Reading comprehension(阅读理解)

　　Bill and Sally White, their father and mother, and some of their friends were visiting Bill's uncle George at the seashore. Uncle George was Bill's father's brother. He had a house and a sailboat(帆船). Bill and Sally had visited him many times. They liked the seashore very much.

　　It was late in August. The air was cool, but the water was warm enough for swimming. Uncle George had invited them all to go sailing(航海) with him. They were going to sail for two or three hours and then have a picnic on one of the islands in the bay(海湾).

　　The young people were very excited, but Mrs. White was afraid of the sailboat. “I don't want to ride in the sailboat, George,” she said. “It goes too fast. Besides, I'd get wet and cold.”

　　“Well,” said Uncle George, “you don't have to go in the sailboat if you don't want to, Alice. The Thompsons are taking their motorboat, and you can go in that. You'll be dry and warm.”

　　“What do you think of the weather, George?” said Bill's father. “I see a few clouds in the sky.”

　　“Oh, it will be all right,” said Uncle George. “Anyway, if it gets cloudy, we can come back. Let's go.”

　　They all got into the boat, and Uncle George went to work. He untied(解开) the ropes and held the boat, and the boat began to move slowly. When they were about fifty yards from the shore, he raised the sail.

　　“Watch your heads!” he called out. The wind was blowing. It filled the sail, and the boat began to move fast. “Just like a bird,” Sally thought. “Oh, this is wonderful!”

True or False(判断下列句子是否符合短文内容，符合的用T表示，不符合的用F表示)

1．It was autumn. The Whites and some of their friends were going sailing with Uncle George.

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2．The air was warm and the water was cool, and there were a few clouds in the sky.

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3．Mrs. White didn't want to ride in the sailboat because she was afraid of falling into the cold water and getting wet.

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4．Uncle George thought the weather would be all right.

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5．Uncle George raised the sail as soon as they all got into the boat.

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6．Alice is Mr. White's wife.

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　　Mr and Mrs Yates had one daughter. Her name was Carol, and she was nineteen years old. Carol lived with her parents and worked in an office. She had some friends, but she did not like any of the boys very much.

　　Then she met a very nice young man. His name was George Watts, and he worked in a bank near her office. They went out together quite a lot, and he came to Carol's parents' house twice, and then last week Carol went to her father and said "I'm going to marry（与…结婚）George Watts, Daddy. He was here yesterday."

　　"Oh, yes," her father said. "He is a nice boy, but has he got any money?"

　　"Oh, men! All of you are the same," the daughter answered angrily. "I met George on the first of June and on the second he said to me, 'Has your father got any money'?"

　　根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案。

　　1. Carol lived with her ______ .　　　　　　

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　　 A. father　　B. mother　　C. parents　　D. parent

　　2. Carol did not like any of the boys very much ______ George Watts.

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　　 A. besides 　　B. except 　　C. and　　 D. or

　　3. George went to Carol's parents' house ______ .

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　　 A. one time　　　 B. two times

　　 C. three times　　D. four times

　　4. Carol said to her ______ , "I'm going to marry George Watts."

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　　 A. father 　　B. mother 　　C. friends 　　D. George Watts

　　5. ______ said, "Has he got any money?"　　

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　　 A. Carol's mother　　B. Carol's father

　　 C. George Watts　　　D. Both Mr Yates and George Watts