London Thursday July 26(Reuters)--Ian Johnstone missed his girlfriend so much that he flew back to Britain from Australia to propose to her．The problem is that she flew in the opposite direction．
He and Amy Dolby even managed to miss each other when they sat in the same airport waiting-room in Singapore at the same time to wait for connecting flights.
Dolby，heartbroken when she arrived at Johnstone’s Sydney apartment to find he had flown to London，told the Times：“It was as though someone was playing a cruel joke on us.He is the most romantic person I have ever known．I think our problem is that we are both quite impulsive(沖動(dòng)的)people.We are always trying to surprise each other．”
After an 11，000-mile flight across the globe，she was greeted by Johnstone’s astonished flatmate asking what she was doing there.
“The terrible truth dawned when I found that Lan’s rucksack and most of his clothes were missing.I sat on the end of his bed and cried my eyes out．And that really annoyed me，”she said．
Johnstone，a 27-year-old bricklayer，had taken a year off to travel round Australia．But he was missing Dolby，a 26-year-old secretary，so much he got a job on a Sydney building site and started saving for a surprise.
He then flew home to Britain and went to her apartment armed with an engagement ring，champagne and flowers．
“I really missed Amy and I’d been thinking about her all the time．I thought she was winding me up when she phoned me from Australia．”he said．
Johnstone then asked Dolby to marry him on the phone．“I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry but I accepted，”she said．
Dolby was given a short tour of Sydney by Johnstone’s friends and Johnstone had to stay in Britain for two weeks because he could not change his ticket．
小題1:According to the text，it seemed that       .
A．Johnstone and Dolby could have seen each other in the same airport waiting-room in Singapore
B．the couple pretended not to see each other in the same airport waiting-room in Singapore
C．the young lovestruck couple had both intended to propose to each other
D．Dolby stayed longer in Sydney than Johnstone stayed in Britain
小題2:We can learn from the text that        .
A．Johnstone was not as impulsive as Dolby
B．Johnstone got a job in Sydney in order to start saving money for a surprise to Dolby
C．Dolby was heartbroken because someone was playing a cruel joke on her
D．Dolby was greeted by Johnstone’s flatmate at the airport
小題3:When Johnstone asked her to marry him on the phone，Dolby didn’t know whether to laugh or cry because she had a mixed feeling of        .
A．excitement，anger and shyness
B．sadness，happiness and surprise
C．love,hatred and nevousness
D．cheer，regret and annoyance
小題4:Which of the following shows the right order of what happened in the story?
a.Johnstone flew back to Britain to propose to his girlfriend，Amy Dolby．
b.Johnstone started working at a Sydney building site．
c.Johnstone went to Amy’s apartment in Britain with an engagement ring．
d.Johnstone proposed to Dolby over the phone．
e.They were waiting for their connecting flight in the airport in Singapore．
f.Dolby called Johnstone from Australia．
A．b—a—d—e—c—fB．c—a—b—e—f—d
C．b—a—e—c—f—dD．b—a—f—e—c—d

小題1:A
小題1:B
小題1:D
小題1:C

小題1:從文章第二段可知，這對(duì)情人同時(shí)在新加坡的同一機(jī)場(chǎng)的候機(jī)室等待換機(jī)，所以說(shuō)他們本可能見(jiàn)面。
小題1:從文章第六段可知，Johnstone為了給Dolby一個(gè)驚喜在悉尼的一家建筑工地打工攢錢。
小題1:通讀全文可知，這對(duì)情人深愛(ài)著對(duì)方，既想念對(duì)方，又很浪漫，想給對(duì)方一個(gè)驚喜，最后不謀而合，由此可推知Dolby聽(tīng)到Johnstone求婚時(shí)，既高興，又后悔自己太沖動(dòng)，同時(shí)也生氣對(duì)方不提前通知自己。
小題1:根據(jù)文中講述的故事可知，事情發(fā)生的先后順序?yàn)镃項(xiàng)所描述的。
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