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二、阅读理解 Mr. White lived in a small village. His parents hadnt enough money to send him to school. He had to help them to do something in the fields. But he didnt like to live in the poor place. When he was sixteen, he got to the town and found work in a factory. Three years later he became tall and strong. So he was sent to Africa as a soldier. He stayed there for five years and got some money. Then he came back to England and bought a shop in a small town. No people in the town went to Africa except him. And he hoped they thought he was a famous man and that they could respect him. The children often asked him to tell them some stories and his life in Africa. One day a few children asked him to tell them something about the animals in Africa. He told them how he fought with the tigers and elephants. His stories surprised them all and some policemen and workers went to listen to him. It made him happier. Just a man who taught geography in a middle school passed there. He stopped to listen to him for a while and then said, Could you please tell us a rare animal, sir? Certainly, said Mr. Turner. One day I met a rhinoceros（犀牛）?by a river… Please wait a minute, sir, said the man. There arent any rhinoceros in Africa at all! Its rare just because there arent any! 6、Mr. White was born in a farmers family. A、T B、F 参考答案:A 7、Mr. White hoped to be respected because he was the richest man in their town. A、T B、F 参考答案:B 解析: 8、The children often asked him to tell them something interesting because he knew more than any other person in the town. A、T B、F 参考答案:A 9、All people believed Mr.White except the children. A、T B、F 参考答案:B 10、Mr. White wouldnt like to admit that he was wrong. A、T B、F 参考答案:A When John and Victoria Falls arrived in New York City for one-year stay, they did not bring very many things with them. They had planned either to live in a furnished apartment or to buy used furnitur