Question

A rich American went into a shop in London．He wanted to buy a nice looking watch．He saw a watch and he liked it．But the shop owner asked 500 dollars for it．Just then a young man came in，took the watch out of the owner’s hand and ran out with it. It all happened in a minute．When the owner ran out into the street，the young man was already gone.

The American walked out of the shop．At the next corner，he saw the young man with that watch in his hand“Do you want to buy a fine watch，sir？”he said in a low voice，“It’s made in Germany．It’s only 100 dollars”

“The young man didn’t know I saw what happened in the shop just now，”he thought．The American paid at once and went back to his room with the watch．He was happy and told his friend about the fine watch

His friend took a look at his watch and started laughing．He said，“You are a fool. This watch isn’t worth even 10 dollars．”

1.The rich American wanted to ________ in a shop in London.

A. have a look    B. buy a fine watch

C. steal a fine watch    D. run out with a watch

2.The young man took the watch and________．

A. went to his room    B. ran out into the street

C. came to the American    D. wanted to look at it

3.In the reading，the word“low”means______．

A. 大声的    B. 低声的    C. 吵闹的    D. 张扬的

4.From the story we know the young man was______．

A. a thief    B. a kind man

C. a fool    D. the owner’s partner

5.The title(标题)for the reading should be______．

A. The American    B. A Nice Watch

C. Two Cheats(骗子)    D. The Young Man

Answer

1.B

2.B

3.B

4.A

5.B

【解析】本文叙述了一个年轻人因为晚上睡不好觉来看医生，医生建议他睡觉前反复从一数到十。但是几天后，这个年轻人又来开医生，因为他更严重了。他是一名拳击运动员，当数到八时，他就忍不住跳起来了。

1.Because he couldn’t sleep well every night.

根据第一段的A young man couldn’t sleep well every night. He was very worried. One day he went to see the doctor.可知这个年轻人去看医生是因为他每晚都睡不好，故此处为Because he couldn’t sleep well every night.

2.No, there wasn’t.

根据第一段的But nothing wrong with him.可知他没有毛病，故此处用否定回答，故为No, there wasn’t.

3.The doctor told him to count from 1 to 10 again and again.

根据第一段的The doctor told him to count from 1 to 10 again and again.可知医生告诉反复地他从一数到十，故此处为The doctor told him to count from 1 to 10 again and again.

4.Because the young man was even worse than before.

根据第二段的After a few days, the young man came to the doctor again. But to his surprise, the doctor found the young man was even worse than before!可知这个年轻人又来看医生，是因为他比以前更严重了，故此处为Because the young man was even worse than before.

5.He is a boxer.

根据最后一段的The young man said, “I am a boxer.”(拳击运动员) 可知这个年轻人是一名全集运动员。故此处为He is a boxer.