A judge was working in his room one day when a neighbour ran in and said, “If one man's cow kills another's, is the owner of the first cow responsible?”
“It depends,” answered the judge.
“Well,” said the man, your cow has killed mine.
“Oh,” answered the judge. “Everyone knows that a cow cannot think like a man, so a cow is not responsible, and that means that its owner is not responsible either.”
“I am sorry, Judge,” said the man. “I made a mistake. I meant that my cow killed yours.”
The judge thought for a few seconds and then said,“ When I think about it more carefully, this case is not as easy as I thought at first. ”And then he turned to his clerk and said, “Please bring me that big black book from the shelf behind you.”
【小题1】The neighbour asked the judge_______.

A．whether the first cow was responsible

B．whether the owner of the first cow was responsible

C．whether both cows were responsible

D．whether both the owners were responsible

【小题2】When the neighbour reported that the judge's cow had killed his, the judge answered that______.

A．a cow was responsible

B．its owner was not responsible

C．neither a cow nor its owner was responsible

D．his cow was responsible

【小题3】When the neighbour heard this, he told the judge that_______.

A．there was nothing happened

B．his cow had been killed

C．it was his cow that had killed the judge's

D．both cows had been killed

【小题4】When the judge heard that his cow had died, he________.

A．got angry

B．said nothing

C．put his neighbor into prison

D．changed what he had said at first

【小题5】In this story the judge was______.

A．a clever judge

B．a humorist

C．unfair

D．foolish

I watched as my little brother was caught in the act. He was sitting in the corner of the living room, a _____in one hand and my father’s hymnbook(赞美诗集)in the other.

As my father walked into the room, my brother cowered slightly(轻微地畏缩). He sensed that he had done something _____. Form a distance I could see that he had  _____my father’s new hymnal and scribbled(乱涂)in it. Now looking at my father fearfully, we _____  waited for his punishment.

My father _____his book, looked at it, and then sat down without saying a word．He was a clergyman(神职人员) and for him, books were knowledge. And yet he _____ his children. What he did next was unbelievable. Instead of punishing my brother, he sat down, _____ the pen from my brother’s hand, and then wrote in the book himself, alongside the scribbles John had made:

“John’s work, 1959, _____ 2.” How many times have I looked into your beautiful face and into your warm eyes looking up at me and _____God for the one who has now scribbled in my new hymnal. You have made the book sacred(神圣的), as have your brother and sister.

“Wow,” I thought. “This is punishment?”

The years and the books came and went. Our family _____ what all families go through and perhaps a little bit more. But we _____ knew our parents loved us and that one of the proofs(证明)of their love was the hymnal by the piano.

Dad taught us about_____really matters in life: people, not objects; tolerance(宽容), not judgment; love, not anger. Now I, too, am a father. But unlike my father, I do not wait for daughters _____ to take books from my bookshelf and scribble in them. From time to time I take one down, and give it to one of my _____to scribble in. and as I look at their artwork, I think about my father and the_____he taught me.

1.A、book         B、pen     C、knife     D、toy

2.A、wrong      B、special         C、dangerous    D、different

3.A、dropped          B、read    C、borrowed   D、opened

4.A、all    B、both    C、either         D、each

5.A、picked up         B、put up          C、made up      D、wrapped up

6.A、hated       B、needed       C、loved          D、disliked

7.A、moved     B、took    C、brought       D、borrowed

8.A、old   B、birthday    C、aged   D、named

9.A、thanked   B、asked  C、respected D、pleased

10.A、spent     B、experienced        C、supported D、afforded

11.A、ever       B、sometimes  C、never         D、always

12.A、what       B、why     C、which D、who

13.A、quickly   B、secretly     C、carefully      D、suddenly

14.A、children          B、sisters C、brothers      D、parents

15.A、skills       B、rules   C、lessons      D、subjects

 

A judge was working in his room one day when a neighbour ran in and said, “If one man's cow kills another's, is the owner of the first cow responsible?”

“It depends,” answered the judge.

“Well,” said the man, your cow has killed mine.

“Oh,” answered the judge. “Everyone knows that a cow cannot think like a man, so a cow is not responsible, and that means that its owner is not responsible either.”

“I am sorry, Judge,” said the man. “I made a mistake. I meant that my cow killed yours.”

The judge thought for a few seconds and then said,“ When I think about it more carefully, this case is not as easy as I thought at first. ”And then he turned to his clerk and said, “Please bring me that big black book from the shelf behind you.”

1.The neighbour asked the judge_______.

A．whether the first cow was responsible

B．whether the owner of the first cow was responsible

C．whether both cows were responsible

D．whether both the owners were responsible

2.When the neighbour reported that the judge's cow had killed his, the judge answered that______.

A．a cow was responsible

B．its owner was not responsible

C．neither a cow nor its owner was responsible

D．his cow was responsible

3.When the neighbour heard this, he told the judge that_______.

A．there was nothing happened

B．his cow had been killed

C．it was his cow that had killed the judge's

D．both cows had been killed

4.When the judge heard that his cow had died, he________.

A．got angry

B．said nothing

C．put his neighbor into prison

D．changed what he had said at first

5.In this story the judge was______.

A．a clever judge      B．a humorist         C．unfair            D．foolish

 

"Tom? Are you in bed yet?" called Mrs White. There was no answer. Mrs White put down her book and went to her 14-year-old son's room. Tom was sitting in front of a bright computer screen on which a colourful dragon jumped and shouted.
"Oh, Tom! You're still playing on that computer. You must stop now. It's half past eleven. If you don't go to bed soon, you'll be very tired tomorrow," said Mrs White.
"But I've nearly beaten the dragon," said Tom. Mrs White could see the excitement on her son's face. She sat down beside him.
"You are always playing on that computer. You spend more time with this machine than with your family," she said with a smile. "What's special about it? Show me what it can do!"
"I think this is a great computer, Mum!" he said happily. "The hardware (硬件) is good. There's so much memory and it has some wonderful software programs. This game, 'Dragon Player', is my favourite, but I sometimes borrow games from Daniel and other friends. I don't have to worry about any infected（感染） disks because I have a virus（病毒） detector (探测器) which can go over any disk and check it for viruses. Let me show you!" Tom began tapping. The screen changed in answer to his orders.
"Oh, Tom," laughed Mrs White. "I'm sure it's a wonderful computer, but I'm afraid I don't know what you're talking about."
【小题1】When Mrs White was calling Tom, he was ______.

A．playing computer games in' his bedroom	B．playing with a dragon in his bedroom
C．playing "Dragon Player" in the study	D．lying in bed reading a book

【小题2】 Tom was excited because ______.

A．the computer has a good memory	B．the hardware is good
C．he had nearly won the game	D．his mother came to see him

【小题3】 What do we know about Mrs White?

A．She loves her son too much.

B．She loves computer games too.

C．She is very hard on his son.

D．She is as wonderful as the computer game.