Mr．Smith was in trouble those days．He drove a car for Mr．Black，a rich businessman．He worked hard and the shopkeeper liked him．But he couldn't work when he drank too much．Once he almost fell into the river when he drove along the bridge．Mr．Black became angry and was going to send him away．Mr．Smith had a big family and was afraid of it and promised he would stop drinking at once．The man told him to wait to be dealt with．
One Monday mornng Mr．Smith came into the office with two badly burnt ears．"What happened to your ears？"asked Mr．Black．
"Well，"said the man，"I went to watch a football match yesterday while my wife was ironing clothes．She had put the iron near the telephone before she went to cook supper．Our team lost the game and I felt sorry for it．As soon as I went in the sitting-room，the phone rang and I answered the iron!""And what happened to the other ear？""When I put the iron down on the table，the telephone rang again!"


______ ，so he almost drove the car into the river

A. Mr．Smith was not careful
B. Mr．Smith drank too much
C. Mr．Smith，forgot they were on the bridge
D. Mr．Smith couldn't work in the evening

Mr．Smith went to watch the football match on ______ ．

A. Monday
B. Tuesday
C. Saturday
D. Sunday

We can guess ______

A. Mr．Smith drank much after the match
B. Mr．Smith was angry with his team
C. Mr．Smith didn't drink those days
D. Mr．Smith watched the match at home

The ______ badly burned Mr．Smith's ears．

A. telephone
B. drinking
C. iron
D. irons

What would happen to Mr．Smith？ ______

A. He would go on driving for Mr．Black．
B. He would join in a football team．
C. He would never watch any matches．
D. He would be sent away by Mr．Black．