Mrs. Clark moved to the small village when she was twenty-four. And she has lived there for thirty-nine years. She has a poor farm. She works hard on it, but she is often hungry. Her son Henry joined the army(参军) eight years ago and then found a job at a post office in London after he left the army.
One day, he wrote to his poor mother and asked her to go to the capital. The old woman was very happy when she received the letter. The next morning she started. Because it was the first time, her daughter took her to a small station and bought a ticket for her. A train came and she hurried to get on. Before long, a conductor came up to her and said, ‘Ticket, please.’ The old woman showed her ticket to the conductor. The man looked at it and said, ‘You must take a train to London. But it is a train to Manchester. I am afraid you’ve taken a wrong train.’ ‘Is it possible?’ Mrs. Clark said angrily, ‘I am sure it’s your driver’s fault (过错).
【小题1】Mrs. Clark is __________ years old now.

Mrs. Clark moved to the small village when she was twenty-four. And she has lived there for thirty-nine years. She has a poor farm. She works hard on it, but she is often hungry. Her son Henry joined the army(参军) eight years ago and then found a job at a post office in London after he left the army.

One day, he wrote to his poor mother and asked her to go to the capital. The old woman was very happy when she received the letter. The next morning she started. Because it was the first time, her daughter took her to a small station and bought a ticket for her. A train came and she hurried to get on. Before long, a conductor came up to her and said, ‘Ticket, please.’ The old woman showed her ticket to the conductor. The man looked at it and said, ‘You must take a train to London. But it is a train to Manchester. I am afraid you’ve taken a wrong train.’ ‘Is it possible?’ Mrs. Clark said angrily, ‘I am sure it’s your driver’s fault (过错).

1.Mrs. Clark is __________ years old now.

A．twenty-four

B．thirty-nine

C．sixty-three

D．eighty

2.The old woman took a wrong train because _______________

3.A ‘conductor’ means _________

4.Which of the following is NOT true?

Mrs. Clark moved to the small village when she was twenty-four. And she has lived there for thirty-nine years. She has a poor farm. She works hard on it, but she is often hungry. Her son Henry joined the army(参军) eight years ago and then found a job at a post office in London after he left the army.
One day, he wrote to his poor mother and asked her to go to the capital. The old woman was very happy when she received the letter. The next morning she started. Because it was the first time, her daughter took her to a small station and bought a ticket for her. A train came and she hurried to get on. Before long, a conductor came up to her and said, ‘Ticket, please.’ The old woman showed her ticket to the conductor. The man looked at it and said, ‘You must take a train to London. But it is a train to Manchester. I am afraid you’ve taken a wrong train.’ ‘Is it possible?’ Mrs. Clark said angrily, ‘I am sure it’s your driver’s fault (过错).

1. 1.

   Mrs. Clark is __________ years old now.

   1. A.
      twenty-four
   2. B.
      thirty-nine
   3. C.
      sixty-three
   4. D.
      eighty
2. 2.

   The old woman took a wrong train because _______________

   1. A.
      she had never taken a train before.
   2. B.
      her daughter took her to a wrong train.
   3. C.
      she never visited Manchester and she wanted to go there.
   4. D.
      the driver is silly (愚蠢) and it was his fault.
3. 3.

   A ‘conductor’ means _________

   1. A.
      司机
   2. B.
      售票员
   3. C.
      检票员
   4. D.
      乘警
4. 4.

   Which of the following is NOT true?

   1. A.
      Mrs. Clark took a wrong train.
   2. B.
      The driver drove to a wrong place.
   3. C.
      Mrs. Clark’s daughter bought a right ticket for her mother.
   4. D.
      The conductor wanted to see Mrs. Clark’s ticket.

阅读下列短文，从所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案

　Long, long ago there 　1　 in a small village a poor young boy. He was about ten years old. Every afternoon, he walked around the village selling his cooking oil. He carried the oil in a small wooden basin （盆）.

　After he sold all of his oil one afternoon, he was very tired. He thought that he 　2 　a rest.

　He left his wooden basin on a stone, put the money in it and 　3 　asleep.

　About two hours later, he woke up. He looked into the basin and found that his money 　4 　gone.

　He went at once to see a woman judge. The judge listened to the boy's story very 　5　 . She thought for a while, and then said to the men in her office, “ 　6 　and get all the village people here.”

　When all the village people came, she ordered that every one should put a coin （硬币）into a pail（桶）of water. About half of the people 　7 　their coins in before a young man came up. He also put his coin into the water. “Wait a minute,” the judge said, “you stole the boy's money, 　8　 ?”

　The young man's face 　9 　red.“Yes—ye—yes,” he said, “How did you know that?”

　The judge explained, “You see, after you had put your coin into the water, some oil came up to the top. Your money must have 　10 　from the boy's oil basin.”