三、阅读理解(共20小题，计40分)

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The doctor in a small town was standing behind his desk, cleaning something.On the desk there are some books.A young man came in and asked quite excitedly： “ Doctor, have you anything to stop the hiccups (打嗝) ?” The doctor looked at him with a smile for a moment and suddenly slapped (给……一巴掌)him in the face with the cloth he held in his hand.“What do you mean by that?” The young man shouted angrily.“Why! I only asked you a question.”“That was the cure(治疗) for the hiccups,” the doctor explained.“Are they gone?” “No, it is my wife.My wife has the hiccups and she is out in the car.”

36.What was the doctor doing when the young man came in?[

A.He was reading        B.He was talking with others.

C.He was cleaning something.    D.He was making a phone call.

37.Why did the man go to see the doctor?

A.Because was ill.

B.Because he couldn't stop hiccupping.

C.Because his wife was ill in bed.

D.Because he wanted to help his wife stop hiccupping.

38.Why did the doctor slap the young man?

A.Because the young man was not polite to him.

B.Because the doctor was busy cleaning and didn't want to listen to him.

C.Because the doctor thought it would be great fun to slap the young man.

D.Because he thought the young man had hiccups.

39.How was the young man after the doctor slapped him?

A.He was happy because he stopped hiccupping.

B.He was angry and shouted to the doctor.

C.He went out without saying say a word.

D.He slapped the doctor.

40.What do you think the doctor would do after he heard what the young man said?

A.He would feel funny.

B.He would ask the young man slap him, too.

C.He would say sorry to the young man.

D.He would go and slap the young man's wife in the face.

B