Paul couldn’t sleep last night. He woke up early and sat up, and then he lay down again. He felt terrible. “I must be sick,” he thought. “but I must study for that test.”
            He got up and looked for his history notebook. He finally found it under a pile of clothes on a chair. He went over his history notes, but he couldn’t remember any of the facts in the notes. “What shall I do?” he thought. He felt terrible.
            Just then Paul’s telephone rang. He put down his notebook and picked up the telephone.
           “Good morning,” Jack’s voice said, “You must be wrong about that test.”
           “What do you mean?” Paul asked weakly.
           “We’re not going to have the test today.” Jack said. “I wrote down the date in my notebook. The test will be next Wednesday; it isn’t today. How do you feel this morning?”
           “Fine,” said Paul. “Just fine!” Suddenly he really felt fine.

1. Paul felt uneasy because he
   A. was seriously ill.                   B. was too tired.    
   C. was worried about the coming test.     D. couldn’t find his history notebook.
2. It seemed that Paul
   A. was good at history.                 B. liked to study history.
   C. lost interest in history.               D. was ready for the history test.
3. What made Paul feel fine at once?
   A. The telephone call.             B. the coming test.
   C. Jack’s notebook               D. The fact that the test was not to be given that day.
4. “How do you feel this morning?” From this question we can see Jack
   A. knew Paul.                         B. knew Paul very well.
   C. wanted to help Paul with his history.     D. would lend Paul his notebook..
5. We can guess from the passage that
   A. Jack was as poor at history as Paul.     B. Jack was as good at history as Paul.
   C. Jack was better at history than Paul.     D. Jack was poorer at history than Paul.

答案：1C  2 C   3 D   4 B   5 A