Mrs. Cook was born in a shopkeeper’s family. Her father had several shops in the city and most of his friends are important persons. The man liked his daughter very much and often took her to the parties. He tried his best to satisfy her with (以……令……满意) everything and she wasn’t afraid of anybody.

She married Mr. Cook, a famous actor, when she was twenty-two. Her father gave her all and she did no housework at home. She often did everything she wanted and made all the family listen to her. She had a few servants(佣人),but none of them could wait on(伺候)her. Neither the servants nor her husband liked her.

Last week she employed a new servant called Betty. The girl had studied in a middle school before her father died in an accident. The girl was kind and clever. She had read a lot by then and now she knewmuch. She had been told about the woman before she came here. She was sure she could deal with(对付)the woman.

The woman liked the strong and tall girl as soon as she saw her. “Remember, Betty,”said she.“You must be honest and obedient. Do you understand me?”

“Yes, Mrs. Cook,”said the girl.“But what should I do if you let me tell the visitor that you aren’t in?”

1. The man tried his best to satisfy his daughter with everything because ______.

A. he was very rich

B.he liked her very much

C.she knew plenty of important persons

D.she wasn’t afraid of anybody

2. The girl married Mr. Cook because ______.

A. he was rich too　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    B.he had a few servants

C.he always listened　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.he was a famous actor

3. None of the family liked the woman because ______.

A. she made them all obey her

B.It was difficult for the servants to wait on her

C.she always did everything she wants

D.she never did any housework at home

4.______, so Betty stopped to be a servant.

A. The rich woman would pay her much

B.The rich woman would be kind to her

C.She hated to go on studying at school

D.She had to earn(挣)some money for her family

5. Betty knew how to deal with the woman because ______.

A. she was a middle school student

B.she was very clever

C.she knew her well

D.she had read a lot by last week

Bend over, take a deep breath and drink some water! This is just one of hundreds of tips you might get if you have the hiccups （打嗝）．Hiccups are so mysterious．We really don't know why they start and why they stop．

       Everyone has a favorite cure for a case of the hiccups．Some people think that a good scare is necessary to get well．Others eat a teaspoon of sugar．Still others drink a glass of water with a knife in it．

       An American man named Jack O'Leary said he had hiccupped 160 million times over a period of eight years．He tried 60,000 cures, but none of them worked．At last he prayed to Saint Jude, the saint of Hopeless cases, and his hiccupping stopped immediately.

       It took a British plumber eight months to cure his hiccups．People from all over the world wrote him letters with suggestions for getting well．He tried them all, but the hiccups continued．Finally, he drank a "secret" mixture someone had sent him．By that evening his hiccups were gone．

       Why did these cures work for these two men? No one really knows．But people who have studied many cases of hiccups have an idea—hiccups usually go away if you believe in the cure．

How did Jack O'Leary stop his hiccups?

       A．He took a deep breath．       B．He prayed to Saint Jude．

       C．He ate a teaspoon of sugar．        D．He drank a "secret" mixture．

The British plumber spent _ ___in stopping his hiccups．

       A．4 hours  B．2 days      C．8 months D．8 years

       might be the best cure for hiccups according to the passage．

       A．Cold water              B．A spoonful of salt

       C．Special pills             D．What you believe in

From this passage, we can learn ____．

       A．Saint Jude is an expert in curing the hiccups

       B．the reason why the hiccups start and why the hiccups stop

       C．some people think that a good scare is a cure for a case of hiccups

       D．the British plumber drank a "secret" mixture given by an experienced doctor and then became well

What is the main idea of this passage?

       A．Different ways to stop hiccups．    B．What makes hiccups happen．

       C．How to get hiccups．     D．Jack O'Leary's hiccups．

Everybody has one of those days when everything goes wrong. This is what happened to Harry.
He got up one morning very late because he had forgotten to wind up his alarm clock. He tried to shave（刮脸）quickly and cut himself. When he got dressed he got blood all over his clean shirt, so he had to find another one. The only other shirt that was clean needed ironing（熨）, so he ironed it. While he was ironing it, there was a knock at the door. It was the man to read the electricity meter（表）. He showed him where the meter was, said good-bye and found that the iron had burnt a hole in his shirt. So he had to wear the one with the blood on it after all. By this time it was very late, so he decided he couldn’t go to work by bus. He telephoned for a taxi to take him to work. The taxi arrived and Harry got in and began to read the newspaper.
In another part of the town, a man had killed a woman with a knife and was seen to run away in a taxi. When Harry’s taxi stopped outside his office, a policeman happened to be standing there. He saw the blood on Harry’s shirt, and took him to the police station. He was kept till 3 o’clock in the afternoon before the police were sure that he was not the man they wanted. When he finally arrived at the office at about four, his boss took a look at him and told him to go away and find another job.
【小题1】Harry had__________________________.

The cars were honking （鸣叫） on the road one morning as I was walking to the park．I walked on and soon found the cause — a little taxi that had got stuck in the middle of the road．There was sweat on the driver's face as he tried to start the engine again and again — nothing happened．"No petrol,"
I said to myself and then found myself getting angry．"Why doesn't the fool move his taxi to the side?" I thought, so did all the others who honked and shouted．
He got up tiredly, and the passenger in the taxi got out．He was a young man in a white shirt, who watched the driver try to push it to the side．"Stupid guy!" I said．"Can't he lend a helping hand? "
I watched as the poor driver pushed it to the side．Cars, buses and trucks went past cursing （咒骂） the poor man．The young man took another taxi and went off．
The taxi driver began mending his taxi．"Stupid passenger!" I said to him．"He didn't help you!" The taxi driver slowly got up．"Sir!" he asked, "Did you?" I looked at him guiltily, then looked away, and walked away fast, asking myself, "Did I help the poor man push his taxi?"
What had I been doing as the traffic jam took place? How had I helped deal with the problem? Did I help the poor man push his taxi? I’d done my bit, with my mouth．But never had I moved to solve the problem．I was shocked with guilt as I heard him asking, "Sir! Did you?"
【小题1】Why did a traffic jam happen on the road when the author was walking to the park?