When Mr. Smith was walking one evening, he met four of his old friends. To be polite, he invited them to come home with him to
. He hoped that they would say no, but
, they quickly agreed and
home with him.
Mr. Smith was a
man. There was never
in his house. He knew that there
very little for supper that night,
he did not know how to break away from his guests without being impolite, so he let them come with him to
house. But when they came
his front door, he suddenly rushed forward, opened the door, went in, closed in again and then locked it. He found
in the kitchen and quickly told her
had happened.
Mr. Smith’s guests were at first
. Then they thought he had perhaps gone ahead to get ready for the
. When nothing had yet happened for a few minutes, they began to
and to knock heavily at the door. After this had gone for some time, Mr. Smith sent his wife to a window to talk to
. She told them that Mr. Smith
.
“What do you mean, woman?” shouted one of the men. “We came here a few minutes ago
and we saw him go into the house.”
Mr. Smith was now afraid that the noise
his friends were making would bring his neighbours around and that he would be
, so he put his head out of the window and said to his friends, “This house has a
door, too. Perhaps Mr. Smith came in through the front door and went out through the other.”
| 小题1: | | A．breakfast | B．lunch | C．supper | D．play |
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| 小题2: | | A．happily for him | B．luckily for him | C．to his joy | D．to his surprise |
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| 小题3: | | A．go | B．went | C．going | D．will go |
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| 小题4: | | A．poor | B．rich | C．strong | D．honest |
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| 小题5: | | A．much water | B．much food | C．many clothes | D．many vegetables |
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| 小题6: | | A．will be | B．would have | C．would be | D．is going to be |
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| 小题9: | | A．nearly | B．near | C．close | D．out |
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| 小题10: | | A．his wife | B．a man | C．his son | D．his father |
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| 小题12: | | A．angry | B．interested | C．hungry | D．surprised |
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| 小题14: | | A．laugh | B．get angry | C．get sad | D．get surprised |
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| 小题15: | | A．herself | B．himself | C．his friends | D．his neighbours |
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| 小题16: | | A．was in | B．wasn’t in | C．at home | D．was here |
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| 小题17: | | A．alone | B．along | C．with him | D．with you |
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| 小题18: | | A．that | B．of which | C．what | D．who |
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| 小题19: | | A．praised | B．found | C．laughed at | D．hit |
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