A man went to buy a piece of meat. As he didn’t know how to cook meat, he asked the butcher to tell him the way of cooking it. The butcher told him how to cook it. “But I can’t remember your words,” the man said. “will you please write them down for me?” The butcher was kind enough to write them down for him. The man went home happily with the meat in his hand and the note in his pocket. A dog followed him on the way. It jumped at him , took the meat away and ran off. The man stood there , not knowing what to do . Then he laughed and said, “Never mind. You don’t know how to eat it. The note is still in my pocket.”　

(　 ) 46.The man went to buy a piece of meat in the _________.

A. restaurant　　　 B. shop　　　 C. butcher’s　 D. chemist’s

(　 ) 47.Why did the man ask the butcher to tell him the way to cook meat?

A. Because he wasn’t good at cooking meat.

B. Because he couldn’t cook meat very well.

C. Because he didn’t know how to cook meat.

D. Because he didn’t know how to eat meat.

(　 ) 48.To remember what the butcher said, he asked the butcher_________.

A. to say it once again

B. to teach him again

C. to show him how to cook it

D. to write it down for him

(　 ) 49.What happened in the end?

A. He forgot to cook the meat.

B. The dog took the meat away.

C. He taught the dog how to eat the meat.

D. The note was not in his pocket.

(　 ) 50.What do you think of the man?

A. He was much afraid of dogs.

B. He loved dogs very much.

C. He was a very foolish man

D. He didn’t know how to do things.

A mouse is having a very bad time．She can’t find  1  food．She looks here and there，but there is no  2  ．She becomes（变得）very thin．

At  3  the mouse finds a basket．There is a（n）  4  hole（洞）in the basket，and she goes  5   the basket through（通过）the hole．

hen she begins to   6  the food in the basket．Because she doesn’t  7  any food for some days，she eats a lot．She becomes very  8  ．

When the mouse wants to  9  out of the basket，she can not．She is too fat  10  she can’t go out through the hole．

Oh，a poor（可怜的）mouse!

1．A．any                          B．some                      C．a lot                       D．lot of

2．A．juice                         B．food                       C．water                     D．bamboo

3．A．first                         B．second                    C．third                      D．last

4．A．fine                          B．happy                     C．small                     D．old

5．A．at                             B．of                           C．on                          D．into

6．A．buy                          B．cook                       C．eat                         D．open

7．A．choose                            B．have                       C．check                            D．drink

8．A．fat                           B．thin                        C．healthy                   D．great

9．A．go                            B．match                     C．swim                      D．live

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

One night a man came to our house and told me, “There is a family with eight children. They have nothing to eat for days.”
I took some food and went. When I finally came to the family, I saw the ugly face of those little children by hunger. There was no sorrow (悲伤) or sadness in their faces, just the deep pain of hunger.
I gave the rice to the mother. She divided(分) it into two, and went out, carry half the rice with her. When she came back, I asked her, “Where did you go?” She gave me this simple answer, “To my neighbours----they are also hungry.”
I was not surprised that she gave----because poor people are unselfish(无私的). But I was surprised that she knew they were hungry. As a rule, when we are in trouble, we think more about ourselves, and have no time for others.
【小题1】 The writer thought poor people were _________.