阅读下列短文,从各小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳选项。

The first time I went abroad was when I went to London. It was in the summer holidays about five or six years ago and I went with three friends. The plane and train were quite expensive, so we decided to travel by coach. We left at five o’clock in the morning and the journey to London took about sixteen hours but we didn’t mind: we were all very excited because for all four of us it was our first time away from home.

We stayed in London for three days, in a youth hotel not far from the centre. While we were there, we walked a lot. First, we went to see all the famous sites—Big Ben, Piccadilly Circus, Buckingham Palace, then we went shopping in Oxford Street. On the last morning my friends stayed in bed late, but I got up early and went to Camden Market. You can buy all kinds of jewelry and clothes there, and I bought a silver ring for my sister. It was really hot in the afternoon, so we went to Hyde Park for a game of football. Unfortunately, I think the ring fell out of my pocket during the game, because I couldn’t find it when I got on the coach that evening!

I’ve been back to London several times since then, but I don’t think I’ll ever feel as excited as I did that first time.

1.The writer went to London for the first time ________ .

A. By plane. B. By car.

C. By coach. D. By train.

2.Why did the writer go to Camden Market alone?

A. Because his friends went back home first.

B. Because his friends stayed in bed late.

C. Because his friends didn’t want to buy things there.

D. Because he wanted to buy his sister a ring.

3.When did the wrier think he lost the silver ring he bought for his sister?

A. When they went shopping in Oxford Street.

B. When they played football in Hyde Park.

C. When he got on the coach that evening.

D. When he got back to London.

4. Why does the writer think he will never feel as excited as he did that first time? ________ .

A. Because he went there for the first time.

B. Because he went there with his friends.

C. Because he lost the silver ring .

D. Because he went to Hyde Park for a game of football with friends.

As the birds wake up the people on the farm early in the morning, one man is already up. In fact, he has never slept not once in the past 36 years.

The man has never been ill after so many years of insomnia(失眠). This has not only made him famous, but also interested many scientists to study him.

Sixty-four-year-old Thai Ngoc said he could not sleep at night after getting a fever in 1973, and since that time he has experienced more than 14,000 sleepless nights.

“I don’t know whether the insomnia has impacted my health or not, but I’m still healthy and can work normally like others,” Ngoc said.

His wife said, “My husband used to sleep well, but these years, nothing can make him get to sleep.” She said when Ngoc went to Da Nang for a medical examination, doctors said he was healthy.

Ngoc now lives on his farm at the foot of mountain, busy farming and taking care of pigs and chickens all day. “I have tried sleeping pills and some other medicine, but nothing helps, even to sleep for a few minutes,” he said.

Ngoc often does more farm work or helps his neighbors during the sleepless night.

1.Why is Thai Ngoc famous?

A. He gets up very early every morning.

B. He always helps other famers with their work.

C. He hasn’t slept for more than thirty years.

D. He does farm work instead of sleeping at night.

2.What does the underlined word “impacted” mean?

A. affected B. improved

C. checked D. stayed

3.What is Ngoc busy doing every day?

A. Taking sleeping pills and trying to sleep.

B. Farming and taking care of pigs and chicken.

C. Going to see doctors everywhere.

D. Going to the scientists and letting them study him.

4.Which would be the best title for the passage?

A. A Great Man. B. A Lazy Man.

C. An Insomnia Man. D. A Strange Man.

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