四.阅读理解 (共10小题;每小题3分，满分30分)

阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。

A

A young American doctor was sleeping when suddenly his doorbell began to ring. It was already midnight, but what could the doctor do? He had to get up, put on his coat and go downstairs. When he opened the door, he saw a man standing witha hat in his hand. “How do you do?” said the man. “Canyou come at once to a place out of town? It’s quite far but you have a car and I can show you the way.”

“Certainly,” said the doctor. “I’m quite ready. I can come at once.” After a few minutes the car was standing at the front door, the man got into the doctor’s car, and they drove off. They drove on for a long time. Then the man said, “Here we are. This is my home. Now I can pay you and you can go back to the town.”

“I must see the patient. How can I go back without seeing the patient?”

“There is no patient,” explained the man. “Nobody is ill. I live here, you see, and one must get home from a town, mustn’t he? There are no taxis this time of the night, but a doctor often makes night calls, so excuse me. Here is money. Thank you, doctor. Good night.”

(   )31. What was the doctor doing when the doorbell started to ring ?

A. He was sleeping upstairs. B. He was sleeping downstairs.

C. He was working upstairs. D. He was working downstairs.

(   )32. What did the man ask the doctor to do ?

A. to go out for a walk B. to go to a place in the town

C. to see a patient D. to go to a place out of town

(   )33. How did they go away ?

A. on foot B. by car

C. by bus  D. by bike

(   )34.What does the phrase “make night calls” in this sentence mean ?

A.打骚扰电话B.打夜间打电话C.夜间喊叫D.夜间出诊

(   )35.Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A.The story happened in the midnight .

B. It was so late that there were no taxis for the man to take at that time.

C.The doctor was very thankful to get some money.

D The man was cleverer than the doctor.

B

One day a poor farmer was taking a bag of rice to town. Suddenly the bag fell off his horse on the road. He didn’t know what to do about it because it was too heavy for him to lift by himself. He only hoped that somebody would soon pass by and help him.

Just at this moment a man riding a horse came up to him. But the farmer was very disappointed (失望) when he saw who he was. It was the great man living nearby. The farmer had hoped to ask another farmer or a poor man like him.

But to his surprise, the great man got off his horse as soon as he came near. He said to the farmer, “I see you need help, friend. How good it is that I’m here just at the right time.” Then he took one end of the bag, the farmer took the other. They together lifted and put it on the horse.

“Sir,” asked the farmer, “how can I pay you?”

“It’s quite easy,” the great man answered with a smile, “wherever you see anyone else in trouble, do the same for him.”

(   )36. What happened when the farmer went to town?

A. His horse’s leg was hurt B. The bag fell from his horse.

C. The farmer lost his bag. D. The horse was ill.

(   )37. The farmer couldn’t lift the bag onto the horse by himself because ________.

A. the bag was broken B. the horse went away

C. the bag was too heavy for him to lift D. the farmer was  too old

(   )38.Why was the farmer very disappointed when he saw the great man?

A. Because he thought the great man couldn’t help him.

B.  Because he thought the great man could take away his bag.

C.  Because he thought the great man could take away his horse.

D.  Because he thought the great man couldn’t see him.

(   )39. Who helped the farmer?

A. The great man.  B. Another farmer.

C. A poor man like him.   D. A friend of the farmer’s.