Put in the simple past form of the verbs in brackets

　　Last week my sister lend me her new cookery(烹饪)book. Yesterday I ________(sit) in my kitchen and read it. Then I went to the shops and ________(buy) some eggs, flour and other things. I came home again and ________(begin) to make a cake. I put it in the oven(烤箱).

　　A few minutes later the telephone rang. It ________(be) my sister.

　　We talked and talked. I ________(forget) about the cake. At last I said goodbye. “Something is burning!” I ________(think), and I ________(run) to the kitchen. My beautiful cake now became black and tasted terrible.

Answer the following questions according to the story above

(1)What book did I borrow from my sister?

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(2)Where did I read the book?

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(3)What happened to the cake?

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Read and answer the questions

Mr. Brown had a big bookstore. Every day many people pulled his front door and stopped to ask him, “What time is it, please?” After a few months, Mr. Brown said to himself, “I will not answer all those people. I am going to buy a big clock and put it in front of my shop.” But later, a lot of people still stopped every day, looked at the clock and asked, “Is that clock right?”

(1)Where did Mr. Brown work?

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(2)What did the people ask Mr. Brown about?

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(3)Did Mr. Brown want to answer their questions?

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(4)What did he do then?

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(5)What happened at last?

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Read the passage and choose the correct answer

　　Every morning John goes to work by train. Because he has a long way, he always buys a newspaper. It helps to make the time pass quickly.

　　One Tuesday morning, he turned to the sports page. He wanted to read the report about an important football game the night before. The team of his town won the game. The report was so interesting that he forgot to get off at his station. He didn't know it until he saw the sea. He got off at the next station and had to wait a long time for a train to go back. Of course, he arrived very late at the office. His boss(老板)was very angry with him when John told him why he was late for work. “Work is more important than football!” the boss shouted.

(1)The story happened ________.

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A．every morning

B．one Tuesday morning

C．at a station

D．at the office

(2)Why does John always buy a newspaper on his way to work? Because ________.

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A．he enjoys reading newspapers

B．he wants to write something for a newspaper

C．he wants to make time pass quickly

D．he wants to read the report about football games

(3)According to(根据)the story, we know ________.

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A．it's far from John's home to the office

B．it's not far from John's home to the office

C．John's house is near the office

D．John's house is near to the office

(4)Why was the boss angry with John? Because ________________.

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A．the team of his town won the game

B．he had a long way

C．he was late for work

D．he went to work by train

(5)The boss didn't think ________.

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A．work was more important than football

B．football was more important than work

C．the report was interesting

D．John arrived very late