阅读理解

　　As you are receiving my note by e-mail, it’s wise to remember how easily this wonderful technology can be misused, sometimes unintentionally, with serious consequences.

　　Consider the case of the Illinois man who left the snow-filled streets of Chicago for a vacation in Florida. His wife was on a business trip and was planning to meet him there the next day. When he reached his hotel, he decided to send his wife a quick e-mail. Unable to find the scrap of paper on which he had written her e-mail address, he did his best to type it in from memory. Unfortunately, he missed one letter and his note was directed instead to an elderly preacher’s wife whose husband had passed away only the day before. When the grieving widow checked her e-mail, she took one look at the monitor(屏幕), let out a piercing scream, and fell to the floor in a dead faint. At the sound, her family rushed into the room and saw this note on the screen:

　　DEAREST WIFE: JUST GOT CHECKED IN. EVERYTHING PREPARED FOR YOUR ARRIVAL TOMORROW.

　　P. S SURE IS HOT DOWN HERE.

1．From where do you think this passage comes from? It comes from ________.

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2．What does the underlined word in the first paragraph mean?

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3．How was the weather in Florida when the story happened? It was ________.

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4．Why did the old lady fall to the floor? Because ________.

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A．she was in great sorrow

B．she didn’t like to be made fun of

C．she thought the mail was from her husband who died the day before

D．she was in too poor health

5．From whom and to whom was the e-mail intended to be sent? It was intended to be sent from ________ to ________.

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A．the Illinois man…the old lady

B．the preacher…his wife

C．the Illinois man…his own wife

D．somebody unknown…the old lady

阅读理解

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选择中选出最佳选项。

　　As you are receiving my note by e-mail, it’s wise to remember how easily this wonderful technology can be misused, sometimes unintentionally, with serious consequences.

　　Consider the case of the Illinois man who left the snow-filled streets of Chicago for a vacation in Florida. His wife was on a business trip and was planning to meet him there the next day. When he reached his hotel, he decided to send his wife a quick e-mail. Unable to find the scrap of paper on which he had written her e-mail address, he did his best to type it in from memory. Unfortunately, he missed one letter and his note was directed instead to an elderly preacher’s wife whose husband had passed away, only the day before. When the grieving widow checked her e-mail, she took one look at the monitor (屏幕), let out a piercing scream, and fell to the floor in a dead faint. At the sound, her family rushed into the room and saw this note on the screen:

　　DEAREST WIFE: JUST GOT CHECKED IN. EVERYTHING PREPARED FOR YOUR ARRIVAL TOMORROW.

　　P. S. SURE IS HOT DOWN HERE.

1．From where do you think this passage comes from? It comes from ________.

[　　]

2．What does the underlined word in the first paragraph mean? ________.

[　　]

3．How was the weather in Florida when the story happened? it was ________.

[　　]

4．Why did the old lady fall to the floor? Because ________.

[　　]

A．she was in great sorrow

B．she didn’t like to be made fun of

C．she thought the mail was from her husband who died the day before

D．she was in too poor health

5．From whom and to whom was the e-mail intended to be sent? It was intended to sent from ________ to ________.

[　　]

A．the Illinois man; the old lady

B．the preacher; his wife

C．the Illinois man; his own wife

D．somebody unknown; the old lady

I'm writing this letter slowly because I know you can't read fast. We don't live where we did when you left home. Your dad read in the newspaper that most accidents happened within 20 miles from our home, so we moved.
I won't be able to send you the address because the last family that lived here took the house numbers when they moved so that they wouldn't have to change their address. This place is really nice. It even has a washing machine. I'm not sure it works so well though: last week I put a load in and pulled the chain (拉链) and haven't seen them since. The weather isn't bad here. It only rained twice last week; the first time for three days and the second time for four days. About that coat you wanted me to send you, your uncle Stanley said it would be too heavy to send in the mail with the buttons on so we cut them off and put them in the pockets.
John locked his keys in the car yesterday. We were really worried because it took him two hours to get me and your father out. Your sister had a baby this morning, but I haven't found out what it is yet. The baby looks just like your brother.
Uncle Ted fell in a whiskey vat（桶）last week. Some men tried to pull him out, but he fought them off playfully and drowned. We had him cremated（焚化）and he burned for three days.
Three of your friends went off a bridge in a pick-up trunk. Ralph was driving. He rolled down the window and swam to safety. You other two friends were in back. They drowned because they couldn't get the tail gate down.
There isn't much more news at this time. Nothing much has happened.
Love,
Mom
P.S. I was going to send you some money but the envelope was already sealed.
【小题1】From the passage, we can infer that _____.