“Oh, no!" the beggar answered quickly. “I had to pay for your lunch, but I’m not going to pay for your taxi home!"

　　Notes: (1)beggar/`beg/ n.乞丐 (2)coin/kIn/n. 硬幣 (3)bill /bIl/n.帳單

　　1.What kind of man was the artist?

　　2.What did he do to the first beggar?

　　3.What did the artist forget when he invited another beggar to have lunch with him?

　　4.Who paid for the meal?

　　5.What did the artist want to do at last?

　　6.Why didn’t the beggar go home with the artist?

　　中考英語閱讀提升練習答案：

　　1.The artist is a kind man.

　　2.He gave his last few coins to the first beggar.

　　3.He forgot that he had no money then.

　　4.The beggar paid for the bill.

　　5.He wanted to return the beggar the money when he got home.

　　6.Because he wouldn’t pay for the taxi.

　　中考英語閱讀提升練習2：

　　Two old men，Bob and Alf，were waiting in line outside the stadium(體育場).They were waiting to get into watch a football game.

　　They were both poor and could not buy tickets for seats in the best part of the stadium.They were standing in line to get into the cheapest section(部分).

　　They both liked football.Every week they watched the game.Today when they got to the gate of the stadium，a man was checking the tickets.Bob showed his ticket and went in.Alf started looking for his ticket，first in his trousers pockets，then in his jacket pockets and his shirt pockets.The man became angry.

　　“What's that in your mouth?he asked.

　　“Oh，it's my ticket.I knew I had it somewhere.”

　　He took the ticket out of his mouth and showed it to the man at the gate.

　　“OK....OK....?the man at the gate said.“You can go in.?

　　When Alf went in side the stadium， Bob said，“That's not the place to keep your ticket.?

　　“Yes，but when I took the old ticket out of my mouth，the date came off(脫落)too!”

　　1)Alf was poor and Bob was rich.( )

　　2)Both of them liked football games.( )

　　3)Alf really didn't know where he put his ticket.( )

　　4)Bob bought a ticket.( )

　　5)Alf didn't buy the ticket，he had an old one.( )

　　中考英語閱讀提升練習答案：

　　1)F 2)T 3)F 4)T 5)T