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A Frenchman went to a small Italian town and was staying with his wife at the best hotel there. One night, he went out for a walk alone. It was late and the small street was dark and quiet. Suddenly he felt someone behind him. He turned his head and saw an Italian young man who quickly walked past him. The man was nearly out of sight when the Frenchman suddenly found that his watch was gone. He thought that it must be the Italian who had taken his watch. He decided to follow him and get back the watch.

Soon the Frenchman caught up with the Italian. Neither of them understood the other’s language. The Frenchman frightened the Italian with his fist(拳头) and pointed at the Italian’s watch. In the end the Italian gave up his watch to the Frenchman. 

When he returned to the hotel, the Frenchman told his wife what had happened. He was greatly surprised when his wife pointed to the watch on the table. Now he realized that by mistake he had robbed the watch and it was the Italian’s. 

小题1:The Frenchman went to a small Italian town _______. 

A.alone

B.with his wife

C.with his friend

D.with an Italian小题2:One night he went out for _______ alone. 

A.a ride

B.a walk

C.a drink

D.rest小题3:Suddenly he found his_______ was gone. 

A.watch

B.money

C.book

D.ring小题4:The Italian gave up his watch to him at last because ________.

A.he had stolen the watch from the Frenchman.

B.he understood what the Frenchman wanted

C.he had picked up the watch on his w ay from work

D.he was afraid of the Frenchman

答案

小题1:B

小题1:B

小题1:A

小题1:D

本文讲述了法国人与意大利人语言不通发生误解的一个有趣的故事。法国人在散步时以为自己的手表被经过的意大利人偷了,于是他向意大利人举起了他的拳头将手表拿了回来。而他回到旅店发现他的手表安然无恙地躺在桌上。

小题1:B。文章的第1句说The Frenchman是staying with his wife at the best hotel,由此句可推知答案。

小题1:B。文章第1段的第2句说He went out for a walk alone由此句可推知答案。

小题1:A。根据第1段的第4行当Italian was nearly out of sight的时候这个法国人就发现他的手表不见了。据此可知答案为A。

小题1:D。根据第2段中说The Frenchman frightened...我们可以推知这个意大利人是害怕这个法国人的拳头才把手表给他。

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Consumers are being confused and misled by the hodge-podge (大杂烩) of environmental claims made by household products, according to a “green labeling” study published by Consumers International Friday.

Among the report’s more outrageous (令人无法容忍的) findings, a German fertilizer described itself as “earthworm friendly”, a brand of flour said it was “non-polluting” and a British toilet paper claimed to be “environmentally friendlier”.

The study was written and researched by Britain’s National Consumer Council (NCC) for lobby group Consumer International.It was funded by the German and Dutch governments and the European Commission.

“While many good and useful claims are being made, it is clear there is a long way to go in ensuring shoppers are adequately informed about the environmental impact of products they buy,” said Consumers International director Anna Fielder.

The 10-country study surveyed product packaging in Britain.Western Europe, Scandinavia and the United States.It found that products sold in Germany and the United Kingdom made the most environmental claims on average.

The report focused on claims made by specific products, such as detergent (洗涤剂), insect sprays and by some garden products.It did not test the claims, but compared them to labeling guidelines set by the International Standards Organization (ISO) in September, 1999.

Researchers documented claims of environmental friendliness made by about 2,000 products and found many too unclear or too misleading to meet ISO standards.

“Many products had specially-designed labels to make them seem environmentally friendly, but in fact many of these symbols mean nothing,”said report researcher Philip Page.

“Laundry detergents made the most number of claims with 158.Household cleaners were second with 145 separate claims, while paints were third on our list with 73.The high numbers show how confusing it must be for consumers to sort the true from the misleading.” he said.

The ISO labeling standards ban vague or misleading claims on product packaging, because terms such as “environmentally friendly” and “non-polluting” cannot be tested.“What we are now pushing for is to have multinational corporations meet the standards set by the ISO.” said Page.

1.According to the passage, the NCC found it outrageous that ____.

A.all the products surveyed claim to meet ISO standards

B.the claims made by products are often unclear or misleading

C.consumers would believe many of the manufactures’claim

D.few products actually prove to be environmentally friendly

2.A study was carried out by Britain’s NCC to ____.

A.find out how many claims made by products fail to meet environmental standards

B.inform the consumers of the environmental impact of the products they buy

C.examine claims made by products against ISO standards

D.test the guidelines set by the International Standards Organization

3.What is one of the consequences caused by the many claims of household products?

A.They are likely to lead to serious environmental problems

B.Consumers find it difficult to tell the true from the false

C.They could arouse widespread anger among consumer

D.Consumers will tend to buy products they don’t need

4.It can be inferred from the passage that the lobby group Consumer International wants to ____.

A.make product labeling satisfy ISO requirements

B.see all household products meet environmental standards

C.warn consumers of the danger of so-called green products

D.prove the efforts of non-polluting products