One Sunday, Mark decided to go sailing in his boat with his friend Dan, but Dan happened to be away. Dan's brother John offered(表示) to go instead though he did not know anything about sailing. Mark agreed and they set out to sea.

　　Soon they found themselves in a thick fog. Mark was sure they would be hit by a big ship. Fortunately he saw a large buoy (浮标) through the fog and decided to tie the boat to it for safety. As he was getting onto the buoy, however, he dropped the wet rope (粗绳). The boat moved away in the fog carrying John, who did not know how to use the radio. He drifted (漂流) about and was not seen until twelve hours later.

　　Mark spent the night on the buoy. In the early morning he fell asleep, and was having a bad dream when a shout woke him up. A ship, the Good Hope, came up and he climbed onto it and thanked the captain(船长). The captain told him that John had been picked up by another ship and the ship's captain had sent out a message. “Without the message I would not have found you on the buoy, ” he said.

1．Why didn't Mark and Dan go sailing together?

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A．Mark was in some other place.

B．Dan was in some other place.

C．Mark would not like to go with John.

D．Dan asked his brother to go instead.

2．Mark tried to tie the boat to the buoy so that ________ .

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A．he could spend the night on it while John was looking for help

B．he and John could go sailing again when the fog cleared

C．it wouldn't be hit by other ships

D．he might be picked up by a passing ship

3．John and Mark became separated because ________ .

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A．John had to stay in the boat to radio for help

B．John couldn't control the boat and drifted away

C．there wasn't room for both John and Mark on the buoy

D．Mark thought it is safe to stay on the buoy but John didn't

4．What made it possible for Mark to be found on the buoy?

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A．John told people where to look for him.

B．The captain saw him as the fog cleared.

C．John radioed to the Good Hope to get him.

D．He shouted when he caught sight of the Good Hope.

5．The word “he” on the last line refers to ________ .

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A．the captain that got the message

B．the captain that sent the message

C．John

D．Mark

阅读下面短文并根据短文内容，从短文后面每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳答案。

　　John liked to wear his hair very long. Some of his friends thought it looked like a girl's hair but they never made jokes about it, because John was a big strong man and he didn't think jokes about his hair funny.

　　John always went to the barber's twice a month to have his hair cut and washed, and one day the barber said to him, “Now why don't you let me cut most of this hair off and make your head tidy? Nobody would recognize(认出) you, if I did that, I am sure.”

　　John said nothing for a few seconds, and then he said, “Perhaps you are right, but I'm sure that nobody would recognize you either if you did that to my hair.”

1．John kept long hair because ________.

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A．John was a girl

B．the barber didn't like to cut it short

C．John liked it to be long

D．the hair grew too fast

2．His friends never made jokes about the long hair because ________.

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A．the hair wasn't funny

B．John didn't like jokes about the hair and they were afraid of him

C．John was old

D．John liked his hair very much

3．A barber is a ________.

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A．man who makes clothes for people

B．shop where one's hair can be washed and cut

C．doctor who treats head sickness

D．person who cut man's hair

4．The barber advised(劝告) John ________.

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A．to have his hair cut

B．to cut off most of his hair

C．to keep his long hair

D．not to be recognized by his friends

5．John's answer was ________.

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A．right

B．a great praise(称赞) to the barber

C．a great joke

D．something against the advise