(一)Buy a Car for Me as Well

Mr Johnson wants a car for long. His home is far from his factory. He has to set the alarm clock(鬧鐘) for his wife every evening before he goes to bed. The Woman has to get up earlier. When breakfast is ready， she wakes him up. Then he hurried to catch the early bus. Once something was wrong with the clock， he was late for work. At the gate of the shop he met with the head. He was hardly sent away. Since then he's always gone to the car shops and watched them carefully. He always wears old clothes and his wife often buys the cheapest food. They never travel in the cities or visit the places of interest. He hopes to have his own one.

Now， after three years， Mr Johnson has enough money to buy a car. He went to the shop happily and chose a cheaper but beautiful one. He handed the money to the shopkeeper. The man counted it carefully and then said， \"Sorry， sir. They're four thousand nine hundred and ninety-five dollars.\"

At that moment Mr Johnson remembered he spent some money on the lottery(彩票). He went out and met with his friend Mr Hunt and wanted to borrow some.

\"Certainly，\" said the man. \"What do you borrow five dollars for?\"

\"To buy a car.\"

\"Here's ten dollars——buy one for me as well (也) .\"

1. Mrs Johnson gets up earlier to__________.

A. go to work

B. buy something in the market

C. cook breakfast

D. wake her husband up

2. Mr Johnson goes to his factory__________.

A. by bike B. by bus

C. on foot D. by train

3. Mr and Mrs Johnson try their best to save some money to__________.

A. buy some new clothes

B. travel in the cities

C. visit the places of interest

D. buy a car

4. The car costs__________dollars.

A. 5B. 10C. 4，995 D. 5，000

5. Mr Hunt wanted to buy a car because__________.

A. he thought it was five dollars

B. he was rich enough

C. he lent five dollars to his friend

D. he had enough money

(二)Run after a taxi next time

It was a quarter past nine. Mr Beet didn't come back. His wife was a little worried. The supper was cold and she waited for two hours and a half. She was sitting by the table in the dark room. She closed her eyes but listened carefully. Mr Turner's television was on. She liked the pop music， but she would not turn on hers.

Her husband worked in an office. He worked hard so that he was paid more. The things in the rooms， such as(諸如) a television， computer， fridge， furniture (家具) and etc.， were all left by his parents. They only paid some money for their food and clothes. But they tried their best to save money. If they had something important to tell their friends， they preferred to go to visit them rather than call them. Sometimes one of them felt sick， they bought some medicine instead of seeing a doctor.

Suddenly the woman heard someone coming upstairs. It was her husband's step. She hurried to open the door. In the dark she could hear his deep breathing. As soon as he sat down， she turned on the light and found he looked very tired.

\"Why do you come back so late， dear?\" asked the woman. \"Haven't you caught a bus?\"

\"Yes， but I didn't take it.\"

\"Yes ? Why?\"

\"I ran after it so that I saved two dollars this evening.\"

\"That's great!\" the woman said happily. \"Run after a taxi next time and you'll save more!\"

1. The supper was ready at__________.

A. 6:15B. 6:30C. 6:45D. 7:15

2. Mrs Beet sat in the dark because__________.

A. she wouldn't turn on the light

B. it was bright in the room

C. she was afraid to be seen

D. she wanted to have a good rest

3. Mr Beet went back on foot because__________.

A. he didn't catch the bus

B. he wanted to do more exercise

C. he had much time

D. he hoped to save two dollars

4. Mr Beet ran home that evening， so__________.

A. his wife was angry with him

B. he was very tired

C. he was too hungry to say a word

D. his wife felt sorry for him

5. Mrs Beet hoped__________.

A. her husband went home by bus the next time

B.her husband could keep on doing exer-cise

C. her husband could be stronger

D. her husband could save more money

(三)That's His Bowl

The clock rang and it woke Robert up. He turned on the light and had a look at it. It was five. He looked out of the window. It was dark outside. But he hoped to get to the next place of interest by lunch time. He got up at once. After a quick breakfast， the young man started. There was little traffic on the road and hedrove quite fast.

The sun rose in the east and it got hotter. Now the young man was driving through a bigger town. Most people hurried to work and there were a lot of cars and buses in the street. He had to drive slowly. And after he came out of the town， he began to quicken. At that moment something was wrong with his car and he had to stop. He got off and found one of the wheels(輪胎)was shriveled (癟的). It took him about an hour to mend it in the sun and he felt very thirsty after that. He saw there was a small house not far from the road and went to ask something to drink. An old woman in the house told him in and gave him a bowl of soup. A little dog went up to him and looked at him carefully.

\"I've never seen a dog so friendly like yours， madam，\" said Robert.

\"Ah，\" the old woman said， \"he's not that friendly. That's his bowl you are using.\"

1. Robert was going to__________today.

A． go home

B. visit the next place of interest

C. travel in the bigger town

D. meet his friends

2. Robert met few cars on the road at first because__________.

A. he started very early

B. an accident happened

C. people like driving in the day

D. people stay at home at weekend

3. Robert had to drive slowly in the town because__________.

A. he wanted to visit it

B. he hoped to drink something

C. some policemen were on duty

D. there was much traffic there

4. The word \"quicken\" in the story means __________.

A. 變得活潑B. 變得敏捷

C. 迅速D. 加速

5.__________， so he felt very thirsty.

A. Robert didn't have a rest

B. Robert had his breakfast too quickly

C. Robert worked in the sun for an hour

D. Robert had to mend his car himself

6. The little dog looked at Robert carefully because__________.

A. he was friendly to the young man

B. he was using his bowl

C. he was interested in the stranger

D. he hoped to make friends with him

閱讀理解答案：

（一）1-5 CADBD

1.故事開(kāi)頭講的是9:15，Mrs Beet已經(jīng)等了兩個(gè)半小時(shí)，說(shuō)明晚飯是6:45做好的。

2.Mrs Beet為了省電，才不愿開(kāi)燈。

3.從Mr Beet所說(shuō)的\"I ran after it So that I saved two dollars this evening.\"可以看出，他是想省兩元錢。

4.Mr Beet跟在汽車后面跑，當(dāng)然很累。

5.從Mrs Beet最后說(shuō)的“Run after a taxi next time and you'll save more!\"能夠得知，她希望丈夫省更多的錢。

（二）1-5 CBDDA

1.由于每天早上是Mrs Johnson把丈夫叫醒的，她當(dāng)然得比他起得還要早。

2.\"Then he hurried to catch the early bus.\"已經(jīng)告 訴我們，他是乘公共汽車上班的。

3.他們省吃儉用，就是想買一輛汽車。

4.\"They're four thousand nine hundred and nine ty-five dollars.\"來(lái)看，Mr Johnson付了4，995美元，他還差5美元。這說(shuō)明那輛車的價(jià)錢是5，000美元。

5.Mr Hunt聽(tīng)朋友說(shuō)借5美元就能買一輛車，以為買那種車只需5美元，于是也想買一輛。

（三）1-6 BADDCB

1.從\"But he hoped to get to the next place of int－erest by lunch time.\"可以看出，他要去參觀下一個(gè)景點(diǎn)。

2.Robert五點(diǎn)鐘就起床，準(zhǔn)備動(dòng)身了。那時(shí)候天還早，路上沒(méi)有什么車輛。

3.Robert路過(guò)鎮(zhèn)子的時(shí)候，正值上班高峰，路上車輛很多，他當(dāng)然要開(kāi)慢一些。

4.Robert出城以后，車輛行人不像城里那么多，他就能加速了。

5.Robert在太陽(yáng)下面干了一個(gè)小時(shí)的活，自然感到渴。

6.從老太太最后說(shuō)的\"That's his bowl you are us-ing. \"可以證實(shí)這一點(diǎn)。