The judge(法官) thought Geoffrey Payne killed his wife. Now for the first time Payne wrote to a magazine from the prison about what happened on the night of 13 October 1999.
I had to stay late at the hospital that night to do an operation. I finally left at about 11p.m.. I drove home slowly because the wind was blowing and it was raining heavily. I was running into our road when a man suddenly ran in front of my car. I almost hit him but I stopped just in time. I was scared and the man looked scared, too. I got out of the car but he ran away before I could ask if he was all right. It was very strange.
When I got home, the lights were on but it was very quiet. I called to my wife but there was no answer. Then I remembered that she was out at a concert.
I was still very unhappy about what happened on the road, so I made myself a drink. Then I went upstairs to have a bath. I saw that the window in the bedroom was open. This was strange because my wife always locked the doors and windows before she went out. She was afraid of burglars. When I went to close it, I found Ellen. She was lying on the floor. There was blood everywhere. I rushed over for her pulse but she was dead. I was so scared. I sat on the floor beside her body without knowing what to do.
The next thing I knew was that the sky was getting light. I can’t remember a thing about that night. In the morning I phoned the police. They arrived half an hour after I phoned them. But it seemed like hours. During that time I tried hard to remember anything I could about the night before. I couldn’t stop thinking about the man in the road. What was he doing at that time of night in our quiet neighborhood?
When Payne got home, he found ______________.
| A．a burglar in his house |
| B．the bedroom window closed |
| C．Ellen lying on the floor, blood all over |
| D．Ellen waiting for him in the concert hall |
After he found Ellen dead, Payne .
| A．called out for help |
| B．called the police at once |
| C．was too scared to do anything |
| D．tried to find out the murderer |
Which of the following is NOT true?
| A．Payne called the police the next morning. |
| B．Payne ran away after his car bumped into the man that night. |
| C．Payne couldn’t remember clearly what had happened that night. |
| D．Payne wondered what the man was doing in his neighborhood that night. |
In this passage Payne tried to .
| A．show he was sorry for his wife’s death |
| B．show he was guilty for murdering his wife |
| C．tell why his wife was killed that night |
| D．say the man in the road was probably the murderer |
Mr Smith just opened a small restaurant. To attract （吸引）People, he put up a notice (通知) in front of the restaurant. It said, "Meals on the house for three days."
The next day, a foreign student passed by the restaurant. He didn't know much English. It was lunch time and he felt very hungry. He walked to the restaurant and saw the notice. "American people are really funny; They even have dinners on the house! But how can I get up to the top of the house?" He said to himself.
He looked around and found a ladder (梯子). But when he reached the top, he heard someone shouting at him, "Hey! What are you doing up there?"
"Doesn't your notice say 'Meals on the house for three days'? Is it just a joke?" the foreign student asked.
When people heard this, they all laughed, "Do you know what that means? It means all the food here is free these days."Mr Smith put a notice in front of the restaurant, because .
A. he wanted to make a joke on people
B. he wanted more people to have meals there
C. he wanted to make the restaurant more beautifulWhat did the foreign student think of American people?
A. Friendly. B. Funny. C. Outgoing.The foreign student climbed to the top of the house in order to .
A. make a joke B. have lunch C. use the ladderHow did the foreign student get to the top of the house?
A. He used a ladder.
B. He used the notice.
C. He jumped."Meals on the house" in the passage probably means .
A. serving meals only on the house
B. eating something special on the top of the house
C. you can eat meals but pay nothing for them
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In many English homes people eat four meals a day. They have breakfast at any time from seven to nine in the morning. They eat porridge(粥) , eggs and bread and drink tea or coffee for breakfast. Lunch comes at one o’clock. Afternoon tea is from four to five in the afternoon and dinner is at about seven thirty. First they have soup, then they have meat or fish with vegetables. After that, they eat other things, like bananas, oranges or apples. But not all English people eat like that. Some of them have their dinner in the middle of the day. Their meals are breakfast, dinner, tea and supper. And all these meals are very simple(简单).Most English people have _________for breakfast.
| A．eggs and bread | B．eggs and fish |
| C．bread, soup and meat | D．coffee and oranges |
English people have lunch ___________.
| A．at any time | B．at one |
| C．from four to five | D．at nine |
For dinner, they don’t have _____________.
| A．soup | B．fish |
| C．bananas | D．porridge |
Mr. Smith is 70 years old. Every morning he goes for a walk in the park. And he comes home at twelve thirty for lunch. But today a car stops at his house at twelve and two policemen help him get out of the car. One of them says to Mr. Smith’s daughter, “the old man can’t find his way home in the park. He asks us to help him find home.” The daughter thanks the policemen. Then she asks her father, “Dad, you go to the park every day. But today, you can’t find the way. What’s wrong with you?” The old man smiles like a child and says, “I can find my way. But I don’t want to walk home”Today Mr. Smith comes home___________.
| A．by car | B．by bike |
| C．by bus | D．on foot |
The policemen think Mr. Smith ____________ in the park.
| A．doesn’t want to walk home |
| B．can’t find his way home |
| C．knows the way |
| D．is ill |
Mr. Smith’s daughter thinks _________________________.
| A．Her father wants to go home by car |
| B．Her father wants to have lunch early |
| C．Her father doesn’t want to walk home |
| D．Something is wrong with her father |
Why does Mr. Smith come home in policemen’s car?
| A．Because he doesn’t want to walk home. |
| B．Because he likes to take a police car |
| C．Because the policemen like to send him home. |
| D．Because he is tired. |
Barry and Jim are twin (孪生的) brothers. But they like different things. Barry likes basketball and soccer. He is in the school basketball club, and he plays soccer every day. He has 9 basketballs in his bookcase. He also likes volleyball. He has 3 white volleyballs and 3 blue volleyballs. He doesn’t like tennis. He wants to be a soccer player.
Jim doesn’t like sports. He likes books. He thinks reading books is interesting. He reads a book every day. He has many books about English. He has a great collection of English books. But he puts these books everywhere in his room. He thinks books are good friends. He wants to be a writer.What club is Barry in?
| A．The school soccer club. | B．The school volleyball club. |
| C．The school basketball club. | D．The school baseball club. |
What does Barry like?
| A．Soccer and volleyball. | B．Soccer and baseball. |
| C．Tennis and volleyball. | D．Tennis and basketball. |
Which of the following is right?
| A．Barry is Jim’s sister. |
| B．Barry reads a book every day. |
| C．Jim has many English books. |
| D．Jim has 3 white volleyballs. |
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