Mark Twain was famous in his days as a public speaker. In his public speeches he always liked to tell funny stories. He also liked to listen to funny stories and play jokes on his friends.
One day one of his friends lost his wallet and asked Mark Twain to pay his train fare （车费）for him.
“But I don’t have enough money to pay both your fare and mine, ”Mark Twain said. The friend didn’t know what to do.
“We can do this, ”said Mark Twain. “We can get on the train and when the conductor(列车员) comes to check the tickets，you can hide(藏) under my seat. ”
Later, however, when the conductor came to check the tickets, Mark Twain gave him two tickets－one for his friend and one for himself . Then he explained in a loud voice. “My friend here is a strange man. When he travels on a train, he doesn’t like to sit on the seat. He prefers （宁愿）to lie on the floor under the seat. ”Of course everybody in the train looked at the poor friend and laughed at him loudly.
【小题1】Mark Twain told him he couldn’t buy him a ticket because ______.

Mark Twain was famous in his days as a public speaker. In his public speeches he always liked to tell funny stories. He also liked to listen to funny stories and play jokes on his friends.

One day one of his friends lost his wallet and asked Mark Twain to pay his train fare （车费）for him.

“But I don’t have enough money to pay both your fare and mine, ”Mark Twain said. The friend didn’t know what to do.

“We can do this, ”said Mark Twain. “We can get on the train and when the conductor(列车员) comes to check the tickets，you can hide(藏) under my seat. ”

Later, however, when the conductor came to check the tickets, Mark Twain gave him two tickets－one for his friend and one for himself . Then he explained in a loud voice. “My friend here is a strange man. When he travels on a train, he doesn’t like to sit on the seat. He prefers （宁愿）to lie on the floor under the seat. ”Of course everybody in the train looked at the poor friend and laughed at him loudly.

1.Mark Twain told him he couldn’t buy him a ticket because ______.

2.When the conductor came to check the tickets, the friend was ________. 

3.Mark Twain spoke in a loud voice because ______.

阅读理解

　　George and Carol were medical students at the same collage and, like many other college students, they enjoyed playing jokes(玩笑)on people. Both of them smoked; but they knew that their professors were strongly against it, because smoking was dangerous to one's health. One day they decided to play a joke on their professor.

　　At one of their medical classes there was always a skeleton(骨骼) in the room so that the professors could show the students the different bones(骨头) in the human body. (人体)

　　That afternoon, Carol and George put a cigarette(香烟) in the mouth of the skeleton that was to be used for their next lecture.

　　When the professor came in, he began talking and then noticed the cigarette. He went up to the skeleton, took the cigarette out of its mouth and said.“You really should give them up, old boy. Look, what are they doing to you!”

1．One of the medical classes was about ________.

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2．According to the text, which of the following is true?

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A．The professor wanted to play a joke on the students.

B．The professor and the students enjoyed playing jokes on each other.

C．Both the students wanted to play a joke on the skeleton.

D．The skeleton taught both the students a good lesson.

3．When the professor noticed the cigarette in the skeleton's mouth, ________.

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A．he was very surprised and angry

B．he found that the skeleton was also a smoker

C．he knew it was the joke played on him by some smoker students

D．all students in class were laughing aloud

4．“Look. What they are doing to you!”the word“they”refers(指)to ________.

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A．the professor's naughty(淘气的)students

B．George and Carol

C．cigarettes

D．bones

Mark Twain was famous in his days as a public speaker. In his public speeches he always liked to tell funny stories. He also liked to listen to funny stories and play jokes on his friends.
One day one of his friends lost his wallet and asked Mark Twain to pay his train fare （车费）for him.
“But I don’t have enough money to pay both your fare and mine, ”Mark Twain said. The friend didn’t know what to do.
“We can do this, ”said Mark Twain. “We can get on the train and when the conductor(列车员) comes to check the tickets，you can hide(藏) under my seat. ”
Later, however, when the conductor came to check the tickets, Mark Twain gave him two tickets-one for his friend and one for himself . Then he explained in a loud voice. “My friend here is a strange man. When he travels on a train, he doesn’t like to sit on the seat. He prefers （宁愿）to lie on the floor under the seat. ”Of course everybody in the train looked at the poor friend and laughed at him loudly.

1. 1.

   Mark Twain told him he couldn’t buy him a ticket because ______.

   1. A.
      he didn’t have enough money
   2. B.
      he wanted to play a joke(玩笑) on him
   3. C.
      he wanted to save some money
   4. D.
      he didn’t find his wallet, either
2. 2.

   When the conductor came to check the tickets, the friend was ________. 

   1. A.
      lying under the seat
   2. B.
      sitting on the seat
   3. C.
      lying on the seat
   4. D.
      standing nearby
3. 3.

   Mark Twain spoke in a loud voice because ______.

   1. A.
      the conductor was standing far away
   2. B.
      his friend was deaf （聋）
   3. C.
      he enjoyed doing so
   4. D.
      he wanted all the people here to know there was a man under the seat