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　　Mr. Stilwell was going away for a week. Before he left, he said to his son,“If anyone asks for me, you can tell him that your father has been out for doing something, and he will be back in a week, then ask him to sit down for a cup of tea.”

　　His son nodded (点头). But he was afraid his son might forget this, he wrote these words down upon a piece of paper and gave it to his son. His son put it into his small pocket, and took it out to look at every word now and then.

　　Four days passed, and no one came to see his father. Thinking that there was no man coming and he had no further use for that piece of paper, the boy. burnt (烧) it.

　　On the fifth day in the afternoon, someone knocked at the door. The boy opened it. A man was standing at the door and said,“Where is your father?”The boy at once put his hand into his pocket and looked for the piece of paper. As he could not find it, he suddenly remembered and shouted,“No more.”

　　The man was greatly surprised. He asked,“No more? I met your father last week. When did it happen?”

　　“Burnt last night.”

1．Mr. Stilwell asked his son to ________.

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A．go out for a walk

B．be back in a week

C．tell the visitor he would be back in a week

D．have a cup of tea

2．Mr. Stilwell wrote those words down on ________.

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A．a note book

B．the door

C．a piece of paper

D．his son's pocket

3．A man came to visit his father on the ________.

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4．In the boy's opinion,“No more”means“________”.

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A．His father would never come back home

B．His father's friends would not come to his house again

C．The boy did not have that piece of paper any longer

D．The boy's father died that night

5．What was burnt?

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　　Mr. Stilwell was going away for a week. Before he left, he said to his son,“If anyone asks for me, you can tell him that my father has been out for doing something, and he will be back in a week, then ask the visitor to sit down for a cup of tea.”

　　On the fifth day in the afternoon, someone knocked at the door. The boy open it. A man was standing at the door and said,“Where is your father?”The boy at once put his hand into his pocket and looked for the piece of paper. As he could not find it, he suddenly remembered and shouted,“No more.”

　　The man was greatly surprised. He asked,“No more? I met your father last week. When did it happen?”

　　“Burnt last night.”

[　　]

A．go out for a walk

B．be back in a week

C．tell the visitor he would be back in a week

D．have a cup of tea

[　　]

[　　]

(4) In the boy's opinion,“No more”means“________”.

[　　]

A．His father would never come back home

B．His father's friends would not come to his house again

C．The boy did not have that piece of paper any longer

D．The boy's father died last night

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“Mum, what does it mean when someone tells you that they have a skeleton(骨骼) in the closet (衣橱)?” Jessica asked. “A skeleton in the closet?” her mother thought for a while. “Well, it’s something that you would rather not have anyone else know about. For example, if in the past, someone in Dad’s family had been arrested for stealing a horse, it would be ‘a skeleton in his family’s closet’. He really wouldn’t want any neighbor to know about it.”

“Why pick on my family?” Jessica’s father said with anger. “Your family history isn’t so good, you know. Wasn’t your great-great-grandfather a prisoner who was brought to Australia for his crimes?” “Yes, but people these days say that you are not a real Australian unless your ancestors arrived as prisoners.” “Gosh, sorry I asked. I think I understand now,” Jessica cut in before things grew worse.

After dinner, the house was very quiet. Jessica’s parents were still quite angry with each other. Her mother was ironing clothes and from time to time she looked angrily at her husband, who hid behind his newspaper pretending to read. When she finished, she gathered the freshly pressed clothes in her arms and walked to Jessica’s closet. Just as she opened the door and reached in to hang a skirt, a bony arm stuck out from the dark depths and a bundle of white bones fell to the floor. Jessica’s mother sank in a faint(晕倒), waking only when Jessica put a cold, wet cloth on her forehead. She looked up to see the worried faces of her husband and daughter.

“What happened? Where am I?” she asked. “You just destroyed the school’s skeleton, Mum,” explained Jessica. “I brought it home to help me with my health project. I wanted to tell you, but it seemed that as soon as I said something about skeletons and closets, it caused a problem between you and Dad.” Jessica looked in amazement as her parents began to laugh madly. “They’re both crazy,” she thought.

(　 )54. According to Jessica’s mother, “a skeleton in the closet” means ________.

　 A. a family honor　　 　　　　　　　 B. a family secret　

C. a family story D. a family treasure

(　 )55. Why did Jessica bring a skeleton home?

　 A. She was curious about it.　　　　　　　　　　B. She planned to keep it for fun.

　 C. She needed it for her school task.　　 D. She wanted to scare her parents.

(　 )56. Jessica’s parents laughed madly at the end of the story probably because ________.

　 A. they realized their misunderstanding　　 B. they were crazy

　 C. they were over excited　　　　　　　 D. they both thought they had won the quarrel