A man walked into a restaurant and asked for a glass of water. Then the girl in the restaurant pulled out a gun and shot him dead. Why? People asked to give reasonable explanation for the strange happening. All kinds of suggestions were made.
She was able to recognize him as a dangerous prisoner who ran away from the prison; she thought he was to rob her; she misheard what he said; asking for a glass of water had a special meaning for her and so on. All these explanations showed that the gun was used on purpose(有目的) to harm the man. The idea was easily accepted.
In fact, the explanation was that the man had an attack of hiccups(严重打嗝). It so happened that the girl in the restaurant knew that a great and sudden fear could get rid of hiccups. But she didn’t know the gun happened to be loaded(上子弹) that day.
1.The man asked for a glass of water because ______.
A. he was having an attack of hiccups
B. he was walked into a restaurant
C. he wanted to kill himself
D. he was too thirsty
2.The girl used a gun to the man because _______.
A. she wanted to kill him
B. she hated him
C. what the man said had a special meaning
D. she wanted to give him a sudden and great fear
3.Why did the man have an attack of hiccups?
A. Because he ate too much.
B. Because he was too old.
C. Because he ate too fast.
D. The passage didn’t tell us.
4.Which is TRUE to the passage?
A. The man just ran away from a prison.
B. The man wanted to rob the girl.
C. The girl misheard what the man said.
D. It is the girl’s kind help that happened to kill the man.
A farmer went to town to sell his vegetable. But it was snowing that afternoon, and there_ _ few people in the street. So when his vegetable was sold out, it was dark. __ _ _ his way home, he saw a man __ _ in the snow. He put his basket _ _ _ and was going to_ _ the man to get up. At that time he found _ _ was a dead man __ _ _ that there was __ _ blood on the ground. He was _ _ frightened that he ran away __ _ , _ _ _ his basket away.
The next __ _ the farmer was sent to the police station. After showing him the basket, an officer asked, “Is this yours?” “Yes,sir.” the farmer answered__ _ _.
“When did you see the dead man?”
“At about seven yesterday evening.”
“Did you see who __ _ him?” the officer brought out a knife and asked, “Have you seen it yet?” “No, sir.”
The officer became angry and told the policeman _ _ him up and __ _ _ him in prison.
That afternoon the officer went on_ _ _ the farmer. _ _ the knife, the officer asked him again, “Now, listen to me! Did you see it yet?” “Yes,sir.”
“Well,” the officer became _ _ _ and asked, “but when and where?”
“I saw it __ _ this morning, sir.”
1.A．wereB．wasC．would haveD．had
2.A．AtB．ByC．InD．On
3.A．layingB．layC．liedD．lying
4.A．on the groundB．on his shoulderC．on his backD．in the snow
5.A．hopeB．helpC．letD．make
6.A．himselfB．him justC．itD．him
7.A．evenB．soC．andD．/
8.A．manyB．muchC．quite a fewD．a lot
9.A．very muchB．muchC．soD．very
10.A．quicklyB．slowlyC．happilyD．in time
11.A．takingB．not tookC．and tookD．without taking
12.A．eveningB．morningC．nightD．afternoon
13.A．proudlyB．friendlyC．nervouslyD．loudly
14.A．helpedB．askedC．sentD．killed
15.A．to beatB．beatC．of beatingD．beating
16.A．sendB．sentC．tookD．put
17.A．to tryB．to askC．tryingD．ask
18.A．Pointing toB．To point toC．Pointed toD．Pointed
19.A．sillyB．happyC．angry againD．grey
20.A．in the snowB．hereC.near my basketD．in my basket
— Have you seen the film The sound of Music?
— Not yet，but I________.
A.expect not B．think to
C．expect so D．expect to
He was driving home on the highway last night when a policeman stopped him and ____him of speeding.
A.reminded B. accused
C. warned D. charged
Farmers in China began to use tractors _______ cattle for farming work.
A. to take place B. to take place of
C. to in place of D. to take the place of
I wonder if it is_________ for you to pick me up on your way home this afternoon.
A. legal B. convenient
C. enjoyable D. comfortable
