Question

Mary Cochran was out of the rooms where she lived with her father, Doctor Lester Cochran, atseven o'clock on a Sunday evening. It was June of the year nineteen hundred and eight, and Mary was eighteen years old. She walked along Tremont to Main Street and across the railroad tracks to Upper Main, lined with small shops and shabby houses, a rather quiet cheerless place on Sundays when there were few people about. She had told her father she was going to church but did not intend anything of the kind. She didn't know what she wanted to do. "I'll get off by myself and think", she told herself as she walked slowly along. The night, she thought, promised to be fine to be spent sitting in a church and hearing a man talk of things that had clearly nothing to do with her own problem. Her own affairs were approaching(almost reaching) a crisis(危机), and it was time for her to begin thinking seriously of her future.

 The thoughtful serious state of mind which Mary found herself had been made arise in her by aconversation she had with her father on the evening before. Without any preliminary (有准备的 ) talkand quite suddenly he had told her that he was suffering from heart disease and might die at anymoment. He had made the announcement as they stood together in his office, behind which were therooms in which the father and the daughter lived.

1. What did Mary Cochran want to do that night? She decided__________.

A. to walk slowly                        B. not to think about the problem

C. to talk over the problem with her father         D. not to go to church

2. What was the cause of Mary's serious state of mind?

A. Concern about her future.               B. Her talk with his father.

C. Worry about her sudden heart attack.    D. The thought of going to church.

3. Where did Mary live?

A. In the same building as her father's office.     

B. In a shabby house near her father's office.

C. Near the church along the main street.        

D. In a small shop across the railroad tracks.

4. What was Dr Cochran's condition?

A. He had a serious heartbreak.           B. He had suffered from her affairs.

C. He had a deadly heart disease.         D. He had made an announcement.

5. According to the passage, Which of the following statement is true?

A. Mary lived along with her father.   

B. Mary believed in the future.

C. Mary's father wanted her to go to church.

D. Mary's father didn't like his daughter.

Answer 1

1.D  2.B  3.A  4.C  5.A