3. An Amusing Acting

1.Which of the following proverbs suits the gist of the story best?

A)He laughs best, who laughs last.

B)Speech is silver, but silence is golden.

C)Look before you help.

D)Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched.

2.The play in which the two actors took part______.

A)had had a highly successful run of twenty years

B)was about the plight of a nobleman

C)ended with the imprisonment of the aristocrat

D)had been performed so often that audiences were bored by it

3.When the aristocrat was presented with a blank sheet of paper______.

A)he improvised t he words which he had forgotten

B)the gaoler was eagerly waiting to take the aristocrat’s part

C)he pretended that the light was not good enough for him to read by

D)he asked the gaoler to fetch him some glasses

4.The gaoler decided to______his colleague(同事).

A)have a joke with

B)play a trick on

C)laugh at

D)make fun of

5.The gaoler ran off the stage because______.

A)he went to get his glasses

B)he has made a mistake by taking a blank letter

C)he was angry

D)he went to get the usual copy of the letter