I once knew an old man whose bad memory made him famous. John Smith was so forgetful that he sometimes forgot what he was talking about in the middle of a sentence. His wife had to constantly remind him about his meetings, his classes — even his meals. Once he forgot he ate breakfast twice, at home and at school. His wife liked to remind her neighbors, “If John didn’t have his head tied on, he would forget that too!” Since Smith was a professor at a well-known university, his forgetfulness was often an embarrassment. It wasn’t that he was not clever, as some critical people tended to say, just very, very absent minded. One hot summer day, Professor Smith decided to take his children to a seaside town about a three-hour train ride away. To make the trip more interesting for his young children, he kept the name of the town a secret. However, by the time they arrived at the station, Smith forgot the name of the town he was planning to visit. Luckily, a friend of his happened to be in the station. He offered to take care of the children while Smith hurried back home to find out where he was going.

The professor’s wife was surprised to see him again so soon. “Oh, my dear, I forgot the name of the town.” “What? You forgot the name? May be one day you will forget my name! Now I’ll write the name of that town on a piece of paper, and you put it in your pocket and please, please don’t forget where you put it.”

Satisfied that she had solved the problem, she sent her husband off again. Ten minutes later she was astonished to see him outside the house for the third time.

“What is the matter now?”

“As you told me, I didn’t forget where I put the name of that town, but I forgot where I left our children!”

1. In the opinion of the writer of this passage, the professor is ________.

A. forgetful                 B. critical                      C. foolish            D. careless 

2. The underlined word “embarrassment” in the first paragraph may mean ________.

A. amusement           B. satisfaction          C. fun           D. discomfort

3. From the end of the story, we know Mrs Smith would probably be very_______.

A. satisfied                   B. angry                       C.    sorry              D. funny

4. He kept the name of the town a secret because _______.

A. he wanted to give the children a surprise.

B. he forgot it.

C. he didn’t know where to go.

D. his wife didn’t put the address in his pocket.

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A．the InternetB．the time we haveC．the place we liveD．the mind
【小題2】The underlined word “engagement” in the second paragraph probably means “__________”.
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A．the Internet helps to keep in touch with friends far away
B．the Internet determines the quality of social relationships
C．the Internet greatly increases the size of social circles
D．the Internet is of no value in social communication
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A．To keep in touch with old friends when we have moved away.
B．To chat with friends often on the Internet.
C．To make more new friends face to face.
D．To stop using the Internet to make new friends.
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C．the Internet greatly increases the size of social circles
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C. the Internet greatly increases the size of social circles

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　D. To stop using the Internet to make new friends.

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B. the Internet determines the quality of social relationships

C. the internet greatly increases the size of social circles

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This is not, of course, to say that the Internet doesn’t serve a socially valuable function. Of course it does. But the question is not that it allows you to increase the size of your social circle to include the rest of the world, but that you can keep your relationships with your existing friends going even though you have to move to the other side of the world.

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C. the Internet greatly increases the size of social circles

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　B. To chat with friends often on the Internet.

　C. To make more new friends face to face.

　D. To stop using the Internet to make new friends.

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　A. He thinks it useless           B. He is hopeful of it.

　C. He approves of it.            D. He doubts it.

 

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