Question

A.So I have to take him to the hospital

B.It’s Saturday

C.He was asleep soon after he went to bed

D.She began to cry when her mother left

E.At that time the telephone rang and he went to answer it

After dinner Mr Jackson turned on the television．He tried to find a football game on it．1.．“Hello．”he said，“7462135．”“It’s Betty speaking，”said a woman．“Henry is i11．2.．But Lucy is too young…”“Don’t worry．I’ll go and look after her．But where’s your husband James?”  “He’s gone to London．He’11 be back at two tomorrow morning．”

Mr Jackson arrived at his sister’s home a few minutes later．Lucy was only four．3.．Mr Jackson told her some stories and showed her some nice pictures．He didn’t stop until the little girl fell asleep．Mr Jackson went home after James came back．4.．

Mrs Jackson was on duty in the hospital that night The next morning，  she came back home and woke Mr Jackson up．He had a look at the clock on the wall and found it was half past eight．He jumped off the bed and ran to the garage(车库)with his bag．His wife tried to say something．but he called back．“I was never 1ate for work．you know．But I’m late this morning，”“No．you aren’t，”said Mrs Jackson．“5.．”

Answer

1.E

2.A

3.D

4.C

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文中的杰克逊先生因为照顾自己妹妹家的女儿，睡觉晚了。醒来后习惯性的看钟表，以为自己今天要上班迟到了，结果今天是星期六。

1.联系下文电话内容，可知选E，此时电话铃响了，他去接电话。

2.联系上文亨利病了，可知选A，因此我不得不带他去医院。

3.联系上文，路西只有四岁，可知选D，当看到她的母亲离开时，她开始哭。

4.联系上文他一直在给路西讲故事，可知选C，上床后不久他就睡着了。

5.联系上文，杰克逊先生不会迟到，可知选B，今天是星期六。

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