Mr. King is a tall and strong man. He teaches P.E. in a middle school. He has a long beard (胡子)and takes care of it.

It was Sunday yesterday. There was a big football match of the year on the playground in the centre of the city. Mr. King likes the games very much and of course he was going to watch it. With his friends’ help he got a ticket a few days ago. After breakfast he hurried to the bus stop, but a lot of people were waiting there. A bus came. There were lots of people on it and it was difficult for them to put their feet. He had to grip(抓住)the back of the chair. At the next stop a boy got on the bus. He was short and couldn’t grip anything. Suddenly the bus stopped and the boy was likely to fall off. He looked around and saw Mr. King’s beard and gripped it. The man found it at once and called out,“Go off(松开)my beard, boy!”

“Are you going to get off, sir?”asked the boy.            

1.Mr. King is a _________.

2.Mr. King was going to watch the match because _________.

3.It was difficult for Mr. King to stand because _________.

4.The boy gripped Mr. King’s beard because __________.

5.Mr. King was afraid __________, so he shouted at him.

Sam is twenty-seven now. He’s tall and strong. He worked hard in the small field. He’s known a girl called Mabel for three years, who lives in another village. He wishes she could marry him soon, but she won’t marry him until he has built a new house. He hasn’t enough money. Of course it’s difficult for him to do so.
Winter had come and the fields were covered with thick snow. Sam had nothing to do at home. Mabel told him to find some temporary employment in the town. He thought she was right and came to Mr White’s factory, where he carried stones from the hill to the workplaces. It was hard work but he was paid more. At the end of the month Mr White paid the young man nearly two thousand dollars. He was very happy. He hurried to the post office, but it was closed. He had a look at the clock on the wall. It was half past five, and he was told to go there the next morning. He had to return to the factory. He felt hungry and went into a restaurant and ate something. He didn’t see a thief following him, and as soon as he sat at table, the man sat down next to him and asked him to drink a cup with him. He agreed and drank a lot. And when he woke up two hours later, his money was stolen. He was sad of it and cried for a long time.
The following day Mr White saw the young man’s eyes were red and asked what had happened to him. He told him about it and at last he said, “I worked for the thief last month!”
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【小题1】Mabel doesn’t marry Sam because _______.

“Ring… ring…” the telephone suddenly rang. Sam got up to   the call. It was his aunt. “Sam,    are you still at home?” she asked surprisingly. Sam 1ooked at the clock. It was already 7:30 a.m. “Oh, my goodness! There’s an important   today,” Sam shouted out. He hurried to wash his face and get   . When he was going to leave the house, he    that he didn’t put away his books. He ran quickly to the   and put them into the bag. He then went to the bus stop to go to school as  as he could. When he got into the classroom, his classmates were    writing. “Why are you so  ?” asked the teacher. “I’m sorry, sir,” Sam answered, afraid of looking   . “It was my clock. It   to wake me up this morning and ...” “Don't say anything about it,” his teacher     him. “Don’t try to come late next time!” Sam said yes and walked to his  quickly. But when he tried to do the paper, he could not   in a right way. He put his head on the desk and said, “What a     day it was for me!”

1.A. find            B. give            C. put              D. answer

2.A. why           B. how            C. when            D. where

3.A. talk            B. party           C. exam          D. meeting

4.A. tired           B. lost            C. dressed          D. rested

5.A. forgot       B. remembered     C. understood         D. thought

6.A. classroom     B. desk             C. bus              D. door

7.A. carefully        B. quietly           C. early             D. fast

8.A. worried         B. free            C. busy            D. careful

9.A. 1ate            B. ill             C. lonely           D. ready

10.A. down         B. up             C. out              D. back

11.A. happened        B. stopped        C. failed           D. pointed

12.A. helped          B. knew       C. followed         D. stopped

13.A. room         B. table          C. seat             D. teacher

14.A. think        B. sit          C. turn            D. speak

15.A. short       B. bad          C. happy          D. usual

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Mr. Smith works in New York. Last month he had a fifteen-day holiday, but he didn’t know where to spend it. He spoke to his friend Bill,“I   1  the hot weather, but I can’t find a cool place in America. How should I spend my holiday?”

“That’s easy, ” said Bill, “You’d   2  to Moscow. Snow and ice are covering the ground now. ”

Mr. Smith agreed   3  his friend. He bought an air ticket and soon   4  Moscow. He had a happy trip there, but one day he   5 . After lunch he went outside the city, he saw a dog  6  him while he   7  past(走过) a house. The dog was hungry and wished him to give it some food to eat. Bad luck! He had no piece of bread or cake in his pockets. He tried to drive it away. But it began to bark at(对……大叫) him. He wanted to look for a stick but he couldn’t find anything   8  snow and ice. Suddenly he saw a stone on the ground. He hurried to  9 but failed.

“How strange Russians are!” Mr. Smith said to himself, “They don’t tie dogs, but firmly (紧紧地)  10  the stones. My God!”

1.                A．like            B．unlike          C．not like   D．hate

2.                A．would go       B．would not go     C．better go D．better to go

3.                A．to             B．with           C．at   D．about

4.                A．arrived in       B．arrive in        C．reach    D．reached in

5.                A．made a mistake   B．get into trouble   C．got into trouble D．find the trouble

6.                A．to follow        B．is following      C．followed D．following

7.                A．was walking     B．walked         C．was crossing   D．crossed

8.                A．except         B．besides         C．beside   D．without

9.                A．picked it up     B．picked up it      C．pick it up  D．pick up it

10.               A．tied           B．lied            C．tie   D．lie

The sun went down when an old man came to a small mountain village with a heavy bag. He found an inn(小旅馆) and wanted to stay there for the night.

After he had gone to his room, the owner of the inn said to his wife, “Look at his heavy bag, dear! I’m sure there’re a lot of valuable(贵重的) things. I want to steal it when he’s asleep tonight.” “No, no,” said his wife. “He must look for his bag tomorrow morning. Then he’ll take you to the police station.”

They thought hard and at last the woman had an idea. “We have forgetful grass,” said the woman. “Why not put some into his food? If he has the food, he’ll forget to take his bag away tomorrow morning.” “How clever you are!” said the owner, “don’t forget it when you cook supper for him.”

The old man had the food with forgetful grass and went to bed. The next morning, when the owner got up, he found the door was open and the old man had left. He looked for the bag for a long time, but he didn’t find it. He hurried to wake his wife up and said angrily, “What a fool! Your forgetful grass isn’t useful at all!”

“No, no,” said the woman. “I don’t think so. He must forget something.”

“Oh, I’ve remembered!” the owner called out suddenly, “He forgot to pay us the bill!”

1. The old man carried __________ when he got into the inn.

    A. a large camera                   B. a heavy bag

    C. an umbrella                    D. a heavy basket

2. What did the owner want to do?  _________________

    A. He wanted to call the police.         

 B. He wanted to kill the old man.

    C. He wanted to steal the old man’s bag.

  D. He wanted to invite the old man to dinner.

3. The old woman put _____________ into the old man’s food.

    A. some sleeping pills           B. some pepper

    C. some beef                 D. forgetful grass

4. The next morning the owner found ____________.

    A. the old man left his bag in the inn   B. the bag was still there

    C. the old man had died         D. the old man had gone with his bag

5. The old man forgot to __________________.

    A. pay the owner the bill                B. take his bag

    C. look at the time                   D. say goodbye to the owner