Mike was in trouble these days．He drove a car for Mr Black, a rich businessman．But Mike often drank too much and once he almost fell into the river when he drove along the bridge．Mr Black became angry and was going to fire(解雇)him．Mike had a big family so he was afraid of losing his job．He said he would stop drinking at once．But things were not like what Mr Black looked forward to．
On a Monday morning, Mike came into the office, with two badly burned ears．“ What happened to your ears? ” asked Mr Black．
“Well, ” said Mike．“last night while I was watching a football match on TV in the bedroom, I was drinking because I was free on Sunday．At that time, my wife was ironing(熨烫)clothes．She had put the iron(熨斗)near the telephone before she went to cook supper．My favourite team lost the game and I felt sorry for it．As soon as I went into the sitting room, the phone rang and I answered it, but I picked up the iron．”
“Terrible! But what happened to your left ear?’
“When I put the iron down on the table, the telephone rang again．”
(1)
From the passage, we know that Mike works as a ________．
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A．
a car seller
B．
a businessman
C．
a car driver
D．
a cook
(2)
Mike once almost fell into the river because ________．
[ ]
A．
his eyesight was bad
B．
the bridge was not wide
C．
he hated working for Mr Black
D．
he drank too much
(3)
Mike was ________ while his wife was ironing clothes．
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A．
answering the telephone
B．
cleaning the bedroom
C．
watching TV
D．
cooking supper
(4)
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
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A．
Mr Black was angry about Mike's bad drinking habit．
B．
Mike answered the telephone in the bedroom．
C．
Mike didn't drink any longer after the car accident．
D．
Mike's left ear was burnt by the iron first．
(5)
After hearing what Mike said, Mr Black might ________．
One evening Mrs Brown asked her husband to take her to a restaurant because a lot of film stars and other famous people would be there,and she wanted to see some of them.Soon after they had their meals,a man and a woman came into the restaurant and sat down at a table near them,They were wearing beautiful clothes.and Mrs Brown said to her husband,"Look at those people,Mike,I often see their pictures."When the waiter brought Mr and Mrs Brown their drinks,Mrs Brown said to him,"Who are those people?Do you know them?" "Oh,they are nobody," he answered at once."Really?"Mrs Brown asked in surprise."How do you know that?" "Because they asked me who you were," he answered.
(1)
On evening Mr Brown _________ his wife to a restaurant.
A.take B.taking C.took D. to take
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(2)
Mrs Brown went there because she _________.
A.wanted to be famous
B.wanted to meet her friends there
C.would like to eat there
D.wanted very much to see some famous people
[ ]
(3)
Mrs Brown said they were famous because she often saw _________.
A.them in a film B.their pictures
C.their names D.them on TV
[ ]
(4)
Mrs Brown asked _________ who the man and the woman were.
A.the waiter B. the girl C.the boy D.her husband
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(5)
The man and the woman asked the waiter who Mr and Mrs Brown were because they _________.
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