Four men who would become fathers were in a hospital waiting room while their wives were in labor (分娩). The nurse arrived and proudly said to the first man, “Congratulations, sir. You’re the father of twins!”

“What a coincidence (巧合)! I work for the Minnesota Twins Baseball teams!”

Later the nurse returned and congratulated the second father on the birth of his triplets (三胞胎).

“Wow! That’s unbelievable! I work for the 3M Company.”

An hour later, the nurse returned to congratulate the third man on the birth of his quadruplets (四胞胎). Surprised, he only could answer, “I don’t believe it! I work for the Four Seasons Hotel!”

　　After this, everyone turned to the fourth man who had just fainted (晕). The nurse ran fast to his side. As he slowly came to himself, they could hear him speak in a very low voice over and over, “I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven. I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven. I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven.”

1.Why were the fathers there?

A. They were waiting for their wives.　     　

B. They were seeing doctors.

C. They were waiting for their babies to be born.　　

D. They were working at men nurses there.

2.Which of the following is true about the third man?

A. He thought the nurse made a mistake.　

B. He was very surprised at the nurse’s words.

C. He didn’t want to have these babies.　　

D. He should never have worked at 7-Eleven.

3.Why did the fourth man faint when he heard what the nurse told the third man?

A. Hew was afraid of having so many babies.　    　

B. He was seriously ill.

C. He was too excited.               

D. He was very glad to have 7 babies.

4.At least how many babies would be born according to the story?

A. 9.         B. 10.        C. 11.        D. 16.

 

阅读理解

　　I work in a small shop. It is near a factory and a school. Every day, workers and students come to buy things.

　　In the morning, I get up at six, and then I have breakfast. I go to work by bike.

　　I get to the shop at about 6:50. The shop opens at 7:00. We sell school things. So there are many people in our shop from morning to evening.

　　I have lunch in the shop. At 7:00 in the evening we close the shop. All of us go home for supper.

根据短文内容，判断下列句子的正误。

1．The people in the shop work all day.

2．The students can buy only school things in the shop.

3．Every day the people in the shop have early breakfast and late supper at home.

4．The shop is in the factory and workers often come to buy things.

5．People in the shop work very hard.

Paula Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

　　Get up 7:10 a.m. 7:10 a.m. 7:10 a.m. 7:10 a.m. 7:10 a.m.

　　morning school school school school school

　　lunch pizza rice rice rice rice

　　afternoon Yo-yo Table-tennis Table-tennis Table-tennis football

　　evening homework homework television homework clothes

　　Go to sleep 10:15 p.m. 10:15 p.m. 10:15 p.m. 10:15 p.m. 10:15 p.m.

　　根据表格内容选择最佳答案。

　1 On _______________, Paula usually gets up at 7:10 am.

　　A. Thursdays B. Wednesdays C. weekdays D. weekends

　2 Pizza is a kind of _________________.

　　A. drink B. fruit C. toy D. food

　3  Paula's favourite sport is _________________.

　　A. volleyball B. table-tennis C. yo-yo D. football

　4 On Wednesday evenings Paula usually ___________________.

　　A. watches TV B. does her homework

　　C. washes her clothes D. goes to see her friends

　5  Which is wrong?

　　A. Paula goes to school from Monday to Friday.

　　B. Paula goes to bed after ten o'clock.

　　C. Paula has sports in the afternoon.

　　D. Paula usually has Pizza for lunch.