Question

Charlie is twenty-three now. He  1  a university (大学) and found work in a factory last year. It’s  2  and there are no more than fifty workers in it. And only he  3  in a university. So he looks down upon (瞧不起) his  4  . He always thinks he’s right and never agree with  5  . He likes to say, “I’ve never made a mistake!”

But once the young man couldn’t  6  a foreign instructions (说明书). An old worker studied it for two days and  7  Mr White, the boss (老板) of the factory,  8  it meant. The boss asked him why. He made a few excuses to say for  9  . And he didn’t agree with the old man. The boss became angry and asked, “Is it  10  that you’ve never made a mistake?”

The young man wouldn’t make Mr White  11  and had to say, “No, it isn’t, sir.”

Having  12  this, the workers were happy. One of them asked, “It means that you also make some mistakes!”

Charlie  13  his mind at once and said, “I made only one mistake in my  14  !”

“When?” the boss asked in surprise.

“Just now, sir,” answered the young man. “When Mr White  15  me acknowledge (承认) I was wrong!”

(  )1. A. visited          B. left           C. built           D. reached

(  )2. A. small           B. big           C. new            D. old

(  )3. A. lived           B. traveled        C. arrived         D. studied

 (  )4. A. parents         B. teacher         C. workmates      D. classmates

(  )5. A. another         B. other          C. the other        D. others

(  )6. A. see            B. write           C. understand      D. read

(  )7. A. told           B. asked           C. taught          D. laughed at

(  )8. A. when          B. what            C. how           D. where

(  )9. A. him           B. himself          C. them           D. themselves

(  )10.A. clever         B. sure             C. true           D. able

(  ) 11.A. sad           B. sadder           C. angry          D.. angrier

(  )12.A. heard         B. listened          C. guessed         D. reported

(  )13.A. lost           B. hated            C. changed        D. thought

(  )14.A. life           B. office            C. family          D. bedroom

(  )15.A. helped         B. made            C. watched        D. had

Answer 1

1—5. BADCD　 6—10. CABBC　 11—15. DACAB