Tom walked into a shop . It had a sign outside : "Second-hand (旧的) clothes bought and sold . "He was carrying an old pair of trousers and asked the owner of the shop, "How much will you give me for these?" The man looked at them and then said: "Two dollars."

　　"What !" said Tom. "I had guessed they were worth at least five dollars."

　　"No," said the man, "they aren't worth a cent more than two dollars."

　　"Well," said Tom, taking two dollars out of his pocket. "Here's your money. These trousers were hanging outside your shop. The list price (标价)of them was six dollars and a half. But I thought that was too much money, so I wanted to find out how much they were really worth."

　　Then he walked out of the shop with the pair of trousers and disappeared before the shop owner could think of anything to say .

1.At first the owner of the shop thought that Tom __________.

A. wanted to steal the trousers　 　　  B. wanted to sell the trousers

C. wanted to fool him　　　　　　   D. wanted to buy the trousers 

2.The owner of the shop_______ 　for the old trousers.

A. would give Tom two dollars　  

B. would pay three dollars

C. would pay five dollars　　　  　　 

D. would give Tom six dollars and a half 

3.The shop owner insisted（坚持） that the trousers were worth only two dollars because ____.

A. he wanted to sell them cheaply   　 

B. he wanted to buy them cheaply

C. he didn't like the trousers    　　 

D. they were old and dirty 

4.In fact, the trousers _________.

A. were hanging inside the shop　  　　 

B. were stolen by Tom from the shop

C. had been the shop owner's　　 　　 

D. had been Tom's 

5.From the story we know that _________ cheaper than the list price.

A. the owner sold the trousers two dollars

B. Tom sold the trousers one dollar and a half

C. the owner bought the trousers three dollars

D. Tom bought the trousers four dollars and a half

 

阅读下面短文，从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案，完成所给句子。

　　Mr Brown, a teacher in a Primary school(小学) often dozed off in class. But he didn't want his pupils to do that.

　　One day, he again dozed off in class. When he woke up, one of the boys, Tom, asked him, "Why did you doze off in class just now, dear sir?"'

　　Mr Brown's face turned red.“ I... I was invited to visit Sungod(太阳神) in my dream(梦),” he said.

　　Tom seemed to say something, but he kept silent.

　　The next day, Tom also “dozed off” in class. When the teacher saw this, he woke Tom up and asked him,“Why did you doze off in class, Tom?”

　　Tom answered with a smile,“ I was asked to visit Sungod, too.”

　　The teacher got angry and asked him, “What did he say to you, then?”

　　“He told me he didn't see you yesterday.”

1. From the story we know that ______ .

[　　]

A. Tom was an honest pupil

B. Tom liked to ask questions

C. Tom was very clever

D. Tom didn't study hard in class

2. In class Mr Brown________ .

[　　]

A. was strict with his pupils

B. often felt half asleep

C. wanted his pupils to keep silent

D. was invited to visit Sungod

3. After Tom heard Mr Brown's answer, he didn't say anything because_______ .

[　　]

A. Tom believed his teacher had visited Sungod

B. Tom was afraid of his teacher

C. Tom had a good idea

D. Tom thought what his teacher said was right

4. The next day Tom _______ in class.

[　　]

A. really dozed off

B. pretended(假装) to be asleep

C. fell sick

D. felt sorry for what he' d done

5. What Tom said meant ______ .

[　　]

A. Sungod didn't see his teacher yesterday

B. Sungod was angry with his teacher

C. his teacher didn't tell the truth

D. Tom also wanted to doze off in class like his teacher.

　　Tom was travelling around the country in his car. One evening he was driving along a road and looking for a small hotel when he saw an old man at the side of the road. He stopped his car and said to the old man,“I want to go to the Sun Hotel. Do you know it?”“Yes,”the old man answered,“I'll show you the way.”He got into Tom's car and they drove for about twelve miles. When they came to a small house, the old man said,“Stop here”.

　　Tom stopped and looked at the house, “But this isn't a hotel, “he said to the old man.

　　“No,”the old man answered.“This is my house. And now I'll show you the way to the Sun Hotel. Go back nine miles. Then you'll see the Sun Hotel on the left.”

True or false.

(1) An old man was waiting for Tom at the side of the road.

(2) Tom wanted to visit the old man's house first.

(3) The old man went home in Tom's car.

(4) In the end the old man showed Tom the way to the Sun Hotel.

(5) The Sun' Hotel was only three miles from where they started.

　　Now people make their living with their hands. But Tom makes his living with his feet. A very good living, isn't it?

　　Tom's story began in a very small city in England. His parents were very poor.（贫穷）. Seven people lived in their small house. Tom had no place to play but in the street.

　　Tom's father often played football. Little Tom wanted to play football, too. So his father made a nice ball for him to play. The little boy played it every day.

　　At last Tom learned to play a real football, and after a few years he could play football very well. Now Tom is one of the best football players.

(1) Tom makes his living with his ________.

[　　]

A．hands

B．head

C．feet

D．legs

(2) Tom's parents lived in a ________ city in England.

[　　]

A．small

B．big

C．new

D．old

(3) Tom wanted his father to ________ him a football to play.

[　　]

A．buy

B．borrow

C．build

D．make

(4) A few years later Tom was ________ at playing football.

[　　]

A．well

B．good

C．bad

D．nice

(5) Tom plays football ________ than many other players.

[　　]

A．harder

B．worse

C．best

D．better

　　Little Tom likes cartoons（动画片）very much. When the cartoons begin on TV, he does nothing until they're over. Sometimes he'd rather（宁可）wait for a long time and go to bed late. In the morning his mother has to wake him up, or he'll be late for school.

　　Yesterday Tom heard there would be an interesting cartoon today. This morning, as soon as he got up, he turned on the television, but he didn't see the programme（节目）on it. He had to have breakfast and then go to school. After school he ran home to watch his television again, but he couldn't find the cartoon. He rushed into the kitchen and asked his mother for help.

　　“It's only five now,”said the woman.“Your programme will be after supper.”

　　“Well, let's have supper right now!”

(1) Tom spends（花费）much time ________ when he's free.

[　　]

A．playing football

B．watching football matches on TV

C．doing his homework

D．watching cartoons on TV

(2) ________, so he turned on the television after getting up this morning.

[　　]

A．Tom thought he had some time left

B．Tom didn't know when the cartoon would begin

C．Tom wanted to know the important news

D．Tom hoped to watch a TV play

(3) Tom was afraid ________, so he ran home.

[　　]

A．to miss the interesting cartoon

B．to miss the last bus

C．he would be hungry

D．he had little time to finish his homework

(4) Tom thought ________.

[　　]

A．supper should be ready

B．his mother's watch was slow

C．the cartoon would begin as soon as he finished supper

D．his mother cooked supper too late