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There once was an old man aged 50．who had a lazy son aged 30．The son couldn’t earn his own living，and still depended on his old father for food and clothing．

The old man was very Worried about him．So he took him to the fortune teller(算命先生)to have his fortune told．The father and son both believed what the fortune teller said．—the father would live to 80 and the son to 62．

After they found out how long they were going to live，the son was very sad．His lather comforted(安慰)him，“Don’t be so sad! You are only 30 now, mad still have 32 years of good days ahead of you．’’

“I'm not worrying about’my own age．It’s your age which causes me great worry,”the son said．

 The father was greatly moved and said，“Don’t worry about me so much．I've got 30 years ahead of me too．”

“I’m not worried about your age either,”said the son．“I have found out that you’11 die two years earlier than I．So whom will depend on in the two years after your death?”

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(  ) 1．The old man had a son ______．

    A．thirty years younger than him

    B．who earned a lot of money

    C．who lived on him for food and clothing

    D．who died two years earlier than him

(  ) 2．The underlined words“ahead of'’in paragraph 5 mean”______”．

    A．behind       B．over     C．in front of      D．under

(  ) 3．The father was moved when ______．

    A．he thought his son was worried about him

    B．he knew that his son would die ahead of him

    C．his son would earn his own living when he died

    D．he found his son worried about his money

(  ) 4．The fortune teller told the father and the son that ______．

    A．the father would die two years earlier than his son

    B．the father would get less money, but the son would get more

    C．the son would die two years earlier than his father

    D．both the father and the son would die very soon

(  ) 5．The son was worried about his father because______．

    A．he liked his father very much

    B．he would have no money to buy food and clothing if his father died

    C．his father was getting older and older

    D．His father would get less and less money

【回答】

1C  2C  3A  4A  5B

知识点：人物传记 故事阅读类

题型：阅读理解