Pearl and June were good friends
and spent most of their time together.
They were both very old and they
worried about their health. Most of the time they talked about nothing else.
They worried about their food.
Was it clean? Would it give them pains in the stomach?
They worried about the weather.
Was it too cold and wet? Would it give them pains in their bones?
They worried about pollution in
the air. would it give them pains in their chests(胸部)and throats(喉咙)?
They worried about being hurt in
a car accident, killed in a plane crash, getting sick, and so on.
All they could think about was
being ill or hurt.
One day they went on a train
journey together.
“We’ll need some food,”Pearl said.
“We’ll buy some bananas,”June said.“They are good
to eat and always clean.”
And so they bought two bananas to
eat on the train.
It was not long before they were
hungry.
Pearl took out the bananas and
gave one to June. Then she peeled(剥)the skin of her banana and took a large bite of
it.
At that moment the train went
into a tunnel. Everything went black.“Don’t
eat your banana,”Pearl shouted at June.“Mine has made me go
blind!”
1.What did the two old ladies talk about most
of the time? _________
A.
Themselves. B. Other
people. C. Healthy
food. D. Dangerous drivers.
2. The old ladies didn’t
want to ______.
A. eat any
bananas
B. travel by train
C. be young
again
D. get sick
3.Pearl ate her banana ________.
A. after they came out of
the tunnel B. at the station
C. before June ate
hers
D. before she was hungry
4. Pearl thought that the banana _______.
A. stopped her from
seeing
B. would make her hungry
C. would make her
ill
D. would be good for June
5.What’s
the best title of the story? __________.
A. What Good
Friends
B. What a Bad Train Journey
C. Bananas Are Good for
You D.
Bananas Are Bad for You