One day an old man went for a walk in a park in Washington, and he was tired, he sat down on a bench（长凳）. A young person was standing on the other side of the pond（水池）.

　　“Excuse me,”the old man said to the person next to him on the bench,“do you see the person with the red trousers and long hair? Is it a boy or a girl?”

　　“A girl,”said his neighbour,“and she is my daughter.”

　　“Oh,”the old said quickly,“I am sorry, but I didn't know that you were her mother.”

　　“I'm not,”said the other person.“I'm her father.”

A．because they all look like each other

B．because they are wearing the same kinds of caps and shoes

C．because they have long hair and wear the same clothes

A．the street in Washington

B．the Washington Park in America

C．a park in Washington

A．three, a man, a woman and a girl

B．three, two men and a girl

C．two, a man and a girl

A．bench, the other's boy

B．pond, the old man's daughter

C．pond, the daughter of the old man's neighbour

A．a pair of red trousers

B．on a pair of red trousers

C．with a pair of red trousers

A．mother

B．father

C．brother

Jim was a 15-year-old boy living with his little sister, Joy. Their parents had passed away long ago. Jim took care of Joy by himself.

One day, Jim woke up at 3 in the morning as usual. When Joy was sleeping alone, Jim left their little house to deliver newspapers. As he did so, he found something unusual. One man was sitting in front of Jim’s house. Jim was so surprised that he stopped to look at him closely. It was an icy morning and he looked very old.

The poor old man didn’t have anything to cover himself with. Jim went into his house to get the old man a blanket(毯子). However, there were no extra blankets, so Jim thought hard and took his father’s coat. It was the only thing of his father’s that he had left. Jim wrote a short note. “Sir, I found you sleeping in front of my house. This is my father’s coat. I hope it fits you well.” He put the note in a pocket of the coat, and covered the old man with the coat. Then he went to work. When he came back three hours later, both the man and the coat were gone. Jim thought that it was the best thing he could have done with his father’s coat.

That afternoon, Jim hurried home after school because Joy was at home alone. However, Joy and the old man were standing in front of the house, and Joy shouted to Jim, “Brother！He’s our grandfather!”

The grandfather smiled and said, “Jim, I have been looking for you all around the country for eight years. I’m not rich. But I can take care of you two. Thank you for giving me the coat and letting me know what a good person my grandson is. This coat was the very one that I gave my own son, a long time ago.”

1.Jim looked after his little sister by himself because ________.

A. they were too poor B. their grandfather left them

C. he was old enough D. their parents had died

2. Jim got up early in the morning to ________.

A. take care of his sisterB. deliver newspapers

C. sit in front of the house D. find something unusual

3. What did Jim do when he saw an old man was sitting in front of his house?

A. He took a blanket and gave it to him.

B. He took his father’s coat to cover him.

C. He stopped and talked to him.

D. He wrote a letter to the police.

4. When Jim came back home that afternoon, Joy told him that ________.

A. the old man was their grandpa

B. the old man and the coat were gone

C. their grandpa was looking for them

D. she couldn’t find their father’s coat

5. Which of the following is NOT true about the old man?

A. He was happy to find his grandchildren.

B. He thought Jim was a good boy.

C. He was poor and could not take care of them.

D. The coat helped the old man find his grandchildren.

6. The best title of the passage is “________”.

A. Jim and JoyB. A newspaper boy

C. An icy morningD. Father’s coat