阅读理解

　　Mr Brown was at the theatre. He had got his ticket at the last moment, so he had not been able to choose his seat. He now found that he was in the middle of a group of American ladies , some of them middle-aged and some quite old. They obviously all knew each other well, as before the curtain went up on the play they had come to see. they all talked and joked a lot together.

　　The lady sitting on Mr. Brown's left, who was about sixty years old, seemed to be the happiest and the most interesting of the American group, and after the first act of the play, she apologized to him for the noise (喧闹声) of her friends. He answered that he was very glad to see American ladies so obviously enjoying their visit to England, and so they had a friendly talk. Mr. Brown's neighbour explained what they were doing there.

　　“You know, I have known these ladies all my life,”she said. “We all grew up together back in our hometown in the United States. They have all lost husbands, and call themselves the Merry Widows (寡妇). It is a sort of club, you know. They go to a foreign country every summer for a month or two and have a lot of fun. They always go everywhere together. I have wanted to join their club for a long time, but I was not able to become a member until the spring of this year. ”

1．Mr Brown did no get his ticket until ________.

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2．The group of American ladies enjoyed the play in a theatre in ________.

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3．Which of the following is TRUE?

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A．The person who lived next to Mr Brown was also at the theatre.

B．The American ladies apologized for being noisy.

C．All of the American ladies lost their husbands.

D．The American ladies did not know each other at all.

4．Mr Brown's neighbour at the theatre ________.

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A．did not know these ladies until recently

B．only knew some of them all her life

C．had not known them since she joined the club

D．had known these ladies for a long time

5．The lady sitting on Mr Brown's left finally succeeded in joining the club in the spring of this year when ________.

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A．her husband died

B．the ladies in the club began to like her

C．she got married

D．she pretended to be merry

阅读理解

　　Mr Brown was at the theatre. He had got his ticket at the last moment, so he had not been able to choose his seat. He now found that he was in the middle of a group of American ladies , some of them middle-aged and some quite old. They obviously all knew each other well, as before the curtain went up on the play they had come to see. they all talked and joked a lot together.

　　The lady sitting on Mr. Brown's left, who was about sixty years old, seemed to be the happiest and the most interesting of the American group, and after the first act of the play, she apologized to him for the noise (喧闹声) of her friends. He answered that he was very glad to see American ladies so obviously enjoying their visit to England, and so they had a friendly talk. Mr. Brown's neighbour explained what they were doing there.

　　“You know, I have known these ladies all my life,”she said. “We all grew up together back in our hometown in the United States. They have all lost husbands, and call themselves the Merry Widows (寡妇). It is a sort of club, you know. They go to a foreign country every summer for a month or two and have a lot of fun. They always go everywhere together. I have wanted to join their club for a long time, but I was not able to become a member until the spring of this year. ”

1．Mr Brown did no get his ticket until ________.

[　　]

2．The group of American ladies enjoyed the play in a theatre in ________.

[　　]

3．Which of the following is TRUE?

[　　]

A．The person who lived next to Mr Brown was also at the theatre.

B．The American ladies apologized for being noisy.

C．All of the American ladies lost their husbands.

D．The American ladies did not know each other at all.

4．Mr Brown's neighbour at the theatre ________.

[　　]

A．did not know these ladies until recently

B．only knew some of them all her life

C．had not known them since she joined the club

D．had known these ladies for a long time

5．The lady sitting on Mr Brown's left finally succeeded in joining the club in the spring of this year when ________.

[　　]

A．her husband died

B．the ladies in the club began to like her

C．she got married

D．she pretended to be merry

阅读下列短文，从所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案

　Jane was a few minutes late．Mr Smith had left the office when she got there．

　His secretary told her he would be back in a few minutes．She had to sit down and wait for a few minutes in the outer office．

　“I'll never get this job, ”she told herself．For a moment she wanted to run out of the building．Just then, Mr Smith came through the door and hurried into his office．A few seconds later, his secretary took Jane in and introduced her．

　Jane apologized for being late．Mr Smith didn't seem to mind．They talked a few seconds and then got down to business．He took out her letter of application．

　“You've never worked in radio or television before, have you?”he said．Jane answered that she was afraid that she hadn't．Now, she was even more sure that she would not get the job．Mr Smith asked her a few more questions．

　To her surprise, he seemed to be interested in her other qualifications（条件）．

　She was even more surprised when he asked if she could start soon．

　“I wonder if you'd mind starting next month?”he asked with a smile．It seemed she had got the job after all!

(1)Jane had to wait because _______．　　　

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A．her secretary told her she would be back in a vew minutes

B．the man she wanted to see had just gone out

C．Mr Smith was late and didn't come to his office yet.

D．it was not time for Mr Smith to do his work

(2)Jane wanted to run out of the building _______．　　　

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A．for she had someting else to do at the moment

B．because she wanted to look for Mr Smith herself

C．because she was told that she wouldn't be able to get the job

D．whti the thought she would be refused

(3)The word-group“get down to business”here means“______”．

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A．get downstairs to the office

B．have business going down

C．go out of the office to keep away from others

D．start to talk about her application for the job

(4)_______, so she got the job．　　　

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A．Jane was very good at talking

B．Jane hadn't worked in radio or television

C．Jane's qualifications were very much helpful

D．Jane didn't mind whether she could get the job or not

(5)Mr Smith asked Jane if she could ______．　　　

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A．start her work as early as possible

B．wait for an answer for starting work until the following month

C．begin to work in the month that followed

D．posslbly take the job and begin to work right away