阅读下列短文，并做每篇短文后面的题目，从各题A、B、C、D中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。
Mr. Smith works in an office．He's very busy and has no time to have a good rest．Every evening, when he comes back from his office, he's always tired and wants to go to bed early. But his wife often
has a lot of interesting things to tell him after supper. She doesn't stop talking until she falls asleep．
One day the man felt terrible and couldn't go to work. He decided to go to see a doctor.And Mrs．
Smith went to the hospital with him. Before her husband said what was the matter with him, the woman
had told the doctor all and the man understood why. He wrote out a prescription (处方). And when Mr.
Smith brought the medicine to the resulting room, the doctor said to her, "The bottle of medicine is for
your husband and the pills (药片) are for you．"
"For me?" the woman said in surprise "I'm fine．I don't need any medicine!"
"I don't think so, madam", said the doctor．"'They are sleeping pills．Your husband will soon be all
right if you take them. "
1．Mr. Smith is ______．
A．too busy to have a good rest
B．too busy not to have a rest
C．busy enough to have a good rest
D．not busy enough to have a good rest
2．The sentence "His wife doesn't stop talking until she falls asleep"means ______．
A．she doesn't stop talking when she falls asleep
B．she doesn't stop talking alter she falls asleep
C．she keeps talking until she falls asleep
D．she likes talking as she falls asleep
3．Why does Mr. Smith have to get up when his wife is asleep in the morning?
A．Because he can't fall asleep．
B．Because he has to go to work．
C．Because he doesn't want to sleep．
D．Because his wife asks him to get up．
4．Why couldn't Mr. Smith go to work one day?
A．Because he didn't want to work．
B．Because his wife didn't let him go．
C．Because he felt ill．
D．Because he was too tried to go to work．
5．The sentence "'Your husband will be all right if you take them．" Means Mr. Smith will soon be all
right if______．
A．Mrs. Smith takes the bottle of medicine
B．Mr. Smith takes the pills
C．Mr. Smith takes the bottle of medicine
D．Mrs. Smith stops talking too much at night
