Four men who would become fathers were in a hospital waiting room while their wives were going to give birth to their babies. The nurse arrived and proudly said to the first man, “Congratulations, sir. You’re the father of twins!”

“What a surprise! Believe it or not! I work for the Minnesota Twins Baseball teams!”

Later the nurse returned and congratulated the second father on the birth of his triplets (三胞胎).

“Wow! That’s unbelievable! I work for the 3M Company.”

An hour later, the nurse returned to congratulate the third man on the birth of his quadruplets (四胞胎). Surprised, he only could answer, “I don’t believe it! I work for the Four Seasons Hotel!”

　　After this, everyone turned to the fourth man who had just fallen down. The nurse ran fast to his side. As he slowly came to himself, they could hear him speak in a very low voice over and over, “I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven. I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven. I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven.”

1.Why were the fathers there?

A．They were waiting for their wives.

B．They were seeing doctors.

C．They were waiting for their babies to be born.

D．They were working at men nurses there.

2.Which of the following is true about the third man?

A．He thought the nurse made a mistake.

B．He was very surprised at the nurse’s words.

C．He didn’t want to have these babies.

D．He should never have worked at 7-Eleven.

3.Why did the fourth man fall down after hearing the nurse’s words?

A．He was afraid of having so many babies.

B．He was seriously ill.

C．He was too excited.

D．He was very glad to have 7 babies.

4.At least how many babies would be born according to the story?

A．9.               B．10.               C．11.              D．16.

 

Four men who would become fathers were in a hospital waiting room while their wives were going to give birth to their babies. The nurse arrived and proudly said to the first man, “Congratulations, sir. You’re the father of twins!”
“What a surprise! Believe it or not! I work for the Minnesota Twins Baseball teams!”
Later the nurse returned and congratulated the second father on the birth of his triplets (三胞胎).
“Wow! That’s unbelievable! I work for the 3M Company.”
An hour later, the nurse returned to congratulate the third man on the birth of his quadruplets (四胞胎). Surprised, he only could answer, “I don’t believe it! I work for the Four Seasons Hotel!”
　　After this, everyone turned to the fourth man who had just fallen down. The nurse ran fast to his side. As he slowly came to himself, they could hear him speak in a very low voice over and over, “I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven. I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven. I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven.”
【小题1】Why were the fathers there?

A．They were waiting for their wives.

B．They were seeing doctors.

C．They were waiting for their babies to be born.

D．They were working at men nurses there.

【小题2】Which of the following is true about the third man?

A．He thought the nurse made a mistake.

B．He was very surprised at the nurse’s words.

C．He didn’t want to have these babies.

D．He should never have worked at 7-Eleven.

【小题3】Why did the fourth man fall down after hearing the nurse’s words?

A．He was afraid of having so many babies.

B．He was seriously ill.

C．He was too excited.

D．He was very glad to have 7 babies.

【小题4】At least how many babies would be born according to the story?

A．9.

B．10.

C．11.

D．16.

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根据短文内容和首字母提示，在下文空格处填入适当的词使短文完整。在答题纸标有题号的横线上，完整写出空缺处所填单词的正确形式。（每空一词）

We are beautiful red-crowned cranes. We have red caps on top of our heads. You may t  1       the caps are our feathers. In fact, they are combs(冠)。We are one of the l  2    birds in size in the world. We are the heaviest cranes. An adult red-crowned crane can w   3  up to 11 kilograms. We are good at dancing. I think we are the most beautiful dancers of all the birds. We are also good s   4    . We sing loudly and beautifully We are good at flying as well, we fly to warm East Asia when s   5    comes. We give birth to baby cranes there. We like to live together on wetlands in Southwest China and some other places. We f   6   on worms and small fish. We like to live in long grasses. Water and grasses are i  7    for us. But sometimes, life is harder these years. We are one of the most e   8    birds in the world now. People keep t    9     our living areas to make farms and build houses. We don’t have enough space to live. And we don’t have enough food to feed our babies because people f   10   and hunt too much. Can you help us!

 

根据短文内容和首字母提示，在下文空格处填入适当的词使短文完整。在答题纸标有题号的横线上，完整写出空缺处所填单词的正确形式。（每空一词）

We are beautiful red-crowned cranes. We have red caps on top of our heads. You may t  86       the caps are our feathers. In fact, they are combs(冠)。We are one of the l   87     birds in size in the world. We are the heaviest cranes. An adult red-crowned crane can w   88    up to 11 kilograms. We are good at dancing. I think we are the most beautiful dancers of all the birds. We are also good s   89    . We sing loudly and beautifully We are good at flying as well, we fly to warm East Asia when s   90     comes. We give birth to baby cranes there. We like to live together on wetlands in Southwest China and some other places. We f   91    on worms and small fish. We like to live in long grasses. Water and grasses are i   92     for us. But sometimes, life is harder these years. We are one of the most e   93     birds in the world now. People keep t    94      our living areas to make farms and build houses. We don’t have enough space to live. And we don’t have enough food to feed our babies because people f   95     and hunt too much. Can you help us!

将下列短语译成汉语。

give confidence to sb. ______________________________