The telephone rang and I picked up the receiver（聽(tīng)筒）．“Hello，” I said．“Hello．”said a voice（聲音）．“Bill here，is Betty there?” “I’m sorry，” I said．“You have got the wrong number．”A few seconds later，the telephone rang again．Just as I expected（期望）it was Bill．“You've made a mistake again．” I explained．

The telephone rang a third time．This made me angry．

I spoke in a high voice．“Hello，Bill．Betty here．” For a moment there was a dead silence（沉默）．Then someone said，“What’s the matter with you．Tom?” It was my mother．

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容選擇正確的答案。

1．The stranger（陌生）wanted to speak to ________．

A．Tom                    B．Bill                      C．I                           D．Betty

2．It was the ________time that my mother phoned me．

A．first                     B．second                  C．third                       D．fourth

3．Which statement（陳述）is wrong?

A．I don't like Bill．

B．Bill wanted to speak with Betty．

C．Bill and Betty are friends of mine．

D．My mother was surprised when she heard my answer．

4．“A dead silence” means ________．

A．I didn't say a word．                                  B．nobody said a word．

C．the receiver doesn't work well．               D．my mother was very angry．

5．________ was the writer of the story．

A．Bill                      B．Betty                   C．Tom                      D．Mother

Mrs Jones’ telephone number is 2562781 and the number of the city cinema(電影院)is 2562718. because the two numbers look the same(一樣), some people often make a mistake(弄錯(cuò))and telephone her when they want the cinema.

One evening, the Jones are having supper at the table. Just then, the telephone bell rings. Mrs Jones goes to answer the telephone. A tired（累的）man says, “Excuse me, at what time does your last movie begin?”

“I’m sorry.” says Mrs Jones, “But you have the wrong(錯(cuò)誤的)number. This is not the cinema.”

“Oh, sorry, it began twenty minutes ago(以前)? Thank you all the same. Goodbye.” Says the man.

Mrs Jones is very surprised(驚訝), so she tells her husband（丈夫）the whole thing. Her husband, Mr Jones laughs(笑)and says: “I see. The man’s wife wants to go to a movie, but he is tired. He doesn’t want to go to a movie. So he telephones the cinema. His wife hears(聽(tīng)見(jiàn))him, but she can’t hear you. Now they stay at home this evening, and the husband is very happy and he can have a good rest(休息)at home.”

根據(jù)上文內(nèi)容判斷正（T）誤（F）。

1.Mrs Jones’ telephone number is the same as the number of the city cinema.

2.People often telephone Mrs Jones when they want the cinema.

3.One evening when the telephone bell rings, they are having supper.

4.The tired man wants to know when the last film begins.

5.The husband is happy to stay at home.

Mrs Brown's telephone number was 3464, and the number of the cinema in her town was 5463, so people often made a mistake and telephoned 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?"
　　"I'm sorry," said Mrs Brown, "but you have wrong number. That is not the cinema. "
　　"Oh, it began twenty minutes ago?" said the man. "I'm sorry about that. Goodbye! "
　　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 heard him, but she didn't hear you. Now they will stay at home this evening, and the husband will be happy! "
　　根據(jù)短文判斷正誤：（T or F）
(    ) l. Mrs Brown knew a lot about The films, so people often telephoned her.
(    ) 2. The man made a mistake and telephoned her.
(    ) 3. The man didn't want to see a film because his wife was feeling tired.
(    ) 4. The man and his wife didn't go to the cinema because the film had already
begun.
(    ) 5. The man telephoned just to cheat (騙) his wife.

Mrs Turner’s telephone number was 3463, and the number of the cinema in town was 3464. People often made mistakes and telephoned her when they actually wanted the cinema.
One evening the telephone rang and Mrs Turner answered it. A tired man’s voice came over the phone, “At what time does your latest film begin?”
“I’m sorry”, said Mrs Turner, “but you have the wrong number. This is not the cinema.” “Oh, it began twenty minutes ago?” said the man. “ I am sorry about that. Well, good-bye.” Mrs Turner was very surprised, so she told her husband. He laughed and said, “No, that wasn’t a mistake. The man’s wife wanted to go to the cinema, but he was feeling tired, so he telephoned the cinema. His wife heard him, but she didn’t hear you. Now they will stay at home this evening, and the husband will be happy.”
【小題1】 When the tired man telephoned Mrs Turner by mistake at first, she was ____