Question

Mr. White lives on the 20th floor in a tall building in Beijing. His office is about ten kilometers from home. His wife and his children are now in America for holidays.

    Today Mr. White leaves his home at eight in the moming. He takes the lift down to the first floor, gets out of the lift and walks to his car. Oh, dear! His car is broken. He waits for a taxi but there's not any empty one. So he has to go by bus.

Mr. White gets to his office at nine twenty. He is very late. Today he has a lot of work to do. He does it quickly and he has only one hamburger and a cup oforange juice for his lunch. Mr. White leaves his office at half past six. When he gets to his building, he quickly gets into the lift. Oh, dear! The lift doesn't work! He has to walk up to the 20th floor. But when he gets there, he finds he forgets to take the key with him.  

What can he do now? Poor Mr. White!            

1.Mr. White goes to work by bus because     _

A. he doesn't have a car       

B. he doesn't like to take a taxi

C. there's something wrong with his car  

D. his key is in the office

2.Today Mr. White      _ .

A. must be very tired              B. doesn't work hard in the office

C. isn't late for work             D. eats lunch outside the office

3.The word " poor" in the last paragraph means      _" in Chinese.

A.穷苦的           B.可怜的         C.愤怒的          D.忙碌

4. From the passage we can see Mr. White      _.

A. is not healthy       B. is now in China    

C. can't drive a car    D. likes Chinese food

5. Which is wrong?

A. Mr. White's home is far from his work place.  

B. Mr. White works very hard.

C. Mr. White works in China.

D. The lift is broken early in the morning.

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.B

5.D

【解析】

试题解析:本文大意：怀特先生住在北京的一座高楼的二十层，家人去美国度假了，一天早上，他乘电梯下到一层，走出电梯步行到他的汽车旁，发现他的汽车坏了，他等出租车但没有空车，所以他不得不乘公交车。他上班迟到了，但今天他有很多工作要做。下班后，发现电梯坏了，不得不步行到20楼，但当他到了之后，发现忘了带钥匙。

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考点：故事类短文阅读。