John lives on a farm. The farm is not very big. His parents grow rice and corn. They don’t use animals to do farm work any more. Today they use a tractor(拖拉机). It works faster and better. After he does his work in the fields, he likes to sit and look at the blue sky and the green hills. He thinks the country is more beautiful than the city. In the city, he can’t hear the animals. In the country, he can hear birds singing. He likes to play with his dog, Cody. Cody is a very interesting dog. He likes to follow people. When they stop, he stops.
When they walk, he walks. John thinks Cody is the best dog of all.
【小题1】John’s parents are ________.

Something interesting always happens（发生） in our life. John is a doorman(看门人) of a club in a big city. Every day hundreds of people pass his door and a lot of them stop and say to him, “①What’s the time, please?”
A few days later, John thinks, “②I don’t want to      this same（相同的） question, I’m going to the shop and        a big clock. Then I’m going to put it up on the wall here.” He buys a clock and puts it up on the wall.
“③No people are going to ask me the time again,” he says happily. But after that, a lot of people also stop every day, look at the clock and say to John, “Is that clock right?”
【小题1】写出划线部分①的同义句。                                    
【小题2】在②句的空白处分别填入一个适当的词使句意完整、上下文通顺。                
【小题3】将句③译成中文。                                
【小题4】What’s John’s job?                                   
【小题5】找出或写出最能表达该短文主题的句子：                

"Come and have a dinner with me on Thursday," says John.

“But I don’t know where your house is,” says Henry.

“It’s easy,” says John. “There’s no problem. You get off(下车) the bus. Then, you cross the street. You take the first on the left, and you walk for five minutes. Then you come to a big tree about a hundred metres down this street, there is a big red house. You go past the big red house. And after about five hundred metres, you see a small yellow house near a little tree. Open the door with your foot."

“With my foot?” Says Henry.

“Why, yes,” says John, “Your hands will be full(满满的).”

"How do you know my hands will be full?"says Henry.

“You wouldn’t come to my house without(没有) some food with you”.

1.John’s house is _____________.

A. a big and red house   B. a small yellow house   C. near a big tree

2.Why does John want Henry to open the door with foot? Because ______.

A.  John invite(邀请) Henry to have dinner with him

B.  There is something wrong Henry’s hands

C.  John thinks that when Henry comes, his hands will be full

3. In the story(故事), "You take the first on the left" means(意思)

A.  You take No.1 bus on the left    B. You take the first turning on the left

C.  You take the first step on the left

"Come and have a dinner with me on Thursday," says John.
“But I don’t know where your house is,” says Henry.
“It’s easy,” says John. “There’s no problem. You get off(下车) the bus. Then, you cross the street. You take the first on the left, and you walk for five minutes. Then you come to a big tree about a hundred metres down this street, there is a big red house. You go past the big red house. And after about five hundred metres, you see a small yellow house near a little tree. Open the door with your foot."
“With my foot?” Says Henry.
“Why, yes,” says John, “Your hands will be full(满满的).”
"How do you know my hands will be full?"says Henry.
“You wouldn’t come to my house without(没有) some food with you”.
【小题1】John’s house is _____________.
A. a big and red house   B. a small yellow house   C. near a big tree
【小题2】Why does John want Henry to open the door with foot? Because ______.
A.  John invite(邀请) Henry to have dinner with him
B.  There is something wrong Henry’s hands
C.  John thinks that when Henry comes, his hands will be full
【小题3】In the story(故事), "You take the first on the left" means(意思)
A.  You take No.1 bus on the left    B. You take the first turning on the left
C.  You take the first step on the left