1. The underlined word “mercy” in the text most probably means _______.

A. loss                                B. wonder

C. lucky thing                      D. terrible thing

2. Maggie never prepared anything special for James because _______.

A. he was a man difficult to please

B. she never knew when he was coming

C. she was too busy looking after her children

D. he never stayed long enough for a meal

3. What do we know about James’ behavior?

A. He was a kind man, with love for the family.

B. He was generous, especially towards his brother.

C. He was anxious to please the family, especially the kids.

D. He was rude to his sister-in-law.

4. Maggie felt pleased when _______.

A. she paid James the money that she owed him

B. James gave some money to the children

C. she had to wake James up to catch his train

D. James thanked her for the nice supper

5. The children did not realize that two of James’ wives _______.

A. had been dead                        B. suffered from loss of memory

C. had run away from him           D. might appear again one day

【答案与解析】本文讲Maggie和她的孩子们对他们的叔叔James来访的不欢迎。

1. C。词义猜测题。Maggie不喜欢James的来访, 由此可以说他不常来是一件幸运的事，所以答案为C。

2. B。事实细节题。根据 In fact James came once a year, unexpectedly可知答案为B。

3. D。推理判断题。根据 except to add, “You’ll be getting on with the supper, Maggie.” Such was his regard for her可知他对Maggie的态度不是很友好，故答案为D。(from www.nmet168.com)

4. B。推理判断题。根据 Maggie woke them up and so more or less forced him to part with four shillings before he left. That gave her some satisfaction可知答案为B。

5. A。推理判断题。根据 They wondered about those two unfortunate lost ladies可知答案为A。

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