阅读理解

　　Mrs. Jenkins, a fifty-year-old woman, lives in a small town. Her husband died several, years ago. Her son, Robert, works in an office in London. And her daughter is in the same town with her, but she lives in her husband's house. Only the old woman stayed in the old house by herself.

　　One day Mrs. Jenkins received a letter from Robert. The young man missed (想念) her very much. He hoped she would go to the capital soon. The woman was happy and decided to start the next morning. She took a bus to the railway station (火车站) and bought a ticket. Before she was going in, suddenly she remembered she had not locked (锁) the gate of the house. As she forgot her daughter's telephone number, she hurried to the post office and bought a stamp and an envelope. In her letter she told her daughter to go to lock the gate right now. Then she put the envelope into the post box.

　　At the entrance (进站口) a man stopped her and said,“Your ticket, please!”

　　Mrs. Jenkins had a look at her hand. She began to cry: she was holding the letter in her hand!

1．Robert missed his mother because ________.

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A．he wanted her to look after him

B．she was too old to look after herself

C．he was afraid she would be ill at home

D．he thought she felt lonely (孤单的) at home

2．Mrs. Jenkins decided to go to London ________.

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3．Mrs. Jenkins told her daughter to go to lock the gate because ________.

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A．she was more careful than her

B．she knew where her mother lived

C．she believed nobody except her

D．only she was ready to help her

4．The word“envelope”in the passage means ________ in Chinese.

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5．Mrs. Jenkins began to cry at the entrance because ________.

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A．the man didn't let her in

B．she has lost her ticket

C．she had put the ticket in the envelope

D．she forgot to put the letter in the envelope

英语趣味阅读

The Witch(巫婆)

　　 “We should do something nice for the old people of our town,”the teacher said to her class one day. “What could we do?”

　　“Can we give them a picnic?”one of the children asked. “We can send out invitations(邀请)and bring cakes and sausages(香肠)and all kinds of good things to eat.”

　　“That's very good idea,”the teacher said. “We'll ask all the old people to a picnic by the river.”

　　The children worked hard getting ready for the picnic. Their parents made cakes and pies(馅饼)or gave money, and the children wrote invitation cards to the old people. Then they took the cards to the old people's homes.

　　On the morning of the picnic the sky was blue and the sun was shining. The children were all looking forward to giving the old people a happy day.

　　Then one of the children said. “Oh! We forgot to invite Mrs. Waller.”

　　They did not like Mrs. Waller. She looked like a witch.

　　 “We must invite her how then,” the teacher said. “She will be hurt and angry if we don't ask her.”

　　She looked around the class and then pointed at one of the boys. “Tom, take an invitation card to her house. Apologize(道歉)for being late. Don't tell her we forgot her.”

　　Tom did not want to go to Mrs. Waller's house, but he was a brave(勇敢的)boy, and said, “All right, Miss Lee.”

　　He went to the old woman's house and knocked on the door. Mrs. Waller opened it. She looked very angry.

　　 “Well,” she said, “what is it? What do you want?”

　　Tom gave her the invitation card and said, “I'm sorry we did not ask you before, but please come to our picnic. It's a beautiful day.”

　　Mrs. Waller knew that the children thought she was a witch. She guessed that they had forgotten her.

　　 “You're too late,” the woman said. “It's a beautiful day now, but I've already arranged for rain this afternoon.”

1．What did the children decide to do?

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A．They decided to visit the old witch.

B．They decided to help their teacher.

C．They decided to give a picnic for some old people.

D．They decided to cook cakes and sausage themselves.

2．Where did the children have the picnic?

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A．At their school.

B．At home.

C．In the old people's home.

D．By the river.

3．Why didn't the children invite Mrs. Waller?

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A．They did not know where she lived.

B．She didn't like picnics.

C．They were frightened(受惊吓)of her.

D．She was cruel(残酷的)to children.

4．Why did the teacher say they must invite Mrs. Waller?

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A．Because she did not want to hurt Mrs. Waller.

B．Because she was frightened of her.

C．Because she wanted to punish the children.

D．Because she liked her.

5．What did Mrs. Waller say she had done when she realized(意识到)they had forgotten her?

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A．She had arranged for it to be a rainy day.

B．She had locked Tom in a closet(储藏室)so that he could not got to the picnic.

C．She had changed the date of the picnic.

D．She had said bad things about the teacher.