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　　The Browns are the Smiths' neighbors (邻居). Mr. Brown's name is John. But when his neighbor talks about him, they call him “Mr. Going-to-do”. Do you know why? Mr. Brown always says he is going to do something, but never (从不) does it. Every Saturday Mr. Brown goes to the Smiths' back door and talks to Mr. Smith“I'm going to clean my house today,”he says, or “I'm going to wash my car tomorrow.” or “The trees in front of (在…前面) my house are too big. I'm going to cut them down (砍倒) next week.”Mr. Smith usually says, “Are you, John?” He knows his neighbor isn't' going to clean his house, or wash his car, or cut down any trees. Then he says, “Well, excuse me, John. I'm going to do some work in the house.” And so he does. Mr. and Mrs. Smith often say to their only child Dick, “Are you going to do something? Then do it. Don't be another‘Mr. Going-to-do'”.

1.Mr. Brown's house is ______ Mr. Smith's.

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A. far from　　　B. near　　　C. in　　　D. with

2.John talks a lot but does ______.

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A. something　　　B. anything　　　C. nothing　　　D. everything

3.Mr. Smith ______.

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A. becomes tired of (厌烦) John's talk.

B. is pleased (高兴的) to talk with John

C. likes listening to John's talks

D. wants his son to be a man like John

4.Mr. Going-to-do ______.

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A. talks a lot and does a lot

B. always says to do something, but never does it

C. usually needs (需要) help when he is going to do something

D. often talks much before he starts his work

5.Mr. and Mrs. Smith hope (希望) their only son ______.

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A. is going to be another "Mr. Going-to-do"

B. won't be another "Mr. Going-to-do"

C. will (将；愿) talks a lot

D. will does little

　　One day Mr. Brown and his wife went shopping at a shop. They took the car as they had a lot of things to buy because his brother and his family were going to spend the Christmas Eve with them.

　　They stopped the car in front of the shop. An hour later, they came back to the car with a lot of things. Then the trouble started. They could not open the door. “Oh, dear.” said Mrs. Brown. “What are we going to do now?” Mr. Brown looked around and saw a policeman. “Let's ask that policeman for help.” he said.

　　The policeman was very kind and glad to help them. A few minutes later he got the door open. Just then, an angry man came up to the black car and shouted:“ What are you doing with my car?” The Browns looked at the number of the car, and their face turned red.

（1）That day Mr. and Mrs. Brown went shopping ________.

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A．on a bus　　B．in their car　　C．by bike

（2） Mr. Brown couldn't open the car door because ________.

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A．something was wrong with the door

B．the policeman didn't help him

C．it was not his own car

（3）Mr. Brown's car was ________.

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A．green　　B．black　　C．red

（4）Who opened the car door at last?

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A．The policeman.　　B．Mr. Brown.　　C．Mrs. Brown.

（5）From the story we can see that before he tried to open the door, Mr. Brown ________.

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A．asked the policeman for help

B．knew it was the wrong number

C．didn't look at the number of the car

The Browns live on __________ floor of the tall building.

　　A．nineth　　　　B．ninth

　　C．the ninth　　 D．the nineth

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　　阅读下面短文并从文后每题所给选项A、B、C、D中选出合乎原文意思的选项，将其序号填入前面括号：

　　* Comfortable family home with a large garden on north side of town . * Three bedrooms, living room, kitchen, bathroom .

　　* Offer over $ 35,000.

　　The Browns are looking for a new house. Mr. Brown wants to live on the north side of the town near his work . Mrs . Brown wants a house with four bedrooms . Their children don't care what the house is like as long as (只要) the garden is big enough.

Why didn't the Browns buy the house in the advertisement?

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A．It was on the north side of the town .

B．There were not enough bedrooms .

C．There was no dining-room .

D．The garden was not big enough.