Soon they began talking to each other, and he said to her, “Do you have a 　1　 ？”“ Yes, I have one 　2　 ，”the woman answered．“ Oh really?” said the man．“Does he　 3　 ？”“ No，he’s never 　　4　 a cigarette，”the woman replied．“ That’s good，”the man continued．“I don’t smoke，either. Cigarette is very bad for　 5　 ．And does your son 　　　6　 wine?” “Oh, no,” the woman answered at once．“ He's never drunk a 　　7　 of it.”“ Then I congratulate you，madam，”the man said．“ And does he ever come home 　　8　 at night?” “No, 　9　 ，”his neighbor u r answered. “He goes to bed immediately after 　　10　 every night．”

　　 1 ．The woman seemed to be about 45 years old．

　　 2 ．The man smoked a lot．

　 　3 ．The man went to bed late every night．

　 　4 ．The woman's son was only 7 months old．

　　 　　“Just for coffee and a cake？There are some other 　　　in it，”explained the waiter．“For instance，do you see these 　　2　 of art on the wall？And all the 　　　3　 and bowls are the finest in the world．These desks and 　　4　 　are the most beautiful and nicest all over the country．In 　5　 ，you are paying not just for what you 　　6　 ，but for all these things 　　7　 you．”

　　 　　The peasant paid the check 　　8　 ．“Now let me have 　　9　 　cup of coffee and a cake，”he told the waiter．“And 　　　10　 the other things I’v e paid for.”

　　 1 ．The peasant asked for 　　.

　　　 A. some milk and a cake B．some water and two cakes

　　　 C.some coffee and a cake D. some soda and two cakes

　 2 ．In the waiter’s opinion，the peasant should pay for　　 ．

　　 　A.what he ate and all the things around him

　　　 B.what he ate only

　　 　C.what he ate and all the plates and bowls

　　　 D.desks and chairs

　 3 ．Finally, the peasant　　 .

　　 　A．did n’t pay the check

　　 　B.quarrel l e d with the waiter

　　 　C.had to pay the check

　　 　D.took away the plates and bowls

　　 　Very 　　　1　 　people would think of a library as a place to　 2　 in．

　 　　One library in New York City turned into a 　　3　 for 　　4　 　people for 　　5　 　days．They moved into their library and slept on the 　　6　 　．Why did the people do so? Because the city wanted to　 7 　it to save money.These New Yorkers 　　8　 their library. They did n’t want to 　　9　　 it．So they moved in．

　　　 At last the city agreed to keep the library 　　　10　 ，and the people all went home．

　 1 ．Not every library hav e computers.

　 2 ．Once 250 people lived in a library in London．

　 3 ．Those people moved into the library in order to save money.

　 4 ．At last the city agreed to open another library．

　　　 My friend Pedro works in the Post office．He 15 a good 　1　 ，a 11d 50 he belongs to the Ajax Sports Club 　　2　 months ago, Pedro made a money一box．He got a flat box，and he co l o u r e d it 　　3　 ．He cut a slit in the 　　4　 of the b ox．(This slit was for the money，of course．) He wrote these　 　　5　 on the box in big　 6　 　：WILL You HELP？That was all．He did not write his 　7　 ，or any name．The words were just WILL YOUHELP？Pedro took the money一box to the 　　8　 ．He Put it on a 　　9　 　just inside the door． Every 　　10　　 evening he opens the box．

　　 1 ．Pedro 15 one of my friend and 　　　．

　　　 A.a famous writer B.a sportsman

　　　 C.a disabled man 　D.the manager of a Post office

　　 2 ．He took his money一box 　　　．

　　　 A .to the Post office B. to the hospital

　　　 C .to the shop 　　　　D.to the club

　　 3 ．In Pedro’5 opinion，　　 .

　　　 A. people like to ask questions about money

　　　 B. the old like to help others

　　　 C. people like to give some money away

　　　 D ．he could n’t keep the money

　　 One Sunday，when M r s Brown was doing the 　　1　 ，Bill came and asked her for some 　　2　 for sweets．“Sweets are n’t good for your 　　　3　 ，”M r s Brown said. “Take these 　　　4　 　oranges instead and give one to 　　5　 　．”One of the oranges was quite a lot 　　6　 　than the other．

　　 Bill liked oranges, so he kept the 　　7　 　one and gave the 　　　8　 one to John．

　 “It is 　　9　 ，”said John in a sad voice. “If mother had given me these oranges，I would give you the big one．”“I know you would， ”Bill said with a 　　10　 ．“ That is why I took the big one．”

　 1 ．Bill was three years younger than John．

　 2 ．The two brothers never quarrel e d．

　 3 ．One Sunday, Bill asked for some sweets and his mother refused．

　 4 ．John gave the big orange to Bill and the small one to himself.