We drink tea every day. But more than three hundred years ago most of the people in Europe (欧洲) did not know anything about tea. Some people heard about it, but very few of them know what to do with it.
　There is a story about an English sailor (水手) who went to countries in the east, the west and the south. He went to India and China. One day he came home and brought some tea as a present for his mother. She told her friends about the present and asked them to a "tea party". When her friends came to the "tea party", the old woman gave them brown tea-leaves. The old woman's friends began to eat them. Of course, nobody liked the tea-leaves.
　At that time the sailor came in. He looked at the table and said, "Mother，what did you do with the tea?"
　"I boiled it，as you said."
　"And what did you do with the water?"
　"I threw it away(扔掉)，of course." answered the old woman.
　"Now you may throw away the leaves，too，" said her son.
【小题1】Most of the people in Europe ___300 years ago.

Nobody knew who was the first ________ at school that morning when the window was broken.

A．arriving           B．arrived           C．to arrive          D．have arrived

One day, Tomas Jefferson, the president of the USA, was crossing a river with a group of travelers. The river was overflowing its banks. So it was very dangerous to cross it on a horse. Each man was fighting for his life! Then another traveler came and he wanted to cross it, too. But he didn’t have a horse. He watched the group and then asked Jefferson to take him. Jefferson agreed immediately. The man climbed on. After they were both safe to the other side of the river, someone asked the man, “Why did you ask present for help? Did you know him?” The man was shocked because he didn’t know Jefferson was the president. “All I know,” he said, “on some of your faces were written the answer NO, but there was the answer YES on his face.”

1. 1.

   Who was Tomas Jefferson?

   1. A.
      He was a businessman.       
   2. B.
      He was a teacher.
   3. C.
      He was a captain.           
   4. D.
      He was the president of the US
2. 2.

   How did they cross the river?

   1. A.
      In a boat.
   2. B.
      On their horses.
   3. C.
      By swimming.
   4. D.
      By building a bridge.
3. 3.

   When the group were crossing the river, ________.

   1. A.
      water was flowing out of the river
   2. B.
      it was windy and very cold
   3. C.
      there were many empty boats in the river
   4. D.
      everyone wrote a word on the face
4. 4.

   At last, __________.

   1. A.
      both Jefferson and the man were safe to cross the river
   2. B.
      only Jefferson crossed the river
   3. C.
      only the man crossed the river
   4. D.
      Jefferson’s horse died
5. 5.

   From the passage, we know that _________.

   1. A.
      all the travelers were kind
   2. B.
      Jefferson was helpful
   3. C.
      nobody knew the president
   4. D.
      the man gave Jefferson some money

Sara kept the secret to ________ and nobody knew about it.

At two o’clock a bank robber stole in. “This is a hold-up,” the man said loudly. He took a gun from under his jacket, pointing to George. “Hand it over!” George reached into his money-box and took all the bills from the top part --- close to six thousand dollars. The robber took them and turned to leave. Then, while everyone watched the robber, George calmly lifted the top part of the money-box, took bills from the bottom part and put them into his own pocket secretly. The door was shut and the bank robber was gone. George fainted（晕倒）. As soon as he was safely behind his bedroom door, George counted the money. He had eight thousand dollars. He was very happy.

The next morning, while the others were checking the bank’s records, George was asked to go to Mr. Burrow’s office and was introduced to Mr. Carruthers, who used to be president of the bank.

　　“Good morning, George, I was sorry to give you a hard time yesterday, but with all the banks being robbed these days I thought it would be a good idea to prove that our small bank can be robbed, too. I have retired （退休）, but I am always thinking of our bank. That’s why I played my little game yesterday, just to keep everyone on his toes（趾）. Now, I have put the money back in your money-box all six thousand.”

1. Which of the following do you think is TRUE?

2.Why was George asked to go to Mr. Burrow’s office?

3. In this article “to keep everyone on his toes” means _________.

4. Which sentence can be used to end this story?