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One day Tom went out to look for work. He went from place to place,

  1   could not find a job. In the afternoon, he came to a factory. He went into the office building and   2   the door of a big room. There he saw a fat man  3   at a desk.

"What do you want?" the man asked. "I am looking for work," answered Tom. "Any kind of work?" the man asked. "Any kind of work, please. I am strong, you see," Tom said.

The man looked at Tom for a long time and then he said, "We have got enough workers. We want no   4  . Get out."

Tom turned  5   . When he was going to the door, the fat man said, "Look, do you see the man over there?" He pointed to a man outside the window. "I give

  6  five dollars a day. I will only give you four dollars a day. Do you want his job? He is getting old. Of course, I won't give you five dollars a day. I can only give you four dollars a day."

For a long time Tom said  7   . He thought of his wife and  8  . But that worker had his wife and children,   9  . Finally Tom said, "No, I won't want the job." Tom was right. He didn't want to take the bread out of another10   mouth.    

阅读理解  阅读下面短文，从每题A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出一个能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。

The City Mouse and the Country Mouse

Once there were two mice. They were friends. One mouse lived in the country; the other mouse lived in the city. After many years the Country mouse saw the City mouse; he said, "Do come and see me at my house in the country." So the City mouse went. The City mouse said, "This food is not good, and your house is not good. Why do you live in a hole in the field? You should come and live in the city. You would live in a nice house made of stone. You would have nice food to eat. You must come and see me at my house in the city."

The Country mouse went to the house of the City mouse. It was a very good house. Nice food was set ready for them to eat. But just as they began to eat they heard a great noise. The City mouse cried, "Run! Run! The cat is coming!" They ran away quickly and hid.

After some time they came out. When they came out, the Country mouse said, "I do not like living in the city. I like living in my hole in the field. For it is nicer to be poor and happy, than to be rich and afraid."

1. The story is about ____________.

A. two mice       B. two cities    C. two countries     D. A mouse and a cat

2.The City mouse lives in ____________.

A. a hole      B. a house made of wood    C. a house made of stone     D. the field

3.The great noise came from ____________.

A. the cat     B. the Country mouse       C. the City mouse       D. the house

4. The mice were caught by the cat, weren’t they?

A. Yes, they were.   B. No, they weren’t. 

C. They ran away and hid.   D. We don’t know.

5. Which of the following is True?

A. The two mice lived together.         

B. The two mice had a great meal.

C. The Country mouse had a poor life while the City mouse had a happy life.

D. The Country mouse had a poorer but happier life than the City mouse.

 

Mr. White was holding a party at home to celebrate his sixtieth birthday. To make him happy, one of his women friends __21__ to sing a song for him. Now she was singing. One guest turned to a __22__ by his side and criticized the singer.

“What a __23__ voice!" he said. "Do you know __24__ she is?"

“Yes," was the answer, " She is my wife. "

“Oh, I beg your pardon,” the man said. "Of course her voice isn't bad, __25__ the song is very bad. I wondered who wrote that awful song?”

“I did," was the answer.

1.A. dreamed   B. decided     C. forgot    D. remembered

2.A. woman     B. girl       C. man     D. boy

3.A. terrible    B. beautiful    C. exciting   D. sweet

4.A. what    B. who       C. where     D. which

5.A. and    B. or      C. so      D. but

 

A teacher was telling her students the importance（重要性) of making others glad.

    "Now, children," she said. "Do any of you ever make someone else glad?"

    "Yes, teacher," said a small boy. "I made someone glad yesterday."

    "Well done. Who was that?"

    "My granny."

    "Good boy. Now tell us how you made your grandmother glad. "

    "Yes, teacher. I went to see her yesterday, and stayed with her for three hours. Then, I said to her: "Granny, I' m going home," and she said: "Well, I' m glad!"

1.It's          to make someone happy.

    A. exciting                                 B. interesting

    C. relaxing                            D. important

2.The boy said he          yesterday.

    A. answered a question                      B. visited his granny

    C. stayed at home                      D. went to a party

3.We can infer from the end of the story that        .

    A. the boy was very naughty

    B. the boy did a lot to make granny glad

    C. granny had a good time with the boy

D. granny hoped to stay longer with the boy

 

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Mr. White was holding a party at home to celebrate his sixtieth birthday. To make him happy, one of his women friends __1__ to sing a song for him. Now she was singing. One guest turned to a __2__ by his side and criticized the singer.

“What a __3__ voice!" he said. "Do you know __4__ she is?"

“Yes," was the answer, " She is my wife. "

“Oh, I beg your pardon,” the man said. "Of course her voice isn't bad, __5__ the song is very bad. I wondered who wrote that awful song?”

“I did," was the answer.

1.A. dreamed   B. decided    C. forgot    D. remembered

2.A. woman     B. girl       C. man       D. boy

3.A. terrible  B. beautiful  C. exciting  D. sweet

4.A. what      B. who        C. where     D. which

5.A. and       B. or         C. so        D. but