英语B-阅读理解

When Mr. Watson came back from his office that evening, the car was in the usual place outside the home. He examined it carefully to see whether it was broken and found two tickets on one of the seats, and a letter which said, “We are sorry we took your car because of something important. The two tickets are for you to enjoy yourselves at the weekend.”

Mr. and Mrs. Watson went to the theatre with the two tickets on Saturday night and they had a good time. When they got home, they found that thieves had taken almost everything they had in their home.

1）、Mr. Watson usually went away from his car on Thursday night.

For example, I always used to take the car when I went to fetch the papers on Sunday mornings, although our newsagent's is only 10 minutes' walk away. Now I go on foot. 

I tell myself that I'm not only saving the gas but keeping fit at the same time. It's all a question of habit really. I'm sure you can get used to anything if you try and already feel that I rely on the car less than I used to.

Besides, now that we live in the suburbs, I can walk down the road and catch a bus to the office or to any part of the town. We used to live in the country about 15 miles from town and then I would frequently drive to and from twice in one day. That meant I would use 15 gallons of oil or more in a week. Now I only need half that amount. 

The trouble is that I am also getting used to the gas prices. They don't seem very high to me any more. Perhaps it is easier to get used to expensive gas than it is to doing without the car.  

1）、When the prices of gas doubled this year, the author decided to use the car only when he had to.

"You should reconsider your decision," I said. "You have already spent five years in the bank and you could have a wonderful career. You might become a bank manager by the time you're thirty-five. "

"I know," Henry answered. "I've got no complaints with the bank. It's a pleasant job in pleasant surroundings. The bank manager told me that my prospects（前程） were excellent.

"Then why do you want to leave?" I answered.

"It's the money," Henry said.

"But you're getting a good salary," I answered.

"I don't mean that," Henry said. "What do I do at the bank? Well, at the moment all I do is to count money. I find it very depressing（令人沮丧的）. "

"What's depressing about counting money?" I asked, unable to follow the logic（逻辑） of Henry's argument.

"You don't understand," Henry answered. "I enjoy counting my own money, but I hate counting other people's!"

1）、Henry's decision was that he would spend more time on his job.

Some people are glad about these new ways of shopping and communicating. Others do not think that computers will replace our old ways. 

Let's look at books，for example. Some people think that one day we will not read books made of paper. Instead，we will buy and read books using computers. We will read texts on small pocket computers. The computers will keep many different books in them at the same time. We won't need to turn lots of pages and paper will be saved. Computerized (计算机化的) books will be used more and more. 

Is Internet shopping such a pleasure as going to the shop? Many people say it is not. It is a pleasure to go into shops and look at things you want to buy. Also probably people won't like to read large texts on our computers. Because paper books seem to be more friendly. Maybe computers won't change these two habits. 

1）、In the first paragraph it is thought that people will use computers to play games，go shopping and make telephone calls.