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A young American doctor was sleeping when suddenly his doorbell began to ring. It was already midnight. But what could the doctor do? He had to put on his coat and go downstairs.
When he opened the door, he saw a man standing with his hat in his hand. “How do you do, sir?” said the man. “Can you come at once to a place out of town? It’s quite far but you have a car and I can show you the way.”
“Certainly,” said the doctor, “I’m quite ready. I can come at once.” In a few minutes the car was standing at the front door, and the man got on the doctor’s car. They drove on for a long time, then the man said, ”Here we are. This is my home. Now I can pay you and you can go back to town.”
“But I must see the patient,” the doctor said, “How can I go back without seeing the patient? Where is the patient?”
“There is no patient,” explained the man, “Nobody is ill. I live here. You see, one must go home from a town, mustn’t he? There are no taxis at this time of the night, but a doctor often makes night calls, so excuse me. Here is your money. Thank you, doctor. Good night.”
小题1:When the doorbell began to ring, the doctor_________.

A．was sleeping downstairs	B．was working downstairs
C．was sleeping upstairs	D．was working upstairs

小题2:The man asked the doctor ________.

A．to go to his house	B．to go downstairs
C．to see a patient	D．to go to a place out of town

小题3:They left ________.

A．at once

B．after a few minutes

C．on foot

D．on a bike

小题4:What the man wanted to do was only _________.

A．to fool the doctor	B．to give the doctor money
C．to get home in the doctor’s car	D．to play a joke with the doctor

小题5:The doctor must be _________ at last.

A．happy

B．sad

C．angry

D．ill

答案

小题1:A
小题2:D
小题3:A
小题4:C
小题5:C

解析

试题分析：这篇短文中的这个男人因为午夜不能回家，就一看病为借口欺骗一个医生开车送他回家，虽然给了医生车费，但是品质低下，不值得学习。
小题1:根据A young American doctor was sleeping when suddenly his doorbell began to ring. 描述，可知这个医生正在睡觉。故选A。
小题1:根据said the man,“ Can you come at once to a place out of town? It’s quite far but you have a car and I can show you the way.”描述可知选B。
小题1:根据After a few minutes the car was standing at the front door, the man got into the doctor’s car, and they drove off.描述，可知他们乘汽车。故选D。
小题1:根据Then the man said, “Here we are. This is my home. Now I can pay you and you can go back to town.”及下文描述，可知这个人只是为了乘车回家，故选C。
小题1:短文中这个所谓的病人欺骗了这个意思，所以他肯定会生气，故选B，生气的。
点评：本文浅显易懂，各个小题都能在文中找到适当依据。只要认真阅读短文，注意前后联系，就能顺利完成阅读。文章所设试题主要考察细节查找，做题关键是找出原文的根据，认真核查小题和原文的异同。