B
Not many years ago,a wealthy and rather strange old mall named Johnson lived alone in a village in the south of England.He had made a lot of money in trading with foreign countries.When he was seventy-five.he gave£1200 to the village school to buy land and equipment for
a children’s playground.
As a result of his kindness,many people came to visit him.Among them was a newspaperman.During their talk,Johnson remarked that he was seventy—five and expected to live to be a hundred.The newspaperman asked him how he managed to be healthy at seventy-five.Johnson had a sense of humour(幽默).He liked whisky(威士忌酒)and drank some each day.“I have an injection(注射)in my neck each evenin9,”he told the newspaperman,thinking of his evening glass of whisky.
The newspaperman did not understand what Johnson meant.In his newspaper he reported that Johnson was seventy.five and had a daily injection in his neck.Within a week Johnson received thousands of letters from all over Britain.asking him for the secret of his daily injection.
39.The gift of money to the school suggests that Johnson_________.
A.had no children
B.was a strange man
C.was very fond of children
D.wanted people to know how rich he was
答案:C
40.Many people wrote to Johnson to find out,_________.
A.what kind of whisky he had
B.how to live longer
C.how to become wealthy
D.in which part of the neck to have an injection
答案:B
41.The newspaperman_________.
A.should have reported what Johnson had told him
B.shouldn’t have asked Johnson what iniection he had
C.was eager to live a long life
D.should have found out what Johnson really meant
答案:D
42.When Johnson said he had an injection in his neck each evening.he really meant that_________.
A.he drank a glass of whisky in the evening
B.he needed all injection in the neck
C.a daily injection in the evening would make him sleep well
D.there wag something wrong with his neck
答案:A
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