Joe was 18 years old. He was in school (1) ten years. When he left school, his father said to him,“Now you are not a student. Please go to the city and (2) some good work. The people (3) can get (4) money. If you stay in the village, you (5) get more money.”

　　Joe went to an office and (6) work there. A man gave him a piece of paper with some (7) on it. Joe (8) his answers on it quickly, then he gave the paper to the man. The man looked at the answers and asked,“Your birthday was (9) the 6th of July?”“ (10) , sir,”answered Joe.“What year?”“Every year, of course.”

Joe is a taxi driver. Now ,after working for a long time, he is very tired. So he lies down on the chair in his car, and wants to have a sleep.

But a man comes up to his car,and asks , “ Excuse me , what’s the time, please?”

Joe is a little unhappy(不高兴)，but he looks at his watch ,and says , “It’s 10:15.”

The man thanks Joe and goes away.Joe says to himself, “Now I can go back to sleep again.”

But at 10:20,another man comes up and asks the same question, “ Excuse me , sir, what’s the time, please?”

Joe can’t sleep again.He has to tell this man the time. In ten minutes ,four people come to his car and ask the time. He is very friendly ,but he wants to sleep. So he writes “I don’ t know the time .” on a piece of paper and puts the paper outside the window of his car. “Now no one will come and ask me the time.”
But he is wrong!

Look, another man is coming up to his car. He is knocking (敲)loudly at the window of Joe’s car.Joe wakes up (醒来)。

The man says , “It’s 10:50now, sir!”

34. Joe can’t go to sleep because _______ .

A.　　 some people ask him the time .

B.　　 people want to talk to him .

C.　　 people don’t want him to sleep .

D.　　 people know him well .

35. Joe puts the paper outside his car , because _____ .

A.　　 he wants to know the time .

B.　　 he doesn’t want people to ask him the time .

C.　　 he knows someone will tell him the time .

D.　　 he has no watch .

36. When the man tells him the time , Joe is very _____ .

A.　　 angry　 B. happy C. helpful　 D. friendly

“That piece is too   6  ,” the woman said. “Haven’t you got anything bigger?” Joe   7 into the room behind his shop, put the meat into the fridge, took it out again and closed the door    8 a lot of noise. Then he brought the piece of meat to the woman and said, “This piece of meat is bigger and   9   expensive. It’s $8.75.”

“Good,” the woman said with a smile.

“Give me   10   of them, please.”

1. A. sell　　 　　   　　B.buy　　 　　　　   C.bought　　 　　　　　　 D.sold

2. A. came　　 　　　　   B.stood　　 　　　　 C.went     　　　　　　    D.put

3. A. wanted　　 　　    B.need　　 　　　　  C.wants　　 　　　　　　   D.needs

4. A. bowl　　 　　　　    B.is　　 　　　　　　  C.piece　　 　　　　 　　   D.pound

5. A. in　　 　　　　　　    B.out of　　 　　    C.into　　 　　　　　　　　  D.out

6.A. big　　 　　    　　B.bigger　　 　　    C.small　　 　　　　 　　   D.smaller

7. A. went　　 　　　　    B.goes　　    　　   C.go　　 　　　　　　　　    D.runs

8. A. in　　 　　　　　　    B.of　　 　　　　　　 C.with　　 　　　　　　　　 D.by

9. A. most　　 　　　　    B.much　　 　　    C.many　　 　　　　　　   D.more

10. A. all　　 　　　　　　  B.every　　 　　　　 C.both　　 　　　　　　　　 D.each

阅读理解。

　　The Kings are American. They are now in Beijing. It is the first time for them to come to China. So they are going to stay in China for six months.

　　They want to see the nicest places in China. Mr King drives very well. He is driving to see some factories in Beijing. Mrs King teaches in a school in America. She is going to take her daughter Joe to see some Chinese schools and talk to the teachers. Joe wants to have a few Chinese friends.

　　They are going to take many pictures. They are going to show them to their friends when they go back to America. They think the American people may know more about China.

根据文章判断正(T)、误(F)。

1．The Kings come from the USA.

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2．They are going to stay in China for a year.

(　　)

3．Mr King is probably(也许) a worker.

(　　)

4．Mrs King wants to talk to some Chinese teachers.

(　　)

5．They are going to take a lot of pictures because they are good at taking photos.

(　　)