Mr. Smith was an old miser (守财奴). He had a lot of
16 , but he never bought anything
17 . He and his wife lived in an old house outside the town. He often went to the shop
18 in order to save some money. In the
19 , as soon as it was dark in the room, he
20 . He had no TV but bought a cheap radio and often
21 the advertisements.
The old man had no
22 , his wife was often ill. He wouldn’t send her to the hospital. He thought he would
23 much to the doctors if they looked her over. He bought a few medical books and bought some
24 for her.
One night, Mrs. Smith felt unwell. She had got a bad headache. She asked her husband to
25 a doctor, but he didn’t agree. He brought out some pills and made her
26 them. But it was no use.
The old woman began to
27 at home. Mr. Smith locked the door and went in another room and
28 there. The next morning, when he woke up, he came into her
29 to see if she was all right. But he found the poor woman had died. He hurried to the telephone, but
30 his mind at once. He ran out and shouted to the servant (佣人), “Don’t cook breakfast for Mrs. Smith this morning, Linda!”
| 【小题1】 | | A．books | B．shoes | C．clothes | D．money |
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| 【小题2】 | | A．bad | B．good | C．expensive | D．cheap |
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| 【小题3】 | | A．on foot | B．by car | C．by taxi | D．by motorbike |
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| 【小题4】 | | A．day | B．afternoon | C．midnight | D．night |
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| 【小题5】 | | A．went to dance | B．went to the cinema | | C．read newspaper | D．went to bed |
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| 【小题6】 | | A．listened to | B．watched | C．mended | D．looked at |
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| 【小题7】 | | A．brothers | B．sisters | C．uncles | D．children |
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| 【小题9】 | | A．food | B．medicine | C．fruit | D．vegetables |
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| 【小题10】 | | A．look for | B．take care of | | C．catch up with | D．send for |
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| 【小题11】 | | A．take | B．drink | C．to take | D．to drink |
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| 【小题12】 | | A．laugh | B．sing | C．cry | D．dance |
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| 【小题13】 | | A．slept | B．played | C．worked | D．drank |
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| 【小题14】 | | A．workplace | B．bedroom | C．library | D．office |
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| 【小题15】 | | A．kept | B．finished | C．changed | D．forgot |
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