A man made a nice talking machine .It could weigh people’s weight .The man wanted to try the machine before he could make a lot of machines.
He put the machine into the waiting room of a station. There were always lots of people in and out.
The first one who used the machine was an Indian woman. She stood on the machine, the machine thought for a few seconds to decide which language to speak. “Good morning, Madam.” It said in Indian. “Your weight is 72 kilograms. That’s three kilograms more. If you eat more fruit and vegetables, you will be soon all right. Please have a nice day.”
The second one to use the machine was a Chinese girl .She stood on the machine and waited to hear her weight. “Good morning, Miss.” The machine said in Chinese. “Your weight is 45 kilograms. It’s all right for your age. Keep eating what you eat every day. Please have a nice day.”
The third one to use the machine was a very fat American woman .She thought for a long time to stand on the machine .The machine spoke quickly in English, “Good morning. Will one of you get off?”
【小题1】The machine in this passage could           .

A bag is useful and the word “bag” is useful, too. Here is an interesting phrase（短语）, “to let the cat out of the bag”. In meaning it is the same as “to tell the secret（秘密）”. And there is an old interesting story about it.

　　Long ago, when farmers wanted to sell chickens at the market, they would usually just throw the chickens in cloth (布) bags. But cats were cheaper than chickens at that time, so many farmers would put cats into the cloth bags but not chickens. One day, a woman asked a man for a chicken. The man gave her a cloth bag in which there was a cat.      When the man opened the cloth bag, a big black cat ran out. Not a chicken! The man’s secret was out and everyone knew it.

　　Now when we say someone gives away a secret, we say “he lets the cat out of the bag”. And that is the story where the interesting phrase came from.

1.The underlined word “it” in the passage refers to (指的是)     .

A. the useful bag                 B. the phrase              C. the cat                     D. the chicken

2.The farmers put cats but not chickens in the bags to      when they sold chickens.

A. tell the secret                                                      B. sell the cats

C. get more money                                                  D. keep the cats quiet

3.Which is the best for the blank (空白处) in the passage?

A. The woman was angry to see a cat.                 B. The man put a cat in the bag.

C. The man asked her to see the chicken.         D. The woman wanted to see the chicken.

4.The writer wrote the story to tell us     .

A. the woman was smart                                         B. how farmers sold their cats

C. the phrase is useful                                             D. where the phrase came from

A man made a nice talking machine .It could weigh people’s weight .The man wanted to try the machine before he could make a lot of machines. He put the machine into the waiting room of a station .There were always lots of people in and out .

The first one who used the machine was an Indian woman. She stood on the machine, the machine thought for a few seconds to decide which language to speak .

“Good morning ,Madam .”it said in Indian . “Your weight is 72 kilograms .That’s three kilograms more .If you eat more fruit and vegetables ,you will be soon all right .Please have a nice day .”

The second one to use the machine was a Chinese girl .She stood on the machine and waited to hear her weight.

” Good morning ,Miss .”the machine said in Chinese .”Your weight is 45 kilograms .It’s all right for your age. Keep eating what you eat every day .Please have a nice day.”

The third one to use the machine was a very fat American woman. She thought for a long time to stand on the machine.

The machine spoke quickly in English “Good morning .Will one of  you get off?”

1.The machine in this passage could            .

A. weigh and talk to people    B. tell people what they should eat

C. speak all kinds of languages          D. make people laugh

2. The man put his first machine           .

A. in the station               B. in a train 

C. in the doctor’s waiting room   D. in the women’s room

3.The machine told the Indian woman            .

A. she was a little lighter    B. she was a little heavier

C. it couldn’t speak Indian    D. to eat what she wanted to eat

4.The machine said to a Chinese girl that she            .

A. should eat more                             B. should eat less

C. had to eat more fruit             D. kept herself healthy

5.How was the American woman?

A. She was healthy.    B. She liked thinking.

C. She was too heavy.    D. The machine didn’t like her.

A boy who was cleaning shoes in the street said to a young man     1        by, “Let me clean your shoes,    2    ?”The young man said, “No, thank you .”“You may   3   me only a pound for that, sir.” said the boy.    4        the young man refused again.
Then the boy told him that he would clean his shoes for     5   . The young man agreed to this, and soon one of his shoes was shining brightly.  The man put    6      shoe on the boy, but the boy refused to clean it unless he     7       two pounds for his work.  The young man refused to pay anything and went away.  But one looked   8  dirty that he couldn’t walk away.  He had to   9      and gave the boy    10    .  In a very short time his shoes shone brightly.

A man made a nice talking machine .It could weigh people’s weight .The man wanted to try the machine before he could make a lot of machines.

He put the machine into the waiting room of a station. There were always lots of people in and out.

The first one who used the machine was an Indian woman. She stood on the machine, the machine thought for a few seconds to decide which language to speak. “Good morning, Madam.” It said in Indian. “Your weight is 72 kilograms. That’s three kilograms more. If you eat more fruit and vegetables, you will be soon all right. Please have a nice day.”

The second one to use the machine was a Chinese girl .She stood on the machine and waited to hear her weight. “Good morning, Miss.” The machine said in Chinese. “Your weight is 45 kilograms. It’s all right for your age. Keep eating what you eat every day. Please have a nice day.”

The third one to use the machine was a very fat American woman .She thought for a long time to stand on the machine .The machine spoke quickly in English, “Good morning. Will one of you get off?”

1.The machine in this passage could           .

A．tell the weight of people

B．tell people what they should drink

C．sell many kinds of drinks

D．make people laugh

2.The man put his first machine           .

A．in the waiting room of a station

B．in a train

C．in the doctor’s waiting room

D．in the women’s room

3.The machine told the Indian woman           .

A．she was a little lighter

B．she was a little heavier

C．it couldn’t speak Indian

D．to eat what she wanted to eat

4.The machine said to a Chinese girl that she            .

A．should eat more

B．should eat less

C．had to eat more fruit

D．kept herself healthy

5. How was the American woman?

A．She was healthy.

B．She liked thinking.

C．She was too heavy.

D．The machine didn’t like her.