A Switzerland is famous for its watches. However, this country didn't invent the watch. It was the British who did it. Here is a story of how the watch was brought to Switzerland. Many years ago, an Englishman was travelling to Italy. On his way he stopped in a small town in South Switzerland. This Englishman travelled in a carriage inside which there was a carriage watch. This was the earliest kind of watch. A native shop assistant happened to see the watch. He wondered what it was and asked the Englishman about it. It is a carriage watch, said the man. This machine tells the time but now it isn't working. At once the shop assistant offered to try to repair it. So the traveller handed him the watch. The assistant was a very wise man. So it was not surprising that he managed to repair it. He even remembered how it was made. As soon as the traveller had gone on his journey, he made a watch exactly the type。 Thus the watch-making started in Switzerland. Today Switzerland watches are sold in stores all over the world. 1. Switzerland is famous for ______. A. making watches B. selling watches C. inventing watches D. the carriage watch 2. It was _____ who brought a watch to Switzerland earliest. A. a Swiss B. an Italian C. an Englishman D. a shop assistant
3. The earliest watches were made in ______. A. Switzerland B. England C. Italy D. Chinese 4. The first Swiss watch was made by _________. A. an Italian B. an English shop assistant C. a man who came from Switzerland D. a man who travelled to Italy 5. A carriage watch was a machine which _____. A. was put in the carriage B. wasn't working C. told people time D. had to be repaired
C We spent a day in the country, picking wild flowers. Our car looked like a flower shop inside ! On the way home we had to stop at traffic lights, and then my wife noticed the cupboard（碗碟橱）. It was tall and narrow, and it stood outside a furniture shop. Buy it,” she said at once. “We'll carry it home on the roof rack(行李架). I've always wanted one like that.” What could I do? Ten minutes later I was £ 20 poorer, and the cupboard was tied on to the roof rack. It was six feet long and eighteen inches square; quite heavy too. In the darkness I drove slowly. Other drivers seemed unusually polite that evening. The police even stopped traffic to let us through. Carrying furniture was a good idea. After a time my wife said, There is a long line of cars behind. Why don't they overtake(超车), I wonder. In fact a police car did overtake. The two officers inside looked at us seriously as they passed. But then with great kindness, they led us through the rush-hour traffic. The police car stopped at our village church. One of the officers came to me. “Do you need any more help, sir.” he asked. I was puzzled（疑惑的）. “Thanks, officer,”I said. “You've been very kind. I live just down the road.” He was staring at our load: first at the flowers, then at the cupboard. “Well, well,”he said laughing. “It's a cupboard you've got here! We thought it was.., er, something else.” My wife began to laugh. Then the truth hit me like a stone between the eyes! smiled at the officer. “Yes, it's a cupboard, but thanks again.” I drove home as fast as I could. 6. The writer writes the story in order to ______. A. praise the police officers B. thank the other drivers C. show people are kind to each other D. tell us their funny experience 7. The drivers behind didn't overtake because _______. A. they wanted to show their special kindness B. they were afraid the cupboard would fall down C. they were admiring the flowers in the writer's car D. they wondered what was inside the cupboard 8. The writer's wife began to laugh because ______. A. she thought the police officers were foolish B. she was interested in what the police officer said C. she was glad they were treated kindly D. she had realized the truth 9. In fact, the police ________. A. failed to help the writer B. did help the writer C. got the writer into trouble D. made the writer angry
D People who are learning a foreign language should not feel embarrassed (尴尬) because they sometimes use the wrong word. From time to time we all have difficulty even with our own language. If people think that these mistakes are funny, they may laugh; but they do not mean to be rude. The important&nb
