Directions: Read the following passages carefully and answer

Directions: Read the following passages carefully and answer the multiple-choice questions.
Passage (1)
Mrs Brown’s telephone number was 476032, and the number of the cinema（电影院） was 476023, so people often made a mistake and telephone her when they wanted the cinema.
(1) One evening the telephone bell rang and Mrs Brown answered it. A tired man said, “ At what time does your last film begin?”
“I’m sorry,” said Mrs Brown, “but you have the wrong number. This is not the cinema.” “Oh, sorry, it began twenty minutes ago? Goodbye,” said the man.
Mrs Brown was very surprised, so she told her husband. He laughed and said, “The man’s wife wanted to go to the cinema, but he was feeling tired, so he telephoned the cinema. His wife heard him, but she couldn’t hear you. Now they will stay at home this evening, and the husband will be happy.”:
1. Why did people often telephone her while they wanted the cinema?
A.Because the two telephone numbers are the same
B.Because they used the same telephone
C.Because the two telephone numbers looked almost the same
2. Who said that the film had begun twenty minutes before?
A.The man. B. Mrs Brown C.Mr Brown
3. Why did Mrs Brown feel surprised after she answered the telephone?
A.Because the man wanted the cinema.
B.Because she didn’t understand what the man meant.
C.Because she was wrong with her telephone
4. What do you think the man’s wife heard?
A.“I’m sorry, but you have the wrong number.”
B.“This is not the cinema.”
C.“Oh, sorry, it began twenty minutes ago.”
5. Why did the man make the phone call?
A.Because he wanted his wife to see the last film.
B.Because he and his wife both wanted to see the last film.
C.Because he felt tired and wanted to stay at home.

1.C.\x09Because the two telephone numbers looked almost the same
2.A.\x09The man.
3.B.\x09Because she didn’t understand what the man meant.
4.C.\x09“Oh,sorry,it began twenty minutes ago.”
5.C.\x09Because he felt tired and wanted to stay at home.