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Noise

Miss  Gray⁽¹⁾ lived alone in an apartment house . She was   old and did not like noise at all . One day , a young man moved into   the room above her . He looks quiet . Miss Gray⁽¹⁾ thought .

However   , at three o'clock⁽²⁾ the next morning , Miss Gray⁽¹⁾ was woken up by the barking⁽³⁾ of a dog .

She   thought . I've never heard of a dog here before . It must belong to   the new man in the room above me . So she telephoned the young man ,   said some nasty⁽⁴⁾ things to him about the dog   , and then hung up the telephone before he could answer .

At   three o'clock⁽²⁾ the next morning , Miss Gray's⁽¹⁾ telephone rang . When she answered , the young man   said , " I'm the man upstairs⁽⁵⁾ . I've called to tell you   that I haven't got a dog .

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1.Who did Miss Gray⁽¹⁾ live with ?   A. Her husband .   B. A young man .   C. A dog .   D. No one .

2.What did Miss Gray⁽¹⁾ not like ?   A. Noise .   B. Quiet .   C. Flowers .   D. Telephones .

3.Miss Gray⁽¹⁾ was woken up by   ______ the first morning .   A. a noisy⁽⁶⁾ young man   B. the ringing of a telephone   C. the barking⁽³⁾ of a dog   D. her alarm clock

4.Why did Miss Gray⁽¹⁾ telephone the young man ?   A. He was noisy⁽⁶⁾ .   B. He was quiet .   C. She thought the dog belonged to the young man .   D. The new man telephoned her .

5.Why did the young man   telephone Miss Gray⁽¹⁾ ?   A. He wanted to say that he didn't have a dog .   B. He apologized⁽⁷⁾ for the dog .   C. He liked Miss Gray⁽¹⁾ .   D. The story did not say .

1. Gray   gray的大小写变形   gray 英 [greɪ] 美 [ɡre]   n;adj. 灰色, 灰色的

2. o'clock 英[əˈklɒk] 美[əˈklɑk]   adv. …点钟

3. barking   bark的现在分词   bark 英 [bɑ:k] 美 [bɑrk]   v. 吠, 叫, 吼

4. nasty 英[ˈnɑ:sti] 美[ˈnæsti]   adj;adj. 污秽的, 肮脏的

5. upstairs 英[ˌʌpˈsteəz] 美[ˌʌpˈsterz]   adv;adj. 楼上

6. noisy [ˈnɔɪzi]   adj. 吵杂的, 喧闹的

7. apologized   apologize的过去式、过去分词   apologize 英 [əˈpɒlədʒaɪz] 美 [əˈpɑlədʒaɪz]   v. 道歉

Three   rich ladies met every day by the river . They sat there and talked the  whole day . Once the three ladiesquarreled⁽⁸⁾ . One of them said . "   Look , how white and beautiful my hands are !" Another one said , "   My hands are more beautiful ." The third one said , " Mine are the   most beautiful ones ." An old beggar⁽⁹⁾ woman came up to them .

"   Beautiful ladies ," she said , " I'm old and can't work ,   I'm hungry . Please give me something to eat ." But the three ladies   gave her nothing . They only asked , " Tell me , old woman , which one   of us has the most beautiful hands ?" A peasant⁽¹⁰⁾ woman was also sitting by the river . She was poor   and her hands were rough be-cause of hard work . The old woman came up   to her and said , " I'm hungry . Please give me something to eat ."   The peasant⁽¹⁰⁾ woman   took out her only cake she had and gave her a half .

The   old woman ate it and drank some water . Then she took the peasant⁽¹⁰⁾ woman by the hand , brought her before the rich ladies   and said , " Now , I shall tell you whose hands are the most beautiful .   The hands of the poor peasant⁽¹⁰⁾ woman   are rough because of work , but they give us food ; they are far more   beautiful than your hands which have never done anything ."

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6.The three ladies _____.   A. had a quarrel⁽⁸⁾ every day   B. were rich but unkind⁽¹¹⁾   C. had a talk about their hands every day   D. lived by the side of the river

7.The old woman asked for   something to eat , _____.   A. but none of the three rich ladies gave anything to her   B. but only one of the three ladies gave her half a cake   C. because she wanted to know whose hands were beautiful   D. because she wanted to know which lady was the richest

8.The peasant⁽¹⁰⁾ woman's hands were not so   white as the three ladies' _____.   A. because of the hard work she had done   B. but she was stronger than any of them   C. so she didn't quarrel⁽⁸⁾ with the three ladies   D. but she was more beautiful than any of them

9.The old woman said that   the peasant⁽¹⁰⁾ woman's hands were more beautiful than the three   ladies' because _____.   A. she liked dark hands better than white hands   B. the peasant⁽¹⁰⁾ woman gave her half a cake   C. her hands had worked hard to provide food for people   D. the three ladies didn't give her anything to eat

10.Which of the following is   the best title for the passage ?   A. Half a Cake   B. A Peasant⁽¹⁰⁾ Woman's Hands   C. The Rich Woman's Hands   D. Smooth (光滑的) Hands and Rough Hands

8. quarreled   quarrel的过去式、过去分词   quarrel 英 [ˈkwɒrəl] 美 [ˈkwɔrəl]   v;n. 争吵, 吵架

9. beggar 英[ˈbegə(r)] 美[ˈbɛɡɚ]   n. 乞丐

10. peasant 英[ˈpeznt] 美[ˈpɛzənt]   n. 农民, 农夫

11. unkind 英[ˌʌnˈkaɪnd] 美[ʌnˈkaɪnd]   adj. 不仁慈的, 刻薄的, 无情的