Question

 The Americans were getting ready to send their first man to the moon. An old 

Irishman (爱尔兰人) was watching them on the television in the bar of a Hotel. There was an Englishman in the bar,too,and he 1       the Irishman, “The 2       are very  clever,aren’t they? They are going 3 some men to the moon. It is a long 4       from the earth. ” “Oh,that’s 5      ”theIrishman answered quickly. “The Irish are going to send some men to the sun in a few months. That’s 6       away from the moon,you know. ” “Yes,it is,” the Englishman said,“ 7      it is too 8       for the people to go to. ”

  The Irishman laughed and said, “Well,the Irish aren’t stupid,you know,we 9       go to the sun during the day,of course,we will go there 10       . ”

(   ) 1. A. said to    B. told

     C. talk to    D. spoke to

(   ) 2. A. Englishmen   B. Americans

     C. Irish    D. Frenchmen

(   ) 3. A. to reach B. to send

     C. to give    D. to rest

(   ) 4. A. time B. street

     C. road    D. way

(   ) 5. A. good    B. nice

   C. true    D. nothing

(   ) 6. A. long    B. far

   C. longer    D. much farther

(   ) 7. A. and B. but

       C. or    D. because

(   ) 8. A. hot  B. warm

       C. cold   D. cool

(   ) 9. A. don’t    B. can’t

   C. won’t    D. mustn’t

(   ) 10. A. in the morning

   B. in the afternoon

   C. in the evening

   D. during the night

Answer 1

1. A say to sb.意为“对某人说”，后跟说的内容。

2. B

3. B send意为“发送”。

4. D

5. D句意：那算不了什么。

6. D此处指地球离太阳要比离月球远很多。

7. B

8. A此处是指太阳上太热。

9. C

10. D句意：你知道，爱尔兰人没那么愚蠢，我们当然不会在A天到太阳上去，我们将在晚上到那儿去。