北京师范大学网络教育———0492《大学英语三》阅读理解习题（27）

92. After having lived for over twenty yearsin the same district, Albert Hall was forced to move to a new neighborhood. Hesurprised his landlord by telling him that he was leaving because he could notafford to buy any more chocolate.

It all began a year ago when Albert returnedhome one evening and found a large dog in front of his gate. He was very fondof animals and as he happened to have a small piece of chocolate in his pocket,he gave it to the dog. The next day, the dog was there again. It held up itspaws and received another piece of chocolate as a reward. Albert called his newfriend "Bingo". He never found out the dog's real name, nor who hisowner was. However, Bingo appeared regularly every afternoon and it was quiteclear that he preferred chocolate to bones. He soon grew dissatisfied with smallpieces of chocolate and demanded a large bar a day. If at any time Albertneglected his duty, Bingo got very angry and refused to let him open the gate.Albert was now at Bingo's mercy and had to bribe him to get into his own house!He spent such a large part of his weekly wages to keep Bingo supplied with thatin the end he had to move somewhere else.

1. Albert lived there for many years. 

  A. T                          B. F

答案：B

2. Albert was moving because he did not likethe place. 

  A. T                          B. F

答案：B

3. Albert and the dog became friends a yearago. 

  A. T                          B. F

答案：A

4. The dog visited Albert every day becauseit wanted the chocolate.    

  A. T                          B. F

答案：A

5. Albert "had to bribe him" meanshe had to take care of him.            

  A. T                          B. F

答案：B

93.  Jackworked in an office in a small town. One day his boss said to him, "Jack,I want you to go to London to see Mr. Brown in his office."

Jack went to London by train. He left thestation, and thought, "The office isn't far from the station. I'll find iteasily."

But after an hour he was still looking forit, so he stopped and asked an old lady. She said "Just go along thestreet, turn to the left at the end, and it's the second building on theright." Jack went and found it.

A few days later he went to the same city tovisit the same person. But again he did not find the office, so he askedsomeone on his way. It was the same lady! She was very surprised and said,"Are you still looking for the place?"

1. Jack worked in a small town.

  A. T                          B. F

答案：A

2. Jack went to the office in London to seehis boss.

  A. T                          B. F

答案：B

3. Mr. Brown's office was near the station.

  A. T                          B. F

答案：A

4. Jack went to the office by plane.

  A. T                          B. F

答案：B

5. The old lady was surprised to see Jackagain.

  A. T                          B. F

答案：B

94.     Clowns（小丑）like to make people laugh. They paint theirfaces and put on funny noses. Sometimes they put on a sad face but most of thetime they put on a happy face. They also wear funny clothes.

Most clowns work in circuses. They do allkinds of silly things to make the audience laugh. They run, jump, fall down,turn somersaults (翻滚，斤头),and roll over. They ride donkeys backwards. They push each other in wagons orwheelbarrows（独轮车）. Sometimes they shout and sing. Clowns arefunny men, and occasionally, women, too! A circus is not a circus withoutclowns!

Children especially enjoy watching clowns. Aclown named Cookie often visits hospitals to entertain sick children as well asolder people. Sick people need to laugh. It helps them to get better faster.

There is an old saying: "Laughter isgood medicine."

1. Clowns make people laugh by doing allkinds of silly things.

  A. T                          B. F

答案：A

2. Clowns are mostly female.  

  A. T                          B. F

答案：B

3. The sentence "A circus is not acircus without clowns" means a circus will not be of much fun if it has noclowns.

  A. T                          B. F

答案：A

4. Clowns are a great favorite with children.

  A. T                          B. F

答案：A

5. The best interpretation of the old saying"Laughter is good medicine" may be laughter cures people'sdiseases.                                                

  A. T                          B. F

答案：B

95.    Nasreddinwas cutting a branch off a tree in his garden. While he was sawing, another manpassed in the street. He stopped and said, "Excuse me, but if you continueto saw that branch like that, you will fall down with it." He said thisbecause Nasreddin was sitting on the branch and cutting it at a place betweenhimself and the trunk of the tree.

Nasreddin said nothing. He thought,"This is some foolish person who has no work to do and goes about tellingother people what to do and what not to do."

The man continued on his way. Of course,after a few minutes, the branch fell and Nasreddin fell with it.

"My God!" he cried. "That manknows the future!" and he ran after him to ask how long he was going tolive. But the man had gone.

1. One day Nasreddin was cutting a branch offa tree in his garden.

  A. T                          B. F

答案：A

2. Another man told him he would fall down.

  A. T                          B. F

答案：A

3. After the man went away, Nasreddin thoughtthat he was a silly fellow.

  A. T                          B. F

答案：A

4. After a few minutes, Nasreddin hurtedhimself.

  A. T                          B. F

答案：B

5. This story is about the necessity oftaking good advice.

  A. T                          B. F

答案：A