2017年9月公共英语一级阅读理解模拟试题（1）

I found myself facing a dry-cleaning store which had once been one of the best restaurants in New York. On Sundays the old man would take my mother and me for dinner. There had been a balcony(走廊)where a baker (面包师)in a tall white hat baked fresh bread ,　 and been whenever a customer entered,　 the baker would look down and put in a fresh batch(一炉).I could see the manager who always sat down with us while we ate .He had some disease ,　I suppose,　 because the right side of his face was swollen (肿的)out like a balloon ,　but he always wore a hard wing collar and a white tie ,　 and never seemed sick .A Negro with a moustache was looking through the store window at me .For a moment I was anxious to go and tell him what I remembered. I did not go into the store ,　 nor even toward our house ,　I went down town instead and sat in my room ,　 trying to read.

49. Why did the writer stop in front of the store?

A. He wanted to take some clothes to be cleaned.

B. He was thinking about his boyhood.

C. He was looking for a good place to eat.

D. He wanted to buy some fresh bread.

50. In America "old man" probably means _______.

A. uncle B. grandfather C. father D. friend

51. What did the writer do when he walked away from the dry-cleaning store?

A. He stopped thinking about his childhood.

B. He went to the field where the children were playing.

C. He went into the restaurant . D. He returned to the room where he was staying.

参考答案：

BCD