题目内容
The Man Who Never Put a Foot Wrong
Some people do not like anything to be out of place; they are never late for work; they return their books to the library on time; they remember people's birthdays; and they pay their bills as soon as they arrive. Mr. Dodds is such a person .
Mr. Dodds works in a bank, and lives on his own. The only family he has is in the next town :his sister lives there with her husband, and her son, Mark, Mr. Dodds does not see his sister, or her family, from one year to the next, but he sends them Christmas cards, and he has not forgotten one of Mark's seventeen birthdays.
Last week Mr. Dodds had quite s surprise. He drove home from the bank at the usual time, driving neither too slowly nor too fast. He parked his car where he always parked it, out of the way of other cars, and he went inside to make his evening meal. Straight away, there was a knock at the door. Mr Dodds opened the door to find a policeman standing on the door-step .
"What have I done wrong ?" Mr. Dodds asked himself . "Have I driven on the wrong side of the road? Has there been some trouble at the bank? Have I forgotten to pay an important bill?"
1.The man who never puts a foot wrong means a person who__________.
A. never puts a foot into others' places B. always walks in a certain way
C. likes doing things regularly and following rules. D. does everything carefully
2.From the passage we know that his sister ____________.
A. is the only member of the family that he knows
B. never writes back to him
C. lives in the next town with her husband and son
D. has a small family: a son and Mark, her husband
3."He has not forgotten one of Mark's seventeen birthdays "means_________.
A. he has not forgotten Mark's seventeenth birthday.
B. he sent Mark something on his seventeenth birthday
C. he always sent a Christmas card on Mark's birthday
D. he always sent Mark something on his birthday
4.There was a knock at the door when Mr. Dodds was__________.
A. making his meal B. parking his car
C. ready to make his evening meal D. just about to shut the front door
5.The policeman was there ____________________.
A. to meet Mr. Dodds, his uncle
B. to ask Mr. Dodds to go to see his uncle
C. to ask Mr. Dodds to park his car not too near to other cars
D. to see Mr. Dodds about some trouble at the bank
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39.A.beating | B. blinding | C. burning | D. touching |
40.A.nose | B. hair | C. neck | D. head |
41.A.looked up | B. woke up | C. lay down | D. sat down |
42.A.tiger | B. horse | C. lion | D. elephant |
43.A.lazily | B. angrily | C. coldly | D. slowly |
44.A.natural | B. common | C. strange | D. bad |
45.A.around | B. beside | C. through | D. above |
46.A.yet | B. for | C. so | D. or |
47.A.walking | B. leading | C. heading | D. returning |
48.A.them | B. themselves | C. him | D. himself |
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50.A.gone | B. left | C. followed | D. lost |
51.A.see | B. meet | C. beat | D. ask |
52.A.waited | B. thought | C. worried | D. excited |
53.A.yard | B. wind | C. grass | D. rain |
54.A.believe | B. consider | C. doubt | D. forget |
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