Lesson 5 No wrong numbers 无错号之虞 Mr. James Scott has a garage in Silbury and now he has just bought another garage in Pinhurst. Pinhurst is only five miles from Silbury, but Mr. Scott cannot get a telephone for his new garage, so he has just bought twelve pigeons. Yesterday, a pigeon carried the first message from Pinhurst to Silbury. The bird covered the distance in three minutes. Up to now, Mr. Scott has sent a great many requests for spare parts and other urgent messages from one garage to the other. In this way, he has begun his own private 'telephone' service. Comprehension 1 Mr. Scott hasn't got a telephone in his new garage because _________ (a) it isn't far from his old garage, so he doesn't need one (b) he has twelve pigeons (c) he can't get one (d) it's too expensive 2 Mr. Scott keeps pigeons because __________ (a) he uses them to send messages (b) it's his hobby (c) he has two garages (d) he likes them Structure 3 Mr. Scott has a garage. The garage is ________ (a) to him (b)of him (c) of his (d) his 4 Mr. Scott cannot get a telephone for his garage. _________he has just bought twelve pigeons. (a) That's so (b) That's why (c) Because (d) For 5 He has just bought twelve pigeons. When did he _________ them (a) bought (b) buys (c) buy (d) buying 6 What's the distance from Pinhurst to Silbury How ______ is Pinhurst ___ Silbury (a) long ago ... until (b) long ... away (c) away ... till (d) far ... from 7 The pigeon flew from one garage to the other ________ three minutes. (a) in (b) into (c) with (d) on Vocabulary 8 Mr. Scott has a garage in Silbury. His ________ garage is in Pinhurst. (a) another (b) other (c) else (d) different 9 Mr. Scott can't get a telephone. Te1ephones are hard to ________ (a) take (b) receive (c) obtain (d) find 10 He has sent requests for spare parts. He has __________ spare parts. (a) asked (b) asked for (c) begged (d) pleased 11 Urgent messages are important, so they must be sent ________ (a) quickly (b) slow1y (c) by hand (d) largely 12 Mr. Scott' s 'telephone service' is private. It is _________ (a) general (b) spare (c) secret (d) his own 本文来源：https://www.wddqw.com/doc/49ff77bda88271fe910ef12d2af90242a995ab9a.html