Question

When you are ill, you should go to see a doctor. After the doctor looks you over, he will give you a note to take to the chemist for some medicine. Chemists are usually good at reading doctors’ notes. But sometimes doctors write too badly and even the chemist can not read them.

One day a woman wrote to a doctor to invite him to have dinner with her family . The doctor wrote an answer, but he wrote too badly and the woman could not read it. She asked her husband, “I don’t know whether he is going come or not. I don’t want to call and say that I don’t understand him. ”

Her husband thought for a few minutes and then he had a good idea. “Take it to the chemist,” he said , “He will be able to read it for us.”

“That’s a good idea.” said the woman. She went to the chemist’s shop and gave the doctor’s note to him. The chemist looked at it for a long time. “Could you wait a moment, Miss?” he said . Then he went to the back of the shop. After a few minutes he came back, carrying a large bottle. He gave the bottle to the woman.

“Take a teaspoon every day.” said the chemist to the woman.

1. The woman couldn’t understand the “note”. Because        .

A. the woman never went to school

B. the doctor wrote badly

C. the doctor didn’t like to go

D. the woman didn’t know much about medicine

2. The husband wanted his wife to         .

A. go to the chemist to get some medicine

B. call the doctor have dinner with them

C. read the note again

D. take the reply to the chemist for help

3. In the story, the word “chemist” means “          ” in Chinese.

A. 护士   B.化验师   C. 药剂师   D. 药房

4. The best title for this passage might be          .

A. A Piece of Good Advice          B. A Clever Chemist

C. An Invitation to the Doctor       D. A Bad Doctor

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了一对夫妇看不懂医生写的字条，便去请教药剂师，结果药剂师也没有看懂写的字条，最后便不懂装懂地给了他们一大瓶药，并告诉她每天一勺的故事。

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3.chemist for some medicine.可知是药剂师，故选择C。

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考点：故事类短文阅读。