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     Professor (教授) Brown was very absent-minded (健忘的). He had gone to visit a friend who

lived not far from the college. They had dinner and then talked. Mr Brown was a great talker. Midnight

came, then one o'clock, two o'clock, and still Mr Brown kept on talking. Though by this time the friend

was feeling very tired and kept looking at the clock, he didn't want to be impolite, at last he said,

"Mr. Brown, my dear, I hate to put you out, but I have a class at nine o'clock tomorrow, and I must go

to bed." "My God!" said Mr Brown, blushing (脸红) and looking awkward (尴尬的), "I thought you

were at my house."

1. Professor Brown worked in a ______.

A. college

B. village

C. school

D. city

2. Mr Brown's friend's house was ______ the college.

A. near to

B. far from

C. not very long

D. a short time

3. Mr Brown talked ______ at his friend's house.

A. at once

B. a long time

C. a short time

D. not very long

4. As Mr Brown kept on talking,his friend felt ______.

A. hungry

B. happy

C. tired

D. glad

5. From the story, we know that professor Brown was both ______ and ______.

A. talkative (健谈的), quiet

B. helpful,tiresome

C. talkative,absent-minded

D. careful,absent-minded