When I was 14, I decided to make some pocket money by mowing lawns (修剪草坪) in summer. I worked hard because that was my first part-time job. After working for one week, Mr Miller said that he had no money for me. Oh, dear! He wouldn’t pay for my work! That surprised me greatly. I argued with him, and then I went back home.
My parents told me not to complain about Mr Miller. He was in difficulties. Then my mother call up Mr Miller and they talked about something on the phone. A few days later, my mother asked me to return to Mr Miller’s garden, because he was too weak to look after it.
When I came back, Mr Miller said, “Sorry, I have no money, but I can do something for you.” He played CD for me. Hearing the beautiful music, I was so interested in it that I forgot the money and did the work with pleasure. At last, Mr Miller gave me a ticket to a concert.
After that, I became very interested in music. And now, I have been a popular musician. I should thank Mr Miller greatly.
【小题1】Why did the author argue with Mr Miller?

Daniel was always making excuses for forgetting to do things. His usual excuse was: “ I was too busy.” or “I didn’t have time.”

Daniel’s parents were worried about him. “ He shouldn’t go through life making excuses all the time.” his father said. “ No one will trust him to do anything. He won’t be able to keep a job. No sensible(明智的)girl will marry him.”

“I don’t know what we can do.” his mother said.

“I have an idea.” his father said. “If this doesn’t work, nothing will.”

The next day was Daniel’s birthday. He was really looking forward to getting exciting presents. He woke up, expecting his parents to wish him a happy birthday. But all day what they said was “Good morning, Daniel. Hurry, or you will be late for school.” There were no presents, not even a card. He was really disappointed.

“Never mind.” he thought. (3) “There’ll be a surprise for me after school.” But there wasn’t. Sadly he said to his parents at dinner, “Today’s my birthday.”

“Oh,” his father said. “So it is. I forgot.”

“So did I.” his mother said.

“How could you forget?” Daniel asked. “There must be a reason.”

“Well, yes.” his father said. “We have a really good excuse for forgetting your birthday, Daniel. We didn’t remember your birthday because we were too busy.”

Poor Daniel! He never had a silly excuse for not doing something again.

1.判断Daniel got his birthday present at last(?? )。

2.He thought there would be ________for him afte school.

3.What did Daniel feel when he didn’t receive any presents?

_______________________________________________________.

4.What do you learn from the story?_____________________________________.

5.翻译划横线句子?

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The clock struck(敲) eleven at night. The whole house was quiet. Everyone was in bed except me. Under the strong light, I looked sadly at a huge pile（堆） of those trouble things —books.

I was going to have my exam the next day. “When can I go to bed?” I asked myself. I didn’t answer. And I could not. The clock struck twelve. “Oh, dear! Ten more books to read before I go to bed!” We students are the most wretched ones in the world. Dad does not agree with me on this. He did not have to work so hard when he was a boy.

The clock struck one. I was quite hopeless now. I forgot all I did learn. I was too tired to go on. I did the only thing I could. I prayed（祈祷）, “My god, please let me pass the exam tomorrow. I will work hard next time, Amen.” My eyes were so heavy that I could hardly open them. A few minutes later, with my head on the books, I fell asleep.

1.The word “wretched” in Line 6 means _______.

A．very happy                            B．forgetful

C．unlucky                               D．hopeful

2.What do you think happened to the writer?

A．He was late for the exam.

B．He passed the exam luckily.

C．He failed in the exam.

D．He fell asleep during the exam.

3.The best title for the passage is _______.

A．The Night Before The Exam                B．Working Far Into Night

C．A Slow Student                         D．Going Over Lessons

根据短文内容，判断正(T)误(F)。

Last Sunday the Greens went to the movies. They got home very late. Father opened the front door and went into the house. It was very dark, so mother turned on the light. On the way to their bedroom, mother said, “Listen, John! I can hear someone in the bedroom. ” They all stood quietly outside the bedroom. They could hear some voices in the room.

“You are right. ” father said, “There are two men in it. They are talking. ” Then he shouted, “Who’s there?” But no one answered. Father opened the door quickly and turned on the light. The room was empty. Then father found something and laughed. “The TV is still on. I forgot to turn it off this morning!” father said.

1.The Greens got home very early.

2.On the way to their bedroom, mother heard someone in the bedroom.

3.They all stood quietly in the bedroom.

4.There were really two men talking in the room.

5.Father opened the door slowly and turned on the light.

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Tom woke up on Monday morning.  He felt   1 . He always felt sick on Monday mornings. He had to go to school for a   2  week! He almost wished there were no week-ends.   3  was even more difficult for him to go back to school!

He   4  in bed and wondered what excuse（借口）he could make this time. He looked at his body, but could find   5  wrong, A little headache?  6 . He had used that excuse many times. Then he realized that one of his teeth was loose（松动）. Good! He was just going to start groaning（呻吟）   7  he thought that Aunt Polly would pull the tooth out. That would  8 ! He looked for something else. Suddenly he remembered what the doctor had said about a certain problem with toes. He pulled his right foot out and looked at it.  9  of the toes was really hurting, Tom began to groan.

“What’s   10  with you?” Aunt Polly asked.

“My toe hurts.”

The old lady fell into a chair,   11  a little. “Tom, you frightened me. Now shut up at once and get out of 12 .”

Tom felt like a thief being caught. “Well, it seemed all right. It hurt so much   13  I forgot my tooth.”

“Tooth, eh? What’s wrong with your tooth?”

“One of them is loose and it hurts   14 .”

“No problem,” answered Aunt Polly. “I can pull it out.”

“Please, Auntie! Don’t pull it out. It has   15  hurting now. Please!”

“No way! Well, you’ll have your tooth out and you’ll go to school?