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　The wolf（狼）and the Fox（狐狸）wanted to eat the Rabbit（兔子）, but it was not easy to catch him. One day, the Wolf said to the Fox,“ You go home and lie in bed. I'll tell the Rabbit that you are 　1　 . When he comes to look at you, you can 　2 　upand catch him.”“That's a good idea.” said the Fox. He went home at once. The wolf went to the Rabbit's house and 　3 　at the door.“ Who is it?” asked the Rabbit:“It's the Wolf. I'm here to tell you that the fox is dead（死）.” Then the Wolf went 　4 　. the Rabbit went to the Fox's house. He 　5 　in through the window and saw the Fox 　6 　in bed with his eyes closed. He thought,“ Is the Fox really dead, or is he pretending（假装）to be dead? 　7 　he's not dead, he'll catch me when I go near him.” So he said,“ The Wolf says that the Fox is dead. But he doesn't look 　8 　a dead fox. The mouth of a dead fox is always 　9　 .” When the fox heard this, he thought:“I'll show him that I am dead.” So he opened his mouth. The Rabbit 　10 　now that the fox wasn't dead, and he ran away immediately.

　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　

1．A． ill	B． out	C． dead	D． here	[　　]
2．A． get	B． jump	C． take	D． put	[　　]
3．A． looked	B． waited	C． shouted	D． knocked	[　　]
4．A． away	B． in	C． out	D． near	[　　]
5．A． found	B． saw	C． looked	D． went	[　　]
6．A． sitting	B． sat	C． lie	D． lying	[　　]
7．A． If	B． As	C． When	D． While	[　　]
8．A． at	B． like	C． in	D． for	[　　]
9．A． git	B． closed	C． open	D． smal	[　　]
10． A． saw	B． thought	C． said	D． knew	[　　]

根据短文内容，从下列各题所给的四个选项中选择正确的一项。

　　Our village carpenter（木匠）, John Hill, came one day and made a dining table for my wife. He made it just the right size to fill the space between the two windows. When I got home that evening, John was drinking a cup of tea and writing out his bill（帐单）for the job.

　　My wife said to me, quietly, “That's his ninth cup of tea today.” But she said, in a loud voice, “ It's a beautiful table, dear, isn't it ? ”

　　“ I'll decide about that when I see the bill, ” I said.

　　John laughed and gave me his bill for the work. I read:

　　One dining table 10 November 1989

　　Cost（成本；费用）of wood ￡17.00（ ￡是pound的符号）

　　Paint（油漆）￡1.50

　　Work, 8 hours（￡1 an hour）￡8.00

　　Total（合计）￡36.50

　　When I was looking at the bill, John said, “ It's been a fine day, hasn't in? Quite sunny. ”

　　“ Yes, ” I said. “ I'm glad it's only the 10th November. ”

　　“Me, too, ” said John. “ You wait it'll be a lot colder by the end of the month. ”

　　“Yes, Cold  and more expensive! Dining tables will be ￡20 more expensive on November 30th, won't they, John? ”

　　John looked hard at me for half a minute. Was there a little smile in his two blue eyes? I gave his bill back to him .

　　“If it isn't too much trouble, John , ” I said . “please add it up again. You can forget the date . ”

　　I paid him ￡26.50 and he was happy to get it .

1. Why did John talk about the weather when the writer was looking at the bill?

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A. Because he didn't want the writer to go through the bill carefully .

B. Because it was really a fine day .

C. Because he wanted the writer to check the bill carefully .

D. Because he wanted to tell the writer what the weather was like .

2. Why did the writer say that dining tables would be ￡20 more expensive on November 30th ?

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A. Because it was difficult to make dining tables in cold weather .

B. Because paint would be more expensive .

C. Because the cost of wood would be more expensive .

D. Because he thought John would almost certainly add the date to the cost of the dining table

3. The writer thought John would ask for ______ if he made a dining table on the last day of November .

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A.￡20.00　　　B.￡46.50　　　C.￡56.50　　　D.￡26.50.

4. When the writer gave him the money, John was happy because ______.

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A. he got what he should get for his work

B. he got much more money for his work

C. he got the money easily

D. he didn; t have to add up the costs again

5. From the story we know that ______ .

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A. John made a mistake in the bill

B. John tried to fool the writer in order to get more money for his work

C. John had written out the bill before the writer got home

D. John still wanted to get ￡36.50 for his work in the end