III. 阅读理解(共20分,每小题1分)

根据短文的内容, 选择一个最佳答案,并涂在答题卡上。

Passage 1

Mr Brown was going away for a week. Before he left, he said to his son, "if anyone asks for me, you can tell him that your father has been out for doing something, and will be back in a week, then be sure to ask him to sit down for a cup of tea."

"OK, Dad," said his son. But he was afraid his son couldn't remember this, he wrote these words down on a piece of paper and gave it to him. His son put it into his small pocket, took it out and looked at it  every now and then.   Four days passed, but no one came to see his father. The boy thought that there was no man to come and that the piece of paper was of no more use for him, so he burnt it that evening

The next afternoon, someone knocked at the door. The boy opened it. A man was standing at the door and said, "Where is your father?" The boy put his hand into his pocket at once and looked for the piece of paper. He could not find it. He suddenly remembered he had burnt it, so he shouted, "No more."   The man was very surprised. He asked, "No more? I met your father last week. When did it happen?"   "Burnt yesterday evening."

1. Mr Brown told his son that _____.

A. he would be away from home for four days   B. he would be back in seven days

C. he would be back in a month               D. he liked a cup of tea

2. Mr Brown wrote the words down on ________.

A. the wall   B. the door   C. a piece of paper   D. his son's pocket

3. A man came to visit the boy's father on ________.

A. the second day  B. the third day  C. the fourth day   D. the fifth day

4. The man was very surprised because _________.

A. he thought the child's father wa s dead   B. the child didn't ask him to sit down

C. the child gave him a cup of tea           D. he couldn't find that piece of paper

5. What was burnt? ___________.

A. The piece of paper  B. Mr Smith  C. The visitor  D. The boy

Passage 2

One of the things to be learnt in a foreign language is guessing all the time what kind of thing to come when listening to someone talking. People do this all the time in their own language, so it is necessary (必要的) to do this in a foreign language, too. Here are some examples.   1. "What's the matter?" "I went to a party last night, so I…"   2. "I feel so tired these days."" I think you'd better…"   3."Of course, she never stops talking. She is one of the most…"

You can see from the above three examples that the context (上下文) helps a lot in understanding what is being talked about. So "guessing "is very important in understanding English, especially (尤其)spoken English.

6.This passage tells us mainly about _________.

A. the import ance of "guessing " in learning a foreign language

B. how to guess what one is going to talk about

C. some examples of right guessing

D. how important it is to guess all the time

7.from the context, we can see maybe the finished answer in EXAMPLE I is _________.

A. didn't have a good time.    B. went to bed very late.

C. felt unhappy.             D. got up very early.

8. Maybe the finished answer in EXAMPLE 2 is ________.

A. have a good rest and take good  c are of yourself.

B. have something to drink.

C. get some help from your friends.

D. be more careful.

9. Maybe the finished answer in EXAMPLE 3 is ______.

A. famous film stars.

B. beautiful women.

C. famous speakers.

D. talkative women.

10. From the passage we can infer (推断) that guessing is ____in learning a foreign language.

A. the only way

B. more important in spoken English than in written English

C. more important than any other way

D. more important in written English than in spoken English