Mr. King goes to a dinner party. He wears old clothes. He comes into the room. But people there don’t look at him at all. They don’t ask him to sit at the table.

   Mr. King goes home and puts on (穿上) his good clothes. He goes back to the party. Everyone in the room stands up and smiles（微笑）at him. They give him very good food to eat.

   Mr. King takes off (脱下) his clothes，puts his clothes in the food and says, “Please eat, my clothes!” The other people ask, “What are you doing?” He answers, “ I’m asking my clothes to eat the food. When I wear old clothes, you don’t look at me. You don’t ask me to sit down. Now I am in the good clothes and you give me the very good food. Now I see, you give the food for my clothes, not for me!”

(     )1.Mr. King goes to the dinner party, but people there don’t look at him. Because_____

A. he doesn’t come by car        B. he is young

C. he wears old clothes          D. he is old

(     )2.Mr King goes home to ______ his ____ clothes.

A. put on, good           B. puts on, fine

C. take off, good          D. takes off, good

(     )3.Mr King goes back to the party. People in the room stand up and smile at him. Because _______

A. he wears an old clothes         B. he comes by a very good car

C. he wears his good clothes      D. he takes off his good clothes

(     )4. Mr. King takes off his good clothes, and _____ them  _____ the good food.

A. ask , to eat      B. asks, to eat     C. lets, to eat   D. ask, eat

(     )5. Now Mr. King sees the good food is __________.

A. for he    B. for his good clothes    C. for me    D. for him

 

As I look back on it now, I realize it was kind of silly of me to be so worried when Daddy was really just late. I waited every night for Daddy whom I followed around everywhere.

　 That day, I stood at my        place by the door, waiting for his return from work.

　 After standing there for a while, I began to      where Daddy was. I ran into the kitchen and asked Mummy     ,“When is Daddy coming? ”

　 “ Soon, honey, ”Mummy replied distractedly (心不在焉的) because she was following a difficult recipe(cookbook) for dinner.

　　I ran back to the door for I knew that Daddy was coming and that I wasn’t standing there for nothing, I began to read the words from my favorite books.

　　Tired of that, I went back to the kitchen to ask Mummy again but        I could open my mouth, she handed me a My little Pony coloring book. She said: “I’m busy, Daniel. Go and        a pretty picture and I’ll hang it on the fridge. ”

　　I went back to the door, put my book and crayons (蜡笔) down, then went to get my mini chair to sit in. After a while, the           became a pink-and-purple artistic wonder.

　　Soon I           with relief (放心) as I heard the sound of the garage door        and Daddy’s car driving in. I heard him turn off the engine and open and close his car door. The next thing I knew was that the door opened and there stood Daddy. I stood up and         my arms . I hugged him tightly and whispered, “I love you”.

　　As I sit at the computer finishing this story, I know Daddy will be home soon. I still        when he’s late. I still go to greet him when he arrives. And I still tell him I love him.

1.A. own   B. usual     C. favorite          D. strange

2.A. think  B. understand   C. wonder          D. search

3.A. hopefully   B. thoughtfully  C. politely D. sadly

4.A. when B. as         C. until      D. before

5.A. color          B. make     C. draw     D. paint

6.A. book         B. picture C. fridge    D. chair

7.A. smiled      B. cried  C. laughed         D. called

8.A. shaking       B. opening         C. shutting      D. breaking

9.A. carried out       B. took out       C. gave out        D. held out

10.A. mind        B. realize         C. doubt          D. worry

 

根据下列短文内容，在短文后的空格处填上一个恰当的词，使短文完整、通顺。

One day, Mr. Smith went   1 a dinner party. He was wearing very old clothes. He came into the room. But people in the room didn’t look at   2 . They didn’t ask him to sit at the table. He wasn’t happy. But he said   3 .

Mr. Smith went   4 quickly and put   5  his best clothes. He went back to the party. Everyone in the room stood up and looked at him. They gave him good   6  to eat.

Mr. Smith took off his coat, and put it on the food and said, “Eat, coat!”

The other   7 were surprised and asked, “What are you doing? Why do you do that?”

Mr. Smith answered, “I am asking my coat to eat food. When I wore old clothes, you didn’t look at me. You didn’t ask me to  8 down. Now I am wearing these nice clothes. And you give me good food. Now I see, you give the food to my coat, not to me.”

 

 

One night, I wondered what it would be like if I only asked questions. I decided that no matter what anyone said to me the next day, I would reply only with   36  .

I loved to read about scientists and their discoveries, and I knew that scientists always started their research with a question. I hoped that I could become a scientist. Maybe by asking questions, I could train my mind to be   37  .

  I survived the morning easily. “Is there any egg?” I answered when my mother asked what I wanted for breakfast. “Is this seat taken?” I asked when my friend Mike asked where he was going to   38   on the bus.

In the classroom, Mr. Black spoke slowly and clearly while I listened carefully. The problem had been part of my homework the night before. I wrote the answer on the board, “Could the answer be 361?”

  Mr. Black smiled and nodded. I thought,“How did I   39   to get through that?” I almost laughed because asking questions really was starting to become a   40  .

  I thought I had made it safely through the whole day,   41   what I had come to consider my experiment blew up at the dinner table when my dad asked me about my day. “What do I always do?” I replied.

My parents looked at each other. My father   42   again. “Well, I hope you went to school,” he said.

    “Uhhh … why would you think otherwise?” I asked. My parents exchanged another   43    

and were becoming annoyed.

   “Do you think questions are a good way to train your mind to be active?” I asked.

“It   44   the question,” said my father. “Some questions are asked for   45   information. Those are good mind-training questions. Sometimes, people use questions to get the other person to say something. Sometimes people ask questions to get someone to agree with them. Those questions don’t really achieve anything.”

   “I guess my experiment didn’t work,” I said, and I told my father about my   46  .

“I think it worked   47  !” my father said. “You made a discovery, didn’t you? What matters is that you have put your idea into practice.”                               

1.A. actions              B. answers             C. gestures             D. questions

2.A. deep             B. free            C. quick            D. strong

3.A. get                  B. sit                 C. come         D. take

4.A. fail             B. have            C. want             D. manage

5.A. habit            B. step                C. goal                 D. rule

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

7.A. tried             B. asked            C. guessed           D. ordered

8. A. look                B. word            C. mind                 D. topic

9.A. refers to            B. belongs to     C. puts on          D. depends on

10.A. sending         B. finding             C. sharing         D. keeping

11.A. test            B. idea            C. plan                 D. wonder

12.A. slowly              B. safely          C. perfectly            D. properly

 

Mr. King goes to a dinner party. He is wearing old clothes. He comes into the room. But people in the room don't look at him. They don't ask him to sit at the table. Mr. King goes home and puts on his good clothes. He goes back to the party. Everyone in the room stands up and smiles(微笑) at him. They give him very good food to eat. Mr. King takes off his clothes, and puts them in the food and says, “Eat, clothes!” The other people ask, “What are you doing?” He answers, “I'm asking my coat to eat food. I am wearing my old clothes. You don't look at me. You don't ask me to sit down. Now I'm in these clothes. And you give me very good food. Now I see, you give the food to my clothes, not to me!”

1.Mr. King goes to the dinner party, but people in the room don’t look at him. Because __.  

A. he doesn't come by car            B. he is young 

C. he is wearing his old clothes        D. he is old 

2.Mr. King goes back to the party. People in the room stand up and smile at him because_____ . 

A. he is wearing his old clothes

B. he comes by a very good car

C. he is wearing his good clothes

D. he is putting on his good clothes

3.Mr. King says the good food is _______. 

A. for he  B. for his good clothes   C. for me    D. for him