2014届高考英语二轮复习突破精选：阅读理解8.docVIP

2014届高考英语二轮复习突破精选：阅读理解 1.Excuse me, Mrs. Jones .Would you mind doing me a favor ? I was just going out shopping. But as soon as I shut my front door, I realized that I had left my key in the house. So when I get back, I will not be able to get in .It was very silly of me. I needn’t have come out at all, because all the vegetables and fruits had been bought by my husband. I only wanted some salt. May I come in and clime over the fence into my back garden? That’s very kind of you. I wish I did not give you so much trouble. 68. Mrs. Jones was the speaker’s_____ A. boss B. next-door neighbour C. friend D. sister 2.A beautiful and very successful actress was the star of a new musical show. Her home was in the country, but she didn’t want to have to go back there every night, so she rented an expensive flat in the centre of the city, bought some beautiful furniture and hired a man to paint the rooms in new colours. It was very difficult to get tickets for her show because everybody wanted to see it, so she decided to give the painter two of the best seats. She hoped that this would make him work better and more willingly for her. He took the tickets without saying anything, and she heard no more about them until the end of the month, when she got the painter’s bill. At the bottom of it were the words “Four hours watching Miss Hall sing and dance,￡3,” with this note： “After 5 p.m. I get fifteen shillings an hour instead of ten shillings.” 64. The woman’s flat was situated ______. A. near the city B. near her home C. in the middle of the city D. by the side of the country road 65. The actress gave the painter two tickets, hoping he would______. A. be pleased B. ask less money for his work C. charge more money for his work D. say a good word for her musical show 66. After the painter got the tickets from the actress, he ______. A. sold them for ￡3 B. went to watch th