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阅读下列短文，从每题所给四个选项(A，B，C和D)中，选出最佳选项．

　　Mr Brown liked to be exact. One day, he was sitting at the door reading a book carefully when a stranger came up to him and asked, “Excuse me, but could you tell me the way to the nearest hospital?” “Sure,”answered Brown. “You must go across the bridge and then turn right. The bridge is only 20 meters long.”

　　The stranger thanked him and went on his way. He was still walking across the bridge when someone suddenly called out from behind him. “Look out!” the stranger turned around and found it was Mr Brown. “I'm sorry,”said Mr Brown,“I just gave you the wrong direction. I have come to tell you that the bridge is 40 metres long, not 20 metres. If you go 20 metres and then turn right, you will fall into the river.”

1．From the story we know that the stranger ________.

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A．had to cross a bridge

B．wanted to see a doctor

C．would ask Mr Brown for help

D．had been there many times

2．After the stranger heard Mr Brown's last words, he would probably ________.

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A．thank him a lot

B．go another twenty metres

C．turn back with a smile

D．laugh at him

3．Which of the following is not true according to the passage?

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A．Mr Brown told the stranger the bridge was not 20 metres long but 40.

B．Mr Brown was afraid that the stranger would fall into the river.

C．Mr Brown knew he gave the wrong direction and caught up with the stranger.

D．Mr Brown didn't catch up with the stranger until he had crossed the bridge.

4．What does “Look out” mean in the text?

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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～20各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案.

　　Mr Brown lives in Sydney. His house is about five kilometres __1__ his office and the bus can __2__ him there. He likes football very much and wants to __3__ the football matches. His wife likes to buy nice clothes and __4__ her husband give all his wages (工资) to her and he has to do __5__ she says. Then she

always __6__ some fares (车费) back to him. Of course Mr Brown doesn't have any money to buy the __7__.

　　One evening he went to watch a football match. He bought a ticket __8__ all his money and he __9__ to go home __10__ foot. When he __11__ home, he was tired, but felt __12__. Since then he began to go to work on foot. But he is __13__ to tell his wife about it.

　　This morning when he was having breakfast, he __14__ a piece of news over the radio: the bus fares were going to __15__ in price. He hurried to turn it __16__, but it was too __17__. His wife asked, “What did the radio say?”

　　He had to __18__ her all he heard．Then he became sad and said, “what a pity !”

　　“You must be happy, I think,” said his wife. “You will save some __19__.”

　　“Sorry. I can't __20__ with you,” said Mr Brown. “I'll watch two matches short a month!”

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阅读理解

　　Mr Brown was at the theatre. He had got his ticket at the last moment, so he had not been able to choose his seat. He now found that he was in the middle of a group of American ladies , some of them middle-aged and some quite old. They obviously all knew each other well, as before the curtain went up on the play they had come to see. they all talked and joked a lot together.

　　The lady sitting on Mr. Brown's left, who was about sixty years old, seemed to be the happiest and the most interesting of the American group, and after the first act of the play, she apologized to him for the noise (喧闹声) of her friends. He answered that he was very glad to see American ladies so obviously enjoying their visit to England, and so they had a friendly talk. Mr. Brown's neighbour explained what they were doing there.

　　“You know, I have known these ladies all my life,”she said. “We all grew up together back in our hometown in the United States. They have all lost husbands, and call themselves the Merry Widows (寡妇). It is a sort of club, you know. They go to a foreign country every summer for a month or two and have a lot of fun. They always go everywhere together. I have wanted to join their club for a long time, but I was not able to become a member until the spring of this year. ”

1．Mr Brown did no get his ticket until ________.

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2．The group of American ladies enjoyed the play in a theatre in ________.

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3．Which of the following is TRUE?

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A．The person who lived next to Mr Brown was also at the theatre.

B．The American ladies apologized for being noisy.

C．All of the American ladies lost their husbands.

D．The American ladies did not know each other at all.

4．Mr Brown's neighbour at the theatre ________.

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A．did not know these ladies until recently

B．only knew some of them all her life

C．had not known them since she joined the club

D．had known these ladies for a long time

5．The lady sitting on Mr Brown's left finally succeeded in joining the club in the spring of this year when ________.

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A．her husband died

B．the ladies in the club began to like her

C．she got married

D．she pretended to be merry

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