Question

认真阅读，根据文章内容，从A、B、C、D选项中，选择最佳答案。

Mrs. Brown lives in a small village. Her husband is dead. She has a son but no daughters. His name is John and he is twenty-five. After John finishes college (大学), he gets work in a big city, New York, and he lives there. It’s quite a long way from his mother’s home, and she is not happy about it. But John says, “There is no good work for me in this small village, Mother, and I can get a lot of money in New York. Then I can give much to you.”

One day Mrs. Brown is very angry. She takes a train to her son’s house in New York. Then she says to him. “John, why do you never call me?”

“But mother,” John laughs (笑) and says, “You don’t have a telephone with you.”

“No,” she says, “I haven’t, but you have one.”

1.Where does Mrs. Brown live?

A. In a small villageB. In a big city

C. In New YorkD. In a town

2.What is Mrs. Brown’s son’s age?   

A. 20B. 21C. 25D. 13

3.How does Mrs. Brown go to New York one day?

A. On footB. By busC. By bikeD. By train

4.Why does John never call his mother?

A. John doesn’t want to do thatB. John has no telephone

C. His mother has no telephoneD. His mother doesn’t want to answer

5.Which is right?

A. The village is near New York

B. John works in a big city and his mother likes it

C. In the village there is no good work for John

D. John never gives money to his mother.

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.C

5.C

【解析】

试题解析：本文大意：布朗夫人住在一个小村子里。她的丈夫去世了。她有一个儿子没有女儿，名叫约翰，25岁。约翰大学毕业后在大城市纽约找到工作并住在那儿。离他妈妈的家很远，她对此很不高兴。但约翰说：“在这个小村子里没有好工作，妈妈，我在纽约能挣很多钱，然后我给你很多钱。”一天，布朗夫人非常生气，坐上火车去纽约他儿子的家。然后对他说为什么不给她打电话。约翰笑着说，她没有电话。布朗夫人说，我没有，但你有。

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