Sally was a student. It was going to be her mother’s birthday. She wanted to buy her a present that would be nice and useful but not expensive.
A week before her mother’s birthday, she went shopping after a quick and simple lunch. When she had been looking for half an hour, she found a shop that was selling cheep umbrellas（伞）, and decided to take a black one, since her mother had lost hers the month before.
She thought, “You could carry that when you are wearing clothes of any color.” So she decided to buy a lovely black umbrella and took it back to school with her until her classes had finished.
On her way back home in the train that evening, she felt hungry because she had such a small lunch that she went along to the buffet car（餐车） for another sandwich and cup of coffee. She had left the black umbrella above her seat in the compartment（车厢）, but when she got back, it had gone! When she had left the compartment, there had been no other passengers（乘客） in it, but now there were three.
Sally began to cry when she saw that the umbrella was no longer there. The other passengers felt very sorry for her and asked what the matter was. She told them that the black umbrella she had bought for her mother was gone, and that she had to get out at the next station. After the three other passengers heard it, they asked her for her mother’s address so that they could sent the umbrella to her if someone had taken it by mistake and brought it back after Sally had got out of the train.
The next week, Sally heard from her mother. It said, “Thank you very much for your lovely presents, but why did you send me three black umbrellas?”
【小题1】Which of the following is the best for the sentence “You could carry that when you are wearing clothes of any color?”

Sally was a student. It was going to be her mother’s birthday. She wanted to buy her a present that would be nice and useful but not expensive.

A week before her mother’s birthday, she went shopping after a quick and simple lunch. When she had been looking for half an hour, she found a shop that was selling cheep umbrellas（伞）, and decided to take a black one, since her mother had lost hers the month before.

She thought, “You could carry that when you are wearing clothes of any color.” So she decided to buy a lovely black umbrella and took it back to school with her until her classes had finished.

On her way back home in the train that evening, she felt hungry because she had such a small lunch that she went along to the buffet car（餐车） for another sandwich and cup of coffee. She had left the black umbrella above her seat in the compartment（车厢）, but when she got back, it had gone! When she had left the compartment, there had been no other passengers（乘客） in it, but now there were three.

Sally began to cry when she saw that the umbrella was no longer there. The other passengers felt very sorry for her and asked what the matter was. She told them that the black umbrella she had bought for her mother was gone, and that she had to get out at the next station. After the three other passengers heard it, they asked her for her mother’s address so that they could sent the umbrella to her if someone had taken it by mistake and brought it back after Sally had got out of the train.

The next week, Sally heard from her mother. It said, “Thank you very much for your lovely presents, but why did you send me three black umbrellas?”

1.Which of the following is the best for the sentence “You could carry that when you are wearing clothes of any color?”

2.What does the story infer（推断）?

3.How many umbrellas did Sally’s mother get at last?

4.The best name of the story is ________.

5.What does the writer want to tell us?

Tess，a little girl，entered Rexall's Drug Store with one dollar and eleven cents．She waited patiently for the pharmacist（药剂师）to give her some attention．But he was too busy at that moment．

“And what do you want?” the pharmacist asked while he was ___1___ his brother from Chicago．

“Well，I want to talk to you about my ___2___，Andrew，” Tess answered．“He's really，really sick．．．and I want to buy a miracle（奇迹）．”

“I beg your pardon?” said the pharmacist．

“He has ___3___ growing inside his head，and my Daddy says only a miracle can save him now．So ___4___ does a miracle cost?’’

“We don’t sell miracles here，little girl．So I ___5___ help you．” the pharmacist said，softening a little．

“What kind of miracle does your brother ___6___?” asked the pharmacist’s brother，a well dressed man．

“I don’t know．I just know he's really sick，and Mommy says he needs an ___7___．But my Daddy can't pay for it，So I want to use ___8___ money．”

“How much do you have?” asked the man．

“Only one dollar and eleven cents．”

“What a coincidence（巧合）!” smiled the man．“That's just the ___9___ of a miracle for the little boy．”

It wasn't long ___10___ Andrew was home again and doing well．That man was a surgeon（外科医生）．He performed a successful operation on the little boy for free and he did give the family a real miracle．

1．A．calling               B．talking to            C．writing to          D．waiting for

2．A．father                B．mother            C．brother            D．sister

3．A．something good       B．something bad      C．anything good      D．nothing bad

4．A．how much           B．how often        C．how many          D．how soon

5．A．don't                B．can               C．can't              D．shouldn't

6．A．like                 B．use               C．have              D．need

7．A．orange                B．apple              C．operation            D．award

8．A．your                B．my               C．their                       D．his

9．A．price                B．form              C．type              D．way

10．A．after              B．since            C．until              D．before