There was once an old farmer with a horse. He used the horse to pull a plow( 犁 ) so that he could plow his field. He used him to pull a cart ( 马车 ).Sometimes he used him to ride to market. They are good friends.

One day the farmer found there was something wrong with his horse. He was very sick.. The farmer called a vet and ask him to come and looked over his sick horse.

“He is a very good horse.” The farmer said to the vet “I can’t do anything on the farm without him. Please make him better for me. He doesn’t want to stand up, and he doesn’t want to eat, either. Is he going to die?”

  “I don’t know yet,” the vet said. “I’ll tell you after I’ve examined him.”

The vet examined the horse, and then said, “You are lucky. There is nothing wrong with him. Give him one of these pills twice a day. He will soon be better.” He gave the farmer a box of large pills.

The farmer looked at them and said, “But my horse won’t eat. How can I make him swallow（吞） the pills？”

The vet said,” Get a tube. Put a pill in the tube. Put one end of the tube in the horse’s mouth and the other end in your own. Then blow hard. The pill will shoot out of the tube and go down the horse’s throat.”

“Ok,” the old farmer said happily.

A few days later the farmer went to see the vet .He looked really ill.

"You look sick,” the vet said. “What’s the trouble with you?”

“Oh, my dear vet, My horse blew first!” The old farmer said sadly.

56. What’s wrong with the horse?

 A. He got a headache.

B. He didn’t want to stand up or eat anything 

C. He was going to die.

D. He had a fewer.

57. How did the vet suggest giving the pill to the horse?

He suggested ___

A. mixing it with water

B. dropping it in the horse ‘s mouth.

C. blowing it out of a tube

D. putting it in the horse’s food

58. The best title of the passage should be______

A. a stupid farmer         B. a stupid vet

C. a clever horse          D. who ate the pill

59. The word tube in the reading means _____

A .杯子 B.碗  C. 瓶子  D.  管子

60. Why did the man look ill?

A. Because he swallowed the pill.           B. Because the horse died .

C. Because the horse kicked him.           D. Because the vet gave him the wrong pill

根据对话情景，从下面方框七个选项中选出五个适当句子填入空白处．使其连贯、完整。

Mary：Do you like watching TV?

Jim：Yes，I love it very much and  1 

Mary：Do your parents mind it?

Jim：  2 

Mary：What kind of TV shows do you like?

Jim：Spots shows and Animal World．  3 

Mary：What do you think of English Today?

Jim：  4  It’s too difficult for me．

Mary：How about talk shows?

Jim：I think they are boring．I don’t like them．

Mary：  5  Do you like sitcoms?

Jim：Sitcoms? Well，I don’t mind them．

A．I love spots and animals．

B．Why don’t you like it?

C．No，they don’t．

D．I often wash it．

E．I can’t stand it．

F．I don’t，either．

G．No，they are awful!