3.　 Why is the taxi-driver very pleased with the tourist?

A. None but the tourist agrees to the price given without arguing with him

B. His sister knows the tourist.

C. His sister had brought so much money to him

D. He wants to be the guide of the tourist.

2.　 The tourist asks every taxi-driver his name because_______

A. he is afraid f being cheated

B. he knows one of the taxi-drivers

C. he knows of one of the taxi-drivers

D. there is a friend of his among the taxi-drivers.

1.　　　 The tourist is _______.

A.　　　 an Englishman

B.　　　 a Frenchman.

C.　　　 a Swedish.

D.　　　 an American.

4.　 It can be inferred from the passage that______

　 A. since 1953 Margery has come back home only once.

　 B .Margery received only one letter from John.

　 C. Margery does not care about her family.

　 D.WHT refers to a newspaper.

　第71天　　　　　　　　　　　　　 A

A tourist comes out of the airport. There are a lot of taxis, but he asks every taxi-driver’s name, and takes the third taxi. It costs 5 from the airport to the hotel. “How much does it cost for the whole day?” the tourists asks. “100,” says the taxi-driver. This is very expensive, but the tourist accepts the price.

　 The taxi-driver takes the tourist everywhere. He shows him all monuments and all the museums. In the evening they go back to the hotel. The tourist gives the taxi-driver 100 and says, “What about tomorrow?” The taxi-driver looks at the tourist. “ Tomorrow? It’s another 100 tomorrow.” But the tourist says, “That’s OK. If that’s the price. See you tomorrow.” The taxi-driver is very pleased. The day the taxi-driver takes the tourist everywhere again. And in the second evening they go back to the hotel. The tourist gives the taxi-driver another 100 and says, “I’m going home tomorrow.” He likes the tourist, above all, 100 a day is a good money. “So you are going home, where do you come from?” he asks.

　 “I come from New York.”

　 “New York!” says the taxi-driver, “I have a sister in New York. Her name is Susannah, Do you know her?”

　 “Of course I know her. She gave me 200 for you.”

3.　 What do we know about Jack Cooke’s family?

　 A. Jack now has a son and a daughter.

　 B. Jack and his wife live with their children now

　 C. Jack’s wife is in good health all the time.

　 D .Jack lost touch with his family a long time ago.

2.　　　 When she wrote to John last time ,Margery was ______

A.34 years old　　　　　 B.40 years old

C.44years old　　　　　 D.54 years old

1.　　　 Margery left her family because______

A.　　　 there was a flood in her hometown

B.　　　 she signed up to serve the army

C.　　　 she wanted to get her husband back

D.　　　 a war broken out in her hometown

4. The tone of the article expresses the author’s______

A　 admiration for the manager’s willingness to admit mistakes

B　 anger to the manager for his wrong

C　 dissatisfaction with the woman who knocked off the pile cartons

D　 regret for the mistake he made in the store

　　　　　　　　 B

　 A brother and sister have been reunited after more than 60 years, thanks to a letter in the Welwyn and Hatfield Times.

　 For years John Hannant Kept a photograph of his long-lost sister, hoping they would meet again. Margery, the eldest of the three children, had signed up to the Royal Air Force as part of the war effort, when John was still a baby. The family lost touch and as the decade s passed only a single letter gave a clue to her whereabouts. The clue was enough for a WHT reader to recognize　 Margery and put the family back in touch..

　 John, 67, had been searching for a long time and a friend suggested writing to the paper.

　 “That’s the one that made it, the letter to the paper a few months age,” he said. “It’s like a dream come true. The last time we ever heard from Margery was in 1953 after the floods. She wrote home to know if we were all right. My sister Dorothy wrote back, But Margery had moved again and never got the letter.”

　 Having retired from his job as a gardener at Park House, Mr. Hannat decided to take action once and for all. He and his wife Doreen, travelled to Margery’s home in Chelwood Avenue, Hatfield , which she shares with her husband Jack Cooke.

　 Now 88, she was recovering after several months in hospital, but immediately recognized her brother. John said, “It’s something that I never thought was going to happen, but I always hoped it would.” As well as finding his sister, John has also discovered he now has a nephew, niece and six grandnieces and grandnephews.

3. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A　 The woman who knocked off the pile of cartons was seriously scolded by the manager.

B　 The author was loudly scolded by the manager.

C　 A woman was loudly scolded by the manager.

D　 It was the author who put the cartons back together.

2. Who was to blame for knocking off the pile of cartons?

A　 The author　　　　　　　　　　　　 B　 The manager

C　 A woman　　　　　　　　　　　　 D　 The author’s mother