摘要：55．Why didn't Mark Twain lend his machine to his neighbour? Because ．A．he didn't love himB．his neighbor wasn't friendly to himC．his neighbor didn't give him moneyD．his neighbor was a thiefC Mr. Evans works in Sydney．He has a two-week holiday, but he doesn't know where to go．He says to his friend Robert, "I hate the hot weather here, but I can't think of a cool place in Australia．Where shall I take my holiday?"That's easy," says Robert, "You can go to Moscow．Snow and ice are covering the ground there now．"Mr. Evans agrees with his friend．He buys a plane ticket and soon arrives in Moscow． He is having a good time there, but one day he gets into trouble．After lunch, he goes to a park outside the city．He notices a dog following him when he was walking past a house．It was hungry, and wants some food to eat．But Mr. Evans has no food in his pockets．He tries to shoo it away, but it begins to bark at him．Just at that moment, he sees a stone on the ground．He tries to pick it up．but he can't．"How strange these Russians are!" Mr. Evans says to himself．"They do not tie up their dogs, but firmly tie down the stones!"
He was well-known for his works and humour．Everybody knows Mark Twain was a famous American writer．But before he was famous, even his neighbours didn’t know him well．
One day Mark Twain went to borrow a certain book from a neighbour in Tarry town．
“May I borrow a book from you?” he asked politely．“Yes, ” the neighbour told him, “but I must ask you to read it here．You know I never let anybody take my book out of my study．”
Some days later the neighbour wished to borrow Mark Twain’s machine for cutting grass in the garden．
“May I borrow your machine to cut the grass in my garden?” the neighbour asked with a smile on his face．“Certainly．” Mark Twain told him, “but I must ask you to use it here．You know that I never let anybody take my machine out of my garden．”
(1)
Mark Twain comes from ________．
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A．
England
B．
America
C．
Japan
D．
France
(2)
Why didn’t Mark Twain’s neighbour lend the book to him? Because ________．
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A．
his neighbour made it a rule not to let any book go out of his study
B．
his neighbour didn’t like him
C．
he never met Mark Twain
D．
Mark Twain didn’t pay money for the book
(3)
Who wanted to borrow the book?
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A．
The book．
B．
The machine．
C．
Mark Twain．
D．
Neighbour．
(4)
What did Mark Twain’s neighbour borrow his machine for?
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A．
To play games．
B．
To cut the grass．
C．
To cut trees．
D．
To cut his hair．
(5)
Why didn’t Mark Twain lend his machine to his neighbour? Because ________．