一、阅读理解
（ A ）

There was once a large ,fat woman who had a small,thin
husband .He had a job in a big company and was given his
weekly pay every Friday evenig.As soon as he got home on
Fridays ,His wife used to make him give her all his money,
and then she used to give him back only enough to buy his
lunch in the office every day.
One day the small man came home very excited.He hurried
into the living-room.His wife was listening to the radio and
eating chocolates there.
"You will never guess what happened to me today,dear."
he said.
He waited for a few seconds and then added,"I won ten
thousand pounds on the lottery!"
"That‘s wonderful!"said his wife delightedly.But then
she thought for a few seconds and added angrily,"But wait a
moment! How could you afford to buy the lottery ticket?"

1. How much money was the husband allowed to keep every day?
a. Just enough to buy chocolates.
b. Just enough to buy a sandwich.
c. Just enough to buy his lunch in a restaurant.
d. Just enough to buy his lunch in the office.

2. One day the husband was very excited because he___________
a. won a lottery
b. was praised by his wife
c. got a higher pay
d. won a priae

3. Which of the following is not ture?
a. The woman liked to eat chocolates.
b. The man was afraid of his wife.
c. The woman never gave any money to her husband.
d. The man got his pay every Friday.

4. When she heard her husband’s news the woman_________
a. could hardly believe it
b. was pleased yet not satisfied
c. was angry and disappointed
d. never thought it was true

5. Which of the following is implied in the passage?
a. the couple were not rich.
b. The woman never belived her husband
c. The man had put some money aside for himself.
d. The man had to give almost all his money to his wife every
week.



( B )
Once Mark Twain and two friends were sitting in a
restaurant .One friend had just returned from a trip to
Vermont.The friend said that the air in the mountains of
Vermont was very clear.In many places the echo of a voice
came back five times stronger than the original voice.The
second friend said that was nothing.In Colorado,where he
lived,in many places the echoes of a voice spoken in the
morning came back in the afternoon,Mark Twain laughed.Then
he said:"Listen!The echoes which you have told about are
very unusual.But in a small church in Missouri,where I was
born,there is an echo even more unusual than those."
"What is so strange about the echo there?"asked one
of the men.
"Well,I‘ll tell you,"said Mark Twain,"The echo in that
church is so unusual that if one asks in a loud voice,’Good
morning!How are you?‘the echo repeats very clearly after a
moment,’very well,thank you .And how are you?‘"

1. What kind of story is it?
a. A historic tale.
b. A fairy tale.
c. A news report.
d. A humour.

2. Mark Twain and his friends were talking about the echo of
a voice in many places__________
a. in Britain
b. in Australia
c. in the United States
d. in Europe

3. Which of the following is not mentioned in the story?
a. One of Mark Twain’s friends had made a trip to Vermont.
b. The second friend lived in Colorado.
c. Mark Twain and his friends were talking in a restaurant.
d. The air in the mountains of Vermont ws very clear and cool.

4. Mark Twain ‘s friends were ______________
a. not telling the truth
b. talking about their travels
c. sitting and drinking
d. discussing how echoes worked in different places

5. You can be sure that _____________
a. Mark Twain was a man who liked to tell a lie
b. Mark Twain’s friends had never heard a real echo
c. Mark Twain didn‘t believe what his friends said
d. The echo in the church in Missouri was most unusual



答案：
一、
（A）
1--5:d a c b c
（B）
1--5:d c d a c