The water tap was leaking again, and the noise was driving Tina crazy.
Tina looked at her
. It was nearly eleven o’clock. Her parents were
. She climbed out of bed quietly in order not to wake them up.
mother’s Mr. Fix-It Book was on the top shelf. Tina took the book. She read it quickly
she found the page she was looking for, and then she began to read carefully. After a while, she stepped down quietly.
Next, Tina opened a box in the kitchen and picked out the tools she needed and several small things. It was not
for her to do the repair. She tried several times but couldn’t make it. Finally, the water tap was in pieces. One by one, she laid them out on the table
. That way she would know how they went back.
Tina worked late into the night. At one point, she thought she was done. Oops! A small piece that she had forgotten still lay on the
. Slowly Tina took the water tap apartone more time. This time she made sure
was left on the table. She
the water tap on and then off. One…two…three…She waited a full minute. There was
leak! Tina smiled and put the tools back into the box. Then she went back into bed.
The next morning, Dad
breakfast in the kitchen when Tina got up.
“Did you notice anything, Dad?” she asked.
He looked around and listened. “Hmm, something is missing… I can’t find out
it is… Wait, it’s too
in here!”
“That’s right,” Tina said. “Something is missing. I
the water tap. It doesn’t leak
any more.”
“That’s my girl. You’re the
in my eyes,” Dad said. “It’s a good thing you are really like your mother..”
| 小题1: | | A．watch | B．book | C．shelf | D．tool |
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| 小题2: | | A．talking | B．reading | C．sleeping | D．studying |
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| 小题4: | | A．although | B．until | C．if | D．because |
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| 小题5: | | A．difficult | B．easy | C．dirty | D．clean |
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| 小题6: | | A．carefully | B．carelessly | C．loudly | D．angrily |
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| 小题8: | | A．everything | B．something | C．anything | D．nothing |
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| 小题11: | | A．made | B．makes | C．has made | D．was making |
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| 小题13: | | A．noisy | B．quiet | C．small | D．large |
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| 小题14: | | A．picked up | B．gave up | C．went up | D．fixed up |
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| 小题15: | | A．best | B．friendliest | C．earliest | D．funniest |
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