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    A beautiful and very successful actress (女演员) was the star for a new musical show. Her home was in the countryside, but she did not want to go back there every night, so she bought an expensive house in the centre of the city, got some beautiful furniture (家具) and got a man to paint the rooms in new colours.

It was very difficult to get tickets for her show, because everybody wanted to see it. So she decided to give the painter two of the best seats. She hoped that this would make him work better for her. He took the tickets without saying anything, and she heard no more about them until the end of the month, when she got the painter’s bill (账单). At the bottom of it were these words: “ Four hours watching Miss Hall sing and dance: 3 pounds,” with this note: “After 5 p.m., I get 15 shillings (先令) an hour instead of 10 shillings.” 

60. The actress bought a house in the centre of the city because ______.

  A. she liked to live in the busiest place      

  B. she didn’t like to live in the country

  C. her home was far away from where she worked

D. she didn’t want to go back to her hometown any longer

61. In order to make the painter work better for her, the actress ________.

  A. gave him two tickets for her show     B. sang and danced for him for hours 

  C. paid him 3 pounds                  D. decided to pay him 15 shillings an hour

62. The actress got the painter’s bill ________. 

A. to ask for the money of his painting work

B. to ask to pay for his watching her show

C. in which he showed his thanks for the tickets 

D. in which he expressed his dissatisfaction

63. What kind of man was the painter? 

A. He was a careful man.            B. He was a poor man.

C. He was not friendly to others.      D. He knew little about music and dances.

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　A beautiful and very successful actress (女演员) , Miss Hall, was the star of a new musical show．Her home was in the country, but she didn't want to go back every night, so the rented (租) an expensive house in the center of the city and hired a man to paint the rooms in new colors．

　It was very difficult to get tickets for her show, because everybody wanted to see it．She decided to give the painter two of the best seats．She thought that this would make him work better for her．The painter took the tickets without saying anything, and she heard no more about them until the end of the month, when she got the painter's bill, at the bottom of which were the words：“Four hours watching Miss Hall sing and dance after 5 p. m. I get fifteen shillings (先令) an hour instead of ten shillings．”

(1) Why did Miss Hall rent an expensive house in the centre of the city?

　　Because ________．

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A．She wasn't satisfied with living in the country

B．She didn't want to go back every night

C．She lived in that country

D．She didn't want to go home in the country after her show at night

(2) Everybody wanted to see Miss Hall's show so ________ ．

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A．anybody could get tickets

B．nobody could get tickets

C．tickets were not easy enough to get

D．everybody couldn't get tickets

(3) Miss Hall gave the painter two of the best seats ________．　　　

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A．in order to let him enjoy her show

B．in order to let him serve her better

C．in order to thank him

D．instead of paying him any money

(4) Which of the following is true?　　　

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A．The painter was much interested in the show．

B．When the painter took the tickets given by Miss Hall he was very thankful．

C．The painter refused to pay for the tickets．

D．Miss Hall must have been surprised when she got the bill．

(5) From the bill, we can see ________．　　　

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A．he paid enough money for the tickets

B．he wanted 60 shillings for seeing her show

C．he paid ￡3 for the tickets

D．Miss Hall should pay the painter 15 shillings