内蒙古第一机械制造集团有限公司第一中学2014-2015学年高一上学期期末考试 英语试卷
第二部分：阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)
第一节（共15 小题；每题2分，满分30分）
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Mr. Brown worked in a factory of a small town. He had been there for twenty years before one day he was sent to the capital for important business. He was quite excited because he had never been there before. Before he set off, he asked his wife and three daughters if they wanted him to buy something for them in London. Mrs. Brown began to think it over and then she said she wished her husband would be able to buy a nice umbrella for her, and so did their three daughters. As he was afraid he would forget it, he drew an umbrella on his hand. Unluckily, he lost it at the station.
On the train Mr. Brown sat opposite(对面的) to an old woman. The woman’s umbrella was so nice that he carefully looked at it and told himself not to forget to buy a few umbrellas like it. When the train arrived at the station in London, he said good-bye to the old woman, took his bag and her umbrella and was going to get off.
“Wait a minute, sir,” shouted the old woman. “That’s my umbrella!”
Now Mr. Brown noticed that he had taken her umbrella. His face turned red at once and said in a hurry,“Oh, I’m very sorry, Madam! I didn’t mean it!”
Seven days later Mr. Brown left the capital. To his surprise, he met the old woman and sat opposite to her again. Looking at the four umbrellas, the old woman was satisfied with herself. “It seems that I had a better result than the other four women.” She thought.
21. We can learn from the passage that Mr. Brown was ______.
A. a conductor B. a worker C. a thief D. an umbrella maker
22. The underlined word “it” in the first paragraph refers to ______.
A. his ticket B. his bag C. his drawing D. his umbrella
23. Why did Mr. Brown take the woman’s umbrella?
A. Because he was lost in thought.
B. Because it was much like his own umbrella.
C. Because he thought the woman would not notice it.
D. Because the woman misplaced it beside Mr. Brown.
