阅读理解提高训练8

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Mr. King goes to a dinner party. He is wearing old clothes. He comes into the room. But people in the room don't look at him. They don't ask him to sit at the table.

Mr. King goes home and puts on his good clothes. He goes back to the party. Everyone in the room stands up and smiles at him. They give him very good food to eat.

Mr. King takes off his clothes, and puts them in the food and says, "Eat, clothes!"

The other people ask, "What are you doing?"

He answers, "I'm asking my coat to eat food. When I am wearing my old clothes, you don't look at me. You don't ask me to sit down. Now I'm in these clothes. And you give me very good food. Now I see, you give the food to my clothes, not to me!"

(C)1. Mr. King goes to the dinner party, but people in the room don't look at him. Because ________.

【详解】由第一段和第二段的对比可知，人们不看他不招待他是因为他穿着旧衣服。

A) he doesn't come by car

B) he is young

C) he is wearing his old clothes

D) he is old

(A)2. Mr. King goes home to _______ his ________ clothes.

【详解】由第二段第一句"Mr. King goes home and puts on his good clothes."可知答案。

A) put on; good

B) puts on; fine

C) take off; good

D) wear; good

(C)3. Mr. King goes back to the party. People in the room stand up and smile at him because _____.

【详解】由第一段和第二段的对比可知，人们起身笑迎他是因为他穿着好衣服。wear .v.穿着，强调穿戴的状态;put on .ph.穿上，强调穿的动作。这里指的是他穿戴的状态，所以用he is wearing his good clothes.

A) he is wearing his old clothes B) he comes by a very good car

C) he is wearing his good clothes D) he is putting on his good clothes

(B)4. Mr. King takes off his good clothes, and ________ them _________ the good food.2

【详解】由第三段"Mr. King takes off his clothes, and puts them in the food and says, 'Eat, clothes!'"可知答案。主语是单数第三人称，动词ask要加-s;ask sb. to do，所以用to eat.

A) ask; to eat

B) asks; to eat

C) lets; to eat

D) ask; eat

(D)5. Mr. King says the good food is _______.

【详解】由最后一句话"Now I see, you give the food to my clothes, not to me!"可知答案。

A) for he

B) for him

C) for me

D) for his good clothes