passage 11
we walked in so quietly that the nurse at the desk didn't even lift her eyes from the book. mum pointed at a big chair by the door and i knew she wanted me to sit down. while i watched mouth open in surprise. mum took off her hat and coat and gave them ko me to hold. she walked quietly to the small room by the lift and took out a wet mop. she pushed the mop past the desk and as the nurse looked up. mum nodded and said. "very dirty floors."
"yes, i'm glad they've finally decided to clean them, "the nurse answered. she looked at mum strangely and said, "but aren't you working late?"
mum just pushed harder, each sweep (拖一下) of the mop taking her farther and farther down the hall. i watched until she was out of sight and the nurse had turned back to writing in the big book.
after a long time mum came back. her eyes were shining. she quickly put the mop back and took my hand. as we turned to go out of the door, mum bowed politely to the nurse and said, "thank you."
outside, mum told me "dagmar is fine. no fever. “
"you saw her, mum?"
"of course. i told her about the hospital rules, and she will not expect us until tomorrow. dad will stop worrying as well. it's a fine hospital. but such floors! a mop is no good. you need a brush."
1. when she took a mop from the small room what mum really wanted to do was_______.
a. to clean the floor
b. to please the nurse
c. to see a patient
d. to surprise the story-teller
答案：c 指导：这是一道推理题。从表面上看，拿拖把当然是拖地。但是读到最后，我们就知道妈妈拖地的目的是探视病人。因此正确答案是c
2. when the nurse talked to mum she thought mum was a_______.
a. nurse b. visitor c. patient d. cleaner
答案：d 指导：从值班护土与妈妈的对话中，我们看出护士没有拦妈妈，因为她认为妈妈是清洁工。所以正确答案是d.
3. after reading the story what can we infer about the hospital?
a. it is a children's hospital.
b. it has strict rules about visiting hours.
c. the conditions there aren't very good.
d. the nurse and doctors there don't work hard.
答案：b指导：这是一道推理题。根据妈妈为了探视病人，煞费苦心地扮成清洁工这一点，我们可以推断出这个医院的制度非常严格。因此正确答案是b.
4. from the text we know that dagmar is most likely________.
a. the story-teller's sister
b. the story-teller's classmate
c. mum's friend
d. dad's boss
答案：a 指导：根据妈妈与“我”的对话，“dagmar”应该是个孩子，妈妈还提到爸爸也不用担心了，因此我们可以推断妈妈探视的病人应该是“我”的妹妹，所k2je确答案是a.
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