英语(B)模拟卷B(5)

“Which hotel are my things in?” he said. “And what am I going to do tonight?” But the driver of the taxi did not know, so Dick got out and went into a telegraph office. There he sent his wife another telegram, and in it he wrote, “Please send me my address at this telegraph office.”

1. Dick flew to New York because A. he went there for a holiday B. he had work there

C. he went there for sightseeing D. his home was there 2. Why did his wife want a telegram from him ? Because .

A. she did not know his address yet B. she wanted to go to New York too C. she might send him another telegram D. she couldn’t leave her husband by himself in New York 3. Where did Dick stay in New York? B

A. In the center of the city. B. In a hotel C. In a restaurant. D. At his friend’s house. 4. Who will send him the name and address of his hotel? D

A. The manager of his hotel B. The driver of the taxi. C. A telegraph office D. His wife 5. Which of the following is not true? C

A. Dick stayed at a nice hotel in the center of the city. B. Dick did not work on the first night of his arrival. C. Dick forgot to send his wife a telegram.

D. Dick wanted to go back to his hotel in a taxi.

(4)

A man was sent into prison. In the ward a prisoner asked. “Are you a thief, too?” “No, I’m a businessman,” the man answered, “I buy old cars at low prices, clean them and make them look like new ones. Then I sell them at high prices.”

“What are you taken here for, then?”

“Last night a young man drove a blue car to me. I bought for one hundred pounds.”

“How cheap it was!”

“Cheap? Half an hour later the police reached my shop and caught me.” “Oh. Was the car stolen?”

“Even worse,” the man said in low spirits. “That was a police car.”