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阅读理解 Friends Joe Bloggs always had a cigarette on his lips.He smoked while he re

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阅读理解 Friends Joe Bloggs always had a cigarette on his lips.He smoked while he re

阅读理解

Friends

Joe Bloggs always had a cigarette on his lips.He smoked while he read, while he watched TV, and while he drank a cup of coffee.He smoked forty cigarettes a day, but he was happy.

Joe’s friend, Fred Brown, said to him,“It is very bad to smoke.”When Joe heard this, he started to worry and became thin.So he did not buy any more cigarettes.He became so thin that he went to Fred for help.

Fred said,“You must eat more.”So Joe did not smoke, but he ate chocolate, and he became very fat.Again he went to Fred for help.

Fred said,“You must not eat chocolate.”So Joe stopped eating chocolate, but he went back to smoking cigarettes.He became thin again but he was not happy, because he still smoked.

Sometimes Joe Bloggs wished Fred Brown was not his friend!

(1)

The following sentences tell what happened to Joe.Which is the right order of the events(事实)?

a.He did not smoke; he ate chocolate; he was fat; he was unhappy.

b.He smoked; he did not eat chocolate; he was thin; he was unhappy.

c.He smoked; he did not eat chocolate; he was not fat; he was happy.

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A.

a, b, c

B.

c, b, a

C.

b, a, c

D.

c, a, b

(2)

In the end Joe was unhappy about his friendship with Fred because _______.

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A.

Fred had given him the wrong advice on purpose

B.

he never liked being told what to do

C.

he in fact had never really understood what Fred meant

D.

Fred’s advice had brought him good

(3)

What kind of person would you say Joe was?

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A.

He was not the kind of person who used his head much.

B.

He had no will power to carry out a decision(决定).

C.

He was not happy to let others make decisions for him.

D.

He was always changing his mind and was never satisfied.

(4)

What is the writer trying to tell us with this story?

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A.

Chocolate is bad for one’s health.

B.

One should ask friends for help and advice.

C.

Smoking is bad for one’s health.

D.

One should think and decide for oneself.

试题答案

答案:1.D;2.C;3.A;4.D;

解析:

(1)

根据时间先后顺序应选D项。

(2)

Joe没有真正理解Fred的建议,因此变得不快乐而且消瘦,不是因为其他原因,因此选C项。

(3)

根据文章可知Joe是一个不善于动脑思考的人,凡事都走向极端,因此选A项。

提示:

通过文章我们可以得到启发、接受别人建议时要思考,要根据个人的情况作决定,凡事不可走向极端。