单选题 Mrs. Read lives in a small village. Her husband is dead, but she has one son named Jack. He is twenty-one. In the past, he worked in the shop in the village and lived with his mother, but then he found a better job in a far away town named Greensea and moved to live there. But Mrs. Read was unhappy about it.
Last Sunday, Mrs. Read was very angry with Jack. She got on a train and went to her son's house in Greeasea. Then she said to him, "Jack, why do you never telephone me?"
Jack laughed, "But, Mum, you haven't got a telephone."
"No," she answered, "I haven't, but you have got one!/

单选题 Mrs. Read's home is in ______ .
A. Greensea B. a small village C. a city
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 由第一段第一句可知B为正确答案。
单选题 Jack lived with his ______ when he worked in the village.
A. mother B. father C. uncle
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 见第二行:“...and lived with his mother.”
单选题 Greensea is ______ the small village.
A. in B. near C. far from
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 见第三行:“...in a far away town named Greensea...”
单选题 Last Sunday, Mrs. Read went to Greensea ______ .
A. on foot B. by train C. by air
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 文章第二段第二句“She got on a train and went to her son's house in Greensea.”表明:雷德太太是乘火车去她的儿子家的。
单选题 Jack didn't telephone his mother because ______ .
A. he was too busy
B. his telephone didn't work
C. his mother had no telephone
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 由最后一行可推断出:杰克不给他母亲打电话是因为他母亲没有电话。