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　　“You will have to take care of the baby today.”a woman tells her husband. “I am not feeling well.”

　　“Then you must stay in bed and rest, dear,” her husband says, “I will be pleased to look after our baby.”

　　“Thank you, I will have a quiet day and I will soon get better,” his wife tells him.

“Shall I go shopping for you, too?” her husband says.

　　She is very pleased and says, “That will help me a lot, I will give you a list of things to buy.”

　　She writes out the list and gives it to him.

　　“You can get all the things at the supermarket.” She says.

　　“You can put the baby in the shopping cart(手推车), so you won't have to leave him outside.”

　　The man takes the baby to the supermarket and puts him in the shopping cart. Then he pushes the shopping cart along the rows of things to buy and looks for those that are on his list.

　　At first all are well, but then the baby begins to cry.

　　Then he starts to scream (大声喊叫).

　　And scream! And scream!

　　“Keep quiet, Tom.” The man says.“Don't get excited. Don't shout, Tom. Don't lose your temper, Tom.”

　　A woman in the supermarket hears him saying these things. She walks up to him. “I think you are wonderful,” she says,“You are so patient (有耐心的) with your little Tom.”

　　“Madam,”the man says,“I'm Tom. He is Edward.”

(1)Why does the man take care of the baby?

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A．It's his turn.

B．His wife isn't well.

C．His wife isn't at home.

D．He always looks after the baby.

(2)Why does the man take the baby to the supermarket? Because ________.

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A．he has to go shopping

B．he wants to show the baby to his friends.

C．he wants to give the baby a ride in a shopping cart.

D．the baby likes to go to the supermarket.

(3)What does the baby do in the supermarket? He ________.

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A．pushes the shopping cart

B．loses his temper

C．makes a lot of noise

D．helps his father

(4)Who is the man telling to keep quiet? ________.

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(5)Tom's wife isn't feeling very ________.

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Mr. White lives in a village. He has a big farm and he is the richest there. He has pigs, chicks, cows and sheep .He works in the fields with some workers and his wife has to do all the housework at home. So she is very busy and often asks her husband to employ a girl to help her, but he doesn’t agree.

“There’re so many chicks, dear,” said the women one day,” I can’t look after them at all.” That’s easy,’ said Mr. White，”Mr. Black’s farm is nest to ours. We’d better make a few holes in the walls and our chicks will go to his farm though them and eat his vegetables.’’

“That’s a good idea!” The women said happily.

Soon Mr. Black found it. He told the Whites about it, they promised they would stop their chicks doing it, but they didn’t keep their promises at all. The man thought for a while and found a way. He put nearly twenty eggs near the holes one afternoon. And that evening when he was counting his chicks, he called out in his farm,”Oh, I’m lucky today! I have found twenty eggs in my farm.’’

Of course, the woman saw it herself, and the next morning Mr. Black found all the holes had been stopped up.

(  ) 31.Mr White’s farm and Mr. Black’s farm were_________.

     A. in different villages            B. in different towns 

C. far from each other            D. next to each other

(  ) 32.Mrs White is busy because___________.

     A. she has a few farms.          B. she has to do much housework.

     C. she has to help her husband.   D. she isn’t strong enough to do all.

(  ) 33. Mr. White doesn’t agree with his wife because_______.

A.  he has little money to emply a helper for his wife.

B.   he thinks his wife is very lazy.

C.  he tries his best to save money.

D.  He has enough time to help his wife.

(  ) 34. Mr. White made some holes in the walls to_________.

A.  let his chicks go to Mr. Black’s farm.

B.   let his chicks to lay some eggs in Mr. Black’s farm.

C.  make Mr. Black angry.

D.  Watch his chicks.

(  )35. The Whites thought_________，so they stopped up the holes in the walls.

A.Mr Black will kill their chicks  

B. their chicks laid the eggs outside

C. Mr. Black’s chicks would go to their farm 

 D. Mr. Black would tell the police about it

阅读理解．

　　Mr Green lives in a village. He has a few farms and is the richest there. And he has pigs, chicks, cows and sheep. He works in the fields with some workers, and his wife has to do all housework at home. So she's very busy and asks her husband to employ a girl to help her, but he doesn't agree.

　　“There're so many chicks, dear,” said the woman one day, “I can't look after them at all.”

　　“That's easy,” said Mr Green. “There's Mr Black's farm outside our enclosure walls and the chicks. We'd better make a few holes in the walls and chicks will go to his farm through them and eat his vegetables.”

　　“That's a good idea!” the woman said happily.

　　And soon Mr Black knew about it. He told Mr Green and his wife about it. They promised they would stop their chicks doing it but they didn't keep their promises at all. The man thought for a while and found a way. He put nearly twenty eggs near the holes one afternoon. And that evening, when Mrs Green was counting her chicks, he cried out in his farm, “Oh, I'm lucky today! I've found twenty eggs in my farm.”

　　Of course, the woman saw it herself. And the next morning Mr Black found all the holes had been stopped up(堵死).

1．The Greens and the Blacks live ________.

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A．in the different villages

B．in the same town

C．far from each other

D．next to each other

2．Mrs Green is busy because ________.

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A．she has a few farms

B．she has to do much housework

C．she has to help her husband

D．she isn't strong enough to do all

3．Mr Green doesn't agree with his wife because ________.

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A．he has little money to employ a helper for his wife

B．he thinks his wife is very lazy

C．he tries his best to save money

D．he has enough time to help her to do some housework

4．Mr Green made some holes in the walls to ________.

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A．let his chicks go to Mr Black's farm

B．lay(产) some eggs in Mr Black's fields

C．make Mr Black angry

D．watch his chicks

5．The Greens thought ________, so they stopped up the holes night.

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A．Mr Black would kill their chicks

B．their hens laid the eggs in Mr Black's fields

C．Mr Black's chicks would go to their farms

D．Mr Black would tell the police about it