Question

【题目】阅读理解

Old John went to see a doctor．The doctor examined him（检查）and said，“Medicine（药）can’t help you．You must have a good rest．Go to a quiet place for a month，go to bed early，drink some milk，walk a lot and smoke one cigar（雪茄烟）a day．”

“Thank you very much，”said Old John，“I want to do everything you say．”

A month later old John came to the doctor again．“Well，”said the doctor，“I’m glad to see you．You look much younger．”

“Oh，Doctor，”said Old John，“I feel quite well now．I had a good rest．I went to bed early，I drank a lot of milk，and I walked a lot．Your advice（建议）certainly helped me．But you asked me to smoke one cigar a day，and the one cigar a day nearly killed me at first．It’s no joke to start smoking at my age．”

【1】The doctor________．

A．asked him to take some medicine

B．asked him not to take any medicine

C．didn’t say any word about medicine

D．gave him some medicine

【2】Old John________after a month．

A．didn’t get well

B．got well

C．was young

D．was old

【3】Which One is true？

A．Old John didn’t smoke before．

B．Old John smoked before．

C．Old John didn’t smoke a cigar a day．

D．Old John wanted to smoke．

【4】When Old John was ill，he looked________．

A．young

B．old

C．younger

D．older

【5】The best title（题目）of this passage should（应该）be“________”．

A．Old John

B．Old John Is Ill

C．The Doctor’s Advice

D．Old John Did as the Doctor Asked Him

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】B

【3】A

【4】D

【5】C

【解析】

【1】由第一段第二句中的Medicine can’t help you．可知，医生告诉他不用服药。

【2】由句子I feel quite well now．可知，一个月之后，老约翰（病情）好转了。

【3】由句子and the one cigar a day nearly killed me at first…可以判断，老约翰以前不吸烟。

【4】由句子You look much younger．可判断当约翰生病时，他看起来较老。

【5】通读全文可知，贯穿全文的是医生的建议，由于误解了医生，造成了一个令人苦笑不得的失误，因此文章最好的题目是“医生的建议”。