I'm Sorry to Trouble You
     Bill lives on the second floor of a building. One Sunday morning while he and his friends were playing
games at home, Uncle Wang came up and knocked at① the door. He lives downstairs②. He said,"I'm sorry
to trouble③ you, but I work at night, so I have to sleep in the daytime. If you make a lot of noise, I can't sleep
at all, would you please keep quiet?"Bill said sorry to Uncle Wang. After that, when they want to play, they go
out④. He doesn't trouble Uncle Wang any more⑤. Bill is getting on well with⑥ his neighbors.
    Notes: 1. knock at... 敲击……?
              2. downstairs ?adv. 在楼下 
              3. trouble ?v. 打扰
              4. go out 出去?
              5. not... any more 不再?
              6. get on well with... 与……相处融洽?

(     )1. Bill lives on the first floor.?                                   
(     )2. One Saturday morning Uncle Wang came up and knocked at Bill's door.
(     )3. Uncle Wang works at night and sleeps in the daytime.?             
(     )4. Uncle Wang came up and said sorry to Bill first.?                 
(     )5. After that Bill and Uncle Wang are getting on well with each other.

       There is a house near the river. There lives a man in the house and there are a lot of fish in the river.
There are some trees by the river. There are some apple trees and some banana trees. There often stay
some monkeys (猴子).
       The monkeys often go there and eat some fruit. The man often fishes (钓鱼) in the river.
       When the man fishes, the monkeys throw some apples and bananas in the river. So the fish run away
so that (因此) the man fishes no fish. In order to (为了) catch a fish, the man often keeps the monkeys
away (把……撵走) while (当……时候) he is fishing.

1. Is there bridge (桥) over the river?

A. Yes, there is.
B. No, there isn't.
C. The story doesn't tell us.
D. No, there is.

2. Why (为什么) do the monkeys often go there?

A. Because (因为) there is much fish.
B. Because there is a man.
C. Because there are some fruit trees.
D. Because they want to throw some apples in the river.

3. Does the man like the monkeys to go there?

A. Yes, he does.
B. No, he doesn't.
C. He likes them very much.
D. No, he don't.

4. Why can't the man catch any fish?

A. Because the river is not deep (深).
B. Because fish doesn't like his food.
C. Because there is no fish in the river.
D. Because the monkeys throw something in the river.

5. What does the man do at last?

A. The man doesn't fish any more (不再).
B. The man goes to another river to fish.
C. The man kills (杀死) some monkeys.
D. The man drives the monkeys away (赶走).

     Mr. Ellis is very old. He has seen many changes in his home town. 　　
     He knows that things are different now. But he never forgets the old days. He likes to talk about them. He
often talks about his favourite (最喜欢的) birds, the robins (一种小小鸟--鸫). "When I was a boy, these houses were not here. There were wide fields and tall trees. Every spring robins would come. Thousands of them
would fly up to the north from the south. They spent the winter in the south. Some would build their nests (巢)
in the trees near our houses. Then people started to cut down trees, and they built more houses. The robins
stopped coming. They couldn't build their nests near our houses because there were no trees." 　　
     "Now there are too many houses and too many roads. There are no places for the robins. They do come
any more (不再)."

1. Mr. Ellis often talks about _______. 　　

A. his old house
B. the old days 　　
C. his life now
D. his family

2. The birds, the robins, spent the winter in ________. 　　

A. the south
B. the west 　　
C. the north
D. the east

3. _______ built the nests in the trees. 　　

A. Mr. Ellis
B. Some people 　　
C. The robins
D. Some dogs

4. Then people ________ trees because they wanted to build more houses. 　　

A. cut down
B. planted
C. bought
D. watered

5. From the passage (短文) we can know that ________. 　　

A. Mr. Ellis likes his new life now 　　
B. there were many houses there in the old days 　　
C. the robins can make their nests without trees 　　
D. Mr. Ellis is not happy with the changes there