In England nobody under eighteen years old is allowed (允许) to drink in a bar (酒吧)．

Mr. Thompson often went to a bar near his house．But he never took his son, Tom, because he was too young．Then when Tom had his eighteenth birthday, Mr. Thompson took him to his usual bar for the first time．They drank for an hour．Tom drank a bit．Then Mr. Thompson said to his son, “Now, Tom, I want to teach you a useful（有用的） lesson．How do you know when you’ve had enough（足够的）? Well, I’ll tell you．Do you see those two lights（灯） at the end of the bar? When they seem（好象） to become four, you’ve had enough and should（应该） go home．”

“But, Dad,” said Tom, “I can only see one light at the end of the bar．”

1.Young people ______ allowed to drink in a bar until eighteen．

A．is not             B．are not           C．many             D．must

2.When Tom was a child, his father often went to a nearby bar_____ taking him．

A．by               B．for               C．with              D．without

3.On Tom’s eighteenth birthday, he drank together with his father in that

bar for______.

A．the first time       B．once             C．many times        D．eighteen times

4.Father wanted to tell his son ______．

A．the time to drink                        B．something about the light

C．when to stop drinking                    D．something about the bar

5.In fact (事实上), there ______ at the end of the bar．

A．was one light                           B．were two lights

C．were three lights                        D．were four lights

Tom was a poor boy．He made a living by cleaning leather 1 .s _____for others in the street．Tom was also a 2. b _____boy．One day，a rich man 3. n _______Miser appeared in front of Tom．

He watched his 4 .d ________ shoes for a while，and then，looked at Tom．Tom knew this kind of people well．They love money but hate to spend it．

Tom said，“Let me 5 .b  _____your shoes，sir．Only two pence，sir．Mr．Miser shook his head and walked away．Tom thought for a second and then called out，‘‘I’d like to clean it for nothing．”This time 。Mr．Miser agreed．And soon one of his shoes was shining brightly．

When the rich man put his other shoe on the stool，Tom said he wouldn’t clean it for him 6.

u _______ he was paid two pence for his work．Mr．Miser was very 7.a ______ He refused to pay

anything and went away．

But to his 8. s _______, the well－cleaned shoe was so bright that it made the other one look even

dirtier．Mr．Miser looked round．People in the street were 9. l  _____at him．

Finally the rich man 10. a _____ and gave Tom two pence．In a very short time his two shoes shone brightly．

In England nobody under eighteen years old is allowed (允许) to drink in a bar (酒吧)．
Mr. Thompson often went to a bar near his house．But he never took his son, Tom, because he was too young．Then when Tom had his eighteenth birthday, Mr. Thompson took him to his usual bar for the first time．They drank for an hour．Tom drank a bit．Then Mr. Thompson said to his son, “Now, Tom, I want to teach you a useful（有用的） lesson．How do you know when you’ve had enough（足够的）? Well, I’ll tell you．Do you see those two lights（灯） at the end of the bar? When they seem（好象） to become four, you’ve had enough and should（应该） go home．”
“But, Dad,” said Tom, “I can only see one light at the end of the bar．”
【小题1】Young people ______ allowed to drink in a bar until eighteen．

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A disappointing performance

Tom was sick with disappointment. The piano performance was almost a success, however, he f  1.    in his solo(独奏). He couldn’t understand how it could have happened.

He had practiced for weeks that seemed like m   2. . He had given up sports until after the performance because he wanted to make his parents p 3.   of him. He spent all his time with the piano.

His teacher had said he was q  4.   to learn. It was true that he accepted music as another l 5. , another way to talk to people.

His grandparents, aunt, and uncle all came to hear him play, and he was anxious to s  6.   them that he was the best in the whole class.

But, when he stood up to go to the piano, his knees felt w  7. . He looked into the audience and saw his f  8.   smiling back at him.

At this time, he felt n 9.  . His fingers began to tremble (颤抖), shaking as though he had caught a bad cold.

He sat down at the piano. He took a deep breath. He played the first part of his music, then realized with fear that he had forgotten the rest. He s 10.  over, thinking that would help. It didn’t. his bright musical life seemed to end.