Once a neighbour stole one of Washington’s horses. Washington went with a police officer to the neighbour’s farm to get the horse, but the neighbour refused to give the horse up; he claimed (聲稱) that it was his horse.
Washington placed both of his hands over the eyes of the horse and said to the neighbour, “If this is your horse, then you must tell us in which eyes he is blind.”
“In the right eye,” the neighbour said.
Washington took his hand from the right eye of the horse and showed the police officer that the horse was not blind in the right eye.
“Oh, I have made a mistake,” said the neighbor. “He is blind in the left eye.”
Washington then showed that the horse was not blind in the left eye, either.
“I have made another mistake,” said the neighbor.
“Yes,” said the police officer, “and you have also proved that the horse does not belong to you. You must return it to Mr. Washington.”
Why did Mr. Washington go to the neighbor’s farm with a police officer?
A. Because the neighbor was the police officer’s friend.
B. Because he wanted to make the neighbor return the horse.
C. Because the police officer was Washington’s friend.
D. Because they were invited to the neighbor’s farm.
When Washington and the police officer reached the neighbor’s farm, the neighbor _____.
A. immediately admitted that he had stolen the horse
B. received them warmly
C. said he had lost a horse, too
D. didn’t want to give the horse back to Washington
When Washington asked the neighbor to tell them in which eye the horse was blind, the neighbor _____.
A. didn’t say anything B. knew the horse wasn’t blind at all
C. thought the horse was really blind D. said he had stolen the horse
From the passage, we know _____.
A. Washington was a wise man
B. Washington’s neighbor was cleverer than Washington
C. the police officer was the cleverest of the three
D. all the three men were not very clever
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For the past two decades.
As a New Yorker who has spent two years researching roads and transportation across the United States, 1 am saddened lo see our city falling behind places like downtown Albuquerque, where one-way streets have become more pedestrian-friendly two-way streets, and car lanes are replaced by bike lanes, with bike racks everywhere. Then there is Grand Rapids, Midi. , which has a walk-able downtown with purposely limited parking and is home to a new bus square. In Indianapolis, an urban walking and biking road will soon link inner-city neighborhoods something
We have lost our golden pedestrian touch in New York mostly because we still think about traffic as though it were 1950, and we needed Robert Moses to plow a few giant freeways through town to get the cars moving again. But the fact is that more roads equal more traffic. New Yorkers always find good reasons to drive. Public transportation is dirty, time-consuming, unsafe. Walking takes too long. The children will be late for school. But choosing the car is no longer safe ― for your children who already don’t get enough exercise, for anyone’s lungs or for the future of
72．According to ihe passage, New York _____.
A．used to be a good example for other cities to follow in road design
B．is still an inspiration to other American cities in city design
C．used to have a lot of crimes and the city was too crowded with cars
D．is learning from the rest of
73．It can be inferred from the passage that______.
A．
B．in Albuuuerque, the streets have become one-way streets
C．the city of
D．parking is not allowed in the center of
74．The cause of the present traffic situation in New York is that ______.
A．New Yorkers prefer driving to walking or taking buses
B．taking buses lakes a long lime and is not safe and clean
C．the more roads there are, the more traffic there will be
D．the city of
75．The author of the passage suggests that ______.
A．more freeways be built to get the cars moving again
B．
C．children in New- York schools should walk to schools
D．New Yorkers should replace their cars with bicycles
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