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英语 阅读理解 (3)A very new,young officer was at a railway station

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英语 阅读理解
(3)A very new,young officer was at a railway station.He was on his way to visit his mother in another town,and he wanted to telephone her and tell her the time of his train so that she could meet him at the station in her car.He looked in all his pockets,but found that he didn’t have the right money for the telephone.So he went outside and looked around for someone to help him.
At last an old soldier came by,and the young officer stopped him and said,“Have you got change for ten pence?”
“Wait a moment,” the old soldier answered,beginning to put his hand in his pocket.“I’ll see whether I can help you.” “Don’t you know how to speak to an officer?” the young man said angrily.“Now let’s start again.Have you got change for ten pence?”
“No,sir.” the old soldier answered quickly.
True or False:
______ 1.The young officer’s mother lived in the same town.
______ 2.He wanted to let her know the time of the train by telephone.
______ 3.The young officer didn’t have any money left in his pockets.
______ 4.He happened to see an old soldier and asked him for help.
______ 5.As the young man was not polite enough,the old soldier wouldn’t give him any help.
(4)
A traveler was staying in an Egyptian village.One day,she held up her camera to take pictures of the children at play.Suddenly the young ones began to shout in protest (反对).
The traveler’s face turned red and she apologized to the head for what she was doing,and told him she had forgotten that people in some places believed a person lost his soul(灵魂)if his picture was taken.She explained to him the operation of a camera for a long time.Several times the head tried to say something,but couldn’t.
When she believed she had put the head’s fear to rest,the traveler then let him speak.With a smile,he said,“The children were trying to tell you that you forgot to take off the lens (镜头)cap!”
True or False:
______ 1.The children shouted when the traveler was taking pictures of them.
______ 2.The traveler was not doing well with her camera when she was taking pictures.
______ 3.The traveler made an apology to the head because the children would lost their souls.
______ 4.The traveler explained how to use a camera to the lead because she wanted the head not to worry about what she was doing.
______ 5.When the head smiled,it’s clear that the traveler didn’t know what the children meant.
True or False:
___F___ 1. The young officer’s mother lived in the same town.
___T___ 2. He wanted to let her know the time of the train by telephone.
___F___ 3. The young officer didn’t have any money left in his pockets.
___T___ 4. He happened to see an old soldier and asked him for help.
____T__ 5. As the young man was not polite enough, the old soldier wouldn’t give him any help.
___T___ 1. The children shouted when the traveler was taking pictures of them.
____T__ 2. The traveler was not doing well with her camera when she was taking pictures.
___T___ 3. The traveler made an apology to the head because the children would lose their souls.
___T___ 4. The traveler explained how to use a camera to the head because she wanted the head not to worry about what she was doing.
___T___ 5. When the head smiled, it’s clear that the traveler didn’t know what the children meant.