This happened in London It was November and the weather was very wet and cold. A Frenchman had caught a very bad cold. He coughed day and night, so he decided to go and get some medicine for his cough. As he did not know much English, he took out his dictionary and looked up the word "cough". But the dictionary did not tell him how to pronounce(发音) the word. He thought it over and remembered that he had learned the word "plough". He remembered that it was pronounced[plav]. So he thought that c-o-u-g-h must be pronounced [kav].
Then he put on his coat and hat and went to a chemist's shop(药店).When the man in the shop asked him what he wanted, the Frenchman said, "I want something for my 'COW' , please." The man in the shop looked at him. Had he heard him correctly?
"I beg your pardon, sir?" he asked.
The Frenchman repeated, "I want some medicine for my 'COW'."
"For your cow?" asked the man, "are you a farmer?"
"A farmer?" said the Frenchman in surprise, "What makes you think I'm a farmer? I come from Paris. I'm not a farmer. "
"But where is your cow?"
"It's here!" answered the Frenchman. He put his hand on his chest(胸口) and began to cough. "Here it is, " he said, "I've a very bad 'cow' here."
Then the man in the shop understood what the Frenchman meant. He wanted some
medicine for his cough.
小题1:The Frenchman said, "I want something for my 'cow', please." Here by the word "cow" he meant _______.
A.cowB.cough
C.medicineD.cold
小题2:What made the man in the shop think the Frenchman was a farmer?
A.The Frenchman looked like a farmer.
B.The word "cough" was pronounced [kau] by him.
C.The Frenchman said he came from a farm in Paris.
D.We can't learn about it from the story.
小题3:Which of the following is TRUE?
A.The man in the shop had heard the Frenchman correctly.
B.The man in the shop didn't understand the Frenchman clearly at first.
C.The Frenchman told the man in the shop he had a very bad cow.
D.The Frenchman asked for some medicine for his cow.
A friend of mine named Paul received a car from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a boy was walking around the shining car. "Is this your car, Paul?" he asked.
Paul answered, "Yes, my brother gave it to me for Christmas." The boy was surprised. "You mean your brother gave it to you and it cost you nothing? Boy, I wish..."He hesitated.
Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for. He was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what the boy said surprised Paul greatly.
"I wish," the boy went on, "that I could be a brother like that." Paul looked at the boy in surprise. and then he said again, "Would you like to take a ride in my car?"
"Oh yes, I'd love to."
After a short ride, the boy turned and with his eyes shining, said, "Paul, would you mind driving in front of my house?"
Paul smiled a little. He thought he knew what the boy wanted. He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big car. But Paul was wrong again. "Will you stop where those two steps are?" the boy asked.
He ran up to the steps. Then in a short while Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little crippled (残疾) brother. He sat him down on the step and pointed to the car.
"There he is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn't cost him a cent. And someday I'm going to give you one just like that…then you can see for yourself all the nice things in the Christmas window that I've been trying to tell you about."
Paul got out and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed older brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began an unforgettable holiday ride.
小题1:The boy was very surprised when _______.
A.Paul received an expensive carB.Paul told him about the car
C.he saw the shining carD.he was walking around the car
小题2:From the story we can see the boy _______.
A.wished to give his brother a car
B.wanted Paul's brother to give him a car
C.wished he could have a brother like Paul's
D.wished Paul could be a brother like that
小题3:We can infer (推断) from the story that _______.
A.Paul couldn't understand the boy
B.the boy had a deep love for his brother
C.the boy wished to have a rich brother
D.the boy's wish came true in the end
小题4:The best title(标题) of the story is    .
A.A Christmas PresentB.A Boy
C.A Brother Like ThatD.An Unforgettable Holiday Ride
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