Mr．White decided to give up after he failed in the driving test again, but on second thought, he determined to try third time． [ ] A．/;a B．the; the C．the; a D．a; the 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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　　Mr．Brown was on his way home from the railway station．It was very late, and he was alone on the dark road．Suddenly he heard someone behind him．He began to walk faster．The man behind him walked faster, too．He walked more slowly, and the man moved more slowly, too．He began to run, and the man was following him and he was really scared．

　　There was a wall on one side of the road, and he quickly climbed up on it and jumped down on the other side．“If he passes and doesn’t stop,” Mr．Brown thought, “everything will be all right．” But the man didn’t pass．He climbed up on the wall and jumped down, too．Mr．Brown’s only thought was, “I’m in great danger!” He stood up and shouted, “What do you want? Why are you following me?”

　　The man was so tired that at first it was difficult for him to speak．“I didn’t know that you were a very good runner,” he said at last, “I have to go to Mr．White’s house, but I don’t know the way．A man at the station told me that you lived next to Mr．White’s and he told me to follow you．I’m too tired to go any farther(更远)．”

(1)

Mr．Brown came home from _________．
[　　]
A．	the police station
B．	the railway station
C．	the hospital
D．	Mr．White’s house

(2)

Mr．Brown was really _________．
[　　]
A．	in great danger
B．	a policeman
C．	afraid of the man
D．	too tired to move

(3)

The man followed Mr．Brown because _________．
[　　]
A．	he wanted to scare Mr．Brown
B．	he wanted to get some money from Mr．Brown
C．	Mr．Brown lived next to Mr．White
D．	Mr．Brown was one of his good friends

(4)

The man was _________．
[　　]
A．	a thief
B．	a good runner
C．	too tired to speak
D．	very angry with Mr．Brown

(5)

Which is wrong?
[　　]
A．	There were few people on the road．
B．	The man didn’t know where Mr．White lived．
C．	Mr．Brown thought he was in great danger．
D．	Mr．Brown didn’t know where Mr．White lived．

A car drew up outside the Swan Hotel and a young man got out．Pausing only for an instant to see that he had come to the right place，he went into the hotel and rang the bell on the counter of the bar．
Mrs．Crump，the landlady，who was busy in the kitchen at the time，hurried out，wiping her
hands．The young man raised his hat．“Excuse me，”he said．“I’m looking for my uncle，Mr．White．I believe he is staying here．” “He was staying here．”Mrs．Crump corrected him．“But I’m afraid that he went back to London yesterday．” “Oh，dear，”said the young man，looking disappointed．“I understood that he was going to stay here until the end of the month．At least that is what his servant told me when I rang up his house．” “Quite right，”said Mrs，Cramp．“He intended to stay here the whole of July，as he always does． But yesterday he got a telegram to say that his relative was ill．So he caught the train back to London immediately．” “I wish he had let me know,”The young man said．“I wrote him a letter saying that I was coming．I’ve had all this trouble for nothing．Well，since he isn’t here，there’s no point in waiting．”
He thanked Mrs．Grump and went out．Mrs．Grump went to the window and watched him
drive off．When his car was out of sight，she called out：“You can come out now,Mr．White.He’s gone．”
Mr．White came out of the kitchen，where he had been waiting．
“Many thanks，Mrs．Grump，”he said，laughing，“you did that very well．These nephews of mine never gave me any peace．That young man is the worst of them all．As you see，when he needs money,he even follows me into the country．Well，perhaps next time he won’t warn me by writing a letter!”
49．The young man said “Oh，dear” to express his           ．
    A．disappointment       B．sadness       C．surprise      D．anger
50．This story is about a man         ．
A．who was very much loved by his nephews
B．whose nephew went to visit him at the hotel
C．whose nephew is always asking him for help
D．who was not willing to meet his nephew
51．When his nephew came to the hotel，Mr．White            ．
A．took the train back to London            B．left to visit a sick relative
C．went to pick up a telegram               D．hid himself in the kitchen
52．Mr．White didn’t like his nephews because         ．
A．they always follow him around            B．they frequently disturb their relatives
C．they won’t write to him often             D．they usually visit him in hotels

A car drew up outside the Swan Hotel and a young man got out．Pausing only for a moment to see that he had come to the right place，he went into the hotel and rang the bell on the counter of the bar．

Mrs．Crump，the landlady，who was busy in the kitchen at the time，hurried out，wiping her hands．The young man raised his hat．

“Excuse me，”he said．“I’m looking for my uncle，Mr．White．I believe he is staying here．”

“He was staying here．”Mrs．Crump corrected him．“But I’m afraid that he went back to London yesterday．”

“Oh，dear，”said the young man，looking disappointed．“I understood that he was going to stay here until the end of the month．At least that is what his servant told me when I rang up his house．”

“Quite right，”said Mrs，Cramp．“He planned to stay here the whole of July，as he always does． But yesterday he got a telegram to say that his relative was ill．So he caught the train back to London immediately．”

“I wish he had let me know, ”The young man said．“I wrote him a letter saying that I was coming．I’ve had all this trouble for nothing．Well，since he isn’t here，there’s no point in waiting．”

He thanked Mrs．Grump and went out．Mrs．Grump went to the window and watched him drive off．When his car was out of sight，she called out：“You can come out now, Mr．White. He’s gone．”

Mr．White came out of the kitchen，where he had been waiting．

“Many thanks，Mrs．Grump，”he said，laughing，“you did that very well．These nephews of mine never gave me any peace．That young man is the worst of them all．As you see，when he needs money, he even follows me into the country．Well，perhaps next time he won’t warn me by writing a letter!”

1.This story is about a man ．

A．who was very much loved by his nephews

B．whose nephew went to visit him at the hotel

C．who was not willing to meet his nephew

D．whose nephew is always asking him for help

2.When his nephew came to the hotel，Mr．White ．

A．took the train back to London

B．left to visit a sick relative

C．went to pick up a telegram

D．hid himself in the kitchen

3.Mr. White didn’t like his nephews because ．

A．they always follow him around

B．they frequently disturb their relatives

C．they won’t write to him often

D．they usually visit him in hotels