One day after school Mr. Tillman found Philo Farnsworth making drawings on the blackboard in the school-room.
“What are you doing?” Mr. Tillman asked with interest. “ What are these drawings?”

“I want to invent things,” Philo answered, “and these are drawings of my first inventions.”
Mr. Tillman smiled to himself, “What is your invention?”
“I have an idea for a way of sending pictures through the air,” The boy answered. “Please just let me tell you about it. You are the only person who can understand what I have done.”
In 1922, even radio was new. The United States had fewer than 30 radio stations. But in 1922, a boy of 16 showed his teacher drawings for television!
In 1926, Philo worked as an office boy in Salt Lake City. Many important businessmen came into the office where he worked. One of these, George Everson , was from San Francisco. Like Mr. Tillman, Everson soon became interested in Philo. The shy, hard-working boy was like other office boys who Everson had known.
One evening Everson asked Philo to have dinner with him. After the meal, Philo began talking about his idea for Television. At first, Everson was not much interested in the invention. He listened only to be polite.
Many years later, Everson wrote a book telling about that evening with Philo. “As Farnsworth talked, he seemed to change,” Everson wrote, “His eyes lighted up , and he was no longer shy.” Talking freely about his invention, Philo Farnsworth was no longer an office boy--he was a scientist.
At the end of the evening, Everson was more interested than ever in Philo. And he was also interested in Philo’s idea for television.
After talking with Philo , Everson returned to San Francisco. There he brought together a number of important businessmen . Philo told them about his invention. The men became so interested in the young inventor that they gave $25,000 to help him work on his idea. Philo was only 20 years old, but here was his chance.
【小题1】What kind of drawings was Philo making on the blackboard one day?

Long, long ago there was a very foolish thief. Do you know what he did one day? When he wanted to steal(偷) the bell on his neighbour’s door, he walked up to the door, took hold of(抓住) the bell and pulled hard. The bell made a very loud noise. The thief was afraid and went home.

    Then he sat down to think, “I must do something about the noise,” he said. He thought and thought. At last he had an idea. “Ah, I’ll put some cotton in my ears. Then I won’t be able to hear the noise.” The next day he went to the door of his neighbour, and took hold of the bell. This time he pulled even harder. The bell rang loudly, but the thief did not hear anything. With another hard pull he got the bell out. Just then the neighbour came running out. “Steal my bell? I’ll teach you a lesson(教训),”the angry man shouted. And he hit the thief on the nose.

   The foolish thief did not know how the neighbour found out he was stealing the bell. “Why did he come out just then?” he wondered(感到疑惑).

1.The thief was trying to get            .

A. his neighbour                       B. his neighbour’s doorbell

C. some cotton                        D. a door with a bell on it

2. The thief put some cotton in his ears. He thought it would be      for him to steal the doorbell.

A. safe         B. difficult        C.dangerous       D. easy

3.The neighbour ran out probably(很可能) because__________________.

A. he knew his doorbell was being stolen 

B. he thought someone was eager(渴望的)to visit him

C. He realized(意识到)something strange happened

D. Both B and C

4.The neighbour hit the thief to_____________________.

A. give him lessons                   B. punish (惩罚) him for stealing

C. help him with the bell               D. be his teacher

5.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The thief understood why he was hit on the nose.

B. The thief knew why the neighbour came out.

C .The thief thought the neighbour could not hear the bell.

D. The thief didn’t want to know why the neighbour ran out just at the time he stole the doorbell.

根据句意及所给的汉语，补全所缺的单词，每空限填一词。
【小题1】The girl often helps me with my __________（最糟糕的）subject.
【小题2】I think you made a good _________（决定）.
【小题3】We looked at each other in _________（沉默）.
【小题4】I had an unusual           (经历) last Sunday.
【小题5】You shouldn’t _________ (播放) your CDs too loudly.
【小题6】Now many students are under too much __________（压力）.
【小题7】If Paul _________（失败）the exam again, his teacher will talk with his parents about it.
【小题8】He had an accident. But ___________（幸运地）, he was not badly hurt.
【小题9】It is very __________（危险的）to play football in the street.
【小题10】He didn’t know what was __________（发生）outside.

Long, long ago there was a very foolish thief. Do you know what he did one day? When he wanted to steal (偷) the bell on his neighbor’s door, he walked up to the door, took hold of (抓住) the bell and pulled hard. The bell made a very loud noise. The thief was afraid and went home.

Then he sat down to think, “I must do something about the noise,” he said. He thought and thought. At last he had an idea. “Ah, I’ll put some cotton in my ears. Then I won’t be able to hear the noise.” The next day he went to the door of his neighbor, and took hold of the bell. This time he pulled even harder. The bell rang loudly, but the thief did not hear anything. With another hard pull he got the bell out. Just then the neighbor came running out. “Steal my bell? I’ll teach you a lesson (教训),”the angry man shouted. And he hit the thief on the nose.

The foolish thief did not know how the neighbor found out he was stealing the bell. “Why did he come out just then?” he wondered (感到疑惑).

1.The thief was trying to get         .

2.The thief put some cotton in his ears. He thought it would be       for him to steal the doorbell.

3. The neighbor ran out probably (很可能) because_________.

4. The neighbor hit the thief to ________.

5. Which of the following is TRUE?

Bruno was a boy of eight. His father worked in a cinema and his mother worked in a shop. He lived not far from his school. He always walked there and walked home. On his way to school, he had to pass a playground. It was very wet after it rained. One day,when he got home,his clothes were all wet. His mother became angry and said,” don’t play in the water on your way home from school!”

On the next day Bruno came back wet and dirty（脏的）clothes. His mother became even angrier.” I’ll tell your father you come back wet again.” said his mother,” He’ll punish you,you know.”

The third day the little boy was dry when he came home.

“you’re a good boy today,” his mother said happily,”you didn’t play in the water.”

“No,” the boy said unhappily.” There were too many older boys in the water when I got there this afternoon. There wasn’t any room（空地方） for me at all.”

1.Bruno went to school _____every day.

A.by bike     B.by bus    C.by car     D.on foot

2.The playground was between _____.

A.two classrooms

B.the cinema and shop

C. Bruno’s house and school

D.the shop and Bruno’s school

3.The little boy liked to play on the playground______.

A.when it snowed 

B.when there was some water there

C.when the children played football there

D.when his father was busy with his work

4. Bruno was afraid of _____ most.

A.his father   B.his mother   C.his teacher    D.the other boys

5. That afternoon, the boy’s clothes were dry because ____.

A.nobody made room（地方）for him in the water.

B.there was no water on the playground

C.he took off his clothes before he played there.

D.he played in the water carefully.