阅读理解 Dick was a twenty-year-old man．His father was a teacher and taught chemistry in a middle school and his mother worked in a shop．They live a happy life until his parents died one night when sud 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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　　Dick was a twenty-year-old man．His father was a teacher and taught chemistry in a middle school and his mother worked in a shop．They live a happy life until his parents died one night when suddenly an earthquake broke out．Luckily his sister took him to see their aunt in the city and they did not stay at home．Everything was destroyed in the earthquake and the two children got into trouble．Thanks to their aunt who was not rich enough, they grew up but they lived a hard life．His sister was so sad that she became a nun(修女)．After he finished middle school, he was introduced to an owner of a hotel and began to work there．

　　One day the young man fell to the ground while he was cleaning a window on the second floor．He was sent to the hospital and the doctor looked him over．One of his legs was broken and he had to be in hospital．He said to the nurse,“I’m a poor man, madam．Arrange a third-class ward(安排一个三等病房)for me, please．”

　　“Can’t anybody help you?”

　　“No, madam,”answered Dick．“I have only a sister．She’s nun and she’s poor, too．”

　　“I don’t think so,”the nurse said angrily．“Nuns usually marry God．And God is the richest in the world, you know!”

　　“Well, then,”Dick said with a smile．“Please arrange a first-class ward for me and post the bill(账单)to my brother-in-law．”

(1)

Dick’s parents died ________．
[　　]
A．	in an accident
B．	in the war
C．	in the earthquake
D．	from the disease

(2)

Dick and his sister escaped from the earthquake because ________
[　　]
A．	They played outside
B．	they were in a safe place
C．	their parents saved them
D．	the aunt saved them

(3)

The sister and brother lived a hard life because ________．
[　　]
A．	they lost all
B．	they were too young
C．	they were hurt in the earthquake
D．	they had to look after themselves

(4)

After Dick finished middle school, ________．
[　　]
A．	he stayed at home
B．	he began to look for a job
C．	he broke his leg
D．	he began to work in the hotel

(5)

Which of the following is true?
[　　]
A．	The nurse would arrange a third-class ward for Dick．
B．	The nurse would arrange a first-class ward for Dick．
C．	The nurse would post Dick’s bill to God．
D．	Dick had a rich brother-in-law．

答案：1．C;2．B;3．A;4．D;5．A;

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