Old John went to see a doctor. The doctor examined and said, “ Medicine can’t help you. You must have a good rest. Go to a quiet place for a month, go to bed early, drink some milk, walk a lot and smoke one cigar (雪茄) a day.”
“Thank you very much,” said old John, “ I will do everything you say.”
A month later old John came to the doctor again. “ Well, I’m glad to see you. You look much younger.” Said the doctor.
“Oh , doctor,” said old John, “I feel quite well now. I had a good rest. I went to bed early, I drank a lot of milk, and I walks a lot. Your advice certainly helped me. But you asked me to smoke one cigar a day, and the one cigar a day nearly killed (殺) me at first. It’s no joke to start smoking at my age.
【小題1】The doctor _________________________________.

Long time ago, there was a woman with a surpring spell(魔法).If someone was under the spell, he or she would get perfect  26 .One day, the woman put the spell on her toad(蟾蜍),and then the toad got beautiful teeth. They could help him  27 all kinds of food. He could  28 start speaking.
The toad was  29 with the spell.He started to eat lots of chocolate.The woman found this and said to him,“30 your teeth and brush them often.Don’t eat so much chocolate…”31 the toad didn’t listen to her.He believed his teeth were very good and he didn’t have to brush them ofen.And he liked chocolate very much,so he didn’t want to eat  32  .
One day,one of the toad’s teeth got bad.Day by day,all the teeth in his 33 got bad.The toad decided to start looking after them,but it was too 34  .And when he 35  his last tooth,he couldn’t speak any more.
The toad thought if the woman put the spell on him again,he would brush them every day.But that never happened again.

Long time ago, there was a woman with a surpring spell(魔法).If someone was under the spell, he or she would get perfect  26 .One day, the woman put the spell on her toad(蟾蜍),and then the toad got beautiful teeth. They could help him  27 all kinds of food. He could  28 start speaking.

The toad was  29 with the spell.He started to eat lots of chocolate.The woman found this and said to him,“30 your teeth and brush them often.Don’t eat so much chocolate…”31 the toad didn’t listen to her.He believed his teeth were very good and he didn’t have to brush them ofen.And he liked chocolate very much,so he didn’t want to eat  32  .

One day,one of the toad’s teeth got bad.Day by day,all the teeth in his 33 got bad.The toad decided to start looking after them,but it was too 34  .And when he 35  his last tooth,he couldn’t speak any more.

The toad thought if the woman put the spell on him again,he would brush them every day.But that never happened again.

John lived with her mother when he was young. He didn’t know who his father was. The woman did some washing for the rich and could buy only some bread for her son. So the boy was short and thin.

  One cold morning there was much snow in the streets. A car knocked the woman down and the policemen took her to the hospital. She didn’t tell John that his father deserted(遺棄) her before he was born until she died. She left her son the name and address of his father.

  John found his father, Mr. Brown, in another city. He was one of the richest shopkeepers and he had to receive his son. From then on the boy lived a rich life. He ate all kinds of delicious food and wore beautiful clothes. But he didn’t go to school and could not read or write.

  Once his father took him to a party. He saw a newspaper lying on the floor and picked it up while others were talking about a film. He had a look at it and found a car’s wheels(輪子) were upward(向上).He called out,“ Oh, dear! An accident happened!”

  All the people were surprised and began to read the newspaper. But soon they all began to laugh. Do you know why?

1.John didn’t know his father because        .

A. the man was rich            B. the man deserted his mother

C. his mother left the man        D. the man didn’t like him

2.John was short and thin because       .

A.he didn’t like sports          

B. his parents were short, too

C.he was often hungry when he was young           

D. his mother never gave him food

3.The woman told John who his father was        .

A. after she was knocked down by a car

B. before her son left

C. before she was in hospital

D. before she died

4.After John found his father,       .

A.he was angry with the man

B. he started a rich life

C.he wouldn’t live with him

D. the man was bad to him

5.The people at the party laughed at him because         .

A. he held the newspaper upside down

B. he wasn’t polite

C. the newspaper was yesterday’s

D. he wasn’t clever

Old John went to see a doctor. The doctor examined and said, “ Medicine can’t help you. You must have a good rest. Go to a quiet place for a month, go to bed early, drink some milk, walk a lot and smoke one cigar (雪茄) a day.”

“Thank you very much,” said old John, “ I will do everything you say.”

A month later old John came to the doctor again. “ Well, I’m glad to see you. You look much younger.” Said the doctor.

“Oh , doctor,” said old John, “I feel quite well now. I had a good rest. I went to bed early, I drank a lot of milk, and I walks a lot. Your advice certainly helped me. But you asked me to smoke one cigar a day, and the one cigar a day nearly killed (殺) me at first. It’s no joke to start smoking at my age.

1.The doctor _________________________________.

A．a(chǎn)sked him to take some medicine

B．a(chǎn)sked him not to take any medicine

C．didn’t say any word about medicine

D．gave him some medicine

2.Old John __________________ after a month.

A．didn’t get well                        B．got well

C．was old                               D．got bad

3.Which one is true?

A．Old John smoked before

B．Old John smoked less than(比) before

C．Old John didn’t smoke before

D．Old John didn’t smoke a cigar a day

4.When Old John was ill, he looked______________.

A．young            B．old               C．younger           D．older

5.The best title(題目) of this passage should be____________.

A．Old John                              B．Old John is ill

C．The Doctor’s Advice                    D．The Doctor