D One day Jack’s wife was cleaning out a closet (壁橱), and she found eight broken umbrellas. Jack looked at them and said, "I’ll take them all to the umbrella shop and have them repaired. They are too good to be thrown away." He took the eight umbrellas to the shop and left them there. "They’ll be ready tomorrow," the shopkeeper (店主) told him. That evening Jack went home from the office by bus as usual. He sat next to an old woman. She had an umbrella on the floor near her. When the bus reached Jack’s stop, he picked up the woman’s umbrella and stood up. "Hey!" the woman said. "That’s my umbrella." "I’m so sorry," Jack said, giving it to her. "I wasn’t thinking. Please forgive me." The next day he collected (取回) the umbrellas from the umbrella shop and got on the bus. As he sat down, a voice behind him said, "You have certainly had a successful day!" Jack turned around and saw the woman whose umbrella he had almost taken the day before. Why did Jack take the umbrellas to the shop
A. To have them repaired.
B. To sell them.
C. To give them away.
A It was Mary’s birthday. She received a letter from her uncle who was a farmer. "Dear Mary," the letter said. "Happy birthday. I’m sending you some chickens. They will arrive tomorrow. Hope you like them. Best wishes, Uncle Sam." Mary was pleased, because she liked eating eggs and chicken. When the chickens arrived the next day, she took the box of chickens off the back of the truck and began to carry it into her garden. However, the box was too heavy for Mary and she dropped it. The box fell to the ground and broke. The chickens ran everywhere—into neighbour’s garden, into the road, into shops, even into the next street. Mary spent hours trying to find them and take them back to her garden. When her uncle came to visit her a few days later, he asked Mary, "Did the chickens arrive safely" "Yes," Mary said. "But I had some trouble with them. I dropped the box and the chickens ran everywhere. I spent the whole morning looking for them." "Did you find them all" her uncle asked. "I hope so," Mary replied. "I caught eleven of them." "That’s very interesting," her uncle said, "because I only sent you six.\ How many chickens did Mary’s uncle send her
A. Eleven.
B. Six.
C. Five.
C Jenny Thomas was a very kind and beautiful woman and before she married, many men were in love with her. Many of them wrote to her, telling her how wonderful she was, how much they loved her and wanted to marry her. Jenny kept all these letters. She tied (捆, 扎) them up with a red ribbon (丝带) and put them away in an old box. She never looked at them as she was happily married, however, they were a part of her life and she did not want to throw them away. Jenny had a daughter, Sue, who was six. One day, Jenny had to leave Sue alone for half an hour. "Now be a good girl," she said. "Play quietly. If you need anything, go to the lady next door." When she returned home, she asked Sue, "What did you do while I was out" "I played mailman (邮递员)," Sue told her. "How could you play mailman" Jenny asked. "You didn’t have any letters." "Oh, yes I did, Mummy," Sue said. "I found some in an old box. They were tied up with a red ribbon. I put one in every mailbox in the street.\ Why did Jenny kept her old love letters
A. Because she loved some of the men who wrote to her.
Because she thought they were a part of her life.
C. Because her daughter often played with them.
E Mrs Brown’s telephone number was 476082, and the number of the cinema was 476028, so people often made a mistake and telephone her when they wanted the cinema. One evening the telephone bell rang and Mrs Brown answered it. A tired man said, "At what time does your last film begin" "Tm sorry," said Mrs Brown, "but you have the wrong number. This is not the cinema." "Oh, sorry, it began twenty minutes ago Goodbye," said the man. Mrs Brown was very surprised, so she told her husband. He laughed and said, "The man’s wife wanted to go to the cinema, but he was feeling tired, so he telephoned the cinema. His wife hears him, but she couldn’t hear you. Now they will stay at home this evening, and the husband will be happy.\ Why did people often telephone her while they wanted the cinema
A. Because the two telephone numbers are the same.
Because they used the same telephone.
C. Because the two telephone numbers looked almost the same.