摘要:19.He is very old and has one foot in the (坟墓).

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Jack is a twenty-year-old young man. Two years ago, when he finished middle school, he found work in a shop. Usually he works until ten o'clock in the evening. He is very tired when he gets home. After a quick supper he goes to bed and soon falls asleep. His grandma who lives downstairs is satisfied with (满意) him.
One day, on his way home, he met Mary. They were both happy. He asked the girl to his house, she agreed happily. He bought some fruit and drinks for her. And they talked about their school, teachers, classmates and their future (未来). They talked for a long time.
"Have a look at your watch, please," said the girl. "What time is it now?"
"Sorry, something is wrong with my watch," said Jack. "Where's yours?"
"I left it at home."
Jack thought for a moment and found a way. He began to stamp his foot on the floor, "Bang! Bang! Bang!"
The sound woke his grandma up. The old woman shouted downstairs, "It's twelve o'clock in the night, Jack. Why are you still jumping upstairs?"

  1. 1.

    Jack was ________ when he finished middle school.

    1. A.
      sixteen
    2. B.
      eighteen
    3. C.
      twenty
    4. D.
      fifteen
  2. 2.

    The old woman is satisfied with Jack because ________.

    1. A.
      he's her grandson
    2. B.
      he's clever
    3. C.
      he can keep quiet
    4. D.
      he gets home on time
  3. 3.

    From the story, we can know that Mary is Jack's ________.

    1. A.
      classmate
    2. B.
      colleague (同事)
    3. C.
      aunt
    4. D.
      wife
  4. 4.

    The word "stamp" in the story means ______ in Chinese.

    1. A.
      盖印
    2. B.
    3. C.
      贴邮票
    4. D.
      承认
  5. 5.

    Jack stamped his foot on the floor in order (为了) ________.

    1. A.
      to wake his grandma up
    2. B.
      to make his grandma angry
    3. C.
      that his grandma was going to tell him the time
    4. D.
      that his grandma was going to buy him a watch
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Working Wives

  Last week, we published an article about modern marriage.A recent survey showed that in England 51 percent of married women go out to work.People were asked what they thought of “working wives”.The results were as follows:

  We asked readers to write and tell us their opinions.Here are some of the hundreds of letters we received.?

  I’m a(woman)photographer.I make plenty of money, travel a lot, and meet a lot of people.I enjoy my work, and would hate to stay at home.I would never marry a man who wanted me to give up my work.

  O’Leary

  At present there are over 1,000,000 unemployed men in Britain.If a woman gets a job, she puts one more man out of work.Perhaps that man has a wife and twelve children to support.Let women stay at home where they belong to.

  Ted Stubbs

  I am a mother of twelve children.When I go to work, my husband looks after the children.He is very good with the children and enjoys staying at home with them.And I enjoy my job as a bus driver.

  Boot Battersea

  We are twin sisters, who both got married recently.One of us(Doreen)kept her job.The other(Doris)gave up her jobs.But Doris gets bored staying at home, and Doreen gets bored going out to work.So now Doreen works for a week, while Doris stays at home.Then Doris does Doreen’s job for a week, while Doreen stays at home.At work, they never know if it’s Doreen who’s working today!

  Doris & Doreen Bean Hendon

(1)

Last week we published an article about _________.

[  ]

A.

marriage nowadays

B.

working women

C.

working wives

D.

a strange marriage

(2)

The woman photographer would not marry a man who _________.

[  ]

A.

has less money than her

B.

likes staying at home

C.

is not very gentle

D.

wants her to stay at home

(3)

Ted Stubbs thought that women going out to work _________.

[  ]

A.

would make men lose chances for work

B.

would be better than men

C.

would weaken the right of the husband at home

D.

would be meaningless

(4)

When the bus driver goes to work, _________.

[  ]

A.

her children take care of themselves

B.

a nurse looks after her children instead of her

C.

her husband looks after the children

D.

she has to have everything ready for the children

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