Tom is short. Jim is shorter. (合并为一句)

　　Jim is ___________ ____________ Tom.

阅读短文，完成下面句子.

　　Tom is very good at his lessons at school. So his teachers like him very much. But he is not clean. His face and hands are often dirty. He doesn't like washing his hands and face. When his parents ask him to wash them. He washes them with water only. He does not like soap very much.

　　Tom has an uncle. One day his uncle comes to see him. He looks at and says,“Tom,I know what you ate for breakfast this morning.”

　　“What?”Tom asks,

　　“Eggs”,says his uncle.“Your face and mouth tell me that.”

　　“You're wrong, uncle”,says Tom.“Not today or yesterday(昨天),but the day before yesterday.”

　

(1)Tom does ________ ________ his lessons.

(2)Tom has one short coming,that is Tom is often ________.

(3)The near synonym(近义词) of say in the passage is ________.

(4)Tom had eggs ________ ________ ________ ________.

(5)One day his uncle ________ ________ meet him.

Read and tell true (T) or false (F).

　　Tom is a student. He likes zoology（动物学）very much. Last term he thought he could do well in it in the final exam（期末考试）because he worked hard all the term. But when they had the exam, the teacher only took a birdcage（鸟笼）with a bird in it to the classroom. The birdcage was covered with（被……覆盖）a piece of cloth（布）. The students could only see the bird's legs and feet. The teacher said,“Please write down the bird's name. This is our exam.”

　　Tom was very angry because he didn't know the name of the bird. So he gave his paper to the teacher without writing his name. The teacher said to him,“What's your name, please?”Tom stood there, showed one of his legs to the teacher, and said,“Look! What's my name? Do you know?”

(1)Tom was a student and liked zoology.

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(2)Last term Tom didn't work hard.

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(3)Tom was angry because he didn't like the bird in the birdcage.

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(4)When the teacher saw a man's legs, he could know his name.

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(5)Tom was a bad student, but he had a good teacher.

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　　Mr. Brown wants to live near his workplace. Mrs. Brown wants a house with four bedrooms. The Browns’ children don't care what the house is like as long as the garden is big enough. Ann, their daughter has always wanted to work in a restaurant. She thinks it is an exciting place. It's hard work but she isn’t lazy. You have to work on Saturdays and Sundays, but you get other days off. It’s not very well paid. But who cares about money？

　　Tom is a middle school student. He is twelve years old. He stops school at half past three, so he has plenty of time to finish his homework.

　　Jack, Mr. Brown's brother, is looking for a room to rent. He doesn't care what color the walls are or how old the furniture (家具) is. He is getting ready for his drawing. So the house must be quiet.

56.Why didn't the Browns buy the house in Advertisement One？

A. It was on the north side of town.     B. There weren’t enough bedrooms.

C. There was no dining room.          D. The garden was too big.

57. Why does Ann want to get the job in the restaurant？

A. It’s an easy job.                 B. The place is good and the food is free.

C. She thinks it will be interesting.    D. She can get long holidays.

58. Why can't Tom play for the new football team？

A. He's not old enough.            B. It’s in a different village.

C. School stops too late.            D. He has to do his homework.

59. What's wrong with the room for Jack in Advertisement Four？

A. It's too small.                    B. The walls are the wrong color.

C. The man likes old furniture better.    D. It's too noisy.

60. What does the sentence “All meals free” mean？

A. Waiters can have the meals at any time.

B. Waiters can have the meals in the restaurant without paying money.

C. Customers can have the meals freely.

D. Waiters need to pay for their meals.

　　A little boy comes to a new town. His name is Tom. Of course he lives with his father and mother. His family is very rich. They have a cook and have lots of servants（仆人）.

　　Tom is going to a new school. On the first day, his mother says to him, “Tom, be modest（谦虚）in your new school. Don't say we are rich.” Tom says, “Yes, Mum.”

　　So Tom goes to school. He meets his new teacher, and he sits down with other children. The teacher says, “Good morning, children. The first exercise today is a composition（作文）about your family. So every child writes a composition. This is Tom's:

　　My name is Tom. My family is very poor（穷）. And my father and mother are poor. The cook is very poor. And all the other servants are poor, too.”

(1)Tom lives with his ________ in a new town.

[　　]

A．father

B．mother

C．parents

(2)Tom ________ goes to the new school before.

[　　]

A．always

B．sometimes

C．never

(3)Tom's mother tells Tom to be ________ in the new school.

[　　]

A．kind

B．modest

C．funny

(4)All the children write the composition ________.

[　　]

A．in class

B．after school

C．at home

(5)Tom wants to tell his teacher that his family is very ________.

[　　]

A．poor

B．rich

C．big