Paul couldn’t sleep last night. He woke up early and sat up, and then he lay down again. He felt terrible. “I must be sick,” he thought. “but I must study for that test.”

He got up and looked for his history notebook. He finally found it under a pile of clothes on a chair. He went over his history notes, but he couldn’t remember any of the facts in the notes. “What shall I do?” he thought. He felt terrible.

    Just then Paul’s telephone rang. He put down his notebook and picked up the telephone.

    “Good morning,” Jack’s voice said, “You must be wrong about that test.”

    “What do you mean?” Paul asked weakly.

    “We’re not going to have the test today.” Jack said. “I wrote down the date in my notebook. The test will be next Wednesday; it isn’t today. How do you feel this morning?”

    “Fine,” said Paul. “Just fine!” Suddenly he really felt fine.

1.Paul felt uneasy because he

A. was seriously ill.                   B. was too tired.    

C. was worried about the coming test.     D. couldn’t find his history notebook.

2.It seemed that Paul __________

A. was good at history.                 B. liked to study history.

C. lost interest in history.               D. was ready for the history test.

3.What made Paul feel fine at once?

A. The telephone call

B. the coming test.

C. Jack’s notebook

D. The fact that the test was not to be given that day.

4.“How do you feel this morning?” From this question we can see Jack________

A. knew Paul.                         B. knew Paul very well.

C. wanted to help Paul with his history.     D. would lend Paul his notebook..

 

Paul couldn’t sleep last night. He woke up early and sat up, and then he lay down again. He felt terrible. “I must be sick,” he thought. “but I must study for that test.”

    He got up and looked for his history notebook. He finally found it under a pile of in the notes. “What shall I do?” he thought. He felt terrible.

    Just then Paul’s telephone rang. He put down his notebook and picked up the telephone.

    “Good morning,” Jack’s voice said, “You must be wrong about that test.”

    “What do you mean?” Paul asked weakly.

    “We’re not going to have the test today.” Jack said. “I wrote down the date in my notebook. The test will be next Wednesday; it isn’t today. How do you feel this morning?”

    “Fine,” said Paul. “Just fine!” Suddenly he really felt fine.

63. Paul felt uneasy because he

   A. was seriously ill.                   B. was too tired.

   C. was worried about the coming test.     D. couldn’t find his history notebook.

64. It seemed that Paul __________

   A. was good at history.                 B. liked to study history.

   C. lost interest in history.               D. was ready for the history test.

65. What made Paul feel fine at once?

   A. The telephone call.          B. the coming test.

   C. Jack’s notebook             D. The fact that the test was not to be given that day.

66. “How do you feel this morning?” From this question we can see Jack________

   A. knew Paul.                         B. knew Paul very well.

   C. wanted to help Paul with his history.     D. would lend Paul his notebook..

Ellen Parker was worried about her health． She couldn’t walk very quickly and it was difficult for her to climb stairs，she was soon out of breath．“I suppose I had better go to the doctor,” she thought．She went to the doctor and told him her problem．“I’m not at all surprised，” he said. “It’s clear what your problem is.”He examined her and then gave her some advice．“If you don’t do what I say，Mrs. Parker,” he said，“then you will have a heart attack. It could kill you”

Ellen was very worried as she left the doctor’s．She knew that she had to take his advice but that it would not be easy and that it would take time．

The next day she went shopping．The first shop she went into was a butcher’s shop． “I’d like ten pounds of steak，please，” she said．  “Certainly，madam，” the butcher replied and went into the cold storage room and found a large piece of steak． He brought the huge piece of meat back into the shop and placed it on the scale（秤）．  “That’s just under ten pounds,” he said．

The butcher worked out the price． “At ＄4.99 a pound that will be ＄45.50 please. Shall I cut it up into small pieces for you？”“Oh，I don’t want to buy the meat,” Mrs. Parker said．  “If you don’t want to buy it,” the butcher replied，“why did you ask me to get it for you？”

“I just wanted to see what 10 pounds of meat looked like． ”

1．Mrs. Ellen Parker visited her doctor because ＿＿＿＿＿＿．

  A．she had a heart attack                             B．she was unhappy about her weight

  C．she had a problem with her health      D．she couldn’t sleep well

2．After the doctor examined Mrs. Ellen Parker，he advised her to ＿＿＿＿＿＿ ．

  A. eat more meat                       B. lose weight

  C. come and see him again               D. look after her heart

3．Mrs. Ellen Parker asked for ten pounds of steak because ＿＿＿＿＿＿ ．

  A．she wanted to buy some for dinner

B．she wanted to lose weight

  C. her doctor asked her to do so     

D. she wanted to know the size of 10－pound meat

4．Mrs. Ellen Parker’s real problem was that ＿＿＿＿＿＿ ．

  A．she ate too much steak            B．she couldn’t walk quickly

  C．she weighed too much            D．she couldn’t climb stairs

5．We can infer（推断）that at the end of the story the butcher was very ＿＿＿ ．

  A． angry             B． excited          C． surprised       D．proud