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　　Mr Smith, an expert of medicine, was very strict(严格的) with the students. Every time he took the chair on the exam committee(担任考试委员会主席), the students would be worried, for he was seldom pleased with their answers. A student would be lucky enough if he or she could receive a good mark(分数) from him. Now a student came into the exam room and sat before the committee. This student was a little nervous as he knew it would not be so easy for him to pass the exam.

　　The student was asked to describe an illness. His answer was OK. Then Mr Smith asked about the cure(疗法) for the illness, and the student, too, gave a quick answer. “Good,” said Mr Smith, “and how much will you give the patient(病人)?” “A full spoon,” answered the student.

　　“Now you may go out and wait for what you can get,” said Mr Smith. At the same time the committee discussed the answers the student had given. Suddenly the student realized that there was something wrong with his last answer. “A full spoon is too much,” he thought to himself. Very worriedly he opened the door of the room arid cried, “Mr Smith, I've made a mistake. A full spoon is too much for the patient. He can take only five drops(滴).” “I'm sorry, boy,” said Mr Smith coldly. “But it's too late. Your patient has died.”

l．Why were all the students afraid of Mr Smith?

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A．Because he was always strict with them.

B．Because he often laughed at them when they were in trouble.

C．Because he never listened to them carefully when they answered his questions.

D．Because he often misunderstood(误解) them and gave them bad marks.

2．What does the underlined word “seldom” in the passage mean?

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3．Before he left the room, the student was almost sure that ________.

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A．he hadn't done well in the exam

B．he had made a mistake in the exam

C．his answer to the last question was wrong

D．he had passed the exam and the only thing was to wait for the result

4．From the passage we can learn that the patient would ________.

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A．be safe in taking only five drops at a time

B．be in trouble if he took five drops at a time

C．be all right soon if he took one full spoon at a time

D．be not well again without the student's help

5．We can guess that the student ________.

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A．received a good mark at last

B．failed the exam at last

C．passed the exam at last

D．would be no longer afraid of Mr Smith from then on ________.

Tom woke up unhappy on Monday morning．He always woke up unhappy on Monday mornings．It was the idea of a whole week of school；he almost wished there were no weekends because that made it even more difficult to go back into classrooms．

He lay in bed and wondered what he could invent this time．He listened to his body but could find nothing wrong．A little stomachache? No．Then he realized that one of his teeth was loose （dropping out）．Good! He was just going to start shouting painfully when he thought that Aunt Polly would pull the tooth out and that would hurt．He looked for something else．Suddenly he remembered what the doctor had said about a certain problem with toes （five small front parts of a foot）--sometimes one had to stay in bed for one or even two weeks．He pulled his right foot out and looked at it．One of the toes was really hurting．Tom began to shout．Sid continued to sleep peacefully．Tom shouted more loudly．No result．

“Sid! Sid!” he shouted，shaking his brother．This worked．Sid slowly woke up．

“What's the matter，Tom?”

“Ouch! Don't touch me，Sid．You'll kill me．”

“Oh，Tom! Why didn't you wake me?”

“I forgive you everything，Sid．When I'm gone．．．”

“You aren't dying，are you，Tom?”

Sid ran out of the bedroom and down the stairs．

“Aunt Polly! Come quickly! Tom's dying!”

“Dying?” answered Aunt．“I don't believe it．”

But she went running upstairs anyway．

“What's the matter with you?” she asked in surprise．

“Oh，Aunt!” cried Tom．“My toe hurts．”

The old lady fell into a chair，laughing a little．

“Tom，you frightened me．Now stop crying at once and get out of bed．”

Tom felt a bit silly．

“But it did hurt so much that I forgot my tooth．”

“Tooth，eh? What's wrong with your tooth?”

“One of them is loose and it aches terribly．”

“No problem，” answered Aunt Polly quickly．“Sid，get the cotton from my sewing-- box．”

“Please! Aunt! Don't pull it out．It's stopped hurting now．Please! I don't want to stay at home．”

“Ah! So all this was because you wanted to cut class．Well，you'll have your tooth out and you'll go to school!”

In fact，everything went quite well for Tom．On his way to school，the hole in his mouth was the envy of all the other boys~ no one Could show off like he could!

1．This passage is most probably taken from a _________．

A．notice              B．report             C．poster             D．novel

2．Why did Tom always feel uncomfortable on Monday morning?

A．Because he was too tired to wake up．

B．Because he didn't have a good weekend．

C．Because he was afraid of the Whole week of school．

D．Because he had to take his brother Sid to school．

3．Which of the following is Not true according to the passage?

A．Sid was sure that Tom was badly ill．

B．Tom lied because he didn't want to go to school．

C．Aunt Polly pulled the loose tooth out for Tom．

D．Tom went to school and was laughed at by other boys．

4．Which of the following is the most suitable title for this passage?

A．Monday sickness     B．A clever boy         C．Aunt Polly         D．An unusual day