四、阅读理解部分

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Friends

Joe BIoggs 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 be 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 be 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 be still smoked.

Sometimes Joe Bloggs wished Fred Brown were not his friend!

1. When Joe became thin the first time it was because______.

A. he smoked too much  

B. he worried too much

C. he stopped smoking

D. he ate too httle

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

a. lie 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.

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

A. a, b, c,  B. c, b, a,   C, b, a, e,   D. e, a, b,

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

A. Fred’s advice had brought him no good

B. he never liked being told what to do

C. he in fact had never really trusted Fred

D. Fred had given him the wrong advice on purpose (故意)

4.  What kind of person would you say Joe was?

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

B. He had no will power to carry out a decision.

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

D. He was always changing his mind and was never satisfied.

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