58．Mr. Evans goes to Moscow _______．

A．by train                B．by bus                  C．by air                    D．on foot

57．Mr. Evans doesn't like the _______ in Australia．

A．hot weather          B．cool weather        C．rainy weather        D．cold weather

56．Mr. Evans is _______．

A．American            B．Russian                C．Australian             D．Chinese

55．Why didn't Mark Twain lend his machine to his neighbour? Because _______．

A．he didn't love him

B．his neighbor wasn't friendly to him

C．his neighbor didn't give him money

D．his neighbor was a thief

C

      Mr. Evans works in Sydney．He has a two-week holiday, but he doesn't know where to go．He says to his friend Robert, "I hate the hot weather here, but I can't think of a cool place in Australia．Where shall I take my holiday?

"That's easy," says Robert, "You can go to Moscow．Snow and ice are covering the ground there now．"

Mr. Evans agrees with his friend．He buys a plane ticket and soon arrives in Moscow． He is having a good time there, but one day he gets into trouble（麻烦）．After lunch, he goes to a park outside the city．He notices a dog following him when he was walking past a house．It was hungry, and wants some food to eat．But Mr. Evans has no food in his pockets．He tries to shoo （以嘘声吓走） it away, but it begins to bark at him．Just at that moment, he sees a stone（石头） on the ground．He tries to pick it up．but he can't．

"How strange these Russians are!" Mr. Evans says to himself．"They do not tie up （拴住） their dogs, but firmly （牢牢的） tie down the stones!"

54．What did Mark Twain's neighbour borrow his machine for?

A．To play games．                                     B．To cut the grass．

C．To cut trees．                                        D．To cut his hair．

53．Who wanted to borrow the book?

A．The book．         B．The machine．       C．Mark Twain．       D．Neighbor．

52．Why didn't Mark Twain's neighbor lend the book to him? Because _______．

A．his neighbor made it a rule not 1o let any book go out of his study

B．his neighbor didn't like him

C．he never met Mark Twain

D．Mark Twain didn't pay money for the book

51．Mark Twain comes from _______．

A．England               B．America                C．Japan                   D．France

50．Mrs. Wilson decided to go shopping _______ next time．

A．in the shopping mail far away                    B．in the cheapest shop

C．in the most expensive shop                       D．near her home

B

He was well known for his works and humor．Everybody knows Mark Twain was a famous American writer．But before he was famous, even his neighbours didn't know him well．

One day Mark Twain went to borrow a certain book from a neighbor in Tarry town．

"May I borrow a book from you ? " he asked politely．"Yes．" the neighbor told him, " but I must ask you to read it here．You know I never let anybody take my book out of my study（书房）．"

Some days later the neighbor wished to borrow Mark Twain's machine for cutting grass in the garden．

"May I borrow your machine to cut the grass in my garden?" the neighbor asked with a smile on his face．"Certainly．" Mark Twain told him, "but I must ask you to use it here． You know that I never let anybody take my machine out of my garden．"

49．Mrs. Wilson went home _______．

A．by bus                   B．by minibus           C．by taxi                    D．on foot