Ⅲ. 阅读理解(每小题2分，满分20分)

A

One day Mr Smith went to a dinner party. He was wearing very old clothes. He came into the room, but people in th e room didn’t look at him. They didn’t ask him to sit at the table. He wasn’t happy. But he said nothing.

Mr Smith went home quickly and put on his best clothes. He went back to the party. Everyone in the room stood up and looked at him. They gave him good food to eat.

Mr Smith took off his coat, and put it on the food and said, “Eat, coat!”

The other people were surprised and asked, “What are you doing? Why do you do that?”

Mr Smith answered, “I am asking my coat to eat food. When I wore old clothes, you didn’t look at me. You didn’t ask me to sit down. Now I am wearing these nice clothes. And you give me good food. Now see, you give the food to my coat, not to me.”

41. One day Mr Smith went to _______.

A. a birthday party      B. a dinner party

C. an English party      D. a movie

42. When he came into the room, the people didn’t look at him. Why?

A. Because the people didn’t ask him to come.

B. Because Mr Smith wore old clothes.

C. Because Mr Smith didn’t say hello to them first.

D. Because it was night and they didn’t see him.

43. Why did he go home quickly?

A. Because he didn’t want to stay there.

B. Because he went home for his best clothes.

C. Because the people there asked him to leave.

D. Because he didn’t like the food there.

44. What’s the meaning of “surprised” in Chinese?

A. 高兴的    B. 不满的  C. 感到奇怪的   D. 生气的

45. Which statement is right?

A. A person in good clothes should eat good food.

B. A good coat should eat good food.

C. We can’t judge (判断) a man by his clothes.

D. Mr Smith is stupid (愚蠢的).

B

It was Christmas, and there was a big party in the house. Guests(客人) came and went, but the party went on. Then the bell rang. Several people shouted, “Come in!” A small man opened the front door and came in. Nobody knew him but the host(主人) went to meet him and took him to have a drink. The man sat there happily for an hour and a half and drank. Then suddenly he stopped and looked at the host. “Do you know?” he said. “Nobody asked me to the party. I don’t know you. I don’t know your wife and I don’t know any of your guests. My wife and I wanted to go out in our c ar, but one of your guests’ car was in front of our gate, so I came here to find him and my wife is waiting in our car for me to come back.”

46. When the bell rang, the guests _______.

A. were shouting      B. were singing and dancing

C. were enjoying themselves    D. were waiting for the small man

47. The host _______ after the sm all man came in.

A. was glad to see him     B. asked him to have a drink

C. didn’t fin d him      D. knew who he was

48. The small man knew _______ in the house.

A. one of the people      B. some of the people

C. all the people       D. none of the people

49. The small man went to the house _______.

A. to find a man       B. to have a drink

C. to have a party       D. to see what was happening

50. Perhaps the small man’s wif e got angry because _______.

A. he drank too much     B. he couldn’t find the man

C. he didn’t take her to the party   D. he kept her waiting for a long time