Question

Mrs. Smith has two children now. She tries to keep thin and never eats any meat or eggs. She likes all kinds of nice clothes. Mr. Smith has to spend much money on them .But the man always wears old clothes. He has not enough money to buy new clothes. Mrs. Smith hopes to keep young. She doesn’t want others to know how old she is.

It was snowing heavily one afternoon. The head of her office went to a meeting. The woman had nothing to do. So she began to tell Mr.Smith about her birthday party. Mr. Smith works in the same office.

“ You should have seen（真該看看） the cake,” said the woman, “ It was nice and delicious ! I put nineteen candles on it---one for a year!”

“ Was it possible(可能)?” asked Mr. Smith, “ You couldn’t burn(燒) at both ends(端) at all !”

1.There are ________people in Mrs. Smith’s family.

A. two B. three C. four D. five

2.Mrs. Smith hopes to be _________.

A. healthy and strong B. beautiful and young

C. friendly and free D. busy and clever

3.Mr. Smith wears old clothes because __________.

A. he works in a factory

B. he is a farmer

C. he has a lot of housework to do at home

D. he has not enough money to buy new ones for himself.

4.Mrs. Smith told Mr. Smith about her birthday party ________.

A. after the head left the office B. when it began to snow

C. on her way home D. when she met him in the street

5.Mr. Smith thought_________.

A. Mrs. Smith is young B. Mrs. Smith looked young

C. Mrs. Smith was thirty-eight D. the woman was right.

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