单选题 Mr. Cook works in a hospital. His medical skill (医术) is good and a lot of people ask him to look them over and he gets more money than any other doctor does. One day he bought a new beautiful house and moved into it soon. That evening he held a party near his garden and all his friends came to congratulate (庆祝) him. They were all very happy and sang and danced until late at night. And when his friends left, he went to bed and soon went to sleep. But his wife woke him up after half an hour.
"Listen, dear!" said the woman. "The water is leaking (漏) in the toilet (浴室). I can't go to sleep for it. Call the worker to come to mend it."
Mr. Cook had to do as she told. But the telephone call made the worker angry,
"It' s two in the night, sir!" shouted the worker. "I've never gone to mend anything late at night!"
"Does it have anything to do with (与……有关) the time?" asked Mr. Cook. "Wouldn't you ask me to go to your house if your son were ill at two or three in the night?"
"Well, then," said the worker. "Now, let me tell you a way. Put two aspirins into the flush tank (冰箱). Call me tomorrow morning if it feels unwell still!/

单选题 Mr. Cook gets more money because he has saved plenty of people.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】关键句是第二句：His medical skill is good and a lot of people ask him to look them over and he gets more money than any other doctor does. “look over”在此处是“检查”的意思。这句话的意思是他的医术高明，有许多人让他看病，所以他挣的钱比别的医生多。

单选题 Mr. Cook went to sleep soon that night because he bad drunk too much.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】从文章第一段我们知道，库克先生办了个晚会，所有的朋友都来参加了。他们都很高兴，又唱又跳，很晚才离去。朋友离去后，库克上了床，很快就睡着了。我们推测，他可能是由于时间太晚、太累了，所以很快就入睡了。文中并没有提及他喝了很多酒，所以他并不是因为喝得太多才很快睡着的。故选D。

单选题 The worker wouldn't go to mend the flush tank because he could teach Mr. Cook how to mend it.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】这则故事告诉我们工人不去修水箱，是因为当时是半夜。工人在电话里头喊叫道：“It's tow in the night, sir!”“I've never gone to mend anything late night.”至于后面工人告诉库先生“Put two aspirins into the flush tank”，是工人在揶揄库克。

单选题 The word "aspirin" in the text means a kind of medicine.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】库克对工人说修理水箱和时间没关系，他假设那位工人的儿子半夜两三点生病了，工人也会叫他去诊治。于是工人说：“...Put two aspirins into the flush tank. Call me tomorrow morning if it feels unwell still!”工人在此是反唇相讥，既然库克医生以看病为例，那工人所说的aspirin应该是一种药。工人的话可译作：你就先往水箱里放两片阿司匹林，明天水箱要感觉还不好，你再给我打电话。

单选题 The worker sometimes asks Mr. Cook to go to his house when his boy is ill at two or three in the night.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】库克医生问了工人一句话：“Wouldn't you ask me to go to your house if your son were ill at two or three in the night?”要注意这句话是个虚拟句，医生是提出了个假设。这个句子所提到情况并不是事实。所以选择B。