipe away the sand, and the spilt soup with green leaves．To my surprise she was crying and saying something like “ My mother will die of hunger today．” Actually I think her crying was probably due to hurt pride because the food lying on the road showed how poor her family was．But I may be wrong．At the time, I was greatly upset．

　　“Can she manage bread and corned (盐腌的) beef?” I asked．“We could buy some outside the hospital．”

　　“I haven't brought any money,” said Edna．

　　“I have some money,” I said, feeling the first breath of relief since the accident happened．“And we could get some disinfectant (消毒剂) for your knee．I'm terribly sorry, my dear．”

1．We can infer that, at the beginning of the passage, the writer had just________．

[　　]

A．offered to marry Edna

B．lied to her

C．offered to take some food to her mother in hospital

D．offered to give Edna a lift to visit her mother in hospital

2．The way the writer rode his bicycle over the hills shows that ________．

[　　]

A．he was very strong

B．Edna was so attractive that he couldn't concentrate

C．he wanted to impress Edna

D．he was not very observant

3．The accident could probably have been avoided if ________．

[　　]

A．he had not braked sharply

B．both brakes had worked properly

C．he had not been so busy admiring Edna

D．he had looked when he was going

4．Why was Edna crying?

[　　]

A．She had hurt her knee．

B．She thought that her mother would have to go hungry that day．

C．The food lying on the road showed her family was poor．

D．We cannot be sure．

5．After the accident the writer was________．

[　　]

A．sad because of the spoilt food

B．guilty because of Edna's grazed knee

C．worried about what Edna might think of him

D．angry at the stupid sheep