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六Reading comprehension.
A.True or false.
Mrs.Brown’s mother was ill in bed tow days ago.So she had to go and look after her.Before she left,she said to her husband,“I must tell yowhere everything is,or yodon’t know what to do,but my train is leaving in half an hour’s time and I must go now.”
“Don’t worry,”Mr.Brown said,“I can look after myself.”In fact,he could not do anything without his wife.But when his wife came back the next day,she did not have to wash any plates because he had his metals in restaurants.
1.Mr.Brown’s mother was ill in bed two days ago.
2.Mrs.Brown went to look after her sick mother.
3.Before she left,Mrs.Brown did not tell her husband where everything was.
4.Mr.Brown had his meals in restaurants.
5.Mrs.Brown didn’t have to wash any plates because there were no plates to wash.
B.Choose the best answer.
A boy who was cleaning shoes in the street said to a young man passing by,“Let me clean your shoes.”The young man said,“No,thank you.””Yomay pay me only a pound,sir.”Said the boy.But the young man refused again.Then the boy told him that he would clean his shoes for nothing.The young man agreed to this,and soon one of his shoes was shining brightly.The man put the other shoe on the boy,but the boy refused to clean it unless he was paid two pounds for his work.The young man refused to pay anything and went away.But the dirty one looked so bad that he couldn’t walk away.He had to turn back and gave the boy two pounds.In a very short time his shoes shone brightly.
1.The boy was a shoes.
A.cleaner B.maker C.repairer D.seller
2.At first the young man refused to clean his shoes,because.
A.he couldn’t pay B.he had not enough money
C.he didn’t think it necessary D.he had just cleaned his shoes
3.Then the young man agreed to clean his shoes,because the boy asked for..
A.two pounds B.one pound C.nothing D.few money
4.The boy refused to clean the second shoe,because
A.it was very dirty B.the young man paid only one pound
C.it was difficult to clean D.he asked to be paid two pounds
5.The boy said he would clean the young man’s shoes for nothing just in order to.
A.show his kindness B.help the young man
C.get more money from him D.let everyone see/
C.Mrs.Black was a poor old woman and she lived in a small village.Her husband died ten years ago.But she had a 24-year-old daughter.Her name was Alice.She worked in New York and lived there.It was far away from her mother’s village,and she was not happy about this.One day Alice said to her mother,“I’ve found a good job in Boston,and I can make a lot of money there,so I will go to work in Boston next week.But don’t worry,Mum,I’ll send yosome money every week.”
A month later,Mrs.Black was very angry.She decided to go to see her daughter in Boston on a train.When she saw her daughter,she said,“Alice,why do yonever call me?”
Alice laughed,“But mother,”she said,“Alice,why do yonever call me?”
“No,”she answered,“I haven’t,but yohave got one.”
1.Where did Mrs.Black live?
