In Poor Richard's Almanac, Benjamin Franklin talks first of all about how he studied language. （)

During the winter they would be quite happy, but every summer a lot of their relatives used to spend holiday in their house, and it was much cheaper than staying in hotel. Finally one day in June Mr. Richards complained to a clever friend of his who lived in the same place. “One of my wife’s cousins is going to bring her husband and children and spend ten days with us next month again. How have you prevented all your relatives from coming to live with you in summer？” “Oh,” the friend answered, “that is not difficult. I just borrow money from all the rich ones, and lend it to all the poor ones. After that, they seldom come again.” Hearing this Mr. Richards smiled.

第40题：The relatives preferred to stay in Mr. Richards’ house because ________.

[A] it was cool in summer

[B] they might spend less money

[C] they were more welcome

[D] it was a comfortable place

In the evening she would go to a fancy dress party with her husband.She wanted to dress up as a ghost (鬼,鬼魂) and as she had made her costume (化妆舞会上的化装服) the night before，she was impatient to try it on.Though the costume consisted only of a sheet，it was really splendid.After putting it on，she went downstairs to find out whether it would be comfortable to wear. ，

Just as Mrs. Richards was entering the dining-room, there was a knock on the front door.She knew it must be the baker (面包师).She had told him to come straight in if ever she failed to open the door and to leave the bread on the table.Not wanting to frighten the poor man，she quickly hid in the small store-room under the stair.She heard the front door opened and heavy footsteps in the hall.Suddenly the door of the store-room was opened and in came a man.Mrs. Richards realized it must be the man from the Electricity Board who had come to read the meter (水表读数).She tried to explain the situation，saying “It’s only me.” But it was too late，the man let out a cry and jumped back several paces.When Mrs. Richards walked towards him，he fled, closing the door heavily behind him.

(1).The reason for Mrs. Richards’ excitement that day was that().

A、 she had sent her children to school

B、 she was to attend an evening party

C、 she wouldn’t do any housework that morning

D、 she had made a special costume the night before

(2). Mrs. Richards went downstairs with the costume on so as to().

A、 make sure that the costume fitted her well

B、 frighten the person who was knocking on the door

C、 find out if she had finished the costume

D、 receive the bread and do some cooking

(3).The man who was knocking at the door was ().

A、a baker

B、a thief

C、her husba

D、an electricity man

(4).What did the man do after he knocked on the front door？()

A、He entered just as Mrs. Richards had told him to.

B、He did not do anything as Mrs. Richards had expected him to.

C、He stepped directly towards the store-room.

D、He went straight in so as to find Mrs. Richards

(5).The man _________and that made him cry out and run away.()

A、 thought he must have met a ghost

B、 recognized Mrs. Richards

C、 found out Mrs. Richards was walking towards him

D、 thought that Mrs. Richards must have recognized him

A.Johnson

B.Williams

C.Richards

D.Roberts

What can we learn from the passage？

A．Dick' s answer was not what Miss Richards had expected.

B．Dick' s answer was quite scientific.

C．Miss Richards was satisfied with Dick ' s answer.

D．Dick was the top student in class.

A.Johnson

B.Williams

C.Richards

D.Roberts

How did Miss Richards feel before Dick raised his hand？

A．Excited.

B．Disappointed and unhappy.

C．Angry and annoyed.

D．Confused.

Mr. Richards worked in a shop which sold, cleaned and repaired hearing-aids(助听器). One day an old gentleman entered and put one down in front of him without saying a word.

"What's the matter with it？" Mr. Richards said. The man did not answer. Of course Mr. Richards thought that the man must be deaf and that his hearing-aid must be faulty, so he said again, more loudly, 'What's wrong with your hearing-aid, sir？' again the man said nothing, so Mr. Richards shouted his question again as loudly as he could.

The man then took a pen and a piece of paper and wrote: "It isn't necessary to shout when you're speaking to me. My ears are as good as yours. This hearing-aid is my wife's, not mine. I've just had a throat operation, and my problem is not that I can't hear, but that I can't speak."

1)、An old gentleman bring a hearing-aid to Mr. Richards one day.

A.T

B.F

2)、Mr. Richards thought the old man was a deaf.

A.T

B.F

3)、The old man shouted as loudly as he could to make Mr. Richards understand what he wanted.

A.T

B.F

4)、The old man was too angry to speak any more to Mr. Richards.

A.T

B.F

5)、The story takes place in a hospital.

A.T

B.F

A.family

B.home

C.house

D.household

A.ALM常亮：电源正常工作

B.ALM常亮：输入过压、输入欠压

C.ALM常灭：无故障

D.ALM常灭：无电源接入

A.PWR 绿色慢闪表示工作正常

B.PWR 灭表示无电源接入

C.ALM 灭表示无故障

D.ALM 红色常亮表示输入过压或者欠压